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Team HTC-Columbia - The End!
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 12-04-2010 09:54
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But I think we will take just a energy gel for him |
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| neve57 |
Posted on 12-04-2010 10:00
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okay...but your missing something great! |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 12-04-2010 10:12
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neve57 wrote:
okay...but your missing something great!
Maybe..but we will see.. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 12-04-2010 11:08
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Very nice story. Just read the entire thing. Well done!
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 12-04-2010 11:10
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SotD wrote:
Very nice story. Just read the entire thing. Well done!
Oh the entire Great to hear ,thanks a lot! |
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| Bosskardo |
Posted on 12-04-2010 18:27
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Nice story, I think the only one currently on GT, so probably most interesting atm and keep going.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 12-04-2010 18:52
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Bosskardo wrote:
Nice story, I think the only one currently on GT, so probably most interesting atm and keep going.
Thanks a lot Bosskardo!
Maybe I´m able to post the 6th stage later |
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| Roman |
Posted on 12-04-2010 19:07
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Very nice story. Really nice reporting. Keep it going.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 12-04-2010 19:08
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Roman wrote:
Very nice story. Really nice reporting. Keep it going.
Thanks Roman,I will do that |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 12-04-2010 22:01
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Stage 6 : Fidenza - Carrara
Today the Giro becomes serious!It´s the first stage with a hard stage finish and I´m not sure if Cavendish can hang on there but we still have Martin then
As we expected Cavendish could not follow anymore when it came to the last climb.Eisel wasn´t able to hang on,too
With only 5 kilometres to go,while the last climb was done for today,Pellizotti and Arroyo made a move
Pellizotti was still in front when the sprint began.It seemed that Arroyo couldn´t keep it up with him
Pellizotti can defend his advantage in front of Arroyo
Cunego wins the sprint in the big group in front of Nibali and Martin gets a great 6th position!Martin takes also the pink jersey from Cavendish who lost more than 4 minutes today
Stage results
| 1 | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas - Doimo | 4h05'47 | | 2 | David Arroyo | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 3 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 4 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 5 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 6 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 7 | Marzio Bruseghin | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 8 | José Serpa | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 9 | Alessandro Bertolini | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 10 | Egoi MartÃnez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 11 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 12 | David López | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 13 | Gilberto Simoni | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 14 | Francesco Failli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 15 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | 18h20'05 | | 2 | Marco Pinotti | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1'08 | | 3 | Luis León Sánchez | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'50 | | 4 | Janez Brajkovic | Team RadioShack | + 1'51 | | 5 | Marzio Bruseghin | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'52 | | 6 | Francisco Pérez | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'54 | | 7 | Yaroslav Popovych | Team RadioShack | + 2'02 | | 8 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | + 2'03 | | 9 | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas - Doimo | + 2'06 | | 10 | Tiago Machado | Team RadioShack | + 2'07 | | 11 | Chris Horner | Team RadioShack | + 2'10 | | 12 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Doimo | + 2'13 | | 13 | David Arroyo | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 14 | José Luis Rubiera | Team RadioShack | + 2'18 | | 15 | David López | Caisse d'Epargne | + 2'24 |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Team HTC - Columbia | 76 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | 41 | | 3 | Bernhard Eisel | Team HTC - Columbia | 39 |
Looks great
KoM
| 1 | Ruggero Marzoli | Acqua & Sapone | 10 | | 2 | Marcello Pavarin | Colnago - CSF Inox | 8 | | 3 | Sébastien Minard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 6 |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 13-04-2010 13:19
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Stage 7 : Carrara - Montalcino
The 7th stage is preparing the pack for the first mountain arrival tomorrow!With a hard stage finish today we´re expecting a hard fight by Cunego,Basso and maybe Albasini can get a good result there?It´s a hard stage for our sprinters Cavendish and Eisel so we don´t think that they can stay in the first group
Lars Boom was one of today´s escapes and he got 10 KoM points but Muravyev took 8 points and is the new King of Mountains while he already had 6 points before this stage
With 13 kilometres to go when the hard stage end began, Lars Boom was the only one of the break who could stay in front and he still looked good
Behind in the pack,Cavendish was fighting to stay there but it seemed hopeless
Boom was really strong today,still leading this stage with one minute before the peloton where Martin,Pinotti,Siutsou,Albasini and even Bernhard Eisel were fighting
On the last KoM evaluation Paul Martens made a move while Albasini tried to follow him
Albasini could pass Martens and he had already reached Lars Boom who was really bushed now
After his breakaway and a long solo-ride Boom has no chance to sprint against Albasini
It´s another stage win for our team,this time by Michael Albasini!What a Giro up to here
Carrara becomes 2nd,15 seconds behind stage winner Albasini!Bertolini got the last position on the podium in front of Martens and Boom.Cunego,Basso and Co were not attacking so Martin is still in pink
Stage results
| 1 | Michael Albasini | Team HTC - Columbia | 5h19'56 | | 2 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | + 15 | | 3 | Alessandro Bertolini | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 4 | Paul Martens | Rabobank | s.t. | | 5 | Lars Boom | Rabobank | s.t. | | 6 | Emanuele Sella | CarmioOro NGC | s.t. | | 7 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 8 | Francesco Failli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 9 | Juan Mauricio Soler | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 10 | Yaroslav Popovych | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 11 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 12 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 13 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 15 | Mauro Finetto | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | 23h40'16 | | 2 | Marco Pinotti | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1'08 | | 3 | Luis León Sánchez | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'50 | | 4 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | + 1'51 | | 5 | Janez Brajkovic | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 6 | Marzio Bruseghin | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'52 | | 7 | Francisco Pérez | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'54 | | 8 | Yaroslav Popovych | Team RadioShack | + 2'02 | | 9 | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas - Doimo | + 2'06 | | 10 | Tiago Machado | Team RadioShack | + 2'07 | | 11 | Chris Horner | Team RadioShack | + 2'10 | | 12 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Doimo | + 2'13 | | 13 | David Arroyo | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 14 | José Luis Rubiera | Team RadioShack | + 2'18 | | 15 | David López | Caisse d'Epargne | + 2'24 |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Team HTC - Columbia | 76 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | 41 | | 3 | Tomas Vaitkus | Team RadioShack | 39 |
KoM
| 1 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Team RadioShack | 14 | | 2 | Ruggero Marzoli | Acqua & Sapone | 10 | | 3 | Lars Boom | Rabobank | 10 |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 13-04-2010 13:40
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Great win by Albasini.
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| bfreire |
Posted on 13-04-2010 14:48
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yes great win and tony martin is a hero 
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| Bosskardo |
Posted on 13-04-2010 15:37
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You are quite lucky the GC favourites are not taking much points, Cav has a good fighting chance.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 13-04-2010 20:45
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Thanks guys!I really hope Martin won´t loose too much in the first mountain stage.Hopefully Cavendish can keep his jersey but it´s hard especially when I look at his condition |
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| neve57 |
Posted on 13-04-2010 20:47
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well there isn't that many mountain stages in this years Giro so |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 13-04-2010 20:50
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neve57 wrote:
well there isn't that many mountain stages in this years Giro so
Yes there are only a few but they´re looking terrible |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 13-04-2010 21:27
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Well guys we are not only riding the Giro but also a great stage race in the USA called the Amgen Tour of California 2010!
Here you can take a look at this years route
Our team-captain is the Australian time trial specialist,Michael Rogers.I´m pretty sure he can get some good results there.His main help is Tejay Van Garderen while Andre Greipel,Matthew Goss,Vicente Reynes and Bert Grabsch will lead the team in mass sprints
Team Columbia for California
 Rasmus Guldhammer
 Tejay Van Garderen
 Michael Rogers
 Andre Greipel
Bert Grabsch
Matthew Goss
 Gert Dockx
 Vicente Reynes |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 13-04-2010 21:46
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Let´s talk about the main favorites for the overall win in California!
First of all there is Alberto Contador who surely wants to win there because I cannot imagine that he only wants to improve his shape for the Tour de France.But he´s not alone there ´cause his main rival Lance Armstrong is also there just like his team-mates Klöden and Leipheimer.SaxoBank sent only one of their Schleck brothers,Fränk Schleck while Rabobank also has a strong team-squad there with Gesink and Giro winner Denis Menchov.Just to name some more great riders:Wiggins,Barredo,Millar,Farrar,Evans,Sastre,Sutton and Swift are also there.So as you can see this Tour is really strong this year because of this I´m sure we will see a pretty nice time there!
Overall favorites
Alberto Contador
Carlos Sastre
 Robert Gesink
 Denis Menchov
Lance Armstrong
Michael Rogers
Andreas Klöden
Levi Leipheimer
 Bradley Wiggins
Carlos Barredo
Cadel Evans
 Fränk Schleck
Sprint favorites
Andre Greipel
Ben Swift
Christopher Sutton
Theo Bos
Tyler Farrar
 Robert Hunter |
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| khris |
Posted on 14-04-2010 12:21
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Tour of California has tougher competition than the Giro...
Good luck.
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