La Pomme Marseille - Bye for now!
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Posted on 13-01-2013 15:52
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Amazing start, you're the king. So, we might see the French/Baltic team in Italian or Spanish roads... hope that you get invited. |
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ste_18 |
Posted on 13-01-2013 16:03
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Love this stoy! Very good ride in France, hope this is only the start...
Great to see you'll ride the first PT race for LPB this year!
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Posted on 13-01-2013 16:44
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Amazing. The team looks pretty great in the sprints!
The first report was amazing. Great writing and great screenshots.
The result was also up to par with everything else.
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Posted on 13-01-2013 16:56
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I would have expected your stats being stronger.
But this way it`s more awesome what you do with the team.
Nice win in Marseilles.
Kwiatowski should be an elite point scorer for you. |
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sutty68 |
Posted on 13-01-2013 18:08
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Great victory from Koretsky |
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Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 13-01-2013 20:23
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Thanks everyone for the nice words.
@ Froomedog - It's still on hard. You'll see why below.
2.1: Étoile de Bessèges: Preview
We continue along the same path we took last year in another race on home soil. Five relatively easy stages and one rather hard individual time trial lies ahead. The overall will probably go to a sprinter thanks to the many bonus seconds - as shown by Tom Boonen in 2012.
We're putting a lot of faith in Smukulis, hoping that he might pull off a decent GC result in the final TT. Even if he fails to, we have Evaldas - who'll hopefully snatch a couple of bonus seconds on one or a few occasions.
The field is quite a lot stronger than I expected and hoped - especially in terms of sprinters. Degenkolb will be close to unbeatable with Van Rensburg for support, and riders like Van Poppel and Henderson are likely to mop up the rest of the bonifications behind the German. We're up for a real challenge!
2.1: Étoile de Bessèges: Stage 1
Surprisingly it's Astana in control as the race approaches the finish. Argos completely fails to set up any sort of train for Degenkolb, so instead we have Gavazzi leading it out for Bozic, the Slovenian champion.
Evaldas unfortunstely gets knocked off Chavanel's wheel just before the sprint is kicked off, and has to move forward from a position far back.
Astana's excellent leadout really pays off in the end, as Bozic easily holds off the other sprinters after taking the front himself with a kilometer remaining. Degenkolb gains several positions to finish second, surely pissed knowing he probably could've won with a little help from his team.
Van Rensburg follows his team mate up to the front and finishes third. A great day for Argos, and the complete opposite for us. Evaldas gets boxed in a long way back, locking him in a bad position. 16th place in the end for him.
1 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | 3h10'26 | 2 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 3 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 4 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ | s.t. | 5 | Francisco José Pacheco | Movistar Team | s.t. |
2.1: Étoile de Bessèges: Stage 2
Evaldas finds the perfect wheel, Degenkolb's, as we again enter the final few kilometers with a sprint ahead. Believe it or not, with Euskaltel in charge!
It's just not meant to be for us, however. A smart manoeuvre from man in the points jersey leaves Evaldas trapped behind a dropping De Kort.
Degenkolb then gets towed to the front by Geschke, from where he destroys the others in the uphill sprint to the line. He also takes over the race lead, due to the fact that Bozic gets beaten to second by Vachon.
Just like yesterday, Evaldas fails to make up the lost ground in the finale and can't do better than 11th. Things can only get better from here.
1 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | 3h34'51 | 2 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne Seché | s.t. | 3 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 4 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ | s.t. | 5 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. |
2.1: Étoile de Bessèges: Stage 3
For the third day in a row, very uneventful up to the final kilometers. FDJ's train proves to be the strongest one, giving Chavanel the perfect position.
Evaldas meanwhile gets a little help from Smukulis, who brings him up to just behind Chavanel, Henderson and Petit. Degenkolb isn't in great position either, and Bozic is nowhere to be seen.
Things change drastically in the tricky final kilometer, and Degenkolb pushes through to take his second straight victory. Schulze and Henderson complete the podium, overtaking a disappointing Chavanel.
A decent finish from Evaldas results in a 7th place. A slight improvement from the previous days, but obviously not quite what we'd like to see.
1 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | 4h00'50 | 2 | André Schulze | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 3 | Greg Henderson | Lotto-Belisol Team | s.t. | 4 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ | s.t. | 5 | Jure Kocjan | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |
Still with two possible sprint finishes left, Degenkolb looks very solid at the top of the GC. He'll need to blow up completely on the time trial's climb to lose this I think. Smukulis will hopefully improve a bit when the terrain gets tougher.
1 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | 10h45'15 | 2 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | + 24 | 3 | André Schulze | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 40 | 4 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne Seché | s.t. | 5 | Jan Barta | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. |
Spoiler 6 | Greg Henderson | Lotto-Belisol Team | + 44 | 7 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 8 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Team Sojasun | s.t. | 9 | Juraj Sagan | Cannondale Cycling | s.t. | 10 | Valentin Iglinskiy | AG2R La Mondiale | + 46 | 11 | Pierre Drancourt | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 12 | Yohan Offredo | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 13 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 48 | 14 | Kai Reus | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | + 50 | 15 | Dimitri Champion | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 16 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ | + 52 | 17 | Francisco José Pacheco | Movistar Team | s.t. | 18 | Aurélien Passeron | FDJ | s.t. | 19 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 20 | Evaldas Siskevicius | La Pomme - Bouygues | s.t. | 21 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 22 | Steven Tronet | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 23 | Alessandro Bazzana | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 24 | Simon Geschke | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 25 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | 26 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 27 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 28 | Davide Appollonio | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 29 | Julien Simon | Team Sojasun | s.t. | 30 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. |
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ste_18 |
Posted on 13-01-2013 20:26
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Not a great start for Evaldas |
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FreitasPCM |
Posted on 13-01-2013 20:34
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Evaldas ate too much this Christmas, but I'm sure he'll get better soon. |
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Posted on 13-01-2013 22:18
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Wow, amazing start of the season ( I won't say anything about the Etoile before it has ended) and great reports. If you win the team story of 2012-award instead of me, I'm really happy for you, since you deserve it (when will it be announced, can't wait any longer!!!!!)
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sutty68 |
Posted on 14-01-2013 08:43
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Looks like the team are going to struggle against the form of Degenkolb |
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-01-2013 15:27
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Well, that field is just way too strong for your team at the moment. But I have a lot of confidence in Evaldas and I'm sure he'll turn up in a top 5 somewhere |
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Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 15-01-2013 18:53
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@ dienblad - It's great to hear that from you! I'm pretty sure you've got the team story award wrapped up, though.
Should be announced any day now, as soon as CT returns from Washington.
2.1: Étoile de Bessèges: Stage 4
We change the tactic a bit today, after three failed bunch sprints. Instead of putting all hopes in Evaldas, we send Flaksis into the early breakaway - hoping that it'll stay clear. Cummings, Van Hoecke, Pichot and Flahaut are the other four.
Unfortunately, Argos keeps a tight grip around them, and the gap never reaches more than three minutes. The catch is easily made a long way out from the finish, leaving us with yet another mass sprint.
FDJ charges to the front as we enter the final 5 km. Smukulis places Evaldas in an excellent position just behind them, whilst Euskaltel tries to challenge on the other side. Degenkolb meanwhile finds himself completely isolated a few wheels behind. Not good, Argos!
Things get really messy once the sprint is kicked off on the slight drag up to the finish line. Several riders shoot up early from a position further back, forcing Chavanel and the others to go as well.
Evaldas, Degenkolb and Bozic all find themselves caught in the middle of a chaos - hindering them from moving forward.
A combination of perfect positioning and good form allows Henderson to escape through the mess and win the stage quite easily. Tronet snatches second place after profiting from the Kiwi's slipstream.
Tleubayev nabs the final time bonus after realising that Bozic is too far back. Degenkolb makes an insane jump forward after finding room in the final 100m, but can't get further than 5th. Evaldas meanwhile heavily disappoints - crossing the line all the way back in 14th.
1 | Greg Henderson | Lotto-Belisol Team | 3h25'18 | 2 | Steven Tronet | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 3 | Ruslan Tleubayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 4 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 5 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. |
2.1: Étoile de Bessèges: Stage 5
Degenkolb comfortably stays in the front rows of the peloton all the way up to the top of the big climb on this apparently hilly stage. So much for trying to drop him!
We still play our first card just before the top of the hill. Perichon puts in a dig in a steep section and is gets company from no one else than Valverde! Astarloza also makes the junction after the long descent.
The latter makes one final push when the peloton comes back at them, and the gap suddenly balloons out to half a minute in the final 4 km!
We quickly realise that Degenkolb is down to Van Rensburg, and the other sprinters are all alone as well. Luckily we still have Smukulis, who happily hits the front with Evaldas just behind him.
The other sprinters line up behind our duo, but Van Rensburg can't hold it for very long and launches the sprint well over two kilometers out. This brings Astarloza's attack to an immediate end. Degenkolb meanwhile starts to move up.
The man wearing the orange jersey jumps into the lead as if it was nothing and starts pushing towards the line. Van Rensburg and Pacheco initially tries to follow, but quickly starts fading. Evaldas on the other hand...
Evaldas puts pressure on Degenkolb all the way to the line, but the German express is simply too strong. Second place and plenty of bonus seconds is still obviously all but bad!
Smukulis makes the day even better by finishing fifth - after a three kilometer sprint! The form looks good for the final time trial tomorrow!
1 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | 2h01'51 | 2 | Evaldas Siskevicius | La Pomme - Bouygues | s.t. | 3 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 4 | Francisco José Pacheco | Movistar Team | s.t. | 5 | Gatis Smukulis | La Pomme - Bouygues | s.t. |
Degenkolb's overall lead continues to increase with today's bonus seconds. With more than a minute on all serious timetriallists, this looks solid for him. Evaldas will try his best to stay in the top 10, although it'll be hard.
1 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | 16h12'04 | 2 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | + 44 | 3 | Greg Henderson | Lotto-Belisol Team | s.t. | 4 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Argos - Shimano | + 56 | 5 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne Seché | + 1'00 |
Spoiler 6 | André Schulze | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 7 | Evaldas Siskevicius | La Pomme - Bouygues | s.t. | 8 | Steven Tronet | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 9 | Jan Barta | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 10 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Team Sojasun | + 1'04 | 11 | Juraj Sagan | Cannondale Cycling | s.t. | 12 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 1'06 | 13 | Valentin Iglinskiy | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 14 | Yohan Offredo | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 15 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 1'10 | 16 | Kai Reus | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 17 | Francisco José Pacheco | Movistar Team | + 1'12 | 18 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 19 | Simon Geschke | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 20 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | 21 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 22 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 23 | Jure Kocjan | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 24 | Gatis Smukulis | La Pomme - Bouygues | s.t. | 25 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | 26 | Alessandro Bazzana | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 27 | Julien Simon | Team Sojasun | s.t. | 28 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 29 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Katusha Team | s.t. | 30 | Davide Appollonio | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
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Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-01-2013 18:56
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Okay, but this is very good. I knew Evaldas had it in him to win (yeah, I don't count Degenkolb anymore, it's just no fair competition )
Anyway, it will matter a lot to the sponsors, getting a performance here like that! |
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ste_18 |
Posted on 15-01-2013 19:30
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Degenkolb is dominating it! Finally Evaldas shows his strenght and reached a greate 2nd place. Gatis did great too finishing 5.
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FreitasPCM |
Posted on 15-01-2013 20:50
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Finally boy Evaldas has appeared in a decent position. Looking at guys like Barta or Engoulvent it'll be difficult to stay in the top-10, but you never know. Maybe Smukulis can also have a shot at it. |
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sutty68 |
Posted on 15-01-2013 22:41
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Really liking the first pick on stage five report |
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Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 16-01-2013 21:51
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Thanks, guys. I think you'll enjoy what's next...
2.1: Étoile de Bessèges: Stage 6
The first few hours pass without any times worth mentioning. Things finally start getting interesting when Marco Pinotti knocks down the earlier leaders by quite a margin. New time to beat: 16'46.
Jonathan Castroviejo, last year's winner of this very stage, can't match the aging Italian champion and thus wont win for the second year in a row.
The next Movistar rider, Alex Dowsett, on the other hand does. He almost falls apart after the finish line, but takes the lead by two seconds.
The Briton survives the next wave of riders, including Mikhail Ignatiev. The Russian comes fairly close, but hits the line a few seconds too late.
Smukulis is next. After clocking a time almost 20 seconds slower than Dowsett at the intermediate check halfway through, we thought that he was having a really bad day.
That turns out to be completely wrong. After an easy start, he rockets up the final climb and tops Dowsett's time by a whopping 18 seconds!
Smukulis' time turns even more impressive when Valverde finishes a couple of minutes later with a great time - but 7 seconds too slow!
Evaldas is soon off, after having a short talk with Smukulis about how to deal with the course. The advice proves to be insanely helpful, as the clock stops at 16'47 - just a second slower than Pinotti!
Van Rensburg was expected to move up the standings after today, but really disappoints. He even drops from fourth to fifth in the GC.
Down to the last three, with third placed Henderson first. As expected, he loses a chunk of time, especially in the final part of the race - the climb. Just like Van Rensburg, he drops in the GC.
Bozic goes one worse and loses three seconds more than his podium pal. Second place in the GC turns into 7th - probably a big disappointment for him.
A so far dominant Degenkolb catches Bozic in his sight inside the difficult final kilometer. The picture really lies however, as the race leader ends up with the exact same time as the man in front of him. What does that mean for the GC?
One thing is for sure: Smukulis destroys the rest on this stage! Not even a Valverde in clearly good form can match him today. Perhaps even more impressive is Evaldas' fifth place - showing that the form is where it should be!
1 | Gatis Smukulis | La Pomme - Bouygues | 16'26 | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 7 | 3 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | + 18 | 4 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | + 20 | 5 | Evaldas Siskevicius | La Pomme - Bouygues | + 21 |
Spoiler 6 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 23 | 7 | Pierre-Luc Perichon | La Pomme - Bouygues | + 24 | 8 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | 9 | Gediminas Bagdonas | AG2R La Mondiale | + 26 | 10 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Argos - Shimano | + 27 | 11 | Kristjan Koren | Cannondale Cycling | + 28 | 12 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 13 | Gaetan Bille | Lotto-Belisol Team | + 30 | 14 | Benjamin Giraud | La Pomme - Bouygues | + 31 | 15 | Andzs Flaksis | La Pomme - Bouygues | s.t. | 16 | Toms Skujins | La Pomme - Bouygues | + 32 | 17 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 18 | Hugo Houle | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 19 | Jan Barta | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 20 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 33 | 21 | Johan Le Bon | FDJ | + 34 | 22 | Hubert Dupont | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 23 | Frederik Veuchelen | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 24 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 25 | Simon Geschke | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 26 | Eloy Teruel Rovira | Movistar Team | + 35 | 27 | Jean-Lou Paiani | La Pomme - Bouygues | s.t. | 28 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 29 | José Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | 30 | Jonathan Hivert | Team Sojasun | s.t. | 31 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 32 | Alessandro De Marchi | Cannondale Cycling | + 36 | 33 | Anton Vorobyev | Katusha Team | s.t. | 34 | Yannick Talabardon | FDJ | s.t. | 35 | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale Cycling | s.t. | 36 | Francisco José Pacheco | Movistar Team | s.t. | 37 | Kai Reus | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 38 | Laszló Bodrogi | Team Novo Nordisk | + 37 | 39 | Matthieu Boulo | Bretagne Seché | s.t. | 40 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto-Belisol Team | + 38 | 41 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 39 | 42 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 43 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 44 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ | s.t. | 45 | Tom Stamsnijder | Team Argos - Shimano | + 40 | 46 | Thomas Vaubourzeix | La Pomme - Bouygues | + 41 | 47 | Baptiste Planckaert | Team Crelan | s.t. | 48 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto-Belisol Team | s.t. | 49 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 50 | Cyril Bessy | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 42 | 51 | Franck Vermeulen | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 52 | Sergei Pomoshnikov | Katusha Team | s.t. | 53 | Julien Simon | Team Sojasun | s.t. | 54 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Team Sojasun | s.t. | 55 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | + 43 | 56 | Kiel Reijnen | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 57 | Kevin Denis | Veranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | 58 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 59 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 60 | Greg Henderson | Lotto-Belisol Team | s.t. | 61 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Cannondale Cycling | s.t. | 62 | Joe Eldridge | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | 63 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | + 44 | 64 | Bruno Pires | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 65 | Jay Thomson | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 66 | Dimitri Champion | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 67 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | 68 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | + 45 | 69 | Valerio Agnoli | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 70 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ | s.t. | 71 | Gaël Malacarne | Bretagne Seché | s.t. | 72 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 73 | Jure Kocjan | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 74 | Alexander Efimkin | Team Novo Nordisk | + 46 | 75 | Jorge Azanza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 76 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 77 | Benoit Jarrier | Veranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | 78 | Anthony Delaplace | Team Sojasun | s.t. | 79 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 80 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 81 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 82 | Denis Flahaut | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 47 | 83 | Nicolas Roche | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 84 | Cyril Lemoine | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 48 | 85 | Frederique Robert | Lotto-Belisol Team | s.t. | 86 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ | s.t. | 87 | Aurélien Duval | FDJ | s.t. | 88 | Egoi MartÃnez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 89 | Alessandro Bazzana | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 90 | Steven Tronet | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 91 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 92 | Benoit Drujon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 49 | 93 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Team Crelan | s.t. | 94 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 95 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Katusha Team | s.t. | 96 | Alexandre Lemair | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 50 | 97 | Boy Van Poppel | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 98 | Danny Van Poppel | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 99 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 100 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ | s.t. | 101 | Julien El Fares | Team Sojasun | s.t. | 102 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | 103 | Nicolas Capdepuy | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 104 | Joey Rosskopf | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | 105 | Sébastien Harbonnier | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 51 | 106 | Takashi Miyazawa | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 107 | Jonathan Breyne | Team Crelan | s.t. | 108 | Kurt Hovelynck | Team Crelan | s.t. | 109 | Aurélien Passeron | FDJ | s.t. | 110 | Jesús Hernández | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 111 | Pierre Drancourt | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 112 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | s.t. | 113 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Cannondale Cycling | s.t. | 114 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Katusha Team | s.t. | 115 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne Seché | s.t. | 116 | Antoine Dalibard | Bretagne Seché | + 52 | 117 | Christian Patron | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | 118 | Justin Van Hoecke | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | 119 | Fabien Schmidt | Team Sojasun | s.t. | 120 | Klaas Lodewyck | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 121 | Julien Guay | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 122 | Perrig Quemeneur | Team Europcar | s.t. | 123 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | 124 | Julien Antomarchi | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | 125 | Yohan Offredo | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 126 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | 127 | Ricardo GarcÃa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 128 | Fabio Polazzi | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | 129 | Sébastien Delfosse | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 53 | 130 | Ruslan Tleubayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 131 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 132 | Valentin Iglinskiy | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 133 | Juraj Sagan | Cannondale Cycling | s.t. | 134 | Fabio Calabria | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | 135 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 136 | Giovanni Bernaudeau | Bretagne Seché | + 54 | 137 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 138 | Aldo Ino Ilesic | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 139 | Blaz Jarc | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 140 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 141 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | 142 | Ralf Matzka | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 143 | Scott Thwaites | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 144 | Ronan Racault | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 145 | Vicente Reynès | Lotto-Belisol Team | + 55 | 146 | Romain Matheou | Veranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | 147 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol Team | s.t. | 148 | Stijn Joseph | Team Crelan | s.t. | 149 | Timon Seubert | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 150 | Romain Hardy | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 151 | Florian Guillou | Bretagne Seché | s.t. | 152 | Maciej Paterski | Cannondale Cycling | s.t. | 153 | André Schulze | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 154 | Egidijus Juodvalkis | Team Crelan | + 56 | 155 | Daniel Schorn | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 156 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | 157 | Mauro Da Dalto | Cannondale Cycling | s.t. | 158 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 159 | Davide Appollonio | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 160 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | 161 | Guillaume Malle | Veranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | 162 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 163 | Kevin Thome | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 57 | 164 | Zakkari Dempster | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 165 | Simon Chartier | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 166 | Frédéric Amorison | Team Crelan | + 58 | 167 | Rüdiger Selig | Katusha Team | s.t. | 168 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 169 | Wesley Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 59 | 170 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 171 | Morgan Kneisky | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 172 | Mathieu Drouilly | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 173 | Cyrille Monnerais | Veranda Rideau - Super U | + 1'00 | 174 | Arnaud Gérard | Bretagne Seché | s.t. | 175 | Tony Hurel | Team Europcar | s.t. | 176 | Jonathan Thiré | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | 177 | Michael Schwarzmann | Team NetApp - Endura | + 1'01 | 178 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | + 1'02 | 179 | Remco Te Brake | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | 180 | Koen De Kort | Team Argos - Shimano | + 1'03 | 181 | Joeri Stallaert | Team Crelan | + 1'04 | 182 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'07 | 183 | Fabien Bacquet | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 1'08 | 184 | Justin Jules | Veranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | 185 | Juan José Lobato del Valle | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'11 | 186 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto-Belisol Team | + 1'12 | 187 | Guillaume Blot | Bretagne Seché | + 1'14 |
Not even a dominance like this is enough to wrestle down Degenkolb, though. He definitely deserves it anyway, after showing this kind of superiority in the sprints. He was clearly the best in this race.
Can't complain on our part either. Two men in the top 5 is pretty good, especially considering how it looked after the first three or four stages. We just need to get the sprints working now!
Final GC:
1 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | 16h29'16 | 2 | Gatis Smukulis | La Pomme - Bouygues | + 26 | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 33 | 4 | Evaldas Siskevicius | La Pomme - Bouygues | + 35 | 5 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Argos - Shimano | + 37 | 6 | Greg Henderson | Lotto-Belisol Team | + 41 | 7 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | + 44 | 8 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | s.t. | 9 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | + 46 | 10 | Jan Barta | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. |
Spoiler 11 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 49 | 12 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 50 | 13 | Pierre-Luc Perichon | La Pomme - Bouygues | s.t. | 14 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 54 | 15 | Hugo Houle | AG2R La Mondiale | + 58 | 16 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 17 | Toms Skujins | La Pomme - Bouygues | s.t. | 18 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 59 | 19 | Simon Geschke | Team Argos - Shimano | + 1'00 | 20 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 21 | Frederik Veuchelen | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 22 | Hubert Dupont | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 23 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Team Sojasun | s.t. | 24 | Kai Reus | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 25 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | + 1'01 | 26 | Jonathan Hivert | Team Sojasun | s.t. | 27 | José Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | 28 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 29 | Francisco José Pacheco | Movistar Team | + 1'02 | 30 | Steven Tronet | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 31 | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale Cycling | s.t. | 32 | Yannick Talabardon | FDJ | s.t. | 33 | Anton Vorobyev | Katusha Team | s.t. | 34 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne Seché | + 1'05 | 35 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 36 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 37 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 38 | Julien Simon | Team Sojasun | + 1'08 | 39 | Sergei Pomoshnikov | Katusha Team | s.t. | 40 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 1'09 | 41 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 42 | André Schulze | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 43 | Kevin Denis | Veranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | 44 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Cannondale Cycling | s.t. | 45 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | + 1'10 | 46 | Jure Kocjan | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'11 | 47 | Juraj Sagan | Cannondale Cycling | s.t. | 48 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 1'12 | 49 | Anthony Delaplace | Team Sojasun | s.t. | 50 | Yohan Offredo | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 51 | Valentin Iglinskiy | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'13 | 52 | Alessandro Bazzana | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | + 1'14 | 53 | Egoi MartÃnez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 54 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Katusha Team | + 1'15 | 55 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 1'16 | 56 | Julien El Fares | Team Sojasun | s.t. | 57 | Nicolas Capdepuy | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 58 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Katusha Team | + 1'17 | 59 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Cannondale Cycling | s.t. | 60 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | s.t. | 61 | Julien Antomarchi | Team Novo Nordisk | + 1'18 | 62 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | 63 | Perrig Quemeneur | Team Europcar | s.t. | 64 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'19 | 65 | Scott Thwaites | Team NetApp - Endura | + 1'20 | 66 | Ralf Matzka | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | 67 | Maciej Paterski | Cannondale Cycling | + 1'21 | 68 | Davide Appollonio | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'22 | 69 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | 70 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | 71 | Morgan Kneisky | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 1'25 | 72 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | + 1'28 | 73 | Dimitri Champion | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 3'58 | 74 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 4'02 | 75 | Remco Te Brake | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 4'18 | 76 | Jean-Lou Paiani | La Pomme - Bouygues | + 4'33 | 77 | Matthieu Boulo | Bretagne Seché | + 4'35 | 78 | Tom Stamsnijder | Team Argos - Shimano | + 4'38 | 79 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto-Belisol Team | + 4'39 | 80 | Kiel Reijnen | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | + 4'41 | 81 | Ruslan Tleubayev | Astana Pro Team | + 4'43 | 82 | Florian Guillou | Bretagne Seché | + 4'47 | 83 | Romain Hardy | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 4'53 | 84 | Pierre Drancourt | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 5'00 | 85 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 5'05 | 86 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | 87 | Julien Guay | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 5'07 | 88 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Team Argos - Shimano | + 5'09 | 89 | Jonathan Thiré | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 5'15 | 90 | Jesús Hernández | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 5'53 | 91 | Mauro Da Dalto | Cannondale Cycling | + 5'55 | 92 | Tony Hurel | Team Europcar | + 5'59 | 93 | Andzs Flaksis | La Pomme - Bouygues | + 6'15 | 94 | Benjamin Giraud | La Pomme - Bouygues | + 7'26 | 95 | Guillaume Blot | Bretagne Seché | + 7'28 | 96 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | + 7'52 | 97 | Sébastien Delfosse | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 8'11 | 98 | Gediminas Bagdonas | AG2R La Mondiale | + 9'00 | 99 | Johan Le Bon | FDJ | + 9'14 | 100 | Eloy Teruel Rovira | Movistar Team | + 9'15 | 101 | Laszló Bodrogi | Team Novo Nordisk | + 9'17 | 102 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 103 | Aurélien Duval | FDJ | + 9'28 | 104 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ | + 9'30 | 105 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 106 | Danny Van Poppel | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 107 | Joey Rosskopf | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | 108 | Aurélien Passeron | FDJ | + 9'31 | 109 | Kurt Hovelynck | Team Crelan | s.t. | 110 | Jonathan Breyne | Team Crelan | s.t. | 111 | Klaas Lodewyck | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 9'32 | 112 | Fabio Calabria | Team Novo Nordisk | + 9'33 | 113 | Blaz Jarc | Team NetApp - Endura | + 9'34 | 114 | Ronan Racault | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 115 | Timon Seubert | Team NetApp - Endura | + 9'35 | 116 | Stijn Joseph | Team Crelan | s.t. | 117 | Daniel Schorn | Team NetApp - Endura | + 9'36 | 118 | Egidijus Juodvalkis | Team Crelan | s.t. | 119 | Guillaume Malle | Veranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | 120 | Zakkari Dempster | Team NetApp - Endura | + 9'37 | 121 | Rüdiger Selig | Katusha Team | + 9'38 | 122 | Frédéric Amorison | Team Crelan | s.t. | 123 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 9'39 | 124 | Wesley Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | 125 | Michael Schwarzmann | Team NetApp - Endura | + 9'41 | 126 | Koen De Kort | Team Argos - Shimano | + 9'43 | 127 | Joeri Stallaert | Team Crelan | + 9'44 | 128 | Justin Jules | Veranda Rideau - Super U | + 9'48 | 129 | Fabien Bacquet | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | 130 | Juan José Lobato del Valle | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 9'51 | 131 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 10'54 | 132 | Ricardo GarcÃa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 11'16 | 133 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ | + 12'11 | 134 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 12'56 | 135 | Jay Thomson | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 136 | Kristjan Koren | Cannondale Cycling | + 12'57 | 137 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | 138 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | 139 | Gaël Malacarne | Bretagne Seché | s.t. | 140 | Cyril Lemoine | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 13'00 | 141 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | + 13'05 | 142 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 13'06 | 143 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol Team | + 13'07 | 144 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | + 13'08 | 145 | Baptiste Planckaert | Team Crelan | + 13'10 | 146 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 147 | Benoit Jarrier | Veranda Rideau - Super U | + 13'14 | 148 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | + 13'17 | 149 | Boy Van Poppel | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 13'19 | 150 | Romain Matheou | Veranda Rideau - Super U | + 13'23 | 151 | Kevin Thome | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 13'25 | 152 | Alessandro De Marchi | Cannondale Cycling | + 13'52 | 153 | Franck Vermeulen | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 13'58 | 154 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ | + 14'01 | 155 | Nicolas Roche | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 14'03 | 156 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Team Crelan | + 14'05 | 157 | Fabien Schmidt | Team Sojasun | + 14'08 | 158 | Justin Van Hoecke | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | 159 | Arnaud Gérard | Bretagne Seché | + 14'16 | 160 | Thomas Vaubourzeix | La Pomme - Bouygues | + 16'13 | 161 | Gaetan Bille | Lotto-Belisol Team | + 16'30 | 162 | Alexandre Lemair | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 16'50 | 163 | Aldo Ino Ilesic | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | + 16'54 | 164 | Denis Flahaut | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 17'04 | 165 | Takashi Miyazawa | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 17'08 | 166 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto-Belisol Team | + 17'12 | 167 | Cyrille Monnerais | Veranda Rideau - Super U | + 17'17 | 168 | Cyril Bessy | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 17'30 | 169 | Valerio Agnoli | Astana Pro Team | + 17'33 | 170 | Jorge Azanza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 17'34 | 171 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | 172 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ | + 17'36 | 173 | Benoit Drujon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 17'37 | 174 | Vicente Reynès | Lotto-Belisol Team | + 17'43 | 175 | Bruno Pires | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 20'33 | 176 | Alexander Efimkin | Team Novo Nordisk | + 20'35 | 177 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto-Belisol Team | + 21'14 | 178 | Christian Patron | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 21'21 | 179 | Frederique Robert | Lotto-Belisol Team | + 22'39 | 180 | Sebastian Lander | BMC Racing Team | + 24'41 | 181 | Sébastien Harbonnier | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 24'52 | 182 | Giovanni Bernaudeau | Bretagne Seché | + 25'45 | 183 | Antoine Dalibard | Bretagne Seché | + 25'57 | 184 | Joe Eldridge | Team Novo Nordisk | + 28'28 | 185 | Fabio Polazzi | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 28'37 | 186 | Simon Chartier | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 28'42 | 187 | Mathieu Drouilly | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 28'44 |
Points:
1 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | 107 | 2 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | 59 | 3 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Argos - Shimano | 59 | 4 | Greg Henderson | Lotto-Belisol Team | 54 | 5 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ | 52 |
KoM:
1 | Pierre Drancourt | Roubaix Lille Métropole | 42 | 2 | Juraj Sagan | Cannondale Cycling | 36 | 3 | Dimitri Champion | BigMat - Auber 93 | 36 | 4 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Team Sojasun | 22 | 5 | Valentin Iglinskiy | AG2R La Mondiale | 20 |
U25:
1 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | 16h29'16 (1) | 2 | Evaldas Siskevicius | La Pomme - Bouygues | + 35 (2) | 3 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Argos - Shimano | + 37 (3) | 4 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | + 44 (4) | 5 | Hugo Houle | AG2R La Mondiale | + 58 (5) |
Team:
1 | La Pomme - Bouygues | 49h29'51 (1) | 2 | Movistar Team | + 4 (2) | 3 | AG2R La Mondiale | + 47 (3) | 4 | BMC Racing Team | + 49 (4) | 5 | Cannondale Cycling | + 55 (5) |
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Miguel98 |
Posted on 16-01-2013 21:54
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Great stuff for Smukulis. |
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FreitasPCM |
Posted on 16-01-2013 21:58
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I knew it. |
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Posted on 16-01-2013 21:59
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Great TT for Smukulis!!
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