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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
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| dienblad |
Posted on 12-11-2011 11:05
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YvesStevens wrote:
Boasson Hagen will go to that new Continental team of Brian Nygaard
Yep
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Posted on 12-11-2011 11:07
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dienblad wrote:
YvesStevens wrote:
Boasson Hagen will go to that new Continental team of Brian Nygaard
Yep
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-11-2011 12:20
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Boasson-Hagen would have been a great addition to the team, ah well |
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Posted on 12-11-2011 12:22
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sutty68 wrote:
Boasson-Hagen would have been a great addition to the team, ah well
I know, but with Schleck, Gesink and Sagan already on the team, it would be almost too strong for me to have fun playing (but for sure I wanna sign him in th efuture)
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Posted on 12-11-2011 12:29
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Anyway, the season preview is done. Now I need some time in making the season planning and training schedules. Hopefully, the first races will come in the beginning of next week.
One more thing: does someone know how to getrid of these pink boxes next to the rider's names (as with EBH)??
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Posted on 12-11-2011 13:58
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You need to add a minilogo for the respective team afaik. Nice preview, looking forward to the new season.
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Posted on 12-11-2011 14:30
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Nice preview good luck next season
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Posted on 12-11-2011 19:33
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cunego59 wrote:
You need to add a minilogo for the respective team afaik. Nice preview, looking forward to the new season.
For instance:
- I changed Leopard (Leox) to Domino's (DCC).
- I changed the names of all the dcc equipment to leox, for instance dcc_maillot to leox_maillot, and dcc_minilogo to leox_minilogo and placed them in the right folder.
- In the PCM Fast editor, I also changed the jersey_sz_abbreviation from leox to dcc.
- The files I used, have the same type and size as the original files.
So what's wrong with this? What to do?
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Posted on 12-11-2011 19:53
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it's because you changed the
dcc equipment to leox, for instance dcc_maillot to leox_maillot, and dcc_minilogo to leox_minilogo and placed them in the right folder.
you need to keep it ddc_maillot and open a new folder called ddc to make it work change the jersey_sz_abbreviation back to leox |
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Posted on 12-11-2011 20:18
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jt1109 wrote:
it's because you changed the
dcc equipment to leox, for instance dcc_maillot to leox_maillot, and dcc_minilogo to leox_minilogo and placed them in the right folder.
you need to keep it ddc_maillot and open a new folder called ddc to make it work change the jersey_sz_abbreviation back to leox
Okay. But...... But when I put the leox_ files back in, with the dcc_ name, how does the game know to use these files?
So I'll put back the original leox_ files in the game, and a dcc map in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Cyanide\Pro Cycling Manager - Seizoen 2011\3D\Cyclists\Cloth\Team?
ANd also a dcc logo and minilogo in that map (C:\Program Files (x86)\Cyanide\Pro Cycling Manager - Seizoen 2011\Gui\team\logo and C:\Program Files (x86)\Cyanide\Pro Cycling Manager - Seizoen 2011\Gui\team\minilogo), so that that folder contains a leox (mini)logo and a dcc (mini)logo??
And finally a dcc_minimaillot in C:\Program Files (x86)\Cyanide\Pro Cycling Manager - Seizoen 2011\Gui\team_shirt??
Will this work?
Edited by dienblad on 12-11-2011 20:27
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Posted on 12-11-2011 20:34
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Ok this is very confusing for me and I understood almost nothing, but if I got it right, you renamed DCC's files to Leox, and overwrote them, right? So why did you change in the Fast Editor Leox to dcc?
And btw, I don't know if this changes something, but if I'm not mistaken career uses the information from the sponsor rather from the team (DYN_team). So if you change something in DYN_team, you in fact need to change it in DYN_sponsor to change it in the game (I think, not sure though).
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Posted on 12-11-2011 22:52
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lluuiiggii wrote:
Ok this is very confusing for me and I understood almost nothing
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Posted on 12-11-2011 23:33
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dienblad wrote:
jt1109 wrote:
it's because you changed the
dcc equipment to leox, for instance dcc_maillot to leox_maillot, and dcc_minilogo to leox_minilogo and placed them in the right folder.
you need to keep it ddc_maillot and open a new folder called ddc to make it work change the jersey_sz_abbreviation back to leox
Okay. But...... But when I put the leox_ files back in, with the dcc_ name, how does the game know to use these files?
So I'll put back the original leox_ files in the game, and a dcc map in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Cyanide\Pro Cycling Manager - Seizoen 2011\3D\Cyclists\Cloth\Team?
ANd also a dcc logo and minilogo in that map (C:\Program Files (x86)\Cyanide\Pro Cycling Manager - Seizoen 2011\Gui\team\logo and C:\Program Files (x86)\Cyanide\Pro Cycling Manager - Seizoen 2011\Gui\team\minilogo), so that that folder contains a leox (mini)logo and a dcc (mini)logo??
And finally a dcc_minimaillot in C:\Program Files (x86)\Cyanide\Pro Cycling Manager - Seizoen 2011\Gui\team_shirt??
Will this work?
Confusing all you have to do is change the jersey_sz_abbreviation back to leox according to what you said in your previous post so just try that to start with. |
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Posted on 13-11-2011 00:39
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January races
The cycling season has started! Jack Bobridge will take part in the Aussie champs and after that, the team takes part in the Santos Tour Down Under and the Giro della Calabria.
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Posted on 13-11-2011 01:13
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The season kicks off with the Australian road cycling championships. Jack Bobridge is our rider that takes part in it, although his form is terrible (37).
2011 results
Startlist
Spoiler Katusha
1. C.Evans
GreenEdge
11. S.Gerrans
12. S.Clarke
13. B.Cooke
14. A.Davis
15. M.Docker
16. M.Goss
17. T.Meyer
18. C.Meyer
19. S.O'Grady
Rabobank
21. H.Haussler
22. G.Brown
23. M.Renshaw
Sky
31. M.Rogers
32. M.Hayman
33. C.Sutton
Saxo Bank
41. R.Porte
42. D.Tanner
Christina Watches
51. R.Sutherland
Astana
61. M.Lloyd
UnitedHealthcare
71. M.Matthews
72. J.Clarke
73. H.Clarke
74. T.Herbert
Lotto
81. G.M.Bates
82. A.Hansen
83. A.Kemps
Monster Energy - Ford
91. J.Bobridge
Domino's
101. T.Lowe
102. W.Clarke
103. T.Roe
Garmin
111. M.Wilson
Liquigas
121. C.Wurf
Type 1
131. Benj.King
Kingspan
141. J.Anderson
PSK Whirlpool
151. J.Prete
Our team
5 riders find each other in an early breakaway: Adam Hansen (Lotto_, Matthew Wilson (Garmin), Timothy Roe (Domino's), Jack Anderson (Kingspan) and Cameron Wurf (Liquigas).
With 74 kilometres remaining, 3 riders attack out of the peloton and try to close the gap to the leaders (+ 3'02): Richie Porte (Saxo), reigning champ Michael Matthews (United Health Care) and Cadel Evans (Katusha), who crashed earlier in the stage. Jack Bobridge missed the attack, as he just went to get some water bottles.... So he decides to rely on the 9-man GreenEdge team to catch the escapees.
Evans, Matthews and Porte close the gap to the 8 leaders, and with 28 kilometres to go, the gap to the peloton is 2'31.
In the ascend of the last hill, there are many attacks out of the peloton. Rory Sutherland (Christina) and Simon Gerrans (GreenEdge) are the first ones to attack, followed by Michael Rogers (Sky), Matthew Goss (GreenEdge), Heinrich Haussler (Rabobank) and Jack Bobridge. But 8 kilometres before the finish, the BOTD is stil over a minute in ahead.
Although Haussler and Gerrans tried to bridge the gap together, the 8 leaders will sprint for the win. And it's an easy win for Michael Matthews. He transferred from Rabobank to United Health Care and wins his 2nd consecutive national title. Jack Anderson gets 2nd, Matthew Wilson 3rd.
Jack Bobridge finishes in 13th place.
Results
| 1 | Michael Matthews | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 4h32'55 | | 2 | Jack Anderson | Kingspan - Alpro | s.t. | | 3 | Matthew Wilson | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 4 | Adam Hansen | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 5 | Cameron Wurf | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 6 | Timothy Roe | Domino's - Coca Cola | s.t. | | 7 | Richie Porte | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 8 | Cadel Evans | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 9 | Heinrich Haussler | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'05 | | 10 | Simon Gerrans | GreenEdge Cycling | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling | + 1'22 | | 12 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 13 | Jack Bobridge | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 14 | Rory Sutherland | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 15 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'58 | | 16 | Gene Michael Bates | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 17 | Stuart O'Grady | GreenEdge Cycling | s.t. | | 18 | Mitchell Docker | GreenEdge Cycling | s.t. | | 19 | David Tanner | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 20 | Trent Lowe | Domino's - Coca Cola | s.t. | | 21 | Travis Meyer | GreenEdge Cycling | s.t. | | 22 | Simon Clarke | GreenEdge Cycling | s.t. | | 23 | Aaron Kemps | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 24 | Cameron Meyer | GreenEdge Cycling | s.t. | | 25 | Baden Cooke | GreenEdge Cycling | s.t. | | 26 | Matthew Lloyd | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 27 | William Clarke | Domino's - Coca Cola | s.t. | | 28 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 29 | Christopher Sutton | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 30 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 31 | Joshua Prete | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 32 | Benjamin King | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 33 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 34 | Tyler Herbert | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 35 | Allan Davis | GreenEdge Cycling | s.t. | | 36 | Matthew Hayman | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
The winner
Note: I'm still figuring out how to handle with the graphics. I gave GreenEdge and Domino's a sponsor (with the PCM fast editor, in the DYN_team) and the jersey has changed to that sponsor.... It 'll possibly take some time before it is the way I want it...
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Posted on 13-11-2011 16:28
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After numerous frustrating attempts about the jerseys and logos not working the way I want them to work, I've decided to change the new teams....
I've used the custom jerseys/graphics that comes with the PCM daily database, so now we see the right jerseys, with the right logos for the right teams.
Sorry when it has become a bit confusing, so I'll give you a overview of the few changes:
- Team Domino's - Coca Cola (former Leopard) --> Team Sony Ericsson
- Team Nespresso (former Geox) --> stays Nespresso
- Team 1T4i (former Skil) --> Team M&M's
- Team GreenEdge (former HTC) --> Team Qantas
The new shirts:
Team Sony Ericsson
Team M&M's
Team Qantas
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Posted on 13-11-2011 16:39
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2 days after the road race, the riders can prepare for the ITT. The defending national champ Richie Porte (Saxo Bank) is present again, ready to win 2 titles in a row!
Startlist
Spoiler Saxo Bank
1. R.Porte
2. D.Tanner
Katusha
11. C.Evans
Sky
21. M.Rogers
22. M.Hayman
23. C.Sutton
Monster Energy - Ford
31. J.Bobridge
GreenEdge
41. C.Meyer
42. B.Cooke
43. M.Docker
44. S.Gerrans
45. M.Goss
46. L.Howard
47. B.Lancaster
48. T.Meyer
49. S.O'Grady
Christina Watches
51. R.Sutherland
Lotto
61. A.Hansen
62. G.M.Bates
63. A.Kemps
Liquigas
71. C.Wurf
Rabobank
81. H.Haussler
82. G.Brown
83. M.Renshaw
UnitedHealthcare
91. M.Matthews
92. J.Clarke
93. H.Clarke
94. T.Herbert
Type 1
101. Benj.King
Domino's
111. T.Roe
112. W.Clarke
113. T.Lowe
Kingspan
121. J.Anderson
Garmin
131. M.Wilson
Astana
141. M.Lloyd
PSK Whirlpool
151. J.Prete
Our team
Jack Bobridge really felt the lack of form (41). He started pretty slow, with the goal to accelerate in the last part. Because of that, he got passed halfway by Sky's Michael Rogers. But were Rogers faded a bit, Bobridge was able to accelerate a bit. The result was the 12th time, 2'02 behind the winner. Michael Rogers by the way, finished in 2nd time, '22 behind today's winner.
That winner is Richie Porte (Saxo Bank - Sunguard). Porte did the same as Matthews in the road race, winning the Nationale championship for the 2nd year in a row.
Results
| 1 | Richie Porte | Saxo Bank SunGard | 53'56 | | 2 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | + 22 | | 3 | Rory Sutherland | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 1'02 | | 4 | Cameron Meyer | GreenEdge Cycling | + 1'05 | | 5 | Cadel Evans | Katusha Team | + 1'18 | | 6 | Heinrich Haussler | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'33 | | 7 | Adam Hansen | Lotto - Ridley | + 1'39 | | 8 | Cameron Wurf | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1'46 | | 9 | Matthew Goss | GreenEdge Cycling | + 1'47 | | 10 | Michael Matthews | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | + 1'50 |
Spoiler | 11 | Travis Meyer | GreenEdge Cycling | + 1'52 | | 12 | Jack Bobridge | Monster Energy - Ford | + 2'02 | | 13 | Baden Cooke | GreenEdge Cycling | + 2'19 | | 14 | Jack Anderson | Kingspan - Alpro | + 2'32 | | 15 | Stuart O'Grady | GreenEdge Cycling | + 2'40 | | 16 | Simon Gerrans | GreenEdge Cycling | + 2'50 | | 17 | Matthew Hayman | Sky ProCycling | + 2'57 | | 18 | Brett Lancaster | GreenEdge Cycling | + 3'01 | | 19 | Joshua Prete | PSK Whirlpool - Author | + 3'09 | | 20 | Timothy Roe | Domino's - Coca Cola | + 3'12 | | 21 | Leigh Howard | GreenEdge Cycling | + 3'15 | | 22 | Benjamin King | Team Type 1 | + 3'18 | | 23 | Matthew Wilson | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 3'19 | | 24 | Mitchell Docker | GreenEdge Cycling | + 3'20 | | 25 | Christopher Sutton | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 26 | Gene Michael Bates | Lotto - Ridley | + 3'25 | | 27 | Matthew Lloyd | Pro Team Astana | + 3'29 | | 28 | William Clarke | Domino's - Coca Cola | + 3'30 | | 29 | Aaron Kemps | Lotto - Ridley | + 3'37 | | 30 | David Tanner | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 3'45 | | 31 | Trent Lowe | Domino's - Coca Cola | + 3'46 | | 32 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'52 | | 33 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | + 3'58 | | 34 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4'10 | | 35 | Tyler Herbert | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | + 4'13 | | 36 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | + 4'15 |
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Posted on 13-11-2011 16:45
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Nothing you can do with that bad form....i don´t understand why we dont have time to prepare to aussie champs every year...
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Posted on 13-11-2011 18:15
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The "real" season kicks off in Australia, for the Santous Tour Down Under.
Last edition was won by German Fabian Wegmann, who won a stage in a breakaway and won enough time to win the entire Tour. Monster Energy's Jack Bobridge surprised with the 4th place in the GC and the win in the KOTM-rankings.
 
Startlist
Spoiler Lotto
1. C.Horner
2. L.Bak
3. G.M.Bates
4. K.Dehaes
5. G.Dockx
6. A.Hansen
7. A.Kemps
8. J.Kuyckx
9. M.Sieberg
Nissan Shack
11. F.Cancellara
12. R.GarcÃa
13. B.Hermans
14. B.Selander
15. A.Talansky
16. R.Wagner
Katusha
21. F.Pozzato
22. A.Arguelyes
23. F.Chicchi
24. D.Galimzyanov
25. L.Hoste
26. L.Paolini
27. E.Silin
28. S.Vandenbergh
Sky
31. M.Cavendish
32. D.Appollonio
33. K.Arvesen
34. J.Hunt
35. M.Rogers
36. B.Swift
37. G.Thomas
38. R.Urán
Lampre
41. A.Petacchi
42. A.Balloni
43. F.Gavazzi
44. D.Hondo
45. V.Kondrut
46. A.Malori
47. A.Moletta
Euskaltel
51. D.Bennati
52. J.Azanza
53. K.Fernández
54. K.Mitxeo
55. E.Prades
56. A.Txurruka
57. P.Urtasun
Omega Pharma
61. K.Vandewalle
62. I.Abakoumov
63. M.Kwiatkowski
64. G.Omloop
65. A.Stauff
66. Z.Stybar
67. T.Van der Sande
Androni Giocattoli
71. F.Ginanni
72. D.Cannone
73. S.Commesso
74. A.Furlan
75. A.Grendene
76. M.Lorenzetto
77. A.Novembrini
Caja Rural
81. M.Cardoso
Astana
91. T.Valjavec
92. M.Gourov
93. A.Grivko
94. G.Henderson
95. V.Iglinskiy
96. M.Lloyd
BMC
101. B.Leukemans
102. B.Bookwalter
103. M.Elmiger
104. J.Louder
105. T.Phinney
106. M.Quinziato
107. D.Wyss
Movistar
111. G.César Veloso
112. J.Herrada
113. I.Konovalovas
114. C.Oyarzun
115. F.J.Pacheco
116. E.Sanz
117. F.J.Ventoso
Qantas
121. B.Cooke
122. L.Howard
123. B.Lancaster
124. R.McEwen
125. C.Meyer
126. J.Mouris
127. T.Vaitkus
Rabobank
131. P.Brutt
132. G.Brown
133. R.Flens
134. M.Renshaw
135. L.Smit
136. G-J.Soepenberg
137. M.Tjallingii
138. J.Van Emden
Monster Energy - Ford
141. L.Westra
142. J.Bobridge
143. J.Keukeleire
144. M.Maaskant
145. N.Terpstra
146. S.Vanmarcke
147. C.Vermeltfoort
Saxo Bank
151. G.Larsson
152. L.S.Haedo
153. J.J.Haedo
154. J.Marycz
155. D.Tanner
156. B.Vandborg
Saur
161. S.Joly
162. A.Coyot
163. A.Delaplace
164. C.Laborie
165. G.Levarlet
166. R.Matheou
167. D.Petrov
Farnese Vini
181. F.Failli
182. O.Bulgarelli
183. C.Corioni
184. R.De Patre
185. L.Giordani
186. A.Guardini
187. S.Marinangeli
Vacansoleil
191. R.Mandri
192. W.Mol
193. M.Mortensen
194. A.Ongarato
195. P.Rooijakkers
196. M.Selvaggi
197. F.Veuchelen
AG2R La Mondiale
201. G.Bonnafond
202. Sé.Chavanel
203. S.Houanard
204. Y.Krivtsov
205. R.Lemarchand
206. L.Mondory
207. F.Vachon
Garmin
211. D.Lloyd
212. A.Candelario
213. J.Engoulvent
214. G.Rasch
215. F.Rodriguez
UnitedHealthcare
221. D.Frattini
222. J.Clarke
223. H.Clarke
224. R.Förster
225. A.Hegyvari
226. J.Keough
227. K.O'Bee
Our team
The favourites
*** Mark Cavendish (Sky), Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre), Francisco Ventoso (Movistar)
** Robbie McEwen (Qan), Juan José Haedo (Saxo Bank), Kenny Dehaes (Lotto)
* Jens Keukeleire, Leigh Howard (Qantas), Graeme Brown (Rabobank)
Our goals
We don't have real GC-hopes, but want to get a stage win (which will be difficult enough).
Edited by dienblad on 13-11-2011 18:16
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Posted on 13-11-2011 18:43
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The Santos Tour Down Under starts with a 149 kilometres long stage from Geeps Cross to Clare. The stage is pretty flat, with no categorized climbs in it. The finish is after a downhill part.
After the peloton catches a 18-man big breakaway, 2 riders get approval from the peloton to create a gap. Leif Hoste (Katusha) and Ignatas Konovalovas (Movistar) get a maximum gap of 3'30. Between them and the peloton rides a Farnese Vini-pair: Leopnardo Giordani and Otavio Bulgarelli. Hoste wins the first Intermediate sprint. The Farnese's are 1'49 behind and the peloton follws at 2'29. There are 77km remaining.
The peloton is in full control in the 27 kilometres from the first to the second Intermediate sprint. Hoste again wins the sprint, followed by Konovalovas. The Farnese-pair follows at 1'36 and the peloton at 2'52.
The domestiques from Lampre (Petacchi) and Sky (Cavendish) start to increase the pace and the 2 pairs have no chance. 22 kilometres before the finish in Clare, the peloton is fused again.
Nothing happens in the next 17 kilometres, as the riders settle for a mass sprint. But under the 5km-bow, Lieuwe Westra attacks and gets a maximum gap of 12 seconds. But Petacchi is in control, with 4 domestiques that form his lead out train, the gap gets smaller and smaller.
And 2500 metres before the finish, Westra is caught. Jens Keukeleire has chosen the wheel of Petacchi and is in 4th position. Behind him, he can see the rainbow jersey of Cavendish. Surely a nice position!
Petacchi has one leadout man left with 1500 metres to go. Francesco Gavazzi gives all he has got in his legs. Keukeleire still sits behind Petacchi.
The sprint has started by Leigh Howard (Qantas) and JJ Haedo (Saxo). 500 metres before the finish, Howard is in the lead, but Cavendish is coming fast! Keukeleire is behind Petacchi in 6th place, but has some energy left, while the otehrs (Howard, Haedo, Gavazzi) start to fade.
Mark Cavendish wins the first race for his new team Sky. It's a better start of the season than last year (when he won his first race in June), probably the rainbow jersey gives him wings! Alessandro Petacchi gets a 2nd place, and Jens Keukeleire gives us a great reason to smile with the 3rd place.
Results & GC (Hoste is in 3rd thanks to the bonus seconds)
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Sky ProCycling | 3h28'25 | | 2 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Generali | + 4 | | 3 | Leif Hoste | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 4 | Jens Keukeleire | Monster Energy - Ford | + 6 | | 5 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Leonardo Giordani | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 9 | | 7 | Otavio Didier Bulgarelli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 8 | Leigh Howard | Team Qantas | + 10 | | 9 | Juan José Haedo | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 10 | Sébastien Chavanel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 12 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 13 | Francesco Gavazzi | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 14 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 15 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 16 | Baden Cooke | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 17 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 18 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 19 | Alberto Ongarato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 20 | René Mandri | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 21 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 22 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 23 | Björn Leukemans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 24 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 25 | Geert Omloop | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 26 | Chris Horner | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 27 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 28 | Davide Appollonio | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 29 | Jeff Louder | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 30 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 31 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 32 | Robert Wagner | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 33 | Fabian Cancellara | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 34 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 35 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 36 | Pavel Brutt | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 37 | Brett Lancaster | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 38 | Maarten Tjallingii | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 39 | Alfredo Balloni | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 40 | Martin Elmiger | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 41 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 42 | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 43 | Andrea Moletta | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 44 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 45 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 46 | Vitali Kondrut | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 47 | Florian Vachon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 48 | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 49 | Daniele Bennati | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 50 | Lieuwe Westra | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 51 | Martijn Maaskant | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 52 | Jarosław Marycz | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 53 | Niki Terpstra | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 54 | Sep Vanmarcke | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 55 | Donato Cannone | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 56 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 57 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 58 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - Generali | s.t. | | 59 | Brian Vandborg | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 60 | Robbie McEwen | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 61 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 62 | Adam Hansen | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 63 | Gene Michael Bates | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 64 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 65 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 66 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 67 | Andrea Grendene | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 68 | Aaron Kemps | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 69 | Rodrigo GarcÃa | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 70 | Romain Lemarchand | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 71 | Bjorn Selander | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 72 | Cameron Meyer | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 73 | Eduard Prades | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 74 | Greg Henderson | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 75 | Andriy Grivko | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 76 | Igor Abakoumov | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 77 | Geraint Thomas | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 78 | Francesco Chicchi | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 79 | Arnaud Coyot | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 80 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 81 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 82 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 83 | Arkimedes Arguelyes | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 84 | Steve Houanard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 85 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 86 | Sébastien Joly | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 87 | Jorge Azanza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 88 | Sergio Marinangeli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 89 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 90 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 91 | Jack Bobridge | Monster Energy - Ford | s.t. | | 92 | Gustavo César Veloso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 93 | Jan Kuyckx | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 94 | Tosh Van der Sande | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 95 | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 96 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 97 | Jens Mouris | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 98 | Tomas Vaitkus | Team Qantas | s.t. | | 99 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 100 | Gert Dockx | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 101 | Yuriy Krivtsov | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 102 | Andreas Stauff | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 103 | Gerrit-Jan Soepenberg | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 104 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 105 | Egor Silin | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 106 | Leon Smit | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 107 | Carlos Oyarzun | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 108 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 109 | Claudio Corioni | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 110 | Danail Petrov | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 111 | Roberto De Patre | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 112 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 113 | Frederik Veuchelen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 114 | Ben Hermans | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 115 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 116 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 117 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 118 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 119 | Martin Mortensen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 120 | Maxim Gourov | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 121 | Romain Matheou | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 122 | Daniel Lloyd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 123 | Kirk O'Bee | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 124 | Piet Rooijakkers | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 125 | Christophe Laborie | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 126 | Guillaume Levarlet | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 127 | Anthony Delaplace | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 128 | Alex Candelario | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 129 | Andrew Talansky | Nissan - Radio Shack - Trek | s.t. | | 130 | Salvatore Commesso | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 131 | Matthew Lloyd | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 132 | Americo Novembrini | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 133 | Gabriel Rasch | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 134 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 135 | Francisco José Pacheco | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 136 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 137 | Angelo Furlan | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 138 | Klemente Mitxeo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 139 | Fred Rodriguez | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 140 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 141 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 142 | William Clarke | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 143 | Tadej Valjavec | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 144 | David Tanner | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 145 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 146 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 147 | Davide Frattini | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 148 | Adrian Hegyvari | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. |
The winner
Word from the DS
I think this was the best possible result for us in the 1st stage. Keukeleire isn't capable of winning from Cavendish and Petacchi, but on a bad day for them, they can get defeated by Keukeleire. So we remain hope, but to be honest, will be satisfied with 3rd places.
Edited by dienblad on 13-11-2011 18:45
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