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Garmin - 4th season Giro d`Italia
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| roturn |
Posted on 27-01-2012 16:56
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Thanks for the comments and bananas. 
Here the last race before the Amstel...
The Brabantse Pijl is a Flanders Classics held in the region of Brabant in Belgium. Often hilly sprinters are able to win here but also the favourites of the next 3 PT classics use it as preparation. Record winner is Edwig Van Hooydonck with 4 wins followed by 3 wins of Oscar Freire.
Result in 2012
| 1 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Cervelo | 4h44'19 | | 2 | Thomas De Gendt | Omega Pharma-Lotto | | 3 | Jelle Vanendert | Omega Pharma-Lotto | | 4 | Rémy Di Grégorio | FDJ | | 5 | Francis De Greef | Omega Pharma-Lotto | | 6 | Romain Sicard | Team Europcar | | 7 | Bobbie Traksel | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | | 8 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma-Lotto | | 9 | John Gadret | Ag2r La Mondiale | | 10 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ |
After being 2nd behind Gilbert in 2010, Ryder Hesjedal won the last two editions. The hard course in 2011 and a much easier one in 2012.
In 2013 the difficulty is somewhere in between and Hesjedal is back. But it`s the first time, where he is not really a favourite.
Garmin squad 2013
It`s the same roster than in Paris Camembert and also the tactic will be the same. Roche to test himself before the Ardennes and Kessiakoff with a free role. Hesjedal can ride on his own as long as the others can stay with the leading group, then he might have to work as well.
Full startlist
Spoiler Garmin
1. R.Hesjedal
2. C.Barton
3. B.Bookwalter
4. C.Butler
5. T.Duggan
6. F.Kessiakoff
7. N.Roche
8. B.Rowe
Rabobank
11. P.Martens
12. S.Clement
13. M.Frank
14. T.Leezer
15. J.Van Emden
16. D.Van Winden
17. C.Vermeltfoort
18. P.Weening
Skil
21. T.Veelers
22. T.Bonnin
23. R.Curvers
24. B.De Backer
25. K.De Kort
26. J.Serpa
27. A.Timmer
28. K.Van Hummel
Shack
31. B.Hermans
32. F.Beppu
33. G.Lequatre
34. J.McCartney
35. R.McEwen
36. D.Muravyev
37. N.Oliveira
38. J.Sergent
Sky
41. C.Knees
42. D.Appollonio
43. K.Carlström
44. D.Cioni
45. A.Dowsett
46. C.Froome
47. G.Henderson
48. M.Possoni
Landbouwkrediet
51. B.De Waele
52. F.Amorison
53. H.Dekkers
54. B.Dockx
55. B.Gourgue
56. S.Nys
57. B.Planckaert
58. G.Verheyen
Cofidis
61. K.Ista
62. L.Duque
63. J.Fouchard
64. T.Gallopin
65. D.Monier
66. A.Petit
67. N.Sijmens
68. T.Valentin
Topsport
71. P.Vanspeybroeck
72. K.De Ketele
73. G.Joseph
74. S.Neirynck
75. G.Steurs
76. P.Van Hecke
77. M.Van Staeyen
78. S.Van Vooren
Differdange
81. J.Ljungblad
82. R.Broers
83. S.Cohnen
84. C.Gaoua
85. V.Kaupas
86. C.Poos
87. N.Schneider
88. J.Zangerle
Rabobank CT
91. T.Dumoulin
92. J.Asselman
93. J.Bol
94. R.Dennis
95. M.Goos
96. W.Kreder
97. D.Olivier
98. N.Van der Lijke
Donckers Koffie
101. H.Duyn
102. I.De Poortere
103. J.Deweer
104. S.Helven
105. K.Hovelynck
106. J.Ockeloen
107. M.Van Mechelen
108. A.Van Snick
CCC Polsat
111. J.Mendes
112. D.Batek
113. A.Honkisz
114. T.Marczynski
115. B.Matysiak
116. A.Schulze
117. M.Taciak
118. K.Zielinski
Jong Vlaanderen
121. S.Pieters
122. J.Calleeuw
123. B.De Decker
124. S.Steels
125. D.Teuns
126. N.Van Dyck
127. G.J.Van Immerseel
128. B.Verraes
An Post
131. P.Lavery
132. B.Brems
133. K.Claeys
134. M.Debusschere
135. A.Fenn
136. K.Heytens
137. R.McLaughlin
138. M.McNally
UnitedHealthcare
141. C.Meier
142. A.Hegyvari
143. C.Jones
144. A.Pinfold
145. B.Van Poppel
146. C.Wegelius
147. B.White
148. S.Zwizanski
Wallonie
151. O.Pardini
152. G.Bille
153. J.Dufrasne
154. J.Giaux
155. P.Legrand
156. L.Mottet
157. F.Polazzi
158. J.Vangenechten
Caja Rural
161. F.Ferrari
162. R.Martínez
163. J.Sobrino
Indeland
171. D.Kopp
172. M.Bertling
173. D.Finders
174. L.Hagenaars
175. C.Patron
176. A.Schmitt
Veranda's
181. J.Vanlandschoot
182. S.Caethoven
183. D.Cappelle
184. S.De Wilde
185. G.Habeaux
186. D.Kemp
187. S.Van den Houte
188. T.Vernaeckt
LKT
191. F.Schiewer
192. T.Barkshact
193. R.Bartko
194. M.Koch
195. T.Meier
196. S.Schäfer
Jo Piels
201. J.Bos
202. P.De Beer
203. J.Hamelink
204. B.Megens
205. Je.Posthuma
206. P.Schulting
207. R.Te Stroet
208. C.Van Ooijen
De Rijke
211. R.Dijkxhoorn
212. N.Boom
213. S.Oostlander
214. R.Ottema
215. C.Pfingsten
216. B.Schoonbroodt
217. Je.Vermeulen
218. S.Vreugdenhil
Favourites
*** Maartens
** Roche, Hermans
* Veelers, Knees, De Waele
Without the real big guns and also Vaugrenard isn`t here different to Paris Camembert. Therefore other top riders like Hermans, Veelers or Knees are here. None of them will be a real challenger for the Ardennes but on this easier course and a slower pace they might have big chances.
Leuven - Overijse
The biggest difficulty is the 2nd half with lots of short climbs and no real rest in between. Still these hills are not hard enough to get rid of all riders. So sprinters with a decent uphill kick are big favourites.
A first group is allowed to go. Sky`s Dowsett and RadioShack`s Oliveira put the pressure on the other teams.
So it`s Rabobank (Martens), Skil (Veelers), Cofidis (Duque) and Landbouwkrediet (De Waele) to do the pace. Also one RadioShack rider in between. Not too sure if he is really helping or annoying the others.
For Garmin it`s quite calm at the moment as it`s too early in the race and we are happy with the group to run for a while.
Sven Nys is the first rider to attack in the middle of the stage. The weather is really terrible here but the cross specialist seems to like all the mud.
This also makes it dangerous for all riders. But of course it`s again a Garmin rider falling first. And not just anyone. It`s our leader in the Irish National jersey.
Hopefully Roche is not injured after this crash. Would be a brilliant time so close to his first peak.
Luckely he was able to stay at the very end of the peloton and was coming to the front after a while.
Time for Garmin to become active. Together with Rabobank they are doing the pace now.
With ~20km to go Bert De Waele attacks. A good moment to send one of our 3 puncheurs. Ryder Hesjedal immediately follows. Big pressure now on Rabobank.
But it was too early. Soon they were caught again and so Butler is going to the front again doing a high pace hoping for the weaker puncheurs to exhaust.
With 12km to go all our riders including Roche, Hesjedal and Kessiakoff accelerate the pace.
Leonardo Duque still feels good to attack and Roche immediately joins the Colombian.
But one rider overtook both. Tom Veelers is one of the strongest roleurs in cycling. Roche and Kessiakoff try to follow the Dutchman.
With 1km to go Veelers looks like the winner. Kessiakoff being 2nd still has a small gap, while Roche is back in the peloton now for the sprint.
Big win for Skil Shimano. Veelers really has a nice season so far.
But also Kessiakoff is bringing awesome results at the moment. A 2nd for him in a classic. Very well done by the Swede.
Hermans sprinting on the last podium spot ahead of Martens and Roche on a respectable 5th today. Hesjedal again finishes 10th and seems to be a solid helper for the Ardennes.
Good to see that Roche seems to be without injury. Still he will need to go into hospital for a short check.
Result
| 1 | Tom Veelers | Skil - Shimano | 5h06'55 | | 2 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 10 | | 3 | Ben Hermans | Team RadioShack | + 19 | | 4 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Nicolas Roche | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 6 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Pieter Weening | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 9 | Morris Possoni | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 10 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Geert Verheyen | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 12 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 13 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 14 | Dennis Van Winden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 16 | Christian Knees | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 17 | Matthias Frank | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 18 | Pieter Vanspeybroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 19 | Kjell Carlström | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 20 | Sven Nys | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 21 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Team RadioShack | + 47 | | 22 | José Serpa | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 23 | Steven Van Vooren | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 24 | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 25 | Timothy Duggan | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 26 | Kevyn Ista | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 27 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 28 | Tony Gallopin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 29 | Christopher Butler | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 30 | Benjamin Gourgue | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 31 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 32 | Tristan Valentin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'07 | | 33 | Jonas Vangenechten | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 1'12 | | 34 | Roy Curvers | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 35 | Kenny De Ketele | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 1'20 | | 36 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 37 | Jetse Bol | Rabobank Continental Team | + 1'30 | | 38 | Tom Dumoulin | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 39 | Davide Appollonio | Sky ProCycling | + 1'41 | | 40 | Geert Steurs | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 41 | Brent Bookwalter | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 42 | Jonas Ljungblad | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 43 | Jesse Sergent | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 44 | Kenny Van Hummel | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 45 | Koen De Kort | Skil - Shimano | + 1'53 | | 46 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 47 | Julien Fouchard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 48 | Chris Barton | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 2'00 | | 49 | Bert De Backer | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 50 | Fabricio Ferrari | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 51 | Thomas Bonnin | Skil - Shimano | + 2'12 | | 52 | Bartlomiej Matysiak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 2'23 | | 53 | Grégory Joseph | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 2'47 | | 54 | Robbie McEwen | Team RadioShack | + 2'52 | | 55 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 56 | Alex Dowsett | Sky ProCycling | + 3'18 | | 57 | Sander Oostlander | Cyclingteam De Rijke | + 3'24 | | 58 | Nico Schneider | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 59 | Albert Timmer | Skil - Shimano | + 3'51 | | 60 | Michael Van Staeyen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 4'14 | | 61 | Ludovic Mottet | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 62 | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | + 4'21 | | 63 | Philip Lavery | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 4'32 | | 64 | Jose Mendes | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 4'41 | | 65 | Sjef De Wilde | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 66 | Kamil Zielinski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 67 | Jason McCartney | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 68 | Nelson Oliveira | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 69 | Rubén Martínez | Caja Rural | + 5'15 | | 70 | Huub Duyn | Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | s.t. | | 71 | Nick Van der Lijke | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 72 | André Schulze | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 73 | Bjorn Brems | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 74 | Mark McNally | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 75 | Dylan Teuns | Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | s.t. | | 76 | Dariusz Batek | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 77 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 78 | Marc Goos | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 79 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 5'40 | | 80 | Brent Rowe | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 81 | Kess Heytens | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 6'32 | | 82 | Andrew Fenn | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 83 | Grégory Habeaux | Veranda's Willems - Accent | + 8'51 | | 84 | Stijn Neirynck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 85 | Jerome Giaux | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 86 | Peter Schulting | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | + 9'42 | | 87 | Tomasz Marczynski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 88 | Sibrecht Pieters | Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | + 10'16 | | 89 | Vytautas Kaupas | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 90 | Christian Poos | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 91 | Gaetan Bille | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 92 | Steven Caethoven | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 93 | Luc Hagenaars | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 94 | Kevin Claeys | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 95 | Wesley Kreder | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 96 | James Vanlandschoot | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 97 | Kurt Hovelynck | Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | s.t. | | 98 | Benjamin Verraes | Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | s.t. | | 99 | Christopher Jones | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 100 | Fabio Polazzi | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 101 | Jasper Hamelink | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 102 | Joel Zangerle | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 103 | Stijn Steels | Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | s.t. | | 104 | Mateusz Taciak | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 105 | David Kopp | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 106 | Jochen Deweer | Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | s.t. | | 107 | Michel Koch | LKT Team Brandenburg | s.t. | | 108 | Brian Megens | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 109 | Sander Helven | Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | s.t. | | 110 | Dario Cioni | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 111 | Christian Meier | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 112 | Rens Te Stroet | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 113 | Stefan Cohnen | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 114 | Matthias Bertling | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 115 | Robert Bartko | LKT Team Brandenburg | s.t. | | 116 | Alexander Schmitt | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 117 | Bjorn De Decker | Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | s.t. | | 118 | Matthias Van Mechelen | Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | s.t. | | 119 | Jesper Asselman | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 120 | Dieter Cappelle | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 121 | Joeri Calleeuw | Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | s.t. | | 122 | Chris Froome | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 123 | Tino Meier | LKT Team Brandenburg | s.t. | | 124 | Olivier Pardini | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 125 | Ronan McLaughlin | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 126 | Baptiste Planckaert | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 127 | Joaquín Sobrino | Caja Rural | + 11'16 | | 128 | Bart Dockx | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 129 | Thomas Vernaeckt | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 130 | Remco Broers | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 131 | David Kemp | Veranda's Willems - Accent | + 11'33 | | 132 | Scott Zwizanski | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 133 | Philippe Legrand | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 134 | Adrian Hegyvari | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | + 11'38 | | 135 | Jeff Vermeulen | Cyclingteam De Rijke | s.t. | | 136 | Jonathan Dufrasne | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 137 | Sven Van den Houte | Veranda's Willems - Accent | + 11'48 | | 138 | Ingmar De Poortere | Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | s.t. | | 139 | Jelle Posthuma | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 140 | Cornelius Van Ooijen | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 141 | Christoph Pfingsten | Cyclingteam De Rijke | s.t. | | 142 | Pim De Beer | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 143 | Hans Dekkers | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 144 | Christian Patron | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 12'03 | | 145 | Jasper Ockeloen | Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | + 12'28 | | 146 | Daan Olivier | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 147 | Maxim Debusschere | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 148 | Dirk Finders | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 12'39 | | 149 | Jan Bos | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 150 | Gert-Jan Van Immerseel | Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | s.t. | | 151 | Franz Schiewer | LKT Team Brandenburg | + 12'45 | | 152 | Bob Schoonbroodt | Cyclingteam De Rijke | s.t. | | 153 | Arne Van Snick | Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | s.t. | | 154 | Greg Henderson | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 155 | Cédric Gaoua | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 156 | Stefan Schäfer | LKT Team Brandenburg | s.t. | | 157 | Niek Boom | Cyclingteam De Rijke | s.t. | | 158 | Adrian Honkisz | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 159 | Rohan Dennis | Rabobank Continental Team | + 13'28 | | 160 | Rikke Dijkxhoorn | Cyclingteam De Rijke | + 13'33 | | 161 | Tobias Barkschat | LKT Team Brandenburg | + 14'23 | | 162 | Stefan Vreugdenhil | Cyclingteam De Rijke | + 14'30 | | 163 | Bradley White | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | + 15'12 | | 164 | Andrew Pinfold | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 165 | Niels Van Dyck | Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | + 15'21 | | 166 | Rick Ottema | Cyclingteam De Rijke | + 16'32 |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 27-01-2012 17:12
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Nice ride, with 2nd, 5th and 10th!! Veelers is a good sprinter, so he was very hard to beat.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-01-2012 17:25
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3 in the top 10, nice result for the Garmin boys |
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| MitchNL |
Posted on 27-01-2012 22:20
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Great result by you, good luck in the Ardennes!
SUPPORTING RODA JC KERKRADE AND EVERTON FC
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| roturn |
Posted on 28-01-2012 13:28
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Thanks all.
Coming to the first of the three Ardennes Classic.
The Amstel Gold Race is a hilly classic around Maaskant. It`s named after the Amstel brewery. Since the finish is on the Cauberg in Valkenburg the race is normally won by the best puncheurs. Earlier versions had less hills and a flat finish, so many sprinters were able to win this race, too.
Record champion with 5 wins between 1977 and 1982 is Jan Raas.
Result in 2012
| 1 | Fränk Schleck | Astana | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | | 3 | Alexander Kolobnev | Team Katusha | | 4 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-ISD | | 5 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ | | 6 | Fabian Cancellara | Leopard Trek | | 7 | Nicolas Roche | Ag2r La Mondiale | | 8 | Filippo Pozzato | Astana | | 9 | Philippe Gilbert | Liquigas - Cannondale | | 10 | Thomas Lövkvist | Omega Pharma-Lotto |
After two consecutive wins by Kolobnev the Russian "just" managed a podium in the last year as Frank Schleck and Sagan were the strongest this day. He won`t get the chance for a 3rd win as he retired after having a positive. (Unfortunately I forgot to add him like he was active in my PCM10 story, now I won`t add him again)
For Garmin it was a big disappointing having a really bad day with Hesjedal being our best as 28th.
With Roche being 7th here we decided to sign him and we hope he can bring us similar results as he did in previous years.
Garmin squad 2013
Nicholas Roche is our clear leader here as he already proved to be a solid classic rider. Next to him Kessiakoff and Vansummeren will co-lead the team. Both of them already showed great performances on hilly terrain. Last years leader Hesjedal will have some freedom but in general he is supposed to be Roche`s last helper.
Last 4 will try to do as good as possible staying with the leaders until they fall back.
Full startlist
Spoiler Liquigas
1. P.Gilbert
2. V.Agnoli
3. E.Capecchi
4. T.Dall'Antonia
5. K.Koren
6. C.Salerno
7. S.Szmyd
8. A.Vanotti
Leopard
11. F.Cancellara
12. B.Feillu
13. L.Gerdemann
14. R.Gesink
15. A.Lund
16. J.Posthuma
17. A.Schleck
18. O.Zaugg
Astana
21. F.Schleck
22. A.Dyachenko
23. M.Gourov
24. M.Iglinskiy
25. F.Masciarelli
26. J.J.Rojas
27. G.Stangelj
28. A.Zeits
Vacansoleil
31. S.Devolder
32. S.Anza
33. M.Golas
34. J.Hoogerland
35. M.Keizer
36. S.Lagutin
37. R.Pidgornyy
38. W.Poels
Lampre
41. F.Pozzato
42. I.Basso
43. V.Kondrut
44. A.Kvachuk
45. D.Loosli
46. E.Magazzini
47. D.Pietropolli
48. A.Pérez Arrieta
FDJ
51. R.Kreuziger
52. S.Chainel
53. F.Guesdon
54. G.Meersman
55. R.Pauriol
56. T.Pinot
57. A.Roux
58. A.Vichot
Omega
61. J.Bakelants
62. B.De Clercq
63. F.De Greef
64. D.Moreno
65. Ó.Pujol
66. J.Van de Walle
67. J.Vanendert
68. J.Veikkanen
Sky
71. T.Löfkvist
72. J.Augustyn
73. D.Cioni
74. S.Gerrans
75. G.Thomas
76. R.Urán
77. B.Wiggins
78. X.Zandio
Garmin
81. R.Hesjedal
82. B.Bookwalter
83. T.Duggan
84. F.Kessiakoff
85. N.Roche
86. B.Rowe
87. R.Van der Velde
88. J.Vansummeren
AG2R
91. J.Van den Broeck
92. G.Bonnafond
93. D.Champion
94. M.Elmiger
95. B.Kadri
96. J.Loubet
97. J.Peraud
98. J.Pineau
Euskaltel
101. I.Antón
102. P.Cazaux
103. I.Izagirre
104. E.Martínez
105. M.Mínguez
106. R.Pérez
107. A.Txurruka
108. G.Verdugo
Geox
111. J.J.Cobo
112. M.Ardila
113. D.De la Fuente
114. F.Duarte
115. A.Durán
116. D.Kozontchuk
117. R.Valls
118. H.Zubeldia
Movistar
121. C.Evans
122. R.Costa
123. B.Intxausti
124. I.Konovalovas
125. D.López
126. S.Pardilla
127. L.Pasamontes
128. R.Plaza
Quick·Step
131. M.Monfort
132. D.Cataldo
133. M.De Maar
134. D.Devenyns
135. A.Engels
136. D.Malacarne
137. K.Seeldraeyers
138. N.Terpstra
HTC
141. R.Riccò
142. T.Danielson
143. J.Degenkolb
144. C.Lewis
145. F.Rabon
146. M.Renshaw
147. K.Siutsou
148. T.Van Garderen
Shack
151. B.Hermans
152. A.Klöden
153. T.Machado
154. J.McCartney
155. D.Muravyev
156. S.Paulinho
157. I.Rovny
158. S.Sánchez
Rabobank
161. M.Rogers
162. M.Frank
163. J.M.Gárate
164. B.Tankink
165. L.Ten Dam
166. M.Tjallingii
167. C.Vermeltfoort
168. P.Weening
Katusha
171. S.Ivanov
172. P.Brutt
173. G.Caruso
174. V.Gusev
175. L.Hoste
176. A.Pliuschin
177. J.Rodríguez
178. Y.Trofimov
BMC
181. M.Quinziato
182. C.Beyer
183. A.Moinard
184. S.Morabito
185. M.Santambrogio
186. I.Santaromita
187. J.Tschopp
188. S.Zahner
Saxo Bank
191. R.Kiserlovski
192. M.Christensen
193. S.Kruijswijk
194. R.Majka
195. J.Marycz
196. R.Navardauskas
197. L.Roberts
198. A.Steensen
Skil
201. J.Serpa
202. R.Chaigneau
203. J.Fröhlinger
204. C.Ji
205. M.Reimer
206. A.Timmer
Some big surprises in this startlist. Many big names are missing.
The fact that 4 riders from last years top 5 are missing says enough. Where`s top favourite Peter Sagan? Also Kolobnev, Cunego and surprisingly also Vaugrenard are missing. Last one had a solid form as shown in Paris - Camembert. And also Martens isn`t here as Rabobank goes for Gesink. Might be a mistake as the former Ardennes winner showed a great form in the two preparation races.
Lampre obviously goes for the duo Pozzato-Basso as Cunego and Nibali are not in their squad. HTC still sends a strong squad with Ricco and Van Garderen but Sagan would have been THE favourite.
Also Astana is going all in with 2012 winner Frank Schleck. No Contador or Velits at the start line.
Especially the French are missing their stars in Vaugrenard or Gautier. So it`s up to Pauriol to perform well here.
WildCards
Geox takes this race serious sending a strong squad. Cobo is an outside favourite and with Valls, Zubeldia, Ardila and De La Fuente he has big support.
BMC sends some of their best puncheurs but none of them is able to challenge the best. So surely they are expected in the breakaway.
Skil has Jose Serpa. The Colombian is more a climber than a good puncheur. Still they might want to try something, especially in the break. Maybe they should have sent Veelers to his home race. It`s a bit disappointing that they didn`t use all 8 spots and just filled their roster with mainly weak riders.
Favourites
***** Gilbert
**** F.Schleck, A.Schleck
*** Gesink, Riccò, Kreuziger
** Cancellara, Roche, Monfort, Devolder
* Löfkvist, Cobo, Antón, Pozzato, Pauriol
No question for the first 3 favourites. All of them proved to be great puncheurs. Young Gesink and Kreuziger will try to step into their level.
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Great preview roturn! Good luck for that race. |
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You have a nice looking squad for the AGR, let's hope that Van Summeren can deliver the spoils, Good Luck |
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Thanks batista. Nice to see you around here again. Hope you find motivation for a new story.
Thanks sutty. Will give my best.
I changed the final a little bit. Not sure how the real 2012 route will be but I also have 1-2km less flat part before the final Cauberg. So late attacks in the hilly area might become more sucessful.
Maastricht - Valkenburg
Who will take the 2013 win on the Cauberg? Lots of great puncheurs starting in Maaskant today. Just one can win.
Several riders try to join the early groups. Interesting that Leopard, Liquigas and Rabobank always try to send their helpers into the group although they are some of the biggest favourites.
But especially Lampre and Vacansoleil are not happy with such a situation and are doing a high pace over the first third. Still this group is managing a small gap.
With 150km to go a serious attack. Rodriguez (Katusha), Rabon (HTC) and especially Cobo (Geox) attack. Last one is a top 10 contender here while first two are surely top25 riders. So they put a lot of pressure on the other teams now.
It takes 15km until the three reach the lead group, where they do most of the pace now.
FDJ for their duo Kreuziger and Leopard obviously for Cancellara are doing the pace now together with Lampre.
Surprisingly Andy Schleck is also doing the pace here although he is one of the best puncheurs. Either he is not yet in form or Cancellara has a super form after the Flanders classics.
Still 112km to go. 8'50 for the group.
This causes the first splits. Some big names are left behind:
Ricco, Anton, Lövkvist, Van Garderen, Vanendert, Hermans, Bakelants, Evans. Rogers is even further behind.
Leopard is still powering to avoid a fusion again. Good to see all Garmin puncheurs being in this group.
83km. 6min to the breakaway and 1'40 to the late favourites.
Some kilometers later the pace became slower again and so a group of 55 is coming back. All favourites are back in the group again.
For the first time Astana is working today with 70km to go. Frank Schleck seems to feel good today. Also Pauriol comes to the front working hard for Kreuziger. 2 potential top 10 riders doing the pace now. Bad for many riders behind.
With 33km to go Cancellara sees the former breakaway ahead of him and attacks. Sanchez and Pozzato try to follow him. But it was not strong enough and all 3 of them are caught again.
But three riders are still a bit ahead. Cobo, Rabon and Rodriguez are still trying to win the race.
Sanchez with another attack. The Spaniard is no longer a real contender for the podium but today he rides very well.
Again Pozzato and Cancellara are the only one to follow. These 3 spend lots of energy already. Maybe too early? It`S still 26km.
Indeed. FDJ and Astana are bringing these 3 back again.
But Spartacus still has some energy somehow. He starts the next row of attacks. And this time Gilbert, Van Den Broeck, Sanchez, Monfort are following.
This is also the time when Hesjedal falls back. The Canadian did a lot to protect his leaders today. Strange situation for him as he was used to lead our team in the Ardennes in the past 3 years.
But he is not alone. Favourites like Andy Schleck and Pauriol have done enough today and fall back, too.
Surprising tactic by Leopard but on the other side they still have Gesink, Cancellara and Gerdemann in the first group.
Time for the World Champion. Devolder attacks. Pozzato and Van Den Broeck are following.
Slowly a first selection of big favourites. Kreuziger and Frank Schleck also attack now trying to join the first group. And for the first time you can see some Garmin riders in the 2nd group. Roche, Vansummeren and Kessiakoff are still here. Also Euskaltel, Sky and RadioShack are interested in bringing these two groups together.
And so with 11km to go and the last hill before a short flat part a group of ~25 riders is back together.
But just 13 make it into the first group after the top. 3 Leopard riders in Cancellara, Gesink and Gerdemann. 2 Quickstep riders in Monfort and Seeldraeyers. Plus Gilbert, Lövkvist, Sanchez, F.Schleck, Kreuziger, Pozzato, Devolder, Van Den Broeck and good for us also Roche, who has a very unseen race so far but obviously found the best moment to be in front.
Vansummeren being in the next group with some prominent names here like Sanchez, Hermans or Anton.
Kessiakoff is another group back. Both of them did good today.
The lead group is coming to the Cauberg starting the sprint. Gilbert in first position with Cancellara next to him. And directly behind this strong duo it`s Nicholas Roche finding a good wheel for the sprint. But also Pozzato is in a dangerous position knowing he might be the fastest sprinter while Frank Schleck might be too much behind.
What an acceleration by Cancellara. After all these attacks he is still the strongest. No one is able to follow him.
And so he is undoubtful the deserved winner of the Amstel Gold Race 2013.
Top favourite Gilbert sprints on the 2nd. Surely a small disappointment for him but Spartacus was just too strong today.
And another surprise. Leopard`s Gerdemann makes the fine team result perfect coming in 3rd. Lövkvist 4th, Schleck 5th and with Gesink already the 3rd Leopard rider being 6th and Pozzato being 7th. Then it`s Garmin`s Roche, who did really well here bringing us another top 10 in the Ardennes after 2 years without. Unfortunately he missed the final punch in the end losing some spots again on the hard climb. Kreuziger and Devolder complete the top 10 with Quickstep not having one rider in there although they had two in the group.
Surely a great day for Leopard, who obviously did best by sending their expected leader Schleck to the front. But also a good day for us as we hoped to get a top 10 with Roche`s signing and he delivered.
Result
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Leopard Trek | 6h33'00 | | 2 | Philippe Gilbert | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 28 | | 3 | Linus Gerdemann | Leopard Trek | + 36 | | 4 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 5 | Fränk Schleck | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 6 | Robert Gesink | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 7 | Filippo Pozzato | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 8 | Nicolas Roche | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 9 | Roman Kreuziger | FDJ | s.t. | | 10 | Stijn Devolder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Maxime Monfort | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 13 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 57 | | 14 | Samuel Sánchez | Team RadioShack | + 1'56 | | 15 | Jérôme Pineau | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 16 | Juan José Cobo | Geox - TMC | + 2'09 | | 17 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 18 | Ben Hermans | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 19 | Johan Vansummeren | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 20 | Steve Chainel | FDJ | s.t. | | 21 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 22 | Dario Cataldo | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3'54 | | 23 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 4'11 | | 24 | Frantisek Rabon | HTC - Highroad | + 4'33 | | 25 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | + 5'08 | | 26 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 5'49 | | 27 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 28 | Andy Schleck | Leopard Trek | + 6'33 | | 29 | Rémi Pauriol | FDJ | + 8'05 | | 30 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - ISD | + 8'17 | | 31 | Simon Gerrans | Sky ProCycling | + 8'52 | | 32 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | + 9'12 | | 33 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 9'25 | | 34 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 9'40 | | 35 | Anders Lund | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 36 | Francesco Masciarelli | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 37 | José Joaquín Rojas | Pro Team Astana | + 10'11 | | 38 | Joost Posthuma | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 39 | Aitor Pérez Arrieta | Lampre - ISD | + 11'45 | | 40 | David Loosli | Lampre - ISD | + 12'00 | | 41 | José Serpa | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 42 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 43 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 44 | Frédéric Guesdon | FDJ | + 12'16 | | 45 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 46 | Sergueï Ivanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 47 | Tiago Machado | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 48 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ | s.t. | | 49 | Dries Devenyns | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 50 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 51 | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 52 | Cadel Evans | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 53 | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 54 | Ivan Rovny | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 55 | Dario Cioni | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 56 | Anthony Roux | FDJ | s.t. | | 57 | Jussi Veikkanen | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 58 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 12'45 | | 59 | Egoi Martínez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 60 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | + 12'54 | | 61 | Davide Malacarne | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 62 | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 13'07 | | 63 | Pieter Weening | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 14'31 | | 64 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 65 | Niki Terpstra | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 66 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 67 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 68 | Daniel Moreno | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 69 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 70 | Marc De Maar | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 71 | Jelle Vanendert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 72 | Santo Anza | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 15'01 | | 73 | Andreas Klöden | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 74 | Gianni Meersman | FDJ | s.t. | | 75 | Addy Engels | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 76 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 77 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 78 | Dimitri Champion | AG2R La Mondiale | + 15'45 | | 79 | David De la Fuente | Geox - TMC | s.t. | | 80 | Tom Danielson | HTC - Highroad | + 16'14 | | 81 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 82 | Oliver Zaugg | Leopard Trek | + 16'24 | | 83 | Haimar Zubeldia | Geox - TMC | + 17'18 | | 84 | Riccardo Riccò | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 85 | Bart De Clercq | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 86 | Mads Christensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 19'06 | | 87 | Sergio Pardilla | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 88 | Tejay Van Garderen | HTC - Highroad | + 19'33 | | 89 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 90 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 91 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 92 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 93 | Andrey Zeits | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 94 | Maxim Gourov | Pro Team Astana | + 20'38 | | 95 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 96 | Francis De Greef | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 21'43 | | 97 | Michael Rogers | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 98 | Johann Tschopp | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 99 | Julien Loubet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 22'11 | | 100 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 23'12 | | 101 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 102 | Sérgio Paulinho | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 103 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 104 | Geraint Thomas | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 105 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 106 | Rafael Valls | Geox - TMC | s.t. | | 107 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 108 | Steven Kruijswijk | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 109 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 110 | Kristjan Koren | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 111 | Chad Beyer | BMC Racing Team | + 23'49 | | 112 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 113 | Xabier Zandio | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 114 | Óscar Pujol | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 115 | Mauro Santambrogio | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 116 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 117 | Brice Feillu | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 118 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 119 | Arkaitz Durán | Geox - TMC | s.t. | | 120 | John-Lee Augustyn | Sky ProCycling | + 24'18 | | 121 | Timothy Duggan | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 24'25 | | 122 | Alexander Kvachuk | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 123 | Ricardo Van der Velde | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 124 | Alexandre Pliuschin | Katusha Team | + 24'54 | | 125 | Matthias Frank | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 126 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 127 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 25'38 | | 128 | Mauricio Alberto Ardila | Geox - TMC | s.t. | | 129 | Michal Golas | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 130 | Robert Kiserlovski | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 131 | Cristiano Salerno | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 26'16 | | 132 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 133 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ | + 26'28 | | 134 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 135 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 28'17 | | 136 | John Degenkolb | HTC - Highroad | + 28'50 | | 137 | Luis Pasamontes | Movistar Team | + 31'02 | | 138 | Jason McCartney | Team RadioShack | + 31'25 | | 139 | Gorazd Stangelj | Pro Team Astana | + 32'04 | | 140 | André Steensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 33'18 | | 141 | Leif Hoste | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 142 | Albert Timmer | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 143 | David López | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 144 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 145 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | s.t. | | 146 | Mark Renshaw | HTC - Highroad | + 33'35 | | 147 | Maarten Tjallingii | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 148 | Enrico Magazzini | Lampre - ISD | + 37'54 | | 149 | Rafal Majka | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 38'28 | | 150 | Craig Lewis | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 151 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 40'22 | | 152 | Jarosław Marycz | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 153 | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 154 | Vitali Kondrut | Lampre - ISD | + 41'40 | | 155 | Simon Zahner | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 156 | Ivan Santaromita | BMC Racing Team | + 43'34 | | 157 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Geox - TMC | + 43'43 | | 158 | Pierre Cazaux | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 45'01 | | 159 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 47'57 | | 160 | Martin Reimer | Skil - Shimano | + 48'55 | | 161 | Robin Chaigneau | Skil - Shimano | + 49'12 | | 162 | Luke Roberts | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 51'18 | | 163 | Cheng Ji | Skil - Shimano | + 58'29 | | 164 | Ivan Basso | Lampre - ISD | + 1h01'17 |
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Posted on 28-01-2012 19:02
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Cancellara is just a beast
But nice riding by Roche to get 8th place |
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Posted on 28-01-2012 19:03
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Wow, Cancellara did very well.. and Gerdemann
But also a very good result for Garmin, finally making the Top-10 here at AGR! Good job!
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Posted on 28-01-2012 20:18
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Cancellara really dominant... Gilbert must have been pretty mad.
And a good performance from Roche, who I think can make a top-10 in the other two classics of the Ardennes. |
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Posted on 28-01-2012 20:21
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Nice result with Roche. Pretty much what you can expect from him.
And wow, what a dominant win for Spartacus!
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Posted on 28-01-2012 20:25
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Great race report and also a nice result with Roche. Cancellara was pretty strong there. |
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Posted on 28-01-2012 20:27
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Now that's a pretty dominant display by Cancellara, so much energy. I just wonder sometimes if you had control Cancellara in this race after the first attack he did, he would have already be probably totally spent, oh well those are the joys of playing at extreme 
Good result from Roche, you didn't have luck in past years with Hesjedal, but Roche is looking good already. Good luck in the following two classics
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Wow. Cancellara is just too good.
Atleast you got a good result with Roche, thanks to Hesjedals great protection
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Roche in Top 10 is surely good, especially because he wasn't in the form of his life in Pais Vasco. Good luck in Belgium!
There's one mistake in your preview though:
roturn wrote:
The Amstel Gold Race is a hilly classic around Maaskant.
Should be Maastricht. By the way, ever heard of New Kids?
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Oh my, what a report..... Cancellara was outstanding, a true Spartacus! 8th with Roche is a good result.
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Thanks all. Roche really did well here being 8th, while Spartacus was stronger than anyone else.
@ tsmoha: Gerdemann was indeed one of the biggest surprise. Probably +5 and luck that he wasn`t working during the stage.
Actually it`s the 2nd time. In 2010 Hesjedal was 4th with a late attack in a small group.
@ Freitas: I hope so. FW could be the hardest as the mountain stat is a bit more important there.
@ Alakagom: True. He was never stopping to attack and still being the strongest in the sprint. Not possible for you if you play on hard or extreme.
@ valverde: You might be right. Different to the last seasons Roche had 3 great helpers. Hesjedal for a pretty long time, while Kessiakoff and Vansummeren just did a bit in the end when he felt back.
@ MitchNL: Sure it`s Maastricht. Must have mixed it. And yes, I know these guys from Maaskantje or so. ^^
The Giro del Trentino is a mountaineous four stage race in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.
It`s often used by the favourites on the bit later starting Giro d`Italia. So it`s Damiano Cunego with 3 wins being the most successful rider here. But also Basso, Nibali or Scarponi already won this race.
Result in 2012
| 1 | Vincenzo Nibali | Lampre-ISD | | 2 | Dario Cataldo | Quick Step - Innergetic | | 3 | José Rujano | Farnese Vini - Neri | | 4 | Michele Scarponi | Quick Step - Innergetic | | 5 | Francesco Masciarelli | Ceramica Flaminia | | 6 | Mathias Frank | BMC Racing Team | | 7 | Yury Trofimov | Team Katusha | | 8 | Ivan Basso | Lampre-ISD | | 9 | Bauke Mollema | Colnago - CSF Inox | | 10 | Joaquím Rodríguez Oliver | Team Katusha |
Most of them also showed a strong performance in the Giro, which has been won by Michele Scarponi ahead of Nibali. For Garmin it was really just preparation with Stetina being our best as 24th and Martin (30.)
Garmin squad 2013
It`s pretty similar to last year. Martin will lead us here with Stetina and Peterson supporting him. Different to last year we aim a top 10 here this time. Bobridge and Meyer are mainly looking to perform well in the opening prologue as there aren`t many time trialists expected here. Murphy, Dao and young French Souchon complete the roster.
Full startlist
Spoiler Lampre
1. V.Nibali
2. G.Bole
3. V.Buts
4. D.Loosli
5. M.Marzano
6. P.Niemiec
7. D.Pietropolli
8. A.Pérez Arrieta
Quick·Step
11. M.Scarponi
12. M.Bandiera
13. K.De Weert
14. A.Engels
15. D.Malacarne
16. F.Reda
17. Z.Stybar
18. J.Vermote
TT1
21. V.Efimkin
22. R.Bertogliati
23. D.Callegarin
24. Benj.King
25. J.Megías
26. I.Melero
27. K.Reijnen
28. A.Shmidt
Garmin
31. D.Martin
32. J.Bobridge
33. B.Dao
34. C.Meyer
35. J.Murphy
36. T.Peterson
37. Y.Souchon
38. P.Stetina
Colnago
41. B.Mollema
42. F.Canuti
43. M.Frapporti
44. P.Locatelli
45. A.Piechele
46. D.Pozzovivo
47. F.Savini
48. S.Stortoni
Acqua & Sapone
51. J.Moreno
52. C.Betancourt
53. C.Corioni
54. A.Donati
55. S.Garzelli
56. R.Marzoli
57. A.Proni
58. E.Sella
Androni
61. Á.Vicioso
62. O.Bertazzo
63. A.Bertolini
64. R.Chiarini
65. F.Ginanni
66. J.Monsalve
67. J.Rodríguez
68. B.Swift
Katusha
71. E.Vorganov
72. D.Di Luca
73. J.Horrach
74. P.Ignatenko
75. A.Kuschynski
76. A.Pliuschin
77. S.Vandenbergh
78. M.Vantomme
Astana
81. E.Petrov
82. A.Dyachenko
83. K.Fernández
84. V.Iglinskiy
85. M.Lorenzetto
86. S.Renev
87. P.Tiralongo
88. A.Vinokourov
Miche
91. C.Zaballa
92. W.Aranzazu
93. M.Gaia
94. P.Merino
95. G.Randazzo
96. D.Rebellin
97. S.Schumacher
98. V.Zagorodny
D'Angelo
101. M.Rubiano
102. L.Ascani
103. F.Baliani
104. H.Frusto
105. M.Kikuchi
106. G.Muraglia
107. J.Sano
108. D.Torosantucci
Farnese Vini
111. F.Failli
112. A.Bisolti
113. P.De Negri
114. L.Giordani
115. L.Mazzanti
116. A.Noè
117. M.Rabottini
118. D.Ricci Bitti
Adria
121. T.Nose
122. M.Gnezda
123. P.Gorenc
124. M.Haller
125. A.Hocevar
126. M.Mahoric
Liquigas
131. F.Bellotti
132. M.Bodnar
133. T.Dall'Antonia
134. M.Finetto
135. P.Longo Borghini
136. A.Marangoni
137. F.Sabatini
138. C.Wurf
PSK
141. S.Kozúbek
142. P.Bencík
143. D.Dvorsky
144. J.Hosek
145. F.Padour
146. M.Reynès
Christina Watches
151. M.Rasmussen
152. A.Furlan
153. M.Hardahl
154. R.Jørgensen
155. G.Lilholt
156. J.Madsen
157. D.Malmros
158. M.Reihs
ISD - Lampre CT
161. D.Grabovskyy
162. Y.Agarkov
163. D.Karnulin
164. A.Pakthusov
165. V.Popkov
166. M.Vasilyev
BGZ
171. P.Cieslik
172. K.Jezowski
173. T.Lisowicz
174. J.Rebiewski
175. P.Schubert
176. Pa.Sztobryn
Itera
181. D.Ignatiev
182. I.Frolov
183. A.Kholodov
184. D.Mokrov
185. N.Novikov
186. A.Prishpetniy
187. A.Tsatevitch
188. A.Vorobyev
De Rosa
191. P.Bailetti
192. G.Brambilla
193. G.De Maria
194. M.Fedi
195. E.Girardi
196. G.Maggiore
197. D.Margutti
198. G.Visconti
Amore
201. A.Klyuev
202. V.Borisov
203. V.Kogut
204. S.Kolesnikov
205. N.Libner
206. P.Moren
Favourites
*** Nibali
** Scarponi, Martin
* V.Efimkin, Pozzovivo, Mollema
All these favourites here are also expected to ride the Giro this year. Nibali might be the big favourite for both races but especially the Colnago duo Mollema/Pozzovivo will be interesting to watch as they have some great potential. Except of Mollema all riders finished the Giro in the top 10 last season, while the Dutchman wasn`t participating but he already showed in 2011 how to fight for a top 5 in the Giro and he looks even stronger than his team mate this year. |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 30-01-2012 15:54
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Good luck |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 30-01-2012 16:38
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Let's hope that Martin has a good time in Italy |
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