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EPIC - Season 2 Part 1
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 20-02-2015 10:41
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Stage podium very good from Offredo, better than expected on a stage like that. Vichot played his cards perfectly and that is a big step towards a Top10GC position in Adelaide.
Loved the report as well, excellent stuff
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 20-02-2015 10:47
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mvhoogdalem wrote:
Horrible, horrible, horrible. 
Can you tell me if Burton is working on the front? 
I don't think he is, but Cannondale only has 1 or 2 riders riding on the front.
@Cycleman
There's going to be a bidding war over him. 
"What done is, is one." - Benji Naesen
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 20-02-2015 11:26
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Glad that Moreno made it into that front group and avoided being caught out like many others. Now it's just down to Willlunga to see if he can move up a couple of places in the GC. Nice report btw
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| Bikex |
Posted on 20-02-2015 11:35
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Great to see Kristoff and Kakhi active. A shame though that Kristoff lost his leader jersey so close to a member of a break. He still keeps the points jersey though for which he'll have to fight against my custom rider Kakhi. |
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 20-02-2015 12:34
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TDU : First stage looked so promising, now we'll never get our hard goal -.-
San Luis : Bring on the mountains, I wanna see Nokkvason getting an Top 10
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Posted on 22-11-2024 14:28
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| Vali |
Posted on 20-02-2015 12:34
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Really nice to see Cherel in the break, even though he came last from the break.
The report was amazing, thanks Selwink. 
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 20-02-2015 13:17
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Villella!!  Would be even better if he can hang on for a GC top 5 now.
We're having a much better start of the season than last year. Obviously, this is because Basso is gone. |
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 20-02-2015 14:57
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Worst stage ever!
Weschenbach delegated to work for Cav...loses much time
OPQS suddenly decides to work for Bakelants. But even he can't pull it off.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 20-02-2015 14:59
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Paul23 wrote:
Worst stage ever!
Purito abandoning on Vuelta stage 20, Marc De Maar stealing the Langkawi GC from a breakaway, Quintana crashing in the Giro and losing 8 minutes, I can think of a few worse ones 
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 20-02-2015 15:26
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Hmm,it might have been better but also it might have been worse.
Not bad,Gasparotto and Bernard
Edited by Forever the Best on 20-02-2015 15:31
The user formerly known as 'The Schleck Fan'
Gracias Alberto.
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 20-02-2015 15:55
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Nothing much to say about that one. Yet more baffling AI.
Meanwhile, in San Luis, the game has assigned Warbasse as my sprinter. 
The power of the national champion's jersey.
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 20-02-2015 15:59
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Ollfardh wrote:
Paul23 wrote:
Worst stage ever!
Purito abandoning on Vuelta stage 20, Marc De Maar stealing the Langkawi GC from a breakaway, Quintana crashing in the Giro and losing 8 minutes, I can think of a few worse ones
Worst stage ever for me....
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| knockout |
Posted on 20-02-2015 16:20
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Bad stage 
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters! |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 20-02-2015 17:31
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Generally disappointed with the boys in Orange today but at least Ion keeps his spot in the top ten.
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 20-02-2015 17:40
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It's time trial time in Qatar! This stage might well decide the GC, so lets skip right to the action. Sören Berg was the first of the stage outsiders to go, and as expected he sets a new best time. 16'03" is the time to beat at the moment.
Marrouane Shaqif would have been expected to easily beat that time, but he has an awful day in the wind and can only reach provisional 8th, 27" behind Larsson, who beat Bergs time by 10" just before Shaqif reached the finish line.
Grawunder is possibly the biggest favourite today, so it's not quite surprising that he overtakes FDJs Bousche with 1200 metres to go. He only beats Larssons time by 2" though. 15'49" is the new time to beat.
Pierre Lipawsky would have been looking to make it 2 in a row for Androni, but he only manages a provisional 7th, 24" behind Grawunder.
Now for Taylor Phinney, probably Grawunders biggest challenger. He does not disappoint, crushing the Germans time by 11". Can anyone beat 15'37" or will it be a win for Phinney?
Boasson Hagen overtakes white jersey Brookes, who isn't such a bad tter himself. Could there be an upset here? Yes! There is! Unbelievable! He can't believe it himself, he beat Phinney by 4"! Surely that's the win for him.
Cavendish will really need to limit his losses now if he wants to keep any chance of the overall. He loses only 44" on Boasson Hagen, not too bad. We might still see a switch in leadership at Sky though if they want to secure the overall for the Norwegian.
Same story for Demare, it's all about limiting losses. It's a bit worse for him, losing nearly 53". That means he probably won't win the overall here anymore, but the points jersey is still very possible.
Results
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | 15'32 | | 2 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 5 | | 3 | Lars Grawunder | Team Champion System | + 17 | | 4 | Gustav Erik Larsson | IAM Cycling | + 20 | | 5 | Marco Pinotti | Team Champion System | + 21 | | 6 | Johan Le Bon | FDJ.fr | + 29 | | 7 | Soren Berg | Colombia | + 31 | | 8 | Svein Tuft | Orica - GreenEdge | + 32 | | 9 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 10 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ.fr | + 36 |
Spoiler | 11 | Gediminas Bagdonas | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 39 | | 12 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 13 | Dominique Cornu | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 40 | | 14 | Jens Voigt | Colombia | s.t. | | 15 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 41 | | 16 | Pierre Lipawsky | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 42 | | 17 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 43 | | 18 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 19 | Ryu Kawasaki | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 44 | | 20 | Alexander Wetterhall | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 45 | | 21 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 22 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | + 46 | | 23 | Hayden Roulston | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 47 | | 24 | Ignatas Konovalovas | MTN - Qhubeka | + 48 | | 25 | Matt Leigh | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 26 | Marouane Shaqif | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 27 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEdge | + 49 | | 28 | John Murphy | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 51 | | 29 | Danny Pate | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 30 | Sam Bewley | Orica - GreenEdge | + 52 | | 31 | Filippo Pozzato | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 32 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 33 | Jasha Sütterlin | Sky Procycling | + 53 | | 34 | Hugo Houle | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 54 | | 35 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 36 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 55 | | 37 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | + 56 | | 38 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - Merida | + 57 | | 39 | Sébastien Delfosse | Crelan - Euphony | + 58 | | 40 | Iván Gutiérrez | Colombia | s.t. | | 41 | Jay Thomson | MTN - Qhubeka | + 1'00 | | 42 | Ahmed Al-Mohney | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1'01 | | 43 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 44 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | + 1'04 | | 45 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | + 1'05 | | 46 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 47 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | + 1'06 | | 48 | Kin San Wu | Team Champion System | + 1'08 | | 49 | Jordan Kerby | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 50 | Graeme Brown | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 51 | Delio Fernández | Team Champion System | s.t. | | 52 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1'09 | | 53 | Caleb Ewan | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'10 | | 54 | Pavel Kochetkov | RusVelo | + 1'11 | | 55 | Dominic Klemme | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 56 | Thomas Degand | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | + 1'12 | | 57 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 58 | Zachary Bell | Team Champion System | + 1'14 | | 59 | Fabrizio Harrini | Colombia | + 1'16 | | 60 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 61 | Yukiya Arashiro | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1'17 | | 62 | Artur Ershov | RusVelo | + 1'19 | | 63 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 64 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | + 1'20 | | 65 | Kurt Hovelynck | Crelan - Euphony | + 1'21 | | 66 | Christopher Jones | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 1'22 | | 67 | Alfredo Balloni | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 68 | Voltali Feunard | Team Champion System | + 1'23 | | 69 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 70 | Roy Jans | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | + 1'24 | | 71 | Alessandro Petacchi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 72 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 73 | Jurgen Van Goolen | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | + 1'25 | | 74 | Alexander Rybakov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 75 | Frédéric Amorison | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 76 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 77 | Allan Davis | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 78 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia | + 1'26 | | 79 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 80 | Jeff Louder | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 1'27 | | 81 | Joe Eldridge | Team Novo Nordisk | + 1'28 | | 82 | Jack Anderson | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 83 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 84 | Kevin Peeters | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 85 | Mattia Gavazzi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 86 | Shane Archbold | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | | 87 | Sander Armee | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1'29 | | 88 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | s.t. | | 89 | Jonathan Cantwell | Drapac Cycling | + 1'30 | | 90 | Marco Frapporti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1'32 | | 91 | Thomas Raeymaekers | Team Novo Nordisk | + 1'33 | | 92 | Martin Reimer | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 93 | Carlos Barbero | Colombia | s.t. | | 94 | Andreas Stauff | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 95 | Luke Davison | Drapac Cycling | + 1'34 | | 96 | Stephen Clancy | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 97 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 98 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 99 | Laurens De Vreese | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 100 | Martin Wesemann | MTN - Qhubeka | + 1'35 | | 101 | Zico Waeytens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 102 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 103 | Sondre Holst Enger | Colombia | + 1'36 | | 104 | Massimo Graziato | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 105 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 106 | Justin Morris | Team Novo Nordisk | + 1'37 | | 107 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 108 | Ruben Companioni | Team Champion System | + 1'40 | | 109 | Malcom Rudolph | Drapac Cycling | + 1'41 | | 110 | Kevin Claeys | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 111 | Sebastian Lander | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 112 | Dalivier Ospina | Colombia | s.t. | | 113 | Kevin Pauwels | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | + 1'42 | | 114 | Erik Bousche | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 115 | Ben Grieve-Johnson | Drapac Cycling | + 1'43 | | 116 | Sean Downey | An Post - Chainreaction | + 1'44 | | 117 | Davide Viganò | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 118 | Fabian Brookes | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 1'46 | | 119 | Giorgio Brambilla | Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox | + 1'47 | | 120 | Sergei Pomoshnikov | RusVelo | + 1'49 | | 121 | Marco Bandiera | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 122 | Andrea Peron | Team Novo Nordisk | + 1'51 | | 123 | Jimmi Briceño | Team Champion System | + 1'52 | | 124 | Matteo Pelucchi | IAM Cycling | + 1'55 | | 125 | Glenn O'Shea | An Post - Chainreaction | + 1'56 | | 126 | Aquali Feunard | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 127 | Jack Wilson | An Post - Chainreaction | + 1'57 | | 128 | Sven Nys | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 129 | Steven Caethoven | Wanty-Groupe Goubert | + 1'58 | | 130 | Sébastien Hinault | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 131 | Igor Boev | RusVelo | + 2'00 | | 132 | Alexander Mironov | RusVelo | + 2'06 | | 133 | Mark McNally | An Post - Chainreaction | + 2'13 | | 134 | Kieran Frend | An Post - Chainreaction | + 2'14 |
GC
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | 6h54'30 | | 2 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 5 | | 3 | Lars Grawunder | Team Champion System | + 17 | | 4 | Gustav Erik Larsson | IAM Cycling | + 20 | | 5 | Marco Pinotti | Team Champion System | + 21 | | 6 | Johan Le Bon | FDJ.fr | + 29 | | 7 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ.fr | + 32 | | 8 | Svein Tuft | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 9 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | + 33 | | 10 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ.fr | + 36 |
Points
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | 28 | | 2 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ.fr | 24 | | 3 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | 24 | | 4 | Hayden Roulston | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | 20 | | 5 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | 18 |
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 20-02-2015 17:42
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Ah...disapponting again...
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 20-02-2015 17:48
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3 in the Top10  FDJ gonna bring in the p-p-p-POINTS
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 20-02-2015 18:01
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Good ride for Berg here, bringing his first Top 10 in his first Time Trial Sad that he didn't have a better spot, prior to this Time Trial
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| jaxika |
Posted on 20-02-2015 18:01
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This went very well ... stage win goal secured |
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 20-02-2015 18:02
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What a load of horseshit. Man, I hate Sky. Just like everyone else.
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