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Dominik Nerz: The Next Level
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 16-01-2012 21:30
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Awesome Tour review and reports. Great Tour for Kreuizger and Brajkovic too. Well done 
And again nice reviews and transfers updates. Some nice transfers by AI teams and nice transfer with Eiberger. Realistic and should be great support to your team.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 16-01-2012 23:31
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A nice transfer for Cadel, should give GreenEdge a good chance at a Grand Tour victory |
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 17-01-2012 13:49
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 July 20, 2012 – Brixia Tour
Preview
The Brixia Tour is a five day stage race around the city of Brescia in the Lombardy. It's a young race, firstly held in 2001, but ever since, it had some prominent contenders like premiere-winner Cadel Evans or two-times (and thus record) champion Davide Rebellin.
The course is rather untypical for such a short stage race. It starts with a 16 kms long team time trial before the second stage will challenge the favorites to show what they can on the climb to the Cima Poffe. After two flat-to-hilly stages, another mountain top finish awaits the riders. The final stage will again be flat.
| 1 |  Kevin De Weert | Quick·Step Cyling Team | | 2 | Dario Cataldo | Quick·Step Cycling Team | | 3 |  Wout Poels | Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team | | 4 | Francesco Masciarelli | Pro Team Astana | | 5 |  Mauricio Alberto Ardila | Geox – TMC |
Complete Startlist
Spoiler Colnago
1. D.Pozzovivo
2. G.Brambilla
3. M.Carrara
4. A.Contoli
5. A.D'Aniello
6. M.Marzano
7. A.Pasqualon
8. S.Pirazzi
Astana
11. R.Kiserlovski
12. D.Fofonov
13. E.Gasparotto
14. M.Gourov
15. T.Kangert
16. F.Kessiakoff
17. F.Masciarelli
18. H.Zubeldia
Vacansoleil
21. R.Riccò
22. M.Belkov
23. M.De Maar
24. J.Hoogerland
25. A.Ongarato
26. M.Pavarin
27. R.Pidgornyy
28. W.Poels
Lampre
31. S.Spilak
32. A.Balloni
33. M.Cattaneo
34. D.Di Luca
35. V.Kondrut
36. M.Mugerli
37. D.Ulissi
38. T.Valjavec
Miche
41. M.Gaia
42. W.Aranzazu
43. P.Merino
44. C.Murro
45. L.Pierfelici
46. L.Pinizzotto
47. C.Zaballa
48. V.Zagorodny
Liquigas
51. D.Nerz
52. V.Agnoli
53. T.Dall'Antonia
54. T.Duggan
55. C. Favini
56. J.Guarnieri
57. A.Marangoni
58. F.Sabatini
Tabriz
61. V.Karpets
62. H.Askari
63. M.Eibegger
64. R.Ermeni
65. P.Hamed
66. H.Jahabanian
67. S.Klimov
68. E.Silin
TV3
71. J.Rovira
72. S.Escobar
73. E.Gonzalo
74. E.Pedrosa
75. E.Prades
76. J.Simón
Katusha
81. D.Moreno
82. L.Bertagnolli
83. P.Brutt
84. G.Caruso
85. V.Isaychev
86. D.Rebellin
87. C.Veronese
88. E.Vorganov
Christina Watches
91. H.Guerra
92. P.Clapp
93. M.Hester
94. J.E.Madsen
95. J.Odgaard
96. M.Rasmussen
97. K.Sobota
98. D.Vestergaard
Farnese Vini
101. A.Bisolti
102. E.Favilli
103. O.Gatto
104. L.Giordani
105. A.Guardini
106. W.Halejak
107. D.Rudnicki
108. E.Vona
Acqua & Sapone
111. C.Sarmiento
112. M.Biondo
113. P.Caucchioli
114. P.Ciavatta
115. R.Marzoli
116. S.Masciarelli
117. M.Pinotti
118. A.Proni
Type 1
121. A.Efimkin
122. D.Callegarin
123. W.Dugan
124. S.Hernandez
125. J.Kocjan
126. I.Melero
127. K.Reijnen
128. S.Stewart
Amore & Vita
131. M.Gentili
132. V.Borisov
133. M.Cioni
134. A.Klyuev
135. O.Opryshko
136. B.Støen
Pisanellastoria
141. L.Piepoli
142. P.Bailetti
143. F.Bellotti
144. G.Brambilla
145. G.Maggiore
146. D.Margutti
147. F.Piscopiello
148. F.Rocchetti
Adria Mobil
151. P.Segina
152. M.Alfieri
153. B.Furdi
154. M.Haller
155. B.Jarc
156. G.Stangelj
PSK Whirlpool
161. S.Kozúbek
162. P.BencÃk
163. T.Danacik
164. V.Dlouhý
165. D.Dvorsky
166. J.Hudecek
Itera
171. R.Wielinga
172. P.Kochetkov
173. D.Kosyakov
174. V.Kuznetsov
175. N.Novikov
176. S.Rudaskov
177. A.Tsatevitch
178. I.Yerzov
Bank BGZ
181. P.Cieslik
182. K.Czajkowski
183. P.Kieblesz
184. J.Rebiewski
185. Pa.Sztobryn
186. Pi.Sztobryn
D'Angelo & Antenucci
191. K.Uchima
192. L.Ascani
193. M.Fedele
194. M.Kikuchi
195. R.Komori
196. C.Laurenti
197. B.Riccio
198. A.M.Richeze
The start list is quite decent. Kiserlovski, Pozzovivo and Ricco are the top favorites as they are the best climbers with decent teams but especially Ricco proved to fail regularly in the past months. Katusha and Lampre might be able to challenge them with strong teams.
I'm not really sure what I'll be able to achieve here. The start list is stronger than in Austria plus we will most probably lose some time in the team time trial. But I'm in decent shape so we'll see. A Top 5 would be great.
On the two flat stages, we have a great line up with three strong sprinters. We hope to win a stage here.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-01-2012 14:09
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Let's see if you can carry your recent form into this race Domink |
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 17-01-2012 17:52
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July 20, 2012
The team time trial shouldn't create too large gaps. But in this close competition, the seconds gained today can turn out to be very valuable. The course isn't very demanding.
Dominik's Pre-Race Comment
We have a horrible team for a TTT. Only three of us can ride at least an okay time trial, so our only goal for today is to limit the time we'll surely lose.
Start: | First team to start is the Polish Bank BGZ equipe. | | . | Start: | One of the top teams, Astana, starts early as well. | | . | |  | Start: | Behind the Catalonian TV3 team, Liquigas will hit the road soon. In Nerz, Dall'Antonia and Marangoni, they have three riders who can do at least a little time trialing. Let's see how they do. | | . | |  | CP: | Astana has a good pace. They set the first nice time on checkpoint one. | | 8'32 | | . | |  | CP: | It didn't take long to be beaten though. Surprisingly, the Tabriz Petrochemical Team is 5 seconds faster. | | 8'27 | | . | |  | CP: | Christina Watches seem to feel fine on the course. Second best time on the checkpoint. | | 8'31 | | . | CP: | Lampre does well: Three second behind Tabriz on the checkpoint. | | . | |  | CP: | Harsh dampener for Nerz's ambitions: + 39' on the checkpoint, worst time so far. | | . | Finish: | Astana lost some time on the second half. They finish 3 seconds behind the leading Katusha team. As I thought, the gaps aren't big. | | 20'54 | | . | |  | Finish: | Overall favorite Domenico Pozzovivo and his team do a solid performance. 14 seconds down. | | 21'05 | | . | Finish: | Tabriz also couldn't hold the speed of their first half. They fall back behind Colnago, provisional fourth. | | 21'08 | | . | Finish: | Christina Watches finishes at the same time as Astana. Lampre is four more second behind. | | 20'54 | | . | |  | Finish: | Nerz leads his team over the line. They were able to limit their losses. 59 seconds. | | 21'50 | | . | |  | Finish: | The team of Riccardo Ricco, Vacansoleil, finishes sixth today, 10 seconds off. | | 21'01 |
| 1 |  Katusha Team | 20'52 | | 2 |  Pro Team Astana | + 3 | | 3 |  Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 4 | Miche - Guerciotti | + 5 | | 5 | Lampre - ISD | + 7 | | 6 | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 10 | | 7 | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 14 | | 8 |  Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 17 | | 9 |  PSK Whirlpool - Author | + 19 | | 10 |  Team Type 1 | + 22 |
Spoiler | 11 | Acqua & Sapone | + 24 | | 12 | Itera - Katusha | + 31 | | 13 | TV3 - Caixa Catalunya | + 32 | | 14 | Bank BGZ | + 42 | | 15 | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 47 | | 16 | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 17 | Adria Mobil | + 58 | | 18 | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 59 | | 19 | Team Pisanellastoria | s.t. | | 20 | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | + 1'02 |
Overall
| 1 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | 20'51 | | 2 | Claudio Veronese | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 3 | Davide Rebellin | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 4 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 5 |  Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 6 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | + 2 | | 7 | Enrico Gasparotto | Pro Team Astana | + 4 | | 8 |  Fredrik Kessiakoff | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 9 | Haimar Zubeldia | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 10 |  Tanel Kangert | Pro Team Astana | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Robert Kiserlovski | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 12 | Jens Erik Madsen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 13 | Héctor Guerra | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 14 | Michael Rasmussen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 15 | Kristian Sobota | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 16 | Pelle Clapp | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 17 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Katusha Team | + 5 | | 18 | Maxim Gourov | Pro Team Astana | + 6 | | 19 | Michele Gaia | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 20 | Luca Pierfelici | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 21 | Volodymyr Zagorodny | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 22 | Leonardo Pinizzotto | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 23 | Constantino Zaballa | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 24 | Daniel Vestergaard | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 7 | | 25 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 26 | Vitali Kondrut | Lampre - ISD | + 8 | | 27 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 28 | Alfredo Balloni | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 29 | William Aranzazu | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 30 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 31 | Danilo Di Luca | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 32 | Matej Mugerli | Lampre - ISD | + 9 | | 33 | Francesco Masciarelli | Pro Team Astana | + 10 | | 34 | Maxim Belkov | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 11 | | 35 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 36 | Marc De Maar | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 37 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 38 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 39 | Pedro Merino | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 40 | Tadej Valjavec | Lampre - ISD | + 12 | | 41 | Marcello Pavarin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 13 | | 42 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Pro Team Astana | + 14 | | 43 | Mattia Cattaneo | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 44 | Christian Murro | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 45 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 15 | | 46 | Marco Marzano | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 47 | Matteo Carrara | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 48 | Alberto Contoli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 49 | Antonio D'Aniello | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 50 | Jesper Odgaard | Christina Watches - Onfone | + 16 | | 51 | Alberto Ongarato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 52 | Gianluca Brambilla | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 18 | | 53 | Vladimir Karpets | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | s.t. | | 54 | Egor Silin | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | s.t. | | 55 | Hossein Askari | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | s.t. | | 56 | Markus Eibegger | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | s.t. | | 57 | Serguei Klimov | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | s.t. | | 58 | Riccardo Riccò | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 59 | Andrea Pasqualon | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 20 | | 60 | Hossein Jahabanian | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | s.t. | | 61 | Jiri Hudecek | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 62 | Vojtěch Dlouhý | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 63 | Petr BenčÃk | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 64 | Stanislav Kozúbek | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 65 | Tomas Danacik | PSK Whirlpool - Author | s.t. | | 66 | David Dvorsky | PSK Whirlpool - Author | + 21 | | 67 | Marc Hester | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 68 | Pasban Hamed | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 22 | | 69 | Stefano Pirazzi | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 23 | | 70 | Rahim Ememi | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | s.t. | | 71 | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 72 | Sergio Hernandez | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 73 | Kiel Reijnen | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 74 | Scott Stewart | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 75 | Alexander Efimkin | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 76 | Daniele Callegarin | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 77 | Marco Pinotti | Acqua & Sapone | + 25 | | 78 | Ruggero Marzoli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 79 | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 80 | Maurizio Biondo | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 81 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 82 | Iván Melero | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 83 | Pietro Caucchioli | Acqua & Sapone | + 28 | | 84 | William Dugan | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 85 | Remmert Wielinga | Itera - Katusha | + 32 | | 86 | Igor Yerzov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 87 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 88 | Dmitry Kosyakov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 89 | Nikita Novikov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 90 | Paolo Ciavatta | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 91 | Eduardo Gonzalo | TV3 - Caixa Catalunya | + 33 | | 92 | Eduard Prades | TV3 - Caixa Catalunya | s.t. | | 93 | Jaume Rovira | TV3 - Caixa Catalunya | s.t. | | 94 | Jordi Simón | TV3 - Caixa Catalunya | s.t. | | 95 | Sergi Escobar | TV3 - Caixa Catalunya | s.t. | | 96 | Sergey Rudaskov | Itera - Katusha | + 34 | | 97 | Eric Pedrosa | TV3 - Caixa Catalunya | s.t. | | 98 | Simone Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | + 35 | | 99 | Pavel Kochetkov | Itera - Katusha | + 36 | | 100 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Itera - Katusha | + 37 | | 101 | Piotr Sztobryn | Bank BGZ | + 42 | | 102 | Jarosław Rębiewski | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 103 | Piotr Kieblesz | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 104 | Konrad Czajkowski | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 105 | Pawel Cieslik | Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 106 | Pawel Sztobryn | Bank BGZ | + 44 | | 107 | Elia Favilli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 48 | | 108 | Alessandro Bisolti | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 109 | Emanuele Vona | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 110 | Oscar Gatto | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 111 | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 112 | Bersvenn Støen | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 113 | Marco Cioni | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 114 | Massimiliano Gentili | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 115 | Vladislav Borisov | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 116 | Oleg Opryshko | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 117 | Andrey Klyuev | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 118 | Wojcieck Halejak | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 50 | | 119 | Leonardo Giordani | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 52 | | 120 | Dariusz Rudnicki | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 54 | | 121 | Gorazd Stangelj | Adria Mobil | + 59 | | 122 | Marco Haller | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 123 | Mario Alfieri | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 124 | Blaz Furdi | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 125 | Blaz Jarc | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 126 | Timothy Duggan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1'00 | | 127 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 128 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 129 | Carlo Favini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 130 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 131 | Federico Rocchetti | Team Pisanellastoria | + 1'01 | | 132 | Fabio Piscopiello | Team Pisanellastoria | s.t. | | 133 | Francesco Bellotti | Team Pisanellastoria | s.t. | | 134 | Paolo Bailetti | Team Pisanellastoria | s.t. | | 135 | Damiano Margutti | Team Pisanellastoria | s.t. | | 136 | Leonardo Piepoli | Team Pisanellastoria | s.t. | | 137 | Primoz Segina | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 138 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1'02 | | 139 | Luca Ascani | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | + 1'03 | | 140 | Kohei Uchima | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 141 | Bernardo Riccio | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 142 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 143 | Manuel Fedele | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 144 | Gianluca Maggiore | Team Pisanellastoria | + 1'04 | | 145 | Giorgio Brambilla | Team Pisanellastoria | s.t. | | 146 | Alan Marangoni | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 147 | Cristian Laurenti | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | + 1'06 | | 148 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1'07 | | 149 | Masaaki Kikuchi | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | + 1'08 | | 150 | Ryohei Komori | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | + 1'11 |
We knew it would be hard and we knew we would lose time but this result is depressing. That was pretty bad. My only silver lining is that the two mountain stages should produce time gaps large enough to make up some time...
We might have a drink or two now to get over it. See you tomorrow,
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| baia |
Posted on 17-01-2012 18:08
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Not good....but maybe on the flats the team will make better, very good chances to win a stage.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 17-01-2012 18:13
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Could have been worse My point of view: Everything under a minute in TTT's = You're welcome
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 17-01-2012 18:18
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I seriously think TTT's need to be fixed in PCM 12.
Atleast you tried 
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 17-01-2012 18:23
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tsmoha wrote:
Could have been worse My point of view: Everything under a minute in TTT's = You're welcome
Same point of view. It's in fact, a victory. |
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| andy222c |
Posted on 17-01-2012 18:39
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Not so good, but nevermind, it's a TTT
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 17-01-2012 18:47
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Actually, it might be even realistic. I mean, my best three riders had TT 70, 68, 67. And it's not that TTTs in general go bad: For instance, I won the TTT at the Giro with good time trialists like Nibali, Brajkovic and Bodnar. So I don't blame PCM too much
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 17-01-2012 19:01
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cunego59 wrote:
Actually, it might be even realistic. I mean, my best three riders had TT 70, 68, 67. And it's not that TTTs in general go bad: For instance, I won the TTT at the Giro with good time trialists like Nibali, Brajkovic and Bodnar. So I don't blame PCM too much
You're the TTT master 
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-01-2012 22:50
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TTT's are never that brilliant, but you only lost 59s though
Edited by sutty68 on 18-01-2012 00:56
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 17-01-2012 23:46
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I would rant on how much I hate TTT on PCM but it looks like everyone has already did it for me Nice work limiting your losses.
Edited by Mresuperstar on 17-01-2012 23:48
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 18-01-2012 02:13
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Well, it damn nearly killed me and it took two days but I just read the WHOLE thing. Amazing story and a really nice team. Well deserved award for you sir. I would absolutely love to progress a story this far.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 18-01-2012 11:23
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@ fcancellara: I have a tactic that sometimes works brilliantly and sometimes not at all. I haven't quite figured out when, that's my problem
@ sutty: Yeah, I think it was okay.
@ mresuperstar: Well as I said, I don't blame PCM in this case. But thanks for doing so, anyway, and thanks for your comment
@ brewers90: Wow, that's huge I'm glad that my story could intrigue you that much! And I really hope that your new story will go well, the beginning looks definetely very nice
Here's the second stage, a lot better than the first. Although that was pretty clear after all^^
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Posted on 18-01-2012 11:24
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July 21, 2012
The first hard mountain stage is coming: With 100 kms, it's pretty short but the two climbs are very tough. We should see a nice battle of the favorites.
Dominik's Pre-Race Comment
After the racing break, my shape isn't perfect but still decently good. I hope to end up in the Top 5, that would be nice.
Km 3: | The usual early attacks start. | | . | |  | Km 5: | Timothy Duggan is among the riders who try it. | | . | Km 13: | 11 riders are in front but the pack keeps chasing. | | . | Km 25: | Duggan is back in the pack and takes the lead. | | . | Km 34: | Due to Duggan's pace, no break could stay in front. 3,5 kms to the top of the first mountain. | | . | |  | Km 37: | Dominik Nerz attacks and takes the mountain sprint in front of Marco Pinotti (Acqua) and Leonardo Piepoli (Pisanellastoria). | | . | Km 55: | On the part between the mountains, another couple of riders try to form a breakaway. | | . | |  | Km 64: | Extremely surprising: Riccardo Ricco is among the escapees. What the heck is he planning? The pack of course increases the speed. | | . | Km 77: | Duggan and Constantino Zaballa (Miche) bring the escapees back. | | . | Km 85: | 15 kms from the top, Riccardo Ricco tries it again! | | . | |  | Km 89: | Astana and Liquigas make the pace and keep Ricco in a short distance. | | . | Km 92: | 8 kms from the top, Ricco is back in the pack again. | | . | |  | Km 94: | Marco Pinotti sets the next attack. Among the followers is... Riccardo Ricco. | | . | |  | Km 96: | Agnoli and Nerz himself made the efforts to bring them back. Piepoli and Askari (Tabriz) try it again but won't succeed. | | . | |  | Km 98: | Now it's time for the fight for the win! Kiserlovski launched the first attack, immediatly followed by Pozzovivo, Nerz goes as well! | | . | |  | Km 99: | Pozzovivo tries to overtake Kiserlovski while Nerz has to fight behind them. Rovira (TV3) overtakes him and Brutt is coming with a nice speed as well... | | . | |  | Km 100: | Pozzovivo takes the win... | | . | |  | Km 100: | … and Nerz is closely outsprinted by Danilo Di Luca. The German finishes sixth but gets the same time as the 25 riders that follow. |
| 1 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago – CSF Inox | 3h03'59 | | 2 |  Robert Kiserlovski | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 3 | Jaume Rovira | TV3 – Caixa Catalunya | + 14 | | 4 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 5 | Danilo Di Luca | Lampre – ISD | + 21 | | 6 |  Dominik Nerz | Liquigas – Cannondale | s.t. | | 7 | Michele Gaia | Miche – Guerciotti | s.t. | | 8 | Vladimir Karpets | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | s.t. | | 9 |  Simon Spilak | Lampre – ISD | s.t. | | 10 | Michael Rasmussen | Christina Watches – Onfone | s.t. |
I forgot to export so I can't give you the exact classifications as I'm already further in the game. Kiserlovski leads with 6 seconds to Pozzovivo and 34 seconds to Brutt. Nerz is about 30th, 1'32 behind Kiserlovski. He leads in the mountains ranking, though. Exact classification after the next stage, sorry.
Now that was better! I didn't time my last attack very well but still, I seem to be able to climb among the best here. Kiserlovski and Pozzovivo underlined their superiority while Riccò, well, he makes quite an insane impression. He still climbed to 18th place after all his attacks, though, so if he can pace himself, he might still be dangerous.
As a nice extra, I could gain the mountain jersey which I'll wear tomorrow. If I could keep that, it would be very nice. Once again, I have to thank my helpers, Timothy Duggan and Valerio Agnoli, for the work they did today!
Tommorow is a flat stage, so it should be a calm day for me.
Yours,
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 18-01-2012 11:39
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Glad to see Nerz competing with the other climbers. I remember when he struggled to even make it up the climbs back in the day.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 18-01-2012 12:04
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Good stage, even though you couldn't follow Kiserlovski's attack.. but still a 6th place and some GC-climbing Stage 4 is the next chance for climbers, right?! I guess, we will see bigger gaps there and, of course, Dominik climbing well (in both stage and GC)!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-01-2012 13:00
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Nice riding today matey |
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