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| JustinWK |
Posted on 03-08-2007 16:02
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iddB)
Rous is our leader here because Blot's form aint there yet
A cobble race in France with a French starting field and rain, lots of rain which would make this race even more difficult, the early break gets a maximum lead of 8 mins but is wheeled in with 30 kms to go. At that point, Saramotins, Blot and Rous are part of a group of 22 which is in front but it gets thinned out on the last cobble sections where the weak helpers have to let go and also Saramotins and Blot cant keep up anymore. Then we have a group of 9 with Auger, Mengin who are working for Chavanel the sprinter. Apart from that everyone is alone as the other 6 are Scheirlinkx, Engoulvent, Renier, the Swiss sprinter Elmiger and Rous. Belgy, the young gun from Bouygues was also a part of the break but he fell with 6 kms to go!
The group of 9 as they ride towards the finish, Belgy would fall and leave his teammate Renier on his own
Rous is still hanging on but the energy is slowly running out of his legs...and decides to stay in the group which will ultimately mean suicide because Chavanel will win a sprint without a doubt. Renier knows this and attacks but Chavanel is so strong that he is the only one who parries his attack and then he easily beats Renier in the sprint. Once again Rous ends 5th which is more then we expected of him
Chavanel had the best team today and was also the strongest of the day
Result:
1.  Sébastien Chavanel FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 5h40'21
2. Franck Rénier BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
3.  Martin Elmiger AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
4. Christophe Mengin FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
5. Didier Rous NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
6 Staf Scheirlinckx COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
7 Ludovic Auger FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
8 Jimmy Engoulvent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
9 Laurent Mangel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 1'20
10 Julien Belgy BOUYGUES TELECOM + 1'52
11 Sébastien Minard COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 2'16
12 Christophe Detilloux FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
13 Erki Pütsep BOUYGUES TELECOM + 3'12
14 Robby Meul DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
15 Steve Chainel AUBER 93 s.t.
16 Anthony Colin ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE s.t.
17 Steven Tronet ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE s.t.
18 Nicolas Jalabert AGRITUBEL s.t.
19 Guillaume Levarlet AUBER 93 + 5'34
20 Aleksei Saramotins NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
21 Juan Pablo Wilches DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
22 Mickael Buffaz COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
23 Guillaume Blot NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
24 Vitauskas Kaupas JARTAZI PROMO FASHION CONTINENTAL CYCLING TEAM s.t.
25 Pierre Drancourt BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| Crommy |
Posted on 03-08-2007 16:06
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Another 5th
Nice going anyway 
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 03-08-2007 16:11
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idd, but 5th is not so bad, and im 6th in the CT rankings btw, no intention to promote but these with these results I might get alot of cash at the end of the year
Edited by JustinWK on 03-08-2007 16:11
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| Crommy |
Posted on 03-08-2007 16:14
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That's the one problem with PPDB - it's held back by the original Cyanide game
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 04-08-2007 13:26
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Our last race this month (April) and this race looked like a perfect race for a breakaway and so instead of working for Serebriakov we wanted to send Arashiro in the break but he was caught, however our French youngster Guillaume Blot was allowed to join the 10 man break which now had 11 riders
The break, most notable names are Witecki who is the Polish Champ, Parisien, Mespoulede, Balciunas and Talabardon
On the hills some have to let go but they would come back and so it looks like it will be a sprint but then someone from Nobby's roubaix squad decides to attack!
Lesvenan has a small lead while the sprint starts in the backfield!
In the back Blot has picked Parisien's wheel who has the best sprint but when Pivois cracks Parisien is up front and now Blot can overtake him. However Balciunas is smart and uses Lesvenan as he gets behind him and then goes to the outside like a rocket! He looks to win but then a Dutchman surprises him from the inside!
Balciunas gets beaten by Van Zandbeek while Blot ends 3rd!
Result:
1.  Mart Van Zandbeek BABES ONLY - VILLAPARK LINGEMEER - FLANDERS 4h06'56
2.  Linas Balciunas AGRITUBEL s.t.
3. Guillaume Blot NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
4.  François Parisien TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
5. Julien Belgy BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
6 Mariusz Witecki TEAM VOLKSBANK s.t.
7 Yannick Talabardon CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
8 Jean Mespoulède AUBER 93 s.t.
9 Yann Pivois BRETAGNE ARMOR LUX s.t.
10 Arnaud Lesvenan ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE s.t.
11 Kenny Van Braeckel JARTAZI PROMO FASHION CONTINENTAL CYCLING TEAM s.t.
12 Julian Dean CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1'22
13 Stéphane Poulhiès AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
14 Sébastien Chavanel FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
15 Renaud Dion AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
16 Cristian Moreni COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
17 Sébastien Minard COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
18 Gerrit Glomser TEAM VOLKSBANK s.t.
19 Saïd Haddou BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
20 Nicolas Jalabert AGRITUBEL s.t.
21 Laurent Mangel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
22 Aleksandr Serebriakov NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
23 Franck Rénier BOUYGUES TELECOM s.t.
24 Gerhard Trampusch TEAM VOLKSBANK s.t.
25 Renaud Pioline AUBER 93 s.t.
Edited by JustinWK on 04-08-2007 13:26
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 04-08-2007 13:30
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yay! another near miss. your team are turning into the Zabels of the continental tour.
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Posted on 04-08-2007 14:26
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Posted on 04-08-2007 14:35
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Shame about the near misses, and disappointing to have no brits in the top 10 of the Archer GP!
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Posted on 04-08-2007 14:36
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the thread title is driving me insane. every time I look at it I start humming the Bob Dylan song 
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 05-08-2007 21:03
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Our first race in May which will be a preparation race for some now that the Tour of Japan is up later this month, in this dutch race 1 dutch rider takes off with 100 kms to go, he gets a huge lead and with 10 kms he still leads!
Van Ruitenbeek was brave today, but he didnt get a reward...
A sprint would determine today's winner and Miyazawa lacked the form to win today, however he did end 5th but that isnt so difficult in a field like this
Bacquet wins the sprint in Overijssel
Result:
1. Fabien Bacquet SKIL - SHIMANO 4h38'12
2.  Juhi-Matti Alaluusua TIME - VAN HEMERT s.t.
3.  Erik Mohs CONTINENTAL TEAM MILRAM s.t.
4. Christoph Fiebig CONTINENTAL TEAM MILRAM s.t.
5.  Takashi Miyazawa NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
[size=9]6 Sebastiaan Kamphuis TEAM LÖWIK MEUBELEN s.t.
7 Ismaël Kip KROLSTONE CONTINENTAL TEAM s.t.
8 Kenny Van Hummel SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
9 Evgeni Popov RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
10 Sebastian Forke CONTINENTAL TEAM MILRAM s.t.
11 Lieuwe Westra KROLSTONE CONTINENTAL TEAM s.t.
12 Marcel Nagengast KROLSTONE CONTINENTAL TEAM s.t.
13 Maxime Debusschere SUNWEB PRO JOB s.t.
14 Christian Poos CONTINENTAL CYCLING TEAM DIFFERDANGE s.t.
15 Hans Bloks CYCLINGTEAM JO PIELS s.t.
16 Paidi O'Brien MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY s.t.
17 Holger Burkhardt CONTINENTAL TEAM MILRAM s.t.
18 Daan Rijntjes TIME - VAN HEMERT s.t.
19 Tim Meeusen MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY s.t.
20 Enno Van Os WILTON - SNEL - DE VOLHARDING s.t.
21 HÃ¥kan Nilsson CONTINENTAL CYCLING TEAM DIFFERDANGE s.t.
22 Arnoud Koot B&E KOOPMANS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
23 Gerd Steijn B&E KOOPMANS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
24 Kin-San Wu NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
25 Dennis Luyt B&E KOOPMANS CYCLING TEAM s.t.[/size]
Next: A very important race for us...The Tour of Japan!
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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Posted on 05-08-2007 21:06
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Good luck in Japan
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Posted on 05-08-2007 21:11
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Does Japan mean the return of Mr. Manan?
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Posted on 06-08-2007 10:24
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noB) however Timofeev is present but since this is our most important race we will send the strongest team possible
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 06-08-2007 14:43
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We bring our best riders to this tour, Wu and Rous are yet again our leaders, Miyazawa is our main sprinter because Mr. Serebriakov is a bit unhappy 
The first stage is a criterium trough Osaka, and looking at the startlist our team is without a doubt the strongest here, only real competition comes from Sparkasse where Muller is the leader. We try to control the race tso that Miyazawa can try to sprint himself to a victory which is one of the 5 season goals, we already suceeded in getting the points jersey in the Tour of Siam (which the sponsors claim to know nothing about ) so we could make it 2 out of 2 in this tour. However 9 riders get away and since the pack lets them go, Shinichi Fukushima jumps over to the group and the pack doesnt mind. Fukushima works along but with 40m kms to go and a 4.30 lead I tell him to stop working because we have 3 sprinter and I wouldnt mind a sprint. Some guys are pissed off at Fukushima and they attack but now the lead is so safe that Fukushima could win here today, he counters Masciarelli who is the best rider if you dont icnlude Shinichi and he has a gap!
 
Left: Fukushima stops working, Right: Fukushima attacks, I bet those others really hate him now!
Behind him are 5 riders chasing but Fukushima simply has more enrgy left and so the win is his, he may have acted like a coward but he only obeyed my orders and even if he would have co operated he was by far the strongest rider in the group...
Fukushima wins and now has a 1'17 advantage, he might be able to hold on for a long while!
Result:
1. Shinichi Fukushima NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA 3h14'15
2.  Amin Saryana LETUA CYCLING TEAM + 33
3.  Andrea Masciarelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
4. Takeaki Ayabe AISAN RACING TEAM s.t.
5. Takamitu Tsuji SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
[size=9]6 Siros Hashemzadeh ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY CYCLING TEAM s.t.
7 Hisanori Akiyama DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM + 1'17
8 Andika Riyanto POLYGON SWEET NICE TEAM s.t.
9 Simon Clarke SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
10 Pavel Korzh MOSCOW STARS s.t.
11 Artjom Timofeev POLYGON SWEET NICE TEAM s.t.
12 Pieter Seyfert TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
13 Aleksandr Serebriakov NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
14 Fraser Young GIANT ASIA RACING TEAM s.t.
15 Robin Reid DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
16 Sergei Koudentsov DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
17 Budi Santoso POLYGON SWEET NICE TEAM s.t.
18 Takashi Miyazawa NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
19 Sean Finning SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
20 Yukiya Arashiro NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
21 Bradley White DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
22 Mark Jamieson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
23 Wes Sulzberger SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
24 Farshad Salehian ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY CYCLING TEAM s.t.
25 Reza Pahlevy POLYGON SWEET NICE TEAM s.t.[/size]
An interesting stage which could make it difficult for some sprinters, Serebriakov is our only sprinter who gets dropped, Miyazawa feels good but then disaster strikes as he falls and so does Serebriakov but he was already behind, because of this 4 men break loose and the Konica Minolta's play it perfectly as Van Heerden leads Seyfert to the win! Because the finish was uphill (3.2) Wu managed to end 6th, Fukushima still leads.
 
Left: Miyazawa can forget about a win today, Right: Seyfert wins!
Result:
1.  Pieter Seyfert TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 3h45'07
2.  Artjom Timofeev POLYGON SWEET NICE TEAM s.t.
3. Pavel Korzh MOSCOW STARS s.t.
4. Christoff Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
5.  Wes Sulzberger SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
6 Kin-San Wu NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
7 Robin Reid DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
8 Reza Pahlevy POLYGON SWEET NICE TEAM s.t.
9 Shinichi Fukushima NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
10 Sergei Koudentsov DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
11 Farshad Salehian ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY CYCLING TEAM s.t.
12 Dirk Müller TEAM SPARKASSE s.t.
13 Didier Rous NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
14 Budi Santoso POLYGON SWEET NICE TEAM s.t.
15 Bradley White DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
16 Philipp Mamos TEAM SPARKASSE s.t.
17 Aleksandr Arekejev ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
18 Tiaan Kannemeyer TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
19 Tonton Susanto LETUA CYCLING TEAM s.t.
20 Andrea Masciarelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
21 Simone Masciarelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
22 Viatcheslav Vilkov MOSCOW STARS s.t.
23 Simon Clarke SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
24 Yukiya Arashiro NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
25 Ivan Seledkov MOSCOW STARS s.t.
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| Crommy |
Posted on 06-08-2007 14:45
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Great win with Fukushima - I take it he leads the GC?
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Posted on 06-08-2007 14:45
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Great win with Fukushima, shame about the crash though.
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 06-08-2007 14:48
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Crommy wrote:
Great win with Fukushima - I take it he leads the GC?
JustinWK wrote:
Fukushima still leads
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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Posted on 06-08-2007 14:51
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Oh dear. I was almost as stupid as this sign:
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Posted on 06-08-2007 15:04
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great win
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Posted on 07-08-2007 16:42
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The hills made it difficult for some sprinters but we didnt use them well enough to take advantage of it, most sprinters do make it and Seyfert wins for the 2nd time in a row even though Sulzberger was by far the strongest
Seyfert wins in front of the Mino Wahi Paper Museum
Result:
1. Pieter Seyfert TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 4h14'38
2. Wes Sulzberger SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
3. Pavel Korzh MOSCOW STARS s.t.
4. Mark Jamieson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
5. Simon Clarke SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
[size=9]6 Takashi Miyazawa NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
7 Kin-San Wu NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
8 Bradley White DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
9 Robin Reid DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
10 Shinichi Fukushima NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
11 Artjom Timofeev POLYGON SWEET NICE TEAM s.t.
12 Didier Rous NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
13 Sergei Koudentsov DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
14 Andrei Kljujev MOSCOW STARS s.t.
15 Kazuhiro Mori AISAN RACING TEAM s.t.
16 Farshad Salehian ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY CYCLING TEAM s.t.
17 Reza Pahlevy POLYGON SWEET NICE TEAM s.t.
18 Ivan Seledkov MOSCOW STARS s.t.
19 Sean Finning SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
20 Takeaki Ayabe AISAN RACING TEAM s.t.
21 Christoff Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
22 Aleksandr Arekejev ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
23 Budi Santoso POLYGON SWEET NICE TEAM s.t.
24 Simone Masciarelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
25 Dirk Müller TEAM SPARKASSE s.t.[/size]
A flat stage, but the hills would make this stage a very interesting one and today we wanted to make sure it wouldnt be a sprint and so we sacrificed Wu who gave it his all and had to let go on the top of the climb but still, this was what was left after Wu's action with 60 kms to go
13 riders with Arekejev and Masciarelli up front, Fukushima and Rous are present in this group
Arekejev and S. Masciarelli had to let go with 20 kms to go and now everyone was looking at eachother, then Muller attacked and Rous couldnt pull him back and so Fukushima attacked and Kunitski and Seledkov followed him, Muller won but how many seconds did Fukushima lose...Fukushima came in as 4th, 39 secs after Muller and in the final metres Kannemeyer, Sulzberger and Rous joined the group and so Rous didnt lose more time
Dirk Muller wins in Minami, but there are till 38 seconds between him and Fukishima!
Result:
1. Dirk Müller TEAM SPARKASSE 4h19'28
2. Ivan Seledkov MOSCOW STARS + 39
3.  Andrei Kunitski ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
4. Shinichi Fukushima NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
5. Tiaan Kannemeyer TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
6 Wes Sulzberger SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
7 Didier Rous NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
8 Philipp Mamos TEAM SPARKASSE + 1'36
9 Denis Vorontsov MOSCOW STARS s.t.
10 Andrea Masciarelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO s.t.
11 Ghader Mizbani GIANT ASIA RACING TEAM s.t.
12 Aleksandr Arekejev ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO + 2'24
13 Simone Masciarelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO + 2'51
14 Pavel Korzh MOSCOW STARS + 5'31
15 Pieter Seyfert TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
16 Simon Clarke SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
17 Bradley White DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
18 Mark Jamieson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
19 Andrei Kljujev MOSCOW STARS s.t.
20 Tonton Susanto LETUA CYCLING TEAM s.t.
21 Travis Allen TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 6'19
22 Tomoya Kano SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
23 Takashi Miyazawa NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
24 Yukihiro Doi SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
25 Robin Reid DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
Only 11 kms long, still Mount Fuji could shake things up in the GC, Rous was the clear favourite and a win was expected here but the most important question was, would Fukushima still be in the lead at the end of the day? Early on Wu set the fastest time but he would end 6th in the end. Vorontsov crushed it and would lead for a long time but then Rous came and he would win as he was 3 seconds faster. Kannemeyer did a good job ending 3rd and then Muller came, he ended 4th but lost 35 seconds and was nowhere near the top 3, Fukishima was dissapointing ending 27th, who leads now?
Result:
1. Didier Rous NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA 34'18
2. Denis Vorontsov MOSCOW STARS + 3
3. Tiaan Kannemeyer TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 8
4. Dirk Müller TEAM SPARKASSE + 35
5. Ivan Seledkov MOSCOW STARS + 39
6 Kin-San Wu NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA + 52
7 Tomoya Kano SKIL - SHIMANO + 55
8 Artjom Timofeev POLYGON SWEET NICE TEAM + 56
9 Takashi Miyazawa NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA + 57
10 Dennis Van Niekerk TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 1'00
11 Mark Jamieson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 1'01
12 Robin Reid DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM + 1'03
13 Alexander Gottfried TEAM SPARKASSE + 1'04
14 Stefan Löffler TEAM SPARKASSE s.t.
15 Peter Dawson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
16 Seyed Rezaei Khormizi ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY CYCLING TEAM + 1'05
17 Takeaki Ayabe AISAN RACING TEAM + 1'06
18 Bradley White DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
19 Ryan Connor GIANT ASIA RACING TEAM + 1'07
20 Budi Santoso POLYGON SWEET NICE TEAM s.t.
21 Yukiya Arashiro NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA + 1'08
22 Alireza Ahamadiashejerdi ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY CYCLING TEAM s.t.
23 Mohammad Rizuan Zainal LETUA CYCLING TEAM s.t.
24 Reza Pahlevy POLYGON SWEET NICE TEAM s.t.
25 Tetsuya Ishida AISAN RACING TEAM + 1'09
GC with 2 stages to go:
1 Shinichi Fukushima NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA 16h09'15
2 Dirk Müller TEAM SPARKASSE + 3
3 Didier Rous NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA + 27
4 Tiaan Kannemeyer TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 35
5 Ivan Seledkov MOSCOW STARS + 54
6 Denis Vorontsov MOSCOW STARS + 1'27
7 Wes Sulzberger SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 1'34
8 Andrei Kunitski ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO + 1'38
9 Andrea Masciarelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO + 1'56
10 Philipp Mamos TEAM SPARKASSE + 2'37
11 Ghader Mizbani GIANT ASIA RACING TEAM + 2'39
12 Aleksandr Arekejev ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO + 3'32
13 Simone Masciarelli ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÈ MOKAMBO + 4'05
14 Pieter Seyfert TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 6'11
15 Pavel Korzh MOSCOW STARS + 6'24
16 Bradley White DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM + 6'25
17 Takeaki Ayabe AISAN RACING TEAM + 6'29
18 Simon Clarke SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 6'33
19 Tonton Susanto LETUA CYCLING TEAM s.t.
20 Takamitu Tsuji SKIL - SHIMANO + 6'37
so, we can try to defend Fukushima's lead or we can use Rous who is also very close now...
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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