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La Pomme Marseille - Bye for now!
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 11-01-2013 17:16
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I understand you Pelli. Math and Physics everywhere.  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 11-01-2013 22:51
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Interested to see how the IAM Cycling team will perform  |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 12-01-2013 10:56
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After a looong offseason, we've finally arrived at the last stop before kicking of the season. In other words: it's time to meet the 2013 squad!
Just like last year, we'll mainly target the flat sprinters' races. Reigning CT sprint dominant, Alexander Serebryakov, will try to continue the insane success in his first year with us. The, among the fans, incredibly popular Siskevicius will obviously retain his highly protected role as well.
One of the big changes this year is the addition of two more timetriallists: Smukulis and Kwiatkowski. Together with Paillot, they form a great trio for short stage races with a decisive time trial. Especially Kwiatkowski should be a good source of points this year, knowing how allround he is.
Another thing that's different this year is that we'll go for some of the cobbled northern classics. Former Saur rider Paiani will have lots of freedom in those races and excellent help from the Latvian duo Skujins / Smukulis. This is of course just the beginning of building a competitive cobbles team.
Lastly, the hills. Perichon and, above all, Koretzky, experienced an amazing 2012 season and will try to repeat that now. I'm positive about it, especially with Kwiatkowski joining them as well.
And that's basically everything. The only sort of rider we miss is a pure climber or stage racer, but in the Continental Tour that's not really necessary if you ask me. If we were to promote at some point in the future, that will definitely change. But no climber for now.
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 12-01-2013 11:37
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You may not have a leader in the mountains, but you'll certainly do well in one day races. Strong squad with sprinters and riders that will target classics 
- Oh, and no post of MTN-Qhubeka . Riders are probably under-rated anyway
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 12-01-2013 11:44
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Well, that's a good team. Really like it. But let's hope that the mountain riders wich you don't have, doesn't screw you over. |
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| Daggen |
Posted on 12-01-2013 11:47
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Great signing with Kwiatkowski!
Edited by Daggen on 12-01-2013 11:48
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| dienblad |
Posted on 12-01-2013 11:55
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Finally, the preview of the next season is done. Good luck with it, may it bring as lot of great races and reports as 2012!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-01-2013 12:04
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Lets hope that Serebryakov hits the ground running again this season |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 12-01-2013 22:22
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Good luck with the 2013 season I think Smukulis could be a dark horse
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 13-01-2013 09:00
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Best of luck in 2013 (i've voted for you too) and again awesome preview! |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 13-01-2013 12:54
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Thanks all! I'm really happy with the team, so I'm very motivated to get things rolling again.
@ aidan - Only for you: MTN's squad
Here's our calendar for the first three months of the season. This post will be updated later, when the rest of the schedule is decided.
| 29/01 | 1.1 |  | Grand Prix la Marseillaise | | 01/02 - 06/02 | 2.1 | | Étoile de Bessèges | | 09/02 - 12/02 | 2.1 | | Tour Méditerranéen | | 18/02 - 19/02 | 2.1 | | Tour du Haut Var | | 25/02 | 1.HC |  | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | | 26/02 | 1.1 | | Kuurne - Bruxelles - Kuurne | | 26/02 | 1.HC |  | Clasica de Almeria | | 02/03 - 04/03 | 2.1 | | Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen | | 04/03 - 11/03 | UWT | | Paris - Nice | | 14/03 | 1.1 | | Nokere - Koerse | | 17/03 | 1.1 | | Classique Loire Atlantique | | 18/03 | 1.1 | | GP Cholet - Pays de Loire | | 27/03 - 30/03 | 2.HC | | Driedaagse van De Panne |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 13-01-2013 12:56
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1st PT race ever for LPB? |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 13-01-2013 13:16
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Well, I hope the team does well in Paris-Nice. Could be the begining of a race towards the Tour, in a few years time. Maybe next year, who knows.  |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 13-01-2013 14:54
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@ Miguel - Indeed, it is!
@ Freitas - My intention is actually that the team will make it's GT debut already this year. Not at the Tour, though.
1.1: Grand Prix la Marseillaise
Surely there's no better way to return to racing than by beginning with our home race? Just like a year ago, we'll do everything to come out of the race with a good result - as it's perhaps the most important race all season.
Repeating last year's second place wont be an easy task, but Koretzky has been eyeing this day for a long time - planning to take revenge after missing the win by just a wheel. Smukulis and Skujins will stay near him the whole race, and then try to help him to a good position in an eventual sprint finish.
We certainly haven't been lucky with the competition. Not only will we have to face all our French rival teams, but also several WT teams - none of which have sent any bad squads. Visconti, Tiernan-Locke and last year's winner Hivert are my favourites in this unexpectedly strong field.
The action breaks loose at the very second the flag is waved, showing how much the riders have looked forward to this day. Vaubourzeix is active as always and jumps along when Veranda Rideau's Kevin Denis makes the first move.
As usual, lots of riders try to bridge across, but the duo builds up an advantage that no one is able to cross, initially. The breakaway is eventually formed when a group of seven successfully breaks free from the peloton and crosses the gap up to the leading duo.
Pelucchi, Weening and Eritrean champion Teklehaimanot are the most prominent riders involved.
The group never really becomes a threat, as Garmin and Sky keeps them under control all day with a rather tough pace. The break's advantage starts to decrease from the maximum of three minutes already with over 50 kms left - when pre-race favourite Dan Martin surprisingly starts taking turns.
The gap between the break and the main field continues to decrease rapidly during the next couple of kilometers. Vaubourzeix attacks when it goes down under a minute, bringing Teklehaimanot with him.
The duo pushes on very hard up the final climb of the day, and actually manages to stay in front of a wildly attacking group of favourites. Vaubourzeix really suffers however, and has to let go just before the top.
After failing to create any gap on the climb, the favourites start looking around in the descent - and the two men up front suddenly disappear in the distance! Teklehaimanot reaches the final three kilometers with half a minute on Vaubourzeix and a full minute on the peloton!
With Vaubourzeix completely dead after the hard climb, we make a slightly controversial decision. Smukulis takes Koretzky on his wheel and makes a big push up to the head of the pack, giving him the perfect position for the sprint.
Vaubourzeix is swallowed up in a matter of seconds, but Teklehaimanot really fights back. Smukulis kicks off the sprint very early for Koretzky, who then switches wheels when Gallopin comes storming to the front with two km remaining.
A heartbreaking end for Teklehaimanot, as he gets caught just 800m from the line! Still Gallopin charging on at the front, with Koretzky and Wegmann waiting for the perfect moment just behind.
Inside the final 500m, Koretzky jumps out of Gallopin's slipstream. The rest start to lose ground to the two Frenchmen, so it's clearly a two-man race!
Gallopin can't match up when Koretzky switches to another gear and can just watch his compatriot raise his arms in celebrations as he crosses the line - winning the race by several bikelengths!
A truly deserved second place goes to Gallopin, who shows excellent endurance by almost holding on to win with such a long sprint. Teklehaimanot ends up in 40th place, surely very disappointed!
| 1 | Clément Koretzky | La Pomme - Bouygues | 3h34'24 | | 2 | Tony Gallopin | Radioshack - Trek | s.t. | | 3 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ | s.t. | | 4 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 5 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 6 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 7 | Gediminas Bagdonas | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 8 | Luke Rowe | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 10 | Markel Irizar | Radioshack - Trek | s.t. |
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 13-01-2013 14:59
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You truly are the master of this game  Fantastic report, a matching result, I love this story
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 13-01-2013 15:03
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Great start to the season, especially in La Pomme's first extreme race. Koretzky is definetly a beast |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 13-01-2013 15:05
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Great win for Koretzky, and you start awesome, as ever. |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 13-01-2013 15:10
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Great result from Koretzky there Teklehaimanot must be disappointed indeed, being caught with so little to go
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 13-01-2013 15:26
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nooooooooooooo gallopin!! |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 13-01-2013 15:43
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That's a great result, especially since their form isn't that good yet
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