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Daniel Martin 2012
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| ursul |
Posted on 27-11-2009 01:57
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Matt493 have not connect for a long moment now.
When Nothing goes rigth, go left...
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| matt493 |
Posted on 05-03-2010 01:52
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ursul wrote:
Matt493 have not connect for a long moment now.
yep. That is true. 
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 10-03-2010 01:51
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SpMky wrote:
it took me so much time to catch up, i can´t believe this story is over... DAMN
Same here, wow what a brief stop after 37 pages worth. Not evening a warning. I spend a lot of time reading this.
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 10-03-2010 02:04
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Mresuperstar wrote:
SpMky wrote:
it took me so much time to catch up, i can´t believe this story is over... DAMN
Same here, wow what a brief stop after 37 pages worth. Not evening a warning. I spend a lot of time reading this.
Not really. I'm not sure if it was in this thread, but Matt made it very clear he was going to be leaving the site indefinitely. |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 10-03-2010 02:18
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Deadpool wrote:
Mresuperstar wrote:
SpMky wrote:
it took me so much time to catch up, i can´t believe this story is over... DAMN
Same here, wow what a brief stop after 37 pages worth. Not evening a warning. I spend a lot of time reading this.
Not really. I'm not sure if it was in this thread, but Matt made it very clear he was going to be leaving the site indefinitely.
My bad didn't see that post by Matt, it was such a great story.
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| Kiein |
Posted on 10-03-2010 12:02
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can you post your stats ? |
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| matt493 |
Posted on 01-05-2010 22:31
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A Dream
I awoke from what was one of my most vivid dreams. I saw myself on the final climb racing my way to the top, only to be passed by Klöden just before the finish line. I knew it was the nerves causing my bad dreams and I needed to calm down if I wanted any chance to win the Tour de Romandie.
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| olabj |
Posted on 01-05-2010 22:56
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It`s alive!!!!  |
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Posted on 01-05-2010 23:22
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Yes! Happy to see you again matt !
When Nothing goes rigth, go left...
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| matt493 |
Posted on 01-05-2010 23:42
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Tour de Romandie
Stage 1
It feels like forever since I last raced, but I have not stopped training. My moral and fitness are both high making me a favorite for this race. Today’s first time trial is only 4km long so today will have little effect on the overall race. There are not any extremely strong time trailers in today’s stage, other than Tony Martin, who, from what I heard, is unprepared for the stage.
One of the first riders to go was Brian Vandborg for Liquigas. He set a great time that would last for most of the race.
The next rider to impress was the up and coming American superstar, Tejay Van Garderen who ended up in 6th place, 5 seconds from the leader.
As I said earlier, Tony Martin would have been the favorite had he had a higher fitness, as there were no elite time trialers in the race. He finished in 31st place, 24 seconds back from the leader.
As I jumped off the starting line, I knew that I had a chance to win. I was the 2nd to last person to go and the person behind me had no chance of winning. As soon as I crossed the line I would know if I won or not.
My fitness was peaking, and my legs were feeling great. As I approached the finish line I knew I had a chance of winning. I fought to the finish and looked up at the clock.
The clock read “5'45”. I had beaten Vandborg by 1 second and put myself in the yellow jersey.
Stage Results
1 Daniel Martin Garmin - Slipstream 5'45
2 Brian Vandborg Liquigas + 1
3 Ivan Rovny Team Katusha + 2
4 Joost Posthuma Rabobank s.t.
5 Mathieu Sprick Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 5
6 Tejay Van Garderen Rabobank CT s.t.
7 Christian Meier Garmin - Slipstream + 7
8 Iker Camaño Euskaltel - Euskadi + 8
9 Brett Lancaster Cervélo Test Team + 11
10 Diego Tamayo CarmioOro - A-Style s.t.
11 Fran Pérez Caisse d'Epargne + 12
12 Yukiya Arashiro Bbox Bouygues Télécom s.t.
13 Simon Spilak Lampre - N.G.C + 13
14 Mark Renshaw Garmin - Slipstream + 16
15 Elias Schmäh Vorarlberg - Corratec s.t.
16 Tomas Swift Garmin - Slipstream s.t.
17 Jonas Vangenechten Silence - Lotto s.t.
18 Chris Froome Garmin - Slipstream + 17
19 Robert Kiserlovski Fuji - Servetto + 18
20 Johnny Hoogerland Rabobank CT s.t.
21 David López Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
22 Maxim Gourov Team Katusha + 19
23 Mikhail Ignatiev Team Katusha s.t.
24 Marcel Wyss Cervélo Test Team s.t.
25 Markko Gultjajev AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
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| matt493 |
Posted on 02-05-2010 00:00
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sorry guys for making you wait for so long. Hopefully you will all forgive me. ^-^
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| olabj |
Posted on 02-05-2010 00:02
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Posted on 02-05-2010 00:28
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Wow! What about stats? |
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Posted on 02-05-2010 00:37
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72 flat
80 mountain
75 TT
73 stamina
75 resistance
76 recovery
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Posted on 02-05-2010 03:39
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Tour de Romandie
Stage 2
Today’s stage is the only hilly stage in the entire race. Although I’m not great on the hills, I still have a good chance at getting in the top ten thanks to the lack of competition. I’ll be looking to limit my losses and save energy for the mountains in stage 4 and 5. The riders today will be made of 8 circuits of 22 km each. There will be a lot of King of the Mountain points up for grab today, which is why we tried to get Lewis in the early morning break.
He was successful in most of the mountain sprints and was able to get himself a lead in the King of The Mountain classification that will last until at least Stage 4. He joined 4 other riders, all of which were no threat to the GC, so they were allowed to get a considerable gap.
Their lead peaked at around 9 minutes, which is when Fuji – Servetto decided to real them in. Fuji was working for one of the race favorites, Fredrik Kessiakoff.
With around 30 kilometers left the first favorite to make an attack was Carlo Scognamiglio. I, with most of the other favorites, decided to sit back and wait for a while before we attacked.
With about 20 kilometers left, I saw Popovych making a break for it, so I also attacked.
Despite an unorganized peloton, Scognamiglio was only able to build up a minute lead. Eventually most of the favorites formed in the lead.
As we approached the finish line, Ten Dam made the first move and sprinted for the line. I tried to follow but I lost his wheel and fell back. Rovny, however, was able to catch up with Ten Dam. With 1 kilometer left he pulled away from everyone else and took the win, and the leader’s jersey.
I was able to hold on to 6th place and managed to avoid losing any time. Today’s stage was a complete success as I am only 8 seconds behind Rovny, which can be easily taken back on the mountains. Next up is a flat stage before we head to the mountains.
Also, shout out to Chris Froome who was a big help today. He was able to protect me for 150 km. Thanks bud.
Stage Results
1 Ivan Rovny Team Katusha 4h31'39
2 Thomas Rohregger Team Milram s.t.
3 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank s.t.
4 Vasil Kiryienka Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
5 Fredrik Kessiakoff Fuji - Servetto s.t.
6 Daniel Martin Garmin - Slipstream s.t.
7 Matthew Lloyd Team Katusha s.t.
8 Andreas Klöden Française des Jeux + 37
9 Mathieu Sprick Bbox Bouygues Télécom s.t.
10 Simon Spilak Lampre - N.G.C s.t.
11 Maxim Belkov ISD s.t.
12 Iker Camaño Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
13 Robert Kiserlovski Liquigas s.t.
14 Dimitri Muravyev Astana Cycling Team + 1'09
15 Dmytro Grabovskyy ISD s.t.
16 Murilo Fischer Liquigas s.t.
17 John Gadret Astana Cycling Team s.t.
18 Walter Pedraza ISD s.t.
19 Florian Stalder Cervélo Test Team s.t.
20 Anthony Geslin Française des Jeux s.t.
21 Alexander Kvachuk ISD s.t.
22 Valerio Agnoli Liquigas s.t.
23 Massimo Iannetti Liquigas s.t.
24 Bauke Mollema Rabobank s.t.
25 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux s.t.
26 Jérôme Coppel Française des Jeux s.t.
27 Maarten Tjallingii Rabobank s.t.
28 David López Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
29 Francesco Masciarelli Quick·Step s.t.
30 Alberto Fernández Fuji - Servetto s.t.
GC
1 Ivan Rovny Team Katusha 4h37'16
2 Daniel Martin Garmin - Slipstream + 8
3 Fredrik Kessiakoff Fuji - Servetto + 32
4 Vasil Kiryienka Caisse d'Epargne + 39
5 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank + 44
6 Mathieu Sprick Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 50
7 Iker Camaño Euskaltel - Euskadi + 53
8 Thomas Rohregger Team Milram + 56
9 Simon Spilak Lampre - N.G.C + 58
10 Matthew Lloyd Team Katusha + 1'03
11 Brian Vandborg Liquigas + 1'18
12 Andreas Klöden Française des Jeux + 1'19
13 Joost Posthuma Rabobank s.t.
14 Tejay Van Garderen Rabobank CT + 1'22
15 Christian Meier Garmin - Slipstream + 1'24
16 Diego Tamayo CarmioOro - A-Style + 1'28
17 Fran Pérez Caisse d'Epargne + 1'29
18 Maxim Belkov ISD + 1'32
19 Chris Froome Garmin - Slipstream + 1'34
20 David López Caisse d'Epargne + 1'35
21 Robert Kiserlovski Fuji - Servetto s.t.
22 Johnny Hoogerland Rabobank CT s.t.
23 Marcel Wyss Cervélo Test Team + 1'36
24 Mikhail Ignatiev Team Katusha s.t.
25 Sammy Close Garmin - Slipstream + 1'40
26 Carlo Scognamiglio Liquigas + 1'47
27 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'48
28 Isidro Nozal Fuji - Servetto + 1'50
29 Gatis Smukulis AG2R La Mondiale + 1'51
30 André Steensen Team Saxo Bank s.t.
Points
1 Ivan Rovny Team Katusha 35
2 Daniel Martin Garmin - Slipstream 25
3 Thomas Rohregger Team Milram 20
4 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank 16
5 Mathieu Sprick Bbox Bouygues Télécom 15
6 Vasil Kiryienka Caisse d'Epargne 13
7 Brian Vandborg Liquigas 12
8 Fredrik Kessiakoff Fuji - Servetto 11
9 Joost Posthuma Rabobank 9
10 Iker Camaño Euskaltel - Euskadi 9
KOM
1 Craig Lewis Garmin - Slipstream 22
2 Bram Tankink Rabobank CT 12
3 Pierrick Fédrigo Bbox Bouygues Télécom 11
4 Gatis Smukulis AG2R La Mondiale 8
5 Domenik Klemme Team Saxo Bank 7
U25
1 Ivan Rovny Team Katusha 4h37'16
2 Daniel Martin Garmin - Slipstream + 8
3 Simon Spilak Lampre - N.G.C + 58
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-05-2010 03:44
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Hey your back! Great to see a team-mate (see sig) doing well.
Edit: I just read thru the whole story. Its great. The devolopment goes very fast but I still find it interesting. I was reading that Amrtin is your 2nd favourite rider so the question I must ask is who's your favourite?
Edited by valverde321 on 02-05-2010 04:15
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| matt493 |
Posted on 02-05-2010 13:54
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Yeah his development was so fast (along with all the young riders) partly because I figured it would suck if it would take until 2013 to become any good.
I believe my favorite rider is Hincapie.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-05-2010 14:12
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Since your favourite rider is George. HAve you ever seen a Ride with George. If you haven't I strongly recomend it. Truthfuly I didn't like Hincapie that much but then I saw this bio and hes one of my favourite riders now. Plus its just a really good biography.
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| matt493 |
Posted on 02-05-2010 17:45
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stage 3-5 should be posted soon.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-05-2010 17:55
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Great to hear!
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