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Breaking the Curse
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 17-12-2012 19:39
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 18th September 2011 - Tour of Britain
(London)
London is the destination for the final stage of the Tour of Britain, as the peleton tackles a 10-lap circuit in the borough of Newham, near the London Docklands.
A stage set for the sprinters, this will be the final time you see Thor Hushovd make an outing as the 2010 World Champion. Will he go out with a bang, or will someone steal the show...?
11km: The first attacks happened almost instantly, but it took over 10km for a lead group to properly form. 14 riders in total got in a group, looking to upset the sprinter's on their final day.
15km: The chase back of the break instantaneous from the peleton. Clearly we were in for a hard day.
34km: The large break was soon pulled back, and further three riders, including former KoM jersey wearer James Moss (Endura) went off the front.
56km: The breaks size grew to four, as Garmin set the pace on the front of the main pack, not allowing them to get more than 2'00" clear.
82km: With 20km to go, the gap was down to 34", so it was time for the hopeless, last-ditched attacks from the breakaway men.
92km: The attacks were fruitless, and the stage was set for one final lsprint finish.
98km: Garmin begun their sprint early, putting us on the back foot, and they gained the upper hand.
101km: And Hushovd sees out his year in the Rainbow Jersey with a win! Just miss out on 2nd, as Type 1's Andrea Grendene hangs onto Hushovd's wheel to take second.
| 1 | Thor Hushovd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 2h18'07 | | 2 | Andrea Grendene | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 3 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 4 | Daniele Bennati | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 5 | Christopher Sutton | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
| 1 | Thor Hushovd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 31h50'10 | | 2 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 1'53 | | 3 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | + 2'37 | | 4 | Johan Vansummeren | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 3'31 | | 5 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'32 | | ... | | 12 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 9'09 |
| 1 | Thor Hushovd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 151 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 119 | | 3 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | 118 | | 4 | Federico Canuti | Colnago - CSF Inox | 64 | | 5 | Daniele Bennati | Leopard Trek | 58 |
| 1 | Matteo Tosatto | Saxo Bank SunGard | 27 | | 2 | James Moss | Endura Racing | 24 | | 3 | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | 22 | | 4 | Kevin Peeters | Landbouwkrediet | 20 | | 5 | Linus Gerdemann | Leopard Trek | 20 |
| 1 | Jelle Wallays | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 1h16'39 | | 3 | Leopold König | Team NetApp | + 6'50 | | 4 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 7'13 | | 5 | Andrew Fenn | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 7'48 | | 9 | Kevin Peeters | Landbouwkrediet | + 8'13 |
| 1 | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 95h40'18 | | 2 | BMC Racing Team | + 4'01 | | 3 | HTC - Highroad | + 17'32 | | 4 | Leopard Trek | + 25'19 | | 5 | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 25'59 |
HTC - Highroad Classification Overview
| + |  | 12 | + 19Mark Cavendish | + 9'09 | | + |  | 2 | + 19Mark Cavendish | 119pts | | + |  | 6 | + 19Isaac Côté | 18pts | | + |  | 18 | + 19Isaac Côté | + 22'57 |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 17-12-2012 19:40
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tovhol wrote:
Thumbs up!
Thumbs up for the story or Hushovd winning...?
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 17-12-2012 19:41
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the debut of the changed garmin dutch champion jersey 
the Hushovd v Cavendish was really fun to read
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 17-12-2012 19:42
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Well... Hushovd deserves that one win, because now you'll take his jersey  |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 17-12-2012 19:45
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@Luigi: Is that first time it has appeared in the screens since it was changed at the Tour...? Well spotted if it is! I enjoyed the Hushovd duel as well. It was really good to have it on every sprint stage, and have some competition in a race other than the Tour.
@ian: World Champs are next. The Preview is to be posted tonight...
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| tovhol |
Posted on 17-12-2012 19:58
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the_hoyle wrote:
tovhol wrote:
Thumbs up!
Thumbs up for the story or Hushovd winning...?
For the story of course 
I'm happy with Hushovd winning, but I had been happier with Cavendish winning.
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 17-12-2012 20:07
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tovhol wrote:
the_hoyle wrote:
tovhol wrote:
Thumbs up!
Thumbs up for the story or Hushovd winning...?
For the story of course
I'm happy with Hushovd winning, but I had been happier with Cavendish winning.
haha! thanks a lot 
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Posted on 17-12-2012 21:08
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 21st September 2011 - UCI World ITT Championships
The end of September gives us one of the season's highlights: the World Championship in Denmark.
The UCI event kicks off with a 43km Individual Time Trial, on an out-and-back TT circuit around Copenhagen. With defending champion Fabian Cancellara sat at home recovering from a broken coccyx, the door has been thrown open to many riders wanting to take the ITT crown.
 Tony Martin (HTC - Highroad)
Bradley Wiggins (Sky ProCycling)
 Alberto Contador (Saxobank - Sungard)
 Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team)
David Millar (Team Garmin - Cervélo)
Spoiler Germany
1. T.Martin
2. B.Grabsch
3. A.Klöden
4. S.Schumacher
Great Britain
11. B.Wiggins
12. D.Millar
Spain
21. A.Contador
22. R.Plaza
23. S.Sánchez
24. L.L.Sánchez
Australia
31. C.Evans
32. C.Meyer
33. M.Rogers
34. R.Sutherland
USA
41. A.Talansky
42. D.Zabriskie
43. T.Van Garderen
Denmark
51. A.Rasmussen
52. M.Christensen
Norway
61. E.Boasson Hagen
Italy
71. V.Nibali
72. M.Bruseghin
73. A.Malori
74. M.Scarponi
Slovenia
81. J.Brajkovic
82. S.Spilak
83. J.Zrimsek
Sweden
91. T.Löfkvist
France
101. J.Peraud
102. L.Bodrogi
103. D.Champion
104. N.Vogondy
Belgium
111. D.Cornu
112. S.Devolder
113. M.Monfort
114. S.Rosseler
Netherlands
121. J.Posthuma
122. S.Clement
123. T.Stamsnijder
124. L.Westra
Russia
131. V.Karpets
132. M.Ignatiev
133. A.Ovechkin
134. E.Petrov
Canada
141. S.Tuft
Portugal
151. T.Machado
152. S.Paulinho
Lithuania
161. I.Konovalovas
Luxembourg
171. K.Kirchen
Slovakia
181. P.Velits
Poland
191. M.Bodnar
192. L.Bodnar
193. M.Kwiatkowski
Switzerland
201. A.Dietziker
202. R.Bertogliati
Ukraine
211. O.Chuzhda
212. D.Grabovskyy
213. V.Popkov
South Africa
221. J.Perry
Colombia
231. J.Suaza
232. J.Martinez
233. V.H.Peña
Kazakhstan
241. A.Kashechkin
242. A.Mizourov
Austria
251. M.Brändle
252. S.Denifl
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 17-12-2012 21:31
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Hmm, I think it'll be Cancellara! |
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Posted on 17-12-2012 21:36
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Martin has my vote
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Posted on 17-12-2012 21:38
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Martin vs Wiggo I reckon
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 17-12-2012 21:38
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@Ian: Cancellara is injured...
@Luigi & Baggie: The report is being done now. Not long to wait to find out
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Posted on 17-12-2012 22:09
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21st September 2011 - UCI World ITT Championship
(Copenhagen)
Team GB go into the Individual Time Trial represented by Garmin's David Millar and Bradley Wiggins of Team Sky.
Millar picked up a silver medal at the World Championships in Melbourne last year, and will be pushing to go one better this year, before he turns his focus to helping me out in the Road Race.
Wiggins has had the season to forget, and has not lived up to his 'favourites' tag at both the Tour de France and Vuelta a España. He will want to do well today after choosing the ITT over the Road Race.
Of the early pace setters, it was Stefan Schumacher (Germany) who led the Provisional Standings, completing the course in 1h01'55". His lead lasted for around an hour or so, until Samuel Sánchez (Spain) smashed his time by 22".
Van Garderen had hoped for better - 1h02'43
The first of the outside favourites to complete the course was Tejay van Garderen (USA). He had showed some great form over the season, but it looks like it was one race too many, as he comes in low down on the standings.
It was a long day in the saddle for Rogers - 1h02'24
Former World ITT Champion Michael Rogers had some hope for a medal, but like van Garderen, he struggled on the stage today.
Another outside favourite, Dave Zabriskie fails to perform on the day - 1h02'02
USA's other hope for a good performance came in the form of David Zabriskie. After a few good TT wins during the season, he was expected to show himself on the course, and even he finished way off Sánchez's time.
Millar showed his class out on course - 1h00'55
David Millar really turned on the style during his ride. He came across the line in the fastest time. Was he on for the Gold?
Tuft will be disappointed after this rider - 1h02'58
Canada's hope for a medal fell to the veteran TT rider Svein Tuft, but he failed to settle on a rhythm and struggled his way through the course.
Machado ripped the form book up today - 1h00'57
Tiago Machado (Portugal) caused the big shock of the race, blasting through all the Checkpoints faster than everyone. He even caught his two-minute man Ignatas Konovalovas in the last 3km.
Evans was the first of the favourites to finish - 1h01'53
With Australian TT Champion Richie Porte not selected, the nation's hopes fell on the shoulders of Giro d'Italia winner Cadel Evans. The BMC rider started well, but faded over the last 10km, finishing 58" down on Millar.
Was the title heading to Contador? - 1h00'23
Now who saw this ride coming? Pre-race favourite Alberto Contador, fresh from his Vuelta a España victory, showed no signs of fatigue, beating Millar's time by 32", and also catching Evans in the process.
Another disappointing result for Wiggo - 1h01'44
Team GB's main hope failed to turn up on the day. Wiggins did not look right from the off, and was way down on the Standings at all the Checkpoints, ultimately crossing the line way off the medals in 12th.
The big shock: Bronze medal for Martin - 1h00'56
And so that left Tony Martin (Germany) as the only rider capable of toppling Contador off top spot, and he just did not have it in the legs. He finished the course 33" down on Contador, collecting the Bronze medal.
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank SunGard | 1h00'23 | | 2 | David Millar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 32 | | 3 | Tony Martin | HTC - Highroad | + 33 | | 4 |  Tiago Machado | Team RadioShack | + 34 | | 5 |  Stijn Devolder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 57 | | 6 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'00 | | 7 | Sérgio Paulinho | Team RadioShack | + 1'03 | | 8 | Cameron Meyer | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 1'04 | | 9 | Andreas Klöden | Team RadioShack | + 1'06 | | 10 |  Thomas Löfkvist | Sky ProCycling | + 1'10 |
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Posted on 17-12-2012 23:26
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Unfortunately Hushovd was just too strong for Mark in Britain  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-12-2012 08:36
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the_hoyle wrote:
@Ian: Cancellara is injured...
No, no, that's what he wants you to think 
Spartacus doesn't get injured!
Edited by Ian Butler on 18-12-2012 09:23
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Posted on 18-12-2012 08:37
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YEAH! Tommy Löfkvist |
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Posted on 18-12-2012 10:18
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Nice to see Millar grab a Silver medal |
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Posted on 18-12-2012 11:59
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@Sutty #1: Hushovd had a great ToB. He was never out of the top 3 on all stages.
@Ian: You keep believing that
@Daggen: It was a good ride from Tommy to get a Top 10. He has had a quiet season with Sky.
@sutty #2: Millar is in great form. Only ridden 54 days, so he's one of the freshest left in the peleton. Should do a good job in the Road Race.
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Posted on 18-12-2012 12:03
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Another disappointing result for Wiggo - 1h41'44
Being 40minutes slower is definitely disappointing
Come on Mark for the RR
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 18-12-2012 12:05
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and he still finished 12th
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