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Team HTC-Columbia - The End!
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 14-04-2010 12:26
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khris wrote:
Tour of California has tougher competition than the Giro...
Good luck. 
Thank you!You´re right the competition is fantastic |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 14-04-2010 20:38
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Stage 1 : Sacramento ITT
First stage in California is a short prologue about 4 kilometres.It´s a great chance to get a good position for the overall so our plan is to bring Rogers into the Top 5
The first overall contender was Fränk Schleck with a bad time.He already lost 34 seconds to the stage winner
Michael Rogers was already on the road and he was setting a wonderful time with 3 minutes and 19 seconds
Menchov was the next one trying to beat Rogers´time.His ride wasn´t really well, but not as bad as Schleck´s ride.He lost 16 seconds to Rogers today
First one of RadioShack was Leipheimer who should be able to win this Tour again!Probably it wasn´t his best day because he lost 25 seconds to our team-captain
His team-mate Klöden wasn´t better then him,he was also loosing 25 seconds on this short distance
The Australian time trial Champion Cadel Evans showed a bad performance,too.He even lost 26 seconds to the stage winner
Tour Champion Contador was the next favorite who had to show his strength.Compared to his rivals his set a good time,loosing only 12 seconds to Rogers
His main rival Lance Armtrong could also show an average ride but he still lost many seconds to Rogers(18) and Contador(6)
The last one of the biggest favorites was Wiggins.He came with a good time but he also couldn´t take the lead of Rogers,missing his time by 6 seconds!
Well we were already celebrating Rogers´stage win while still one rider was on the road,Jason Donald from the Bahati Foundation team.We´ve never thought that he had any chance against Rogers but when he crossed the finish-line,I couldn´t believe what the results said!Jason Donald beat Roger´s time by 1 seconds...
Stage results/Overall
| 1 | Jason Donald | Bahati Foundation | 3'18 | | 2 | Michael Rogers | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1 | | 3 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank | + 2 | | 4 | Koos Moerenhout | Rabobank | + 3 | | 5 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 6 | André Steensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 7 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 8 | Martin Reimer | Cervélo Test Team | + 4 | | 9 | Ermanno Capelli | Footon - Servetto | + 5 | | 10 | Bert Grabsch | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 11 | Andrei Kunitski | Quick·Step | + 6 | | 12 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 7 | | 13 | Pedro Merino | Footon - Servetto | + 8 | | 14 | Carlos Sastre | Cervélo Test Team | + 9 | | 15 | Matthew Goss | Team HTC - Columbia | + 10 | | 16 | Vidal Celis | Footon - Servetto | + 11 | | 17 | Alexander Boyd | Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 18 | Richie Porte | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 19 | Alberto Contador | Astana | + 13 | | 20 | Jorge Azanza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |
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| jaccan |
Posted on 14-04-2010 21:17
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that was not expected, He is surely doped |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 14-04-2010 21:18
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jaccan wrote:
that was not expected, He is surely doped
Hehe,his team is strange
Well,I hope he will never beat Rogers again |
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| harry |
Posted on 14-04-2010 21:21
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I guess Schleck did pretty well for his skills compared to some of the other favourites |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 14-04-2010 21:24
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harry wrote:
I guess Schleck did pretty well for his skills compared to some of the other favourites
Well, I don´t think that he is happy with that also when his skills aren´t well.
But you´re right there were some favorites like Evans or Leipheimer who were even worse |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 15-04-2010 20:54
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Stage 8 : Chianciano Terme - Terminillo
After the easy first week of the Giro 2010 we will continue with the first mountain arrival in stage 8.Pellizotti,Basso,Nibali,Cunego,Garzelli and many other climbers are able to take the stage win today while Tony Martin will try to defend his jersey but it´s gonna be a hard stage
The first serious attack came from Cunego and Garzelli while Pozzovivo and Fuglsang could follow them with 12 kilometres to go
The second wave of moves came with only 7 kilometres to go by Popovych and Pellizotti.Seems like Pellizotti is team-captain at Liquigas
Martin was trying to follow Pellizotti because we thought that he is maybe the strongest on the final climb
Brushegin took the wheel of Martin while Cunego was still in front
With only 3 kilometres to go Brushegin was the first one,reaching Cunego.Up to here it was a strong stage by Caisse and especially Brushegin
But Martin was great today and he never gave up.He even tried to get back to Brushegin,Cunego and Pellizotti
And at the final kilometre he reached Cunego who was really bushed now
Maybe a little surprise that Brushegin takes the stage win while Martin and Pellizotti are sprinting for the second place
Well,Martin comes really close in the end but it´s a great third place behind Pellizotti,loosing only 20 seconds to Brushegin who is second in the overall now with 1 minute and 20 seconds behind Tony Martin
Stage results
| 1 | Marzio Bruseghin | Caisse d'Epargne | 5h04'41 | | 2 | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas - Doimo | + 20 | | 3 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 4 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 37 | | 5 | Yaroslav Popovych | Team RadioShack | + 1'24 | | 6 | David Arroyo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'30 | | 7 | Luis León Sánchez | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 8 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 1'36 | | 9 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 1'41 | | 10 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 2'10 | | 11 | Emanuele Sella | CarmioOro NGC | + 2'27 | | 12 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 13 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Doimo | + 2'48 | | 14 | Michele Scarponi | Androni Giocattoli | + 2'52 | | 15 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 3'02 |
Overall
| 1 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | 28h45'09 | | 2 | Marzio Bruseghin | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'20 | | 3 | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas - Doimo | + 2'02 | | 4 | Luis León Sánchez | Caisse d'Epargne | + 3'08 | | 5 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 3'13 | | 6 | Yaroslav Popovych | Team RadioShack | + 3'14 | | 7 | David Arroyo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 3'31 | | 8 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 4'37 | | 9 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | + 4'41 | | 10 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Doimo | + 4'47 | | 11 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 5'11 | | 12 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 5'15 | | 13 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 5'19 | | 14 | Juan Mauricio Soler | Caisse d'Epargne | + 5'23 | | 15 | David López | Caisse d'Epargne | + 5'26 | | 16 | Alberto Losada | Caisse d'Epargne | + 5'35 | | 17 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Doimo | + 5'37 | | 18 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Quick·Step | + 5'38 | | 19 | Michele Scarponi | Androni Giocattoli | + 5'42 | | 20 | José Serpa | Androni Giocattoli | + 5'45 |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Team HTC - Columbia | 76 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | 57 | | 3 | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas - Doimo | 45 |
KoM
| 1 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Team RadioShack | 14 | | 2 | Marzio Bruseghin | Caisse d'Epargne | 10 | | 3 | Ruggero Marzoli | Acqua & Sapone | 10 |
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| neve57 |
Posted on 15-04-2010 20:55
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Damn ! that is some hardcore with martin !  |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 15-04-2010 20:56
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neve57 wrote:
Damn ! that is some hardcore with martin !
Yes I´ve never saw Martin so strong in the mountains! |
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| neve57 |
Posted on 15-04-2010 20:57
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i knew he had potential...but WOW ! |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 15-04-2010 21:00
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neve57 wrote:
i knew he had potential...but WOW !
Hehe It was without doping!!! |
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| neve57 |
Posted on 15-04-2010 21:07
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yeah ! that was even more impressing !
maybe you don't need it...but you know where to find me if you want some |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 15-04-2010 21:12
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neve57 wrote:
yeah ! that was even more impressing !
maybe you don't need it...but you know where to find me if you want some
Hehe, yeah in Norway right? |
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| jaccan |
Posted on 15-04-2010 21:12
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It was surely neve57 that gave Jason Donald the dope. So neve57 most have some good stuff there |
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| neve57 |
Posted on 15-04-2010 21:13
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Batista15 wrote:
neve57 wrote:
yeah ! that was even more impressing !
maybe you don't need it...but you know where to find me if you want some
Hehe , yeah in Norway right?
yeah
and i'll be sleeping in my cervelo story... |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 15-04-2010 21:14
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jaccan wrote:
It was surely neve57 that gave Jason Donald the dope. So neve57 most have some good stuff there
Come on Don´t talk about Jason Donald,I´m still angry at his ride |
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| neve57 |
Posted on 15-04-2010 21:18
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jaccan wrote:
It was surely neve57 that gave Jason Donald the dope. So neve57 most have some good stuff there
oh yeah !
i am th dope doctor in here
Just ask and... any rider from your team will stand on the top of the podium
Even "Mads Kaggestad" can win |
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| Bosskardo |
Posted on 16-04-2010 19:43
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Donald was a real surprise, whats his stats. And congrats for keeping the lead.
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| Bosskardo |
Posted on 16-04-2010 19:43
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Damn, whats wrong with my browser. It likes to double post.
Edited by Bosskardo on 16-04-2010 19:46
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 16-04-2010 20:00
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Bosskardo wrote:
Donald was a real surprise, whats his stats. And congrats for keeping the lead.
Thanks I will post his stats in a few momentsAnd don´t care about your double post |
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