@roturn
Shame that this happend on the most important stage of the whole stage race... As you can see below, Maxime Bouet still did not sign any contract with AG2R, so we might have success and sign him
@Alakagon
Thanks Would be great to see a similar result in France, but I am sure that the can even finish with 5 rider in the Top10 there (Paulinho )
@tsmoha
Thank you I agree, its a nice result for Martin. Would be great if he wins the youth jersey in France as well.
@lluuiiggii
Thanks I agree, and I do not see any way to beat him at the Tour de France
25. June
Interesting news on the transfer market:
1. Androni Giocattoli seemed not to be really happy with Francesco Ginanni and only offered him a reduced contract. Against all expectations, Ginanni agreed to lose his status as leader and will honour his contract until 2012.
2. Philippe Gilbert will definitely NOT sign a new contract with Omega Pharma. (No, we will not sign him)
A "little" overview over all rider which already signed a new contract: As you can see, Markus Eibegger and Eros Capecchi are already signed for Footon, Maxime Bouet not
An interesting interview with Fränk Schleck: Seems that he is not much interested in helping his brother in France... But it is an explanation for his weak performance at the Tour of Switzerland.
Surprisingly young Jonathan Castroviejo takes the lead from him - 50'29" (after the race, I saw that his contract expired, I think he would be a good transfer...)
Neither Haimar Zubeldia nor Markel Irizar were in shape, so no surprise that they only finished with 52'37" (Zubeldia) and 52'23" (Irizar).
Carlos Sastre with an amazing ride, six seconds faster than Castroviejo - 50'24"!
Now the real favourites, first Luis León Sánchez. Not very surprising that he makes the new besttime, 16 seconds faster than Sastre.
Samuel Sánchez already beats his time by incredible 38 seconds, 49'29". And only one opponent left, Alberto Contador...
...who showed again that he is in a great shape, beating SSánchez time by 76 seconds.
First mentionable time cames from Jurgen Van de Walle - 1h09'34"
Gilbert is a time trialer? It seems so, he was 8 seconds faster than Van de Walle - 1h09'26"
Dominique Cornu was strong today and easily made the new besttime - 1h08'41", while Sébastien Rosseler completely failed his goal for today - 1h12'07" (to be honest, his shape was 58)
Maxime Monfort already convinced in Switzerland, and of corse he was the strongest today, beating Cornus time by 62 seconds - 1h07'39"
1.) Koos Moerenhout (Rabobank) 54'53"
2.) Jos Van Emden (Rabobank) +21"
3.) Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil) +1'04"
Question:
Knowing that we are all waiting for Le Tour, I should perhaps make the reports in less detail? What do you think?Edited by janne_837 on 24-01-2011 22:07
Thank you, I still will make some detailed reports, but only for the really important champs where we actually have a chance to make a good result (America, Ukraine, Germany).
Sorry for no updates today, I already played another, but I only want to post more races at one piece. But I can already announce that we won at least one national ITT championship
Dave Zabriskie was not as strong as usual, but nonetheless his time was not bad - 1h12'58"
Chris Horner was a bit disappointing today, I expected more than a 1h14'25"
In past times, the fight against the clock was one of his greatest abilities... And Lance showed some of the old glory today (daily form +5)! 93 seconds faster than Dave, new besttime - 1h11'25"
George Hincapie was no opponent for Armstrong, but Big George was 2 seconds faster than Zabriskie, and thats a surprise - 1h12'56"
Christian Vande Velde was probably the biggest opponent for today, and 38 seconds slower than Lance 1h12'03"
After Christian finished, we already had the victory. But who will be the winner, Armstrong or Leipheimer? Compared with Lance, Levi had a really bad day today and was 49 seconds slower than Lance. THATS THE FIRST VICTORY 2010 FOR LANCE ARMSTRONG!
Result:
Spoiler
1
Lance Armstrong
Team RadioShack
1h11'25
2
Christian Vande Velde
Garmin - Transitions
+ 38
3
Levi Leipheimer
Team RadioShack
+ 49
4
George Hincapie
BMC Racing Team
+ 1'31
5
David Zabriskie
Garmin - Transitions
+ 1'33
6
Tom Danielson
Garmin - Transitions
+ 1'40
7
Taylor Phinney
Trek Livestrong U23
+ 1'56
8
Steven Cozza
Garmin - Transitions
+ 2'10
9
Christopher Baldwin
UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis
+ 2'14
10
Danny Pate
Garmin - Transitions
+ 2'20
11
Tejay Van Garderen
Team HTC - Columbia
+ 2'53
12
Chris Horner
Team RadioShack
+ 3'00
13
Phil Zajicek
Fly V Australia
+ 3'42
14
Scott Zwizanski
Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 3'45
15
Brent Bookwalter
BMC Racing Team
+ 3'48
16
Matt Crane
UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis
+ 3'54
17
Michael Friedman
Jelly Belly presented by Kenda
+ 3'55
18
Bernard Van Ulden
Jelly Belly presented by Kenda
+ 4'02
19
Guy East
Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 4'06
20
Sergio Hernandez
Jelly Belly presented by Kenda
+ 4'10
21
Michael Creed
Team Type 1
+ 4'14
22
Ben Jacques-Maynes
Bissell
s.t.
23
Chad Beyer
BMC Racing Team
+ 4'21
24
Chris Barton
BMC Racing Team
+ 4'27
25
Reid Mumford
Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 4'32
26
Nicholas Frey
Jamis - Sutter Home
+ 4'34
27
Julian Kyer
Trek Livestrong U23
+ 4'48
28
Kiel Reijnen
Jelly Belly presented by Kenda
+ 4'49
29
Nathan Brown
Trek Livestrong U23
+ 4'51
30
Charlie Avis
Trek Livestrong U23
+ 5'06
31
Adam Carr
Adageo Energy
+ 5'10
32
Charles Bradley Huff
Jelly Belly presented by Kenda
+ 5'12
33
Craig Lewis
Team HTC - Columbia
+ 5'17
34
Austin Carroll
Adageo Energy
+ 5'24
35
Shane Kline
Bissell
+ 5'30
36
Danny Finneran
Adageo Energy
+ 5'33
37
Jake Keough
UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis
+ 5'36
38
Tim Johnson
UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis
s.t.
39
Joe Eldridge
Team Type 1
+ 5'41
40
Alexander Boyd
Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 5'43
41
Adrian Hegyvari
UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis
+ 5'50
42
Chase Pinkham
Trek Livestrong U23
+ 5'53
43
John Murphy
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
44
Neil Shirley
Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 5'56
45
Ken Hanson
Team Type 1
+ 6'02
46
Christopher Jones
Team Type 1
+ 6'08
47
Tucker Brown
Jamis - Sutter Home
+ 6'19
48
Zachary Davies
Fly V Australia
s.t.
49
David Williams
Bissell
+ 6'39
50
Cody O'Reilly
Bissell
+ 6'40
51
Lucas Euser
Spidertech powered by Planet Energy
s.t.
52
Josh Horowitz
Adageo Energy
+ 6'43
53
Scott Stewart
Team Type 1
+ 6'53
54
James Driscoll
Jamis - Sutter Home
+ 6'54
55
Ian Boswell
Bissell
+ 6'57
56
Iván Domínguez
Jamis - Sutter Home
+ 6'58
57
Thomas Nelson
Adageo Energy
+ 7'01
58
Edward King
Cervélo Test Team
+ 7'19
59
Jackie Simes
Jamis - Sutter Home
+ 7'26
Germany Preview
Spoiler
Klingenthal - Klingenthal, 32,1 km
Startlist
HTC - Columbia
1. T.Martin
2. B.Grabsch
3. A.Greipel
4. P.Gretsch
5. M.Sieberg
The Shack
11. A.Klöden
Bert Grabsch, a former world-champ against the clock and of course a favourite for today, was not as good as expected. Nonetheless a decent time from him - 44'18"
Jens Voigt and Linus Gerdemann finished with very similar times, Linus 25 seconds behind Grabsch, Jens 31 seconds behind Grabsch.
Andreas Klöden (and Jens Voigt again in the background) was 19 seconds faster than Grabsch - 43'59" - , but as you can see at the next screenshots, thats not enough for the win...
... Tony Martin almost passed Klödi at the road! Tony really was a beast today, it seems that his nice result in Switzerland motivates him a lot. No doubt, Martin is the deserved winner of the german itt championship, 109 seconds ahead Klöden.
Tiago Machado is a pretty good time trialer, but also in a pretty bad shape, so his time was only average - 52'00"
Jose Mendes with a really good time (never heard of him before ) - 51'16"
Even Rui Costa was 16 seconds slower than Mendes - 51'32"
But the top favourite is still coming, Sérgio Paulinho. And even with at a quite bad day (daily form -3), he was able to beat Mendes by 47 seconds. THE SECOND VICTORY AT THE CHAMPS FOR THESHACK!
Results:
Spoiler
1
Sérgio Paulinho
Team RadioShack
50'29
2
Jose Mendes
LA Rota dos Móveis
+ 47
3
Rui Costa
Caisse d'Epargne
+ 1'03
4
Cândido Barbosa
Palmeiras Resort - Prio
+ 1'14
5
Mario Costa
Barbot - Siper
+ 1'22
6
Joaquim Sampaio
Madeinox - Boavista
+ 1'31
7
Tiago Machado
Team RadioShack
s.t.
8
Joao Correia
Cervélo Test Team
+ 1'34
9
Nelson Victorino
Palmeiras Resort - Prio
+ 1'56
10
Hélder Oliveira
Barbot - Siper
+ 2'01
11
Ricardo Mestre
Palmeiras Resort - Prio
+ 2'10
12
Nelson Oliveira
Xacobeo - Galicia
+ 2'15
13
Sérgio Sousa
Madeinox - Boavista
+ 2'21
14
Nelson Rocha
LA Rota dos Móveis
+ 2'26
15
João Benta
Madeinox - Boavista
+ 2'29
16
Pedro Lopes
Centro Ciclismo de Loulé - Louletano
+ 2'32
17
Vergílio Dos Santos
LA Rota dos Móveis
+ 2'35
18
Bruno Saraiva
Centro Ciclismo de Loulé - Louletano
+ 2'42
19
Celestino Pinho
Centro Ciclismo de Loulé - Louletano
+ 2'43
20
Cesar Fonte
Barbot - Siper
+ 2'44
21
Hernâni Brôco
LA Rota dos Móveis
+ 2'52
22
Sérgio Ribeiro
Barbot - Siper
+ 2'59
23
Célio Sousa
Madeinox - Boavista
+ 3'02
24
Filipe Cardoso
LA Rota dos Móveis
+ 3'04
25
Vitor Rodrigues
Caja Rural
+ 3'05
26
César Quitério
Centro Ciclismo de Loulé - Louletano
+ 3'10
27
David Livramento
Palmeiras Resort - Prio
s.t.
28
João Cabreira
Centro Ciclismo de Loulé - Louletano
+ 3'12
29
Edgar Pinto
LA Rota dos Móveis
+ 3'14
30
Bruno Pires
Barbot - Siper
s.t.
31
Ricardo Vilela
Madeinox - Boavista
+ 3'15
32
André Cardoso
Palmeiras Resort - Prio
+ 3'19
33
Bruno Lima
Barbot - Siper
+ 3'23
34
Rui Sousa
Barbot - Siper
s.t.
35
Bruno Pinto
Centro Ciclismo de Loulé - Louletano
+ 3'26
36
Daniel Silva
Centro Ciclismo de Loulé - Louletano
s.t.
37
Márcio Barbosa
LA Rota dos Móveis
+ 3'31
38
Marco Cunha
Madeinox - Boavista
+ 3'37
39
Pedro Soeiro
Centro Ciclismo de Loulé - Louletano
+ 3'40
40
Tiago Silva
Centro Ciclismo de Loulé - Louletano
+ 3'47
41
Ruben Couto
Madeinox - Boavista
+ 3'49
42
Samuel Caldeira
Palmeiras Resort - Prio
+ 3'53
43
Manuel Cardoso
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
44
Daniel Mestre
Palmeiras Resort - Prio
s.t.
45
Carlos Baltazar
Barbot - Siper
+ 4'00
46
Luis Pinheiro
Madeinox - Boavista
+ 4'22
47
Luis Silva
Palmeiras Resort - Prio
+ 4'27
48
Antonio Amorim
Barbot - Siper
+ 4'29
49
Henrique Casimiro
Palmeiras Resort - Prio
+ 4'32
50
Bruno Sancho
LA Rota dos Móveis
+ 4'38
Denmark Results
Spoiler
1.) Alex Rasmussen (SaxoBank) 49'29"
2.) Jakob Fuglsang (SaxoBank) +1'00"
3.) Martin Mortensen (Vacansoleil) +1'36"
Team goals:
- (Too bad that you can not skip national championships if you have at least one rider...) Top 10
Favourites:
Report
Spoiler
Mikhail Ignatiev had not a very good day, only 1h05'30"
Ivan Rovny is totally out of shape and would not compete here if he had not too. However, his time was not completely bad, only 29 seconds slower than Ignatiev - 1h05'59"
Except Menchov, Vladimir Karpets was considered as the most biggest favourite for today. But he was not able to fulfill this part, he was 76 seconds faster than Ignatiev, but 27 seconds behind his teammate Evgeni Petrov, who had a fantastic race (I did not took a screenshot of him, who saw this coming...)
Just like in Germany or in Spain, the big favourite won with a gigantic advantage. Menchov was 84 seconds faster than Petrov and wins!
Results
Spoiler
(Game crashed after the stage, so no smiling Menchov on a podium and only results in graphical form)
Team goals
- Victory (would be a shame if Popo fails against that weak opposition)
Favourites
Report
Spoiler
Vitaliy Buts was surprisingly good - 51'31"
Andriy Grivko is probably the only rider here who could be a threat for Popovych, but Andriy even was one second behind Buts - 51'32"
Quite easy third victory at the champs for RadioShack. Yaroslav Popovych dominates the time trial, 73 seconds, faster than the time from Buts and the new ukrainian time trial champ!
Depart (I love this big starting fields at national championships )
Quite strange race. Alexandre Moos (BMC) was the only rider who attacked early. Even with a slow pace, the "peloton" split up in several groups. Moos;
+58" Zahner, Schär, Morabito, Kohler, Frank, Wyss, Elmiger, Rast, Cancellara, Bertogliati, Beuret;
+1'33" Group Albasini-Zaugg
With 40km to go, Moos is caught and Elmiger and Cancellara speed up to thin out the group...
...And only Laurent Beuret was able to keep up with them. Gregory Rast and the BMC guys were dropped. Cancellara, Beuret, Elmiger;
+46" Rast;
+1'08" Morabito, Zahner, Frank, Kohler, Moos, Bertogliati, Schär, Wyss;
+3'12" Group Albasini-Zaugg
2km to the line, its clear that one of this three rider will take the victory. But who?
Though Laurent Beuret is the better sprinter on the paper, it was Fabian Cancellara who takes the victory and the double at the Swiss Championships!
Disappointing 10th place for Rast.
Results:
Spoiler
(Game crash after the podiumscreen, so only "graphical results"
Breakaway: Next to unknown rider as Tyler Wren (Jamis), Morgan Schmitt (UniteddHealthcare), Edward King (Cervélo), John Murphy (BMC), Charles Bradley Huff (Jelly Belly) and Ken Hanson (Team Type 1), we saw two american future greats here: Taylor Phinney (Trek Livestrong U23) and Tejay Van Garderen (Colombia)!
Phinney and Van Garderen were clearly the strongest at the front group and dropped the other with 67km to go.
But with 33km to the finish, they were caught. Due to the high pace which were set by Garmin, only six rider left: Tom Danielson and David Zabriskie (Garmin), George Hincapie (BMC) and Chris Horner, Lance Armstrong and Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack)!
And with 8km to go, Chris Horner, who felt amazing today, attacked. Armstrong tried to follow, but no chance to follow "The Smiler" today.
Totally deserved victory for Chris Horner, the american road champion 2010!
Lance showed that he is ready for the Tour, with a nice second place!
Tom Danielson finished third, beating Leipheimer in the one-on-one sprint.
Results
Spoiler
1
Chris Horner
Team RadioShack
6h32'55
2
Lance Armstrong
Team RadioShack
+ 23
3
Tom Danielson
Garmin - Transitions
+ 58
4
Levi Leipheimer
Team RadioShack
s.t.
5
George Hincapie
BMC Racing Team
+ 1'28
6
David Zabriskie
Garmin - Transitions
+ 2'33
7
Chad Beyer
BMC Racing Team
+ 7'45
8
Scott Zwizanski
Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 8'09
9
Chris Barton
BMC Racing Team
+ 8'57
10
Tejay Van Garderen
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
11
Christian Vande Velde
Garmin - Transitions
+ 10'41
12
Danny Pate
Garmin - Transitions
+ 10'57
13
Taylor Phinney
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
14
Thomas Peterson
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
15
Scott Nydam
BMC Racing Team
+ 11'37
16
Anthony Colby
Jelly Belly presented by Kenda
+ 12'17
17
Craig Lewis
Team HTC - Columbia
+ 15'37
18
Matt Crane
UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis
s.t.
19
Chase Pinkham
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
20
James Driscoll
Jamis - Sutter Home
s.t.
21
Bjorn Selander
Team RadioShack
+ 17'13
22
Jackson Stewart
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
23
Peter Stetina
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
24
Jesse Anthony
Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
25
Alex Candelario
Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
26
Reid Mumford
Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
27
Guy East
Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
28
Kirk Carlsen
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
29
Matthew Busche
Team RadioShack
s.t.
30
Steven Cozza
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
31
Andy Jacques-Maynes
Bissell
s.t.
32
Brent Bookwalter
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
33
Andrew Bajadali
Kelly Benefit Strategies
+ 17'29
34
Edward King
Cervélo Test Team
s.t.
35
Charles Bradley Huff
Jelly Belly presented by Kenda
s.t.
36
Neil Shirley
Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
37
Morgan Schmitt
UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis
s.t.
38
Ken Hanson
Team Type 1
s.t.
39
John Murphy
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
40
Tyler Wren
Jamis - Sutter Home
s.t.
41
David Williams
Bissell
+ 19'29
42
Ben King
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
43
Shawn Milne
Team Type 1
s.t.
44
Iván Domínguez
Jamis - Sutter Home
s.t.
45
Christopher Baldwin
UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis
s.t.
46
Phil Zajicek
Fly V Australia
s.t.
47
Jeremy Powers
Jelly Belly presented by Kenda
s.t.
48
Bernard Van Ulden
Jelly Belly presented by Kenda
s.t.
49
Sergio Hernandez
Jelly Belly presented by Kenda
s.t.
50
Michael Creed
Team Type 1
s.t.
51
Michael Friedman
Jelly Belly presented by Kenda
s.t.
52
Adam Carr
Adageo Energy
s.t.
53
Tyler Farrar
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
54
Frank Pipp
Bissell
s.t.
55
Thomas Nelson
Adageo Energy
s.t.
56
Jake Keough
UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis
s.t.
57
Ben Jacques-Maynes
Bissell
s.t.
58
Kiel Reijnen
Jelly Belly presented by Kenda
s.t.
59
Charlie Avis
Trek Livestrong U23
+ 20'17
60
Shane Kline
Bissell
s.t.
61
Christopher Jones
Team Type 1
s.t.
62
Julian Kyer
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
63
Tim Johnson
UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis
s.t.
64
Andy Guptill
Jamis - Sutter Home
s.t.
65
Daniel Holloway
Bissell
s.t.
66
Sean Mazich
Jelly Belly presented by Kenda
s.t.
67
Ian Boswell
Bissell
s.t.
68
Nathan Brown
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
69
Jackie Simes
Jamis - Sutter Home
s.t.
70
Ian MacGregor
Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
71
Justin Williams
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
72
Matt Landen
Adageo Energy
s.t.
73
Nicholas Frey
Jamis - Sutter Home
s.t.
74
Austin Carroll
Adageo Energy
s.t.
75
Alexi Martinez
Adageo Energy
s.t.
76
Lucas Euser
Spidertech powered by Planet Energy
s.t.
77
Josh Horowitz
Adageo Energy
s.t.
78
Alexander Boyd
Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
79
Scott Stewart
Team Type 1
s.t.
80
Cody Campbell
Trek Livestrong U23
s.t.
81
Bennet Van der Genugte
Adageo Energy
s.t.
82
Eric Bennett
Adageo Energy
s.t.
83
Kyle Wamsley
Bissell
s.t.
84
Joe Eldridge
Team Type 1
s.t.
85
Christopher Butler
BMC Racing Team
s.t.
86
Max Jenkins
UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis
s.t.
87
Alex Bowden
Team Type 1
+ 25'13
88
Paul Mach
Bissell
+ 25'53
89
Adrian Hegyvari
UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis
s.t.
90
Roman Kilun
UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis
s.t.
91
Danny Finneran
Adageo Energy
s.t.
92
Jason McCartney
Team RadioShack
+ 26'09
93
William Dugan
Team Type 1
+ 28'49
94
Jonathan Chodroff
Jelly Belly presented by Kenda
s.t.
95
Tucker Brown
Jamis - Sutter Home
s.t.
96
Zachary Davies
Fly V Australia
+ 29'05
97
Iggy Silva
Trek Livestrong U23
+ 34'01
98
Tom Soladay
Team Type 1
s.t.
99
Bradley White
UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis
+ 37'17
Denmark Results
Spoiler
1.) Alex Rasmussen (SaxoBank) 4h20'46"
2.) Martin Pedersen (Footon) s.t.
3.) Matti Breschel (SaxoBank) s.t.
Ireland: Aaron Buggle Sweden: Gustav Erik Larsson Luxembourg: Kim Kirchen Lithuania: Vytautas Kaupas Kazakhstan: Alexandre Vinokourov Estonia: Kalle Kriit Austria: Bernhard Eisel
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