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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 18-12-2012 12:16
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@TMM: Oops... typo 
@Luigi: with the correct time, he finished 12th 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-12-2012 13:13
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Mark's gonna win this thing, I feel it!!! |
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 18-12-2012 13:50
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Honestly i haven't followed the story since its start but lately (as i'm ill and i have lots of free time) i've started reading and following Mark. What i can say is that this is a very nice story and let's go Mark! |
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Posted on 18-12-2012 13:58
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 25th September 2011 - UCI Road World Championships
The time has come to put 'Project Rainbow Jersey' into play. Three years of planning comes down to this one day in Copenhagen.
Team GB come to Denmark with a squad built around me. David Millar will lead the team on the road, dictating the pace of the peleton, and giving out the orders to the team.
Chris Froome will help out during the stage, and alongside Millar, will form part of the lead out train at the finish.
Geraint Thomas and Ben Swift will support myself in the sprint, and will be the men who will look to catapult me to the finish.
The six man Great Britain team is compeleted by Peter Kennaugh, who will try and attack on the stage, taking the pressure off those back in the main peleton.
 Mark Cavendish (HTC - Highroad)
 Thor Hushovd (Team Garmin - Cervélo)
 Philippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma - Lotto)
 Andre Greipel (OmegaPharma - Lotto)
Tom Boonen (Quick-Step)
Spoiler Great Britain
1. M.Cavendish
2. C.Froome
3. P.Kennaugh
4. D.Millar
5. B.Swift
6. G.Thomas
USA
11. T.Farrar
12. C.Beyer
13. G.Hincapie
14. T.Phinney
15. F.Rodriguez
16. A.Talansky
17. D.Zabriskie
Norway
21. T.Hushovd
22. K.Arvesen
23. E.Boasson Hagen
Germany
31. A.Greipel
32. M.Burghardt
33. J.Degenkolb
34. D.Hondo
35. M.Kittel
36. A.Klier
37. P.Martens
38. S.Schumacher
39. F.Wegmann
Belgium
41. T.Boonen
42. S.Devolder
43. P.Gilbert
44. K.Goddaert
45. L.Hoste
46. N.Nuyens
47. G.Steegmans
48. G.Van Avermaet
49. J.Vansummeren
Italy
51. A.Petacchi
52. A.Ballan
53. D.Bennati
54. M.Carrara
55. D.Cunego
56. F.Ginanni
57. S.Modolo
58. F.Pozzato
59. G.Visconti
Australia
61. H.Haussler
62. A.Davis
63. S.Gerrans
64. M.Goss
65. M.Hayman
66. B.Lancaster
67. S.O'Grady
68. M.Renshaw
69. C.Sutton
Spain
71. Ó.Freire
72. C.Barredo
73. K.Fernández
74. J.A.Flecha
75. X.Florencio
76. A.Galdos
77. J.RodrÃÂguez
78. J.J.Rojas
79. A.Valverde
France
81. R.Feillu
82. J.Casper
83. S.Chavanel
84. Sé.Chavanel
85. A.Geslin
86. F.Guesdon
87. J.Pineau
88. S.Turgot
89. T.Voeckler
Slovakia
91. P.Sagan
92. J.Sagan
93. J.Valach
94. M.Velits
Denmark
101. M.Breschel
102. L.Bak
103. R.Jørgensen
104. A.Rasmussen
105. M.Reihs
Netherlands
111. P.Ligthart
112. L.Boom
113. T.Bos
114. S.Langeveld
115. M.Maaskant
116. N.Terpstra
117. B.Traksel
118. D.Van Winden
119. L.Westra
Russia
121. D.Galimzyanov
122. P.Brutt
123. A.Efimkin
124. M.Ignatiev
125. S.Ivanov
126. B.Shpilevsky
127. E.Silin
128. Y.Trofimov
129. E.Vorganov
Austria
131. B.Eisel
132. S.Denifl
133. T.Rohregger
134. H.Starzengruber
135. P.Wrolich
Portugal
141. M.Cardoso
142. C.Barbosa
143. B.Lima
144. T.Machado
145. E.Pinto
146. S.Ribeiro
Slovenia
151. B.Božic
152. M.Gnezda
153. J.Kocjan
154. M.Kump
155. M.Mahoric
156. U.Murn
157. S.Spilak
Lithuania
161. T.Vaitkus
162. A.Kruopis
163. R.Navardauskas
Colombia
171. L.Duque
172. F.Duarte
173. J.Forero
174. V.H.Peña
175. J.Serpa
176. J.M.Soler
177. R.Urán
South Africa
181. D.Impey
182. R.Hunter
Poland
191. K.Jezowski
192. A.Detko
193. T.Kiendys
194. J.Morajko
195. P.Niemiec
196. T.Smolen
197. K.Szczawinski
Switzerland
201. G.Rast
202. M.Albasini
203. R.Bertogliati
204. M.Elmiger
205. D.Wyss
Kazakhstan
211. A.Bazayev
212. V.Iglinskiy
213. M.Iglinskiy
214. A.Kashechkin
215. D.Muravyev
216. A.Vinokourov
Canada
221. D.Rollin
222. K.Lacombe
Sweden
231. J.Ljungblad
232. F.Kessiakoff
233. T.Löfkvist
234. A.Wetterhall
Ukraine
241. M.Khalilov
242. V.Bileka
243. V.Buts
244. O.Chuzhda
245. D.Kostyuk
246. V.Popkov
247. V.Zagorodny
Luxembourg
251. C.Heymans
252. L.Didier
253. K.Kirchen
254. C.Poos
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 18-12-2012 14:01
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@Ian: Well the report will be up later on Just need to head out for some christmas presents, then the report will be posted 
@Ste: Thanks a lot, welcome aboard and glad you like it!
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| Daggen |
Posted on 18-12-2012 14:18
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As Favorite
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 18-12-2012 14:20
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Daggen wrote:
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He's not on form! Had a poor end to the season, but he could be an outside bet
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| Daggen |
Posted on 18-12-2012 14:22
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the_hoyle wrote:
Daggen wrote:
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He's not on form! Had a poor end to the season, but he could be an outside bet
No but honestly why not Farrar? |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 18-12-2012 14:26
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Daggen wrote:
the_hoyle wrote:
Daggen wrote:
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He's not on form! Had a poor end to the season, but he could be an outside bet
No but honestly why not Farrar?
The list of favourites are the top 5 of who I think could win. Cav just because that's me  Hushovd after his great ride in ToB, Griepel bacause of his ride in the Vuelta, and I picked Gilbert and Boonen because of the style of finish.
Farrar is definitely in the top 10, but I did not want to do too many pictures. That's the reason why there is no Freire or EBH
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| Daggen |
Posted on 18-12-2012 14:29
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the_hoyle wrote:
Daggen wrote:
the_hoyle wrote:
Daggen wrote:
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He's not on form! Had a poor end to the season, but he could be an outside bet
No but honestly why not Farrar?
The list of favourites are the top 5 of who I think could win. Cav just because that's me Hushovd after his great ride in ToB, Griepel bacause of his ride in the Vuelta, and I picked Gilbert and Boonen because of the style of finish.
Farrar is definitely in the top 10, but I did not want to do too many pictures. That's the reason why there is no Freire or EBH
Well I would probably put EBH instead of Hushovd. EBH is a better sprinter |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-12-2012 14:45
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I hope it'll be Mark <-> Hushovd sprinting for the win  |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 18-12-2012 14:46
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like we haven't seen that before
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| Daggen |
Posted on 18-12-2012 15:14
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I want Mark vs Boonen or Farrar |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 18-12-2012 15:24
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@Ian/Luigi/Daggen: You will find out soon... report is to be posted in the next hour
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| baggieboys32 |
Posted on 18-12-2012 15:41
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Freire will catch everyone off guard and the spanish side will take victory mwahahaha!
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 18-12-2012 15:44
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If you dont win, you should leave the forum for ever... seriously!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-12-2012 17:05
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Come on Mark, lets have some Manx Magic |
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| rogvi97 |
Posted on 18-12-2012 17:07
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Good luck! Hope you win! And when that name coccyx it reminded me of a episode with Good luck Charlie... The dad is injured there and walks around and says coccyx and laughs... Funny
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Posted on 18-12-2012 17:15
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25th September 2011 - UCI Road World Championships
(Copenhagen)
Here we go! The day has arrived and it is my time to shine. Three years of planning, preparation and racing has come down to 264km of riding.
The target for today is clear. Stay out of trouble, conserve energy, and when it is time for the sprint, give it all in that final 250 metres.
16km: After a steady start to the race, the fireworks started when Kennaugh (Great Britain) attacked, followed by Lauren Didier (Luxembourg).
22km: Further attacks went off the front, and soon a large group of 13 rider formed.
28km: France, Spain and Italy took early control of the peleton, quickly pulling back the large group.
34km: Kennaugh attacked again, and was joined by Stefan Schumacher (Germany), Gert Steegmans (Belgium), Danilo Wyss (Switzerland) and Allan Davis (Australia).
56km: The group of 5 built up around a 2'11" lead, before another group formed behind them.
67km: CRASH! Kennaugh hits the deck. Luckily he is not hurt, and gets back in the saddle.
74km: Kennaugh does a great job catching up to the breakaway group, quickly linking up with the second bunch, containing Martin Velits (Slovakia), Alex Rasmussen (Denmark), Chuzhda (Ukraine) and Jezowski (Poland).
83km: ANOTHER CRASH! Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Norway) goes down in exactly the same spot as Kennaugh.
112km: Italy continued to set the pace on the front, and were soon helped out by the USA and Russia.
134km: CRASH NUMBER 3! This time it is Michael Albasini (Switzerland) who goes down. He gets up a little gingerly, but is able to continue.
146km: The breakaway's lead peaked at 9'23" before the peleton began the chase.
213km: With around 50km remaining, the break was down to 2'24", and suddenly Sebastian Langeveld (Netherlands) attacked, trying to gain some time on the main pack.
223km: Well one man who will not be mix at the end is Matt Goss (Australia). He suffers a mechanical issues just as the pace is upped, and it will be last time he sees the peleton.
243km: At the 20km to go mark, the gap was down to 54", and Schumacher tried to stay away for as long as possible.
249km: 15km remaining, and all but Schumacher was pulled back, as Spain took over at the front.
253km:MASS CRASH! As the peleton enters the final lap, there is a huge pile up in the peleton. Luckily it is towards the back, but it still contains some big names, including Alejandro Valverde (Spain), Damiano Cunego (Italy) and the German lead out men Danilo Hondo, Marcel Kittel and John Degankolb.
255km: Attack Hushovd! The outgoing World Champion attacks 9km from the finish. Clearly he did not think he would win if it ends in a Mass Sprint.
159km: Seeing the Hushovd move go clear, Great Britain hit the front hard, trying to bring it back all together.
262km: Hushovd is caught with 2km to go, and as the sprint starts, I am in the prime position, with Peter Sagan (Slovakia) on my wheel.
264km: VICTORY!! I did it! Sagan just did not have enough to come around me, as he takes second, with Australia's Heinrich Haussler just taking third. I am the World Champion!
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 6h53'43 | | 2 |  Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 3 |  Heinrich Haussler | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 4 |  Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 5 |  Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Tom Boonen | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 |  Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 8 | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 9 |  Alexandre Vinokourov | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 10 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-12-2012 17:19
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WORLD CHAMPION 
Brilliant riding from you and the team to bring back Hushovd  |
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