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| roturn |
Posted on 11-02-2012 18:40
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Thanks for the comments and the Good luck wishes for LBL.
True. I experienced the same in the Management Game, where the mid stage attack also took the win. One reason why I wanted Kessiakoff in this group. A pity that he lost contact although he had all his energy left.
"La Doyenne" is the 4th monument this season. It`s the third of the 3 races during the Ardennes week. The hills on the route are longer than in AGR in general and steeper than in the FW. It`s also the longest of the 3 races with ~260km. Some of the hills have averages above 10%. It`s held since 1892. Record champ is Eddy Merckx with 5 wins.
Result in 2012
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-ISD | | 2 | Alexander Kolobnev | Team Katusha | | 3 | Fränk Schleck | Astana | | 4 | Andy Schleck | Leopard Trek | | 5 | Philippe Gilbert | Liquigas - Cannondale | | 6 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Team Movistar | | 7 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | | 8 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ | | 9 | Simon Gerrans | Farnese Vini - Neri | | 10 | Enrico Gasparotto | Liquigas - Cannondale |
Cunego won the sprint of a 12 rider group last season with no Garmin guy being in this deciding group. Hesjedal finished best as 19th being in the 2nd group together with Vansummeren. Surely we expect more this season.
Garmin squad 2013
No surprise that it`s the same squad than for the first two Ardennes classics. Roche will be our leader. With his good sprint skills this classic might suit him the most as the final climb isn`t as steep as in the other two classics.
Full startlist
Spoiler Liquigas
1. P.Gilbert
2. V.Agnoli
3. F.Bellotti
4. K.Koren
5. T.Martin
6. D.Oss
7. S.Szmyd
8. C.Wurf
Leopard
11. A.Schleck
12. S.Denifl
13. L.Gerdemann
14. R.Gesink
15. B.Pires
16. J.Posthuma
17. F.Wegmann
18. O.Zaugg
Astana
21. F.Schleck
22. A.Contador
23. A.Dyachenko
24. E.Gasparotto
25. J.J.Rojas
26. G.Stangelj
27. P.Velits
28. A.Zeits
Lampre
31. D.Cunego
32. I.Basso
33. D.Loosli
34. E.Magazzini
35. M.Marzano
36. V.Nibali
37. P.Niemiec
38. A.Pérez Arrieta
FDJ
41. R.Kreuziger
42. O.Bonnaire
43. P.Fédrigo
44. A.Geslin
45. A.Jeanneson
46. G.Meersman
47. T.Pinot
48. A.Roux
Garmin
51. R.Hesjedal
52. B.Bookwalter
53. T.Duggan
54. F.Kessiakoff
55. N.Roche
56. B.Rowe
57. R.Van der Velde
58. J.Vansummeren
AG2R
61. J.Van den Broeck
62. G.Bonnafond
63. M.Bouet
64. H.Dupont
65. J.Gadret
66. B.Kadri
67. J.Pineau
68. C.Riblon
Quick·Step
71. M.Scarponi
72. C.Barredo
73. D.Cataldo
74. K.De Weert
75. D.Devenyns
76. A.Engels
77. M.Monfort
78. K.Seeldraeyers
Euskaltel
81. I.Antón
82. P.Bilbao
83. I.Izagirre
84. M.Mínguez
85. R.Sicard
86. A.Txurruka
87. I.Velasco
88. G.Verdugo
Rabobank
91. P.Martens
92. M.Frank
93. J.M.Gárate
94. T.Leezer
95. M.Rogers
96. L.Ten Dam
97. P.Weening
98. M.Wynants
Movistar
101. C.Evans
102. D.Arroyo
103. B.Intxausti
104. V.Kiryienka
105. D.López
106. R.Plaza
107. F.Pérez
108. B.Samoilau
HTC
111. R.Riccò
112. M.Albasini
113. C.Fairly
114. J.Ghyselinck
115. C.Lewis
116. M.Renshaw
117. K.Siutsou
118. T.Van Garderen
Skil
121. T.Veelers
122. R.Curvers
123. Y.Doi
124. J.Fröhlinger
125. S.Geschke
126. T.Hupond
127. J.Serpa
128. M.Sprick
Shack
131. B.Hermans
132. M.Busche
133. M.Irizar
134. G.Lequatre
135. T.Machado
136. Y.Popovych
137. S.Rosseler
138. S.Sánchez
Sky
141. B.Wiggins
142. D.Cioni
143. S.Gerrans
144. P.Kennaugh
145. C.Knees
146. L.P.Nordhaug
147. S.Pauwels
148. R.Urán
Katusha
151. E.Vorganov
152. P.Brutt
153. G.Caruso
154. V.Gusev
155. D.Menchov
156. A.Pliuschin
157. J.Rodríguez
158. S.Vandenbergh
Omega
161. J.Vanendert
162. B.De Clercq
163. F.De Greef
164. Ó.Pujol
165. J.Van de Walle
166. S.Vandousselaere
167. J.Veikkanen
168. F.Willems
Cofidis
171. J.El Fares
172. Y.Bagot
173. N.Edet
174. T.Gallopin
175. L.Á.Maté
176. D.Monier
177. N.Sijmens
178. N.Vogondy
Saxo Bank
181. R.Porte
182. M.Christensen
183. L.Didier
184. S.Kruijswijk
185. B.Noval
186. L.Roberts
187. N.Sørensen
188. C.A.Sørensen
Saur
191. J.Coppel
192. J.Hivert
193. F.Jeandesboz
194. G.Levarlet
195. L.Mangel
196. P.Poux
197. Y.Talabardon
198. L.Turpin
Vacansoleil
201. M.Marcato
202. S.Anza
203. T.De Gendt
204. M.Keizer
205. S.Lagutin
206. M.Pavarin
207. R.Pidgornyy
208. W.Poels
Veranda's
211. B.Schmitz
212. D.Cappelle
213. S.De Wilde
214. J.Drucker
215. G.Habeaux
216. D.Kemp
217. J.Vanlandschoot
218. E.Verbist
Biggest names missing surely Amstel winner Cancellara and Peter Sagan, who was expected to be a big contender for all 3 classics especially after his great spring so far. But obviously he is avoiding the Ardennes completely this year concentrating on stage races so is Vaugrenard, who was also a top 10 contender here as proven last year.
Favourites
***** Gilbert
**** A.Schleck, Cunego
*** F.Schleck, Contador, Kreuziger
** Gesink, Nibali, Antón, Monfort, Riccò
* Velits, Roche, Van Den Broeck, Scarponi, Martens
How could it be different. Gilbert is the top favourite with the Schlecks, Contador, Kreuziger and last years winner Cunego being the biggest opponents. Also the Belgiums Monfort, Van Den Broeck, Seeldraeyers or Hermans can be expected to perform well on home ground.
Garmin`s Roche and also Belgium Vansummeren have outside chances here aiming the top10 for sure. |
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| roturn |
Posted on 11-02-2012 22:29
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Liège - Liège
Coming to the 4th monument in professional cycling. Will we see another surprising winner like in the other Ardennes classics or will one of the top favourites win today?
The weather is looking great, so expect a fair battle.
It took quite a while until a first group was creates succesfully.
Denifl, Lagutin, Gusev and Fröhlinger are all decent puncheurs. So it`s a group you must watch. On the other side it`s still a long way to go.
Lampre (Cunego), Liquigas (Gilbert) and Sky (Uran) are doing the pace. Surprisingly the British team did not nominate Lövkvist for their race, who was still there for the first two classics and is normally the team`s leader in the hard classics.
B.Schmitz and S.Vandousselaere join them and so it`s finally a group of 6 riding away.
Then the first mid stage attack. It`s Samuel Sanchez followed by our Swede Kessiakoff, who still is in great form.
Meanwhile the 2nd RadioShack leader Ben Hermans crashed behind.
Easily these two reach the breakaway but the peloton is not happy either and is close behind.
Still 134km to go and just a bit more than 1min gap.
The high pace behind effects the first splits. And it`s a massive one letting several big names behind. Gilbert and Frank Schleck being the biggest names.
Luckily all the Garmins are in the first group.
Also the breakaway including Kessiakoff and Sanchez are back in the group now. No chance for these to get away.
33 riders in this group now with an advance of 1min to the next 12.
But after some more kilometers a bigger group is coming back.
But obviously still not all favourites. Riders like Gilbert, Frank Schleck, Martens or Wegmann are still in another group almost 2min behind.
With ~100km to go another try of a late attack. Sky`s Uran starts with Kessiakoff again countering. The Swede is having awesome weeks at the moment.
But also this move failed and both are back in the group soon.
So the next attacks. The two Skil leaders Serpa and Veelers as also Rabobank`s Michael Rogers.
Garmin`s Van Der Velde is doing the pace now trying to avoid the fusion with the Gilbert/Schleck group.
Still more riders try to attack. Again Sky`s Uran, Sicard and Geslin.
With 85km to go the 6 attackers have a 35s gap and growing while the Gilbert group is still behind. Van Der Velde is doing a terrific job now. The group is long stretched so he has to slow down a bit giving Roche, Kessiakoff and Hesjedal a chance to come to the front again as they are still behind the corner like many others of this 120 rider peloton.
Starting with the harder 2nd half with the big hills the group is down to 60. Unfortunately some riders made the bridge on the first hills. So Gilbert is back in the front group, while Schleck is still behind. At least his team mates Contador and Velits are still there.
43km and still almost 3'12 for the 6 riders. Leopard is doign the pace. Obviously for Gesink as Andy is doing the pace now.
This acceleration brings the group down to 20. Riders not in this group. F. Schleck, Monfort, Velits, Sanchez or Hermans.
Totally exhausted Andy Schleck is falling back with 25km to go. Also his team mates Gerdemann and Wegmann can`t follow. So it`s only Gesink being in the group for Leopard now.
Hermans, Monfort, Wiggins and Martens realize that it`s coming to the final phase and so they attack from behind trying to join the other favourites.
In front it`s now Uran riding solo with some riders in between him and the favourites.
Power horse Vansummeren and Kessiakoff are doing the pace now in the group down to 13 and still 4 Garmins here although Hesjedal won`t last long as he is riding at his limit already.
Kreuziger was the first with an attack and Roche followed. But as the Czech stopped soon afterwards it took another kilometer when top favourite Gilbert attacked and this time again Roche counters.
This splits the group and it`s down to 10 now but including Veelers, Geslin and Serpa from the former break.
And next to Roche it`s still Vansummeren and Kessiakoff there but quite exhausted now.
With 1,5km Uran still has a nice gap to the rest. Gilbert is leading the group with Roche being perfectly placed behind him, while Veelers is leading out Kreuziger. Also Contador and Evans are well placed.
Gilbert shows his power and creates a gap to Roche, who can`t follow. Soon Uran is caught and riding on the right side of the road blocking Gilbert this way.
This was the chance for Roche, who sprinted faster than Uran and on the last 10m he overtook the Colombian with Gilbert not able to pass him that blocked.
Awesome result by Roche. Not undeserved win in La Doyenne by him and surely the biggest result in his career. Also the most successful season for Garmin so far winning the our first two monuments ever without having the best riders therefore.
Uran keeps a great 2nd ahead of Gilbert, who is really pissed by Uran as he already looked like the sure winner before the Sky rider intentionally changed sides. 4th goes to Kreuziger, who had another good classic ahead of a surprising Pineau and Contador. Vansummeren and Kessiakoff just outside the top 10 22s behind with Hesjedal falling back on the 20th in the end.
Result
| 1 | Nicolas Roche | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 6h53'59 | | 2 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 3 | Philippe Gilbert | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 4 | Roman Kreuziger | FDJ | s.t. | | 5 | Jérôme Pineau | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 6 | Alberto Contador | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 7 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | s.t. | | 8 | Tom Veelers | Skil - Shimano | + 22 | | 9 | Cadel Evans | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Robert Gesink | Leopard Trek | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Johan Vansummeren | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 12 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 13 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'06 | | 14 | Vincenzo Nibali | Lampre - ISD | + 1'35 | | 15 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 16 | Julien El Fares | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 17 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'46 | | 18 | José Serpa | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 19 | Michael Rogers | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 20 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 21 | Enrico Gasparotto | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 22 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'14 | | 23 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2'22 | | 24 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | + 2'29 | | 25 | Maxime Monfort | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 26 | Ben Hermans | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 27 | Fränk Schleck | Pro Team Astana | + 4'10 | | 28 | Simon Gerrans | Sky ProCycling | + 4'30 | | 29 | Hubert Dupont | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'53 | | 30 | Samuel Sánchez | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 31 | José Joaquín Rojas | Pro Team Astana | + 5'07 | | 32 | David Arroyo | Movistar Team | + 5'25 | | 33 | Peter Velits | Pro Team Astana | + 6'11 | | 34 | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 35 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 6'28 | | 36 | Dries Devenyns | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 7'15 | | 37 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | + 7'23 | | 38 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 39 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | + 7'36 | | 40 | Riccardo Riccò | HTC - Highroad | + 7'53 | | 41 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | + 8'26 | | 42 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 8'38 | | 43 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 8'52 | | 44 | Carlos Barredo | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 9'02 | | 45 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | + 10'09 | | 46 | David Loosli | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 47 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 48 | Bart De Clercq | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 49 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 50 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 10'20 | | 51 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 52 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ | s.t. | | 53 | Tony Martin | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 54 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 55 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 56 | Jelle Vanendert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 57 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 58 | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 59 | Michele Scarponi | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 60 | Andy Schleck | Leopard Trek | + 10'50 | | 61 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 62 | Francis De Greef | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 63 | Francesco Bellotti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 64 | Anthony Roux | FDJ | s.t. | | 65 | Marco Marzano | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 66 | Joost Posthuma | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 67 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | + 11'22 | | 68 | Fabian Wegmann | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 69 | Nicki Sørensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 70 | Dario Cataldo | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 71 | Simon Geschke | Skil - Shimano | + 11'32 | | 72 | Pieter Weening | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 73 | Tiago Machado | Team RadioShack | + 12'42 | | 74 | Sébastien Rosseler | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 75 | Linus Gerdemann | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 76 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 13'13 | | 77 | Denis Menchov | Katusha Team | + 13'50 | | 78 | Tejay Van Garderen | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 79 | Matthias Frank | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 80 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 81 | Ricardo Van der Velde | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 82 | Serge Pauwels | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 83 | Richie Porte | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 84 | Santo Anza | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 14'41 | | 85 | Addy Engels | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 15'43 | | 86 | Nicolas Vogondy | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 16'48 | | 87 | Arnold Jeanneson | FDJ | s.t. | | 88 | Andrey Zeits | Pro Team Astana | + 17'01 | | 89 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 17'29 | | 90 | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 91 | Jan Ghyselinck | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 92 | Tony Gallopin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 93 | Steven Kruijswijk | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 94 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 18'06 | | 95 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | + 18'56 | | 96 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 19'18 | | 97 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 98 | Bram Schmitz | Veranda's Willems - Accent | + 19'36 | | 99 | Oliver Zaugg | Leopard Trek | + 19'43 | | 100 | Jussi Veikkanen | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 20'49 | | 101 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 102 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 103 | Branislau Samoilau | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 104 | Kevin De Weert | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 105 | Sven Vandousselaere | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 106 | Markel Irizar | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 107 | Christian Knees | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 108 | Benjamín Noval | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 109 | Yaroslav Popovych | Team RadioShack | + 21'11 | | 110 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 21'39 | | 111 | Aitor Pérez Arrieta | Lampre - ISD | + 22'24 | | 112 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 113 | Gianni Meersman | FDJ | s.t. | | 114 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 115 | Stefan Denifl | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 116 | Óscar Pujol | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 23'09 | | 117 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 118 | Maarten Wynants | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 23'26 | | 119 | David López | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 120 | Daniel Oss | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 121 | Roy Curvers | Skil - Shimano | + 23'40 | | 122 | Frederik Willems | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 123 | Evert Verbist | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 124 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 125 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 126 | Mathieu Sprick | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 127 | Thierry Hupond | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 128 | Yannick Talabardon | Saur - Sojasun | + 24'22 | | 129 | Mads Christensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 130 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ | + 24'52 | | 131 | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 132 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 133 | Dario Cioni | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 134 | Alexandre Pliuschin | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 135 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 136 | Gorazd Stangelj | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 137 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 26'00 | | 138 | Francisco Pérez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 139 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 140 | Matthew Busche | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 141 | Timothy Duggan | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 142 | Brent Bookwalter | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 143 | Luis Ángel Maté | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 26'39 | | 144 | Kristjan Koren | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 145 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | + 27'00 | | 146 | Cameron Wurf | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 28'06 | | 147 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 148 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 149 | Michael Albasini | HTC - Highroad | + 29'15 | | 150 | Caleb Fairly | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 151 | Craig Lewis | HTC - Highroad | + 29'23 | | 152 | Yukihiro Doi | Skil - Shimano | + 29'30 | | 153 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Skil - Shimano | + 29'51 | | 154 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Team RadioShack | + 30'21 | | 155 | James Vanlandschoot | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 156 | Marcello Pavarin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 30'36 | | 157 | Bruno Pires | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 158 | Guillaume Levarlet | Saur - Sojasun | + 31'04 | | 159 | Grégory Habeaux | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 160 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 31'50 | | 161 | Sjef De Wilde | Veranda's Willems - Accent | + 33'10 | | 162 | Dieter Cappelle | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 163 | Laurent Mangel | Saur - Sojasun | + 33'22 | | 164 | Mark Renshaw | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 165 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 166 | Paul Poux | Saur - Sojasun | + 34'13 | | 167 | Ludovic Turpin | Saur - Sojasun | + 36'38 | | 168 | Laurent Didier | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 37'16 | | 169 | Olivier Bonnaire | FDJ | + 41'44 | | 170 | Luke Roberts | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 44'16 | | 171 | Enrico Magazzini | Lampre - ISD | + 45'55 | | 172 | Jempy Drucker | Veranda's Willems - Accent | + 47'16 | | 173 | David Kemp | Veranda's Willems - Accent | + 49'20 | | 174 | Yoann Bagot | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 51'36 | | 175 | Ivan Basso | Lampre - 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| dienblad |
Posted on 11-02-2012 22:43
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OMG, you won La Doyenne!!! Amazing, although you were a bit lucky with Gilbert choosing the wrong side f the road.
Anyway, one big  !!
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 11-02-2012 22:44
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Fantastic win! Another monument glory for Garmin, with a great team result too! |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 11-02-2012 23:00
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Incredible!
But just out of curiosity, how many percent of the price money did you give Uran? Must've been quite a lot. 
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 11-02-2012 23:07
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Irish people will love Uran forever But amazing report and great screens 
And then we come to the win. Really great Massive well done. The team did awesome job, and Roche finished it all. Garmin is dominating Classics this year
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 11-02-2012 23:15
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Awesome win Roturn that was a fantastic report as well! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-02-2012 18:33
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A Brilliant win for Mr.Roche, Well Done |
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Brilliant!Lucky, but who cares, here is a banana for Roche
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 13-02-2012 08:01
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Wow, I somehow missed that big win! As the others said, well done and great report. Here's a well deserved banana!
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| lokytrew |
Posted on 13-02-2012 08:22
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Amazing win! A great ardennes week for you!
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| MitchNL |
Posted on 13-02-2012 16:54
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Great report and an excellent win, quite a nice end of a quite disappointing Ardennes week for you!
SUPPORTING RODA JC KERKRADE AND EVERTON FC
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| roturn |
Posted on 25-02-2012 16:21
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Seeing that my story goes onto the 2nd page in the story section it surely needs an update.
@ MitchNL: Actually it wasn`t a disappointing Ardennes week for me. Winning La Doyenne but also top 10 in Amstel Gold Race. Only Fleche Wallone we missed the top 10 but not too far behind.
@ lokytrew: Thanks a lot. Wasn`t expecting this.
@cunego59: Thanks. Always nice to get a banana.
@ Avin: Sure it needs a lot of luck with a 79 puncheur against the 83 of Gilbert. I might want to contract Uran then next season for doing more of this.
@ Alakagom: True. I have better classics than normal. Yeah. Uran should get an Irish ID now.
@ Pellizotti: Just a little bit.
@ Freitas: True. 3 seasons without any big monument win and not 2/4 so far in this season.
@ dienblad: Thanks. Actually Gilbert chose the free side of the road but Uran decided to move in front of him to block him. Was funny to watch as I rarely have seen such an extreme example of blocking in PCM. Good for me.
@Sutty: Thanks for the banana.
Now coming to race updates. I have my last exam in the first exam block on Monday. Then some days off before heading to a short holiday in first half of March and 2-3 more exams in the end of March. So there might be some updates in early March before not having time again later on in the month.
So stay tuned for a thrilling Romandie and especially the following Giro d`Italia, where Dan Martin will be our race leader with Farrar being there for the sprints. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-02-2012 22:55
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With the current form of the Team, i cannot wait for the Giro to begin |
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 01-03-2012 12:38
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Nice win with Roche 
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 01-03-2012 13:58
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Great win with Roche! Winning LBL has got to be awesome. I dont think Ive won it for a while now. Dont think I ever have in a story either.
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| roturn |
Posted on 27-03-2012 10:04
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Thanks.
Sorry for the story break. I had university exams in the last two months, so less time for PCM. Plus a short time holiday in London and other duties, that were more important than this story.
I will try to continue this story soon. Hoping to have enough motivation after almost 2 months break of PCM.
Before the first GT of the season with the Giro starts, here a short report of the Romandie.
I decided to make just a short summary as the course was really boring and half of the stages have been played more than a month ago. So I wasn`t that motivated to make a report of a race I can barely remember.
The Tour de Romandie is a Suisse Pro Tour Race in the Romandie region.
It`s held since 1947. On six stages the riders have to prove their skills in timetrial and mountain stages and so it`s a perfect preparation for the Giro d`Italia. Most wins has Stephen Roche with 3.
Result in 2012
| 1 | Rémy Di Grégorio | FDJ | | 2 | Robert Kišerlovski | Skil - Shimano | | 3 | Andrey Kashechkin | Lampre-ISD | | 4 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | | 5 | Michael Albasini | Team HTC - Highroad | | 6 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ | | 7 | Robert Gesink | Leopard Trek | | 8 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky Professional Cycling Team | | 9 | Carlos Barredo | Quick Step - Innergetic | | 10 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Professional Cycling Team |
First 3 surprised with a mid-stage success, while Albasini and Sagan looked the strongest in a puncheur suited course.
Dan Martin as 19th and Stetina as 25th had a decent preparation not more. The two time trials didn`t suit our team that much, so it was hard to reach more.
Garmin squad in 2013
Martin and Stetina use this race as last preparation before the Giro starts. They have already a good form. Also Farrar and Rowe are in our Giro squad, while Fuglsang is not in top form yet preparing for the Tour of California.
Full Startlist
Spoiler Astana
1. A.Contador
2. A.Davis
3. M.Gourov
4. M.Iglinskiy
5. V.Iglinskiy
6. J.J.Rojas
7. T.Vaitkus
8. A.Zeits
Liquigas
11. T.Martin
12. V.Agnoli
13. E.Capecchi
14. M.Cavendish
15. A.Marangoni
16. J.Sagan
17. C.Salerno
18. A.Vanotti
Sky
21. T.Löfkvist
22. D.Appollonio
23. E.Boasson Hagen
24. A.Dowsett
25. C.Froome
26. D.Lloyd
27. L.P.Nordhaug
28. C.Sutton
Shack
31. J.Brajkovic
32. R.Hunter
33. G.Lequatre
34. T.Machado
35. N.Oliveira
36. Y.Popovych
37. S.Rosseler
38. F.J.Ventoso
Garmin
41. J.Fuglsang
42. T.Farrar
43. M.Kreder
44. J.Löw
45. M.Maaskant
46. D.Martin
47. B.Rowe
48. P.Stetina
HTC
51. T.Van Garderen
52. M.Albasini
53. L.Bak
54. T.Bos
55. J.Ghyselinck
56. M.Renshaw
57. R.Riccò
58. M.Velits
Rabobank
61. P.Martens
62. G.Brown
63. M.Frank
64. M.Matthews
65. G.Niermann
66. B.Tankink
67. C.Vermeltfoort
68. M.Wynants
Saur
71. J.Coppel
72. J.Galland
73. S.Joly
74. C.Lemoine
75. L.Mangel
76. P.Poux
77. Y.Talabardon
78. L.Turpin
Quick·Step
81. C.Barredo
82. S.Chavanel
83. N.Maes
84. D.Malacarne
85. K.Seeldraeyers
86. A.Stauff
87. G.Steegmans
88. Z.Stybar
Movistar
91. I.Konovalovas
92. R.Costa
93. I.Erviti
94. J.Herrada
95. J.Iriarte
96. P.Lastras
97. D.López
98. F.Pérez
Lampre
101. S.Spilak
102. D.Hondo
103. V.Kondrut
104. A.Kvachuk
105. D.Loosli
106. P.Niemiec
107. A.Rasmussen
108. D.Righi
Katusha
111. V.Gusev
112. P.Brutt
113. F.Chicchi
114. A.Kuschynski
115. A.Mironov
116. A.Ovechkin
117. A.Pliuschin
118. S.Vandenbergh
Vacansoleil
121. J.Hoogerland
122. T.De Gendt
123. G.Gardeyn
124. S.Lagutin
125. P.Ligthart
126. M.Marcato
127. J.Mouris
128. M.Selvaggi
Colnago
131. B.Mollema
132. M.Belletti
133. M.Caddeo
134. P.Locatelli
135. S.Modolo
136. A.Piechele
137. D.Pozzovivo
138. F.Savini
Leopard
141. O.Zaugg
142. S.Denifl
143. D.Klemme
144. A.Lund
145. M.Mortensen
146. M.Pedersen
147. B.Pires
148. T.Rohregger
Euskaltel
151. J.Castroviejo
152. J.Aramendia
153. I.Isasi
154. I.Izagirre
155. G.Izagirre
156. M.Nieve
157. J.J.Oroz
158. R.Pérez
AG2R
161. B.Kadri
162. G.Bonnafond
163. M.Bouet
164. H.Dupont
165. S.Houanard
166. D.Le Lay
167. L.Mondory
168. C.Riblon
Geox
171. M.Wyss
172. M.Ardila
173. M.Corti
174. D.De la Fuente
175. F.Duarte
176. A.Durán
177. X.Florencio
178. D.Kozontchuk
FDJ
181. M.Ladagnous
182. W.Bonnet
183. N.Bouhanni
184. S.Chainel
185. A.Geslin
186. Y.Hutarovich
187. G.Meersman
188. T.Pinot
Omega
191. J.Roelandts
192. M.Aerts
193. B.De Clercq
194. J.Debusschere
195. K.Dehaes
196. A.Petacchi
197. M.Sieberg
198. F.Willems
BMC
201. S.Morabito
202. C.Beyer
203. A.Kristoff
204. M.Quinziato
205. I.Santaromita
206. J.Tschopp
207. D.Wyss
208. S.Zahner
Saxo Bank
211. R.Navardauskas
212. M.Christensen
213. L.Didier
214. V.Gustov
215. R.Hammond
216. L.Roberts
217. M.Tosatto
218. B.Vandborg
Stage 1:
| 1 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | 4'41 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Pro Team Astana | + 3 | | 3 | Sébastien Rosseler | Team RadioShack | + 4 | | 4 | Marcel Wyss | Geox - TMC | s.t. | | 5 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 6 | Tony Martin | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 7 | Tiago Machado | Team RadioShack | + 5 | | 8 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | + 6 | | 9 | Sylvain Chavanel | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Janez Brajkovič | Team RadioShack | + 7 |
T. Martin obviously is not in best shape at the moment although this course should really suit him. Contador is looking very well in 2nd, while Martens was the surprise today. He is a decent time trialist but nobody had him on the list today.
Dan Martin lost his typical time of 27s in the time trial.
Stage 2:
 
| 1 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | 4h15'08 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 3 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 19 | | 5 | Janez Brajkovic | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 6 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky ProCycling | + 35 | | 7 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 45 | | 8 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 1'02 | | 9 | Tejay Van Garderen | HTC - Highroad | + 1'12 | | 10 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - ISD | s.t. |
Martens proved his brilliant form and also takes the hilly 2nd stage ahead of Contador and Seeldraeyers. Martin was in their group as well, but lost some ground in the sprint.
Stage 3:
 
| 1 | David De la Fuente | Geox - TMC | 4h16'57 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Pro Team Astana | + 1'52 | | 3 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 5 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 7 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Matthias Frank | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 10 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. |
David De la Fuente takes the win out of the breakaway, while Martin was within the next small group keeping his high GC position.
Stage 4:
 
| 1 | Cyril Lemoine | Saur - Sojasun | 3h55'24 | | 2 | Fabio Duarte | Geox - TMC | s.t. | | 3 | Steve Houanard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 5 | Martin Mortensen | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 6 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 7 | Christopher Sutton | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 8 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 9 | Martin Velits | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 10 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | + 1'32 |
Breakaway win by Lemoine with Boasson Hagen leading the peloton.
Most notable in this stage was a crash in the final 10km with many GC riders. Alberto Contador was the unluckiest. The Spaniard had to abandon and will miss the next 2 weeks. Also Lövkvist and Brajkovic lost time today as they have been involved in the crash.
Good for Martens and Martin. First one loses his biggest opponents for the time trial, while Martin is climbing to 2nd overall.
Stage 5:
 
| 1 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | 31'35 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 10 | | 3 | Janez Brajkovič | Team RadioShack | + 11 | | 4 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | + 21 | | 5 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky ProCycling | + 31 | | 6 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 34 | | 7 | David Le Lay | AG2R La Mondiale | + 38 | | 8 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - ISD | + 46 | | 9 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 48 |
Martens also takes the longer hilly time trial ahead of Martin.
In the overall Boasson Hagen moves to 2nd and also Rui Costa overtakes Dan Martin, who is 4th now.
Stage 6:
 
| 1 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | 4h03'50 | | 2 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ | + 27 | | 3 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 4 | Cristiano Salerno | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 5 | Mads Christensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 6 | Martijn Maaskant | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 52 | | 7 | Michael Albasini | HTC - Highroad | + 1'17 | | 8 | Marcel Wyss | Geox - TMC | s.t. | | 9 | Manuel Belletti | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 10 | Francisco José Ventoso | Team RadioShack | s.t. |
Breakaway win again with Maaskant missing the final attack and wasn`t able to reach them with his later attack. The peloton finished 9'17 behind. This also means that Gusev will move up to 2nd overall and also Morabito and Wyss take care for Suisse riders in the top 10. Martin moves down to 5th but still had a good preparation.
Martens the surprising race winner but in his great form you could have seen this coming after the prologue.
Maaskant missed 4 points for the KoM jersey and finished 3rd in this ranking.
Final result
| 1 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | 17h20'00 | | 2 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 1'18 | | 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | + 1'51 | | 4 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 2'00 | | 5 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 2'12 | | 6 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 7 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'16 | | 8 | Marcel Wyss | Geox - TMC | + 2'22 | | 9 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2'25 | | 10 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - ISD | + 2'29 |
Edited by roturn on 27-03-2012 10:05
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| MitchNL |
Posted on 27-03-2012 15:49
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Glad to see you are back! 5th with Dan is a great result after almost 2 months without PCM. When do you expect the Giro reports? GL!
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| roturn |
Posted on 27-03-2012 16:00
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First 3 stages including the hardest one was played before the break.
I will probably start the Giro in the next days. At the weekend or so.
Then I will surely have a break over over Eastern as I am not at home. |
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| baia |
Posted on 27-03-2012 18:45
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Great win at LBL...and nice 5th in Romandie..hope you can get some motivation to come back..
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