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Fant. Neutral Story [Ronde 2018]
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 18-12-2012 10:50
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Vacansoleil for the win 
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-12-2012 10:53
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Omega Pharma are going to be awesome again next season  |
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| mpardo |
Posted on 19-12-2012 19:53
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2012 Season Recap
 | Tour Down Under |  | Peter Sagan |  | Tirreno-Adriatico |  | Bauke Mollema | | Milano-Sanremo |  | Jakob Fuglsang |  | Ronde van Vlaanderen | | Johan van Summeren |  | Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco | | Pieter Weening | | Amstel Gold Race |  | Janez Brajkovic | | La Fleche Wallonne | | Dries Devenyns | | Liege-Bastogne-Liege | | Bjorn Leukemans |  | Tour de Romandie | | Cameron Meyer |  | Criterium du Dauphine | | Bauke Mollema | | Tour de Suisse |  | Chris Froome | | Tour de France | | Bauke Mollema |  | Tour de Pologne | | Davide Rebellin | | Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian | | Jakob Fuglsang |  | Vattenfall Cyclassics |  | Tyler Farrar | | GP Ouest France - Plouay | | Jakob Fuglsang |  | Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal | | Alessandro Ballan | | Road World Championship | | Bjorn Leukemans |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-12-2012 00:03
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Poor Pieter only got the one win this season, lets hope he has a Great season next time |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 20-12-2012 15:06
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a lot of dutch winnar, I likey
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| mpardo |
Posted on 31-12-2012 16:01
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2013 Calendar
| Race | Date | Category | | Tour Down Under | 22/01/2013 - 27/01/2013 | 2.WT | | Tirreno-Adriatico | 06/03/2013 - 12/03/2013 | 2.WT | | E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - Harelbeke | 22/03/2013 | 1.HC | | Gent - Wevelgem | 24/03/2013 | 1.HC | | Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco | 01/04/2013 - 06/04/2013 | 2.WT | | Paris - Roubaix | 07/04/2013 | 1.WT | | Tour de Romandie | 23/04/2013 - 28/04/2013 | 2.WT | | Giro d'Italia | 04/05/2013 - 26/05/2013 | GT.WT | | Tour de Suisse | 08/06/2013 - 16/06/2013 | 2.WT | | Tour de Pologne | 27/07/2013 - 03/08/2013 | 2.HC | | Vattenfall Cyclassics | 18/08/2013 | 1.HC | | Vuelta a España | 24/08/2013 - 15/09/2013 | GT.WT | | Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec | 21/09/2013 | 1.WT | | Road World Championship | 29/09/2013 | WC | | Giro di Lombardia | 05/10/2013 | 1.WT |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 31-12-2012 16:02
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Strangely enough only found this now.
Will try to follow from now on |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 31-12-2012 16:07
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 31-12-2012 16:18
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It doesn't happen every year |
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| pcm2009fan |
Posted on 01-01-2013 14:50
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bring on the new season  |
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| mpardo |
Posted on 04-01-2013 16:32
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2013 squads
Ag2r - La Mondiale
Astana
BMC Racing Team
Discovery Channel
Euskaltel - Euskadi
HTC - High Road
Lampre - ISD
Liquigas - Cannondale
Lotto - Belisol
Omega Pharma - Quickstep
Rabobank
Saxo Bank - Tinkoff
Sky Procycling
Team Garmin - Sharp
Team Katusha
Team Movistar
Team Radioshack - Nissan - Trek
Vacansoleil - DMC
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 04-01-2013 16:47
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Some nice looking squads there, should make for an exciting season |
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| mpardo |
Posted on 05-01-2013 22:53
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Santos Tour Down Under
A new season starts in Australia again with the Tour Down Under. The route of the race will be the same as last year, so even though there is the hilltop finish in Willunga Hill it is still a race for the sprinters. Last year classification was so tight that Peter Sagan was the winner with the same time as Tony Gallopin and Sacha Modolo. With such a tight classifications, the bonus seconds will be very important in the race.
Some of the outsiders for the overall win will be last year's winner, Peter Sagan (Vacansoleil), and second placed, Tony Gallopin (Quickstep). A close look will have to be put as well into Jose Joaquin Rojas (HTC), Andre Greipel (Lotto), Yauheni Hutarovich (Lampre) and Lloyd Mondory (Quickstep).
Favorites:
- Tyler Farrar (Saxo Bank): The American is again one of the main favorites to take the overall win in Australia. Last year he couldn't shine here, but it was an atypical season for the American. It looked as though he would end the season with no wins until he got a great one in the Vattenfall Cyclassics. Farrar will be the favorite that will find the stage in Willunga the hardest, but if he takes enough bonus seconds before that he should be in the fight.
- Ben Swift (Sky): Sky was able to retain Ben Swift as the British sprinter finished his contract last year. The British team seems to have fixed some of their financial issues and have built a team around Swift. Ben was already in the top 10 last year, so it should not be a surprise if he fight for something higher this time.
- Sacha Modolo (Euskaltel): Sacha Modolo was tied with the winner last year but had to settle for the third place in the podium. He will be looking for revenge in his new team, Euskaltel. The Italian will surely make a great duo of sprinters in the Spanish team with Francisco Ventoso; however, he could miss the great leading man that Alessandro Ballan was last year.
- Marcel Kittel (Discovery): Kittel has progressed a lot this year and will be the clear reference in the Discovery Channel team for the sprints. The German will also be weak in the hills, but his pure speed should be enough to see him battling with the best in the mass sprints.
Previous winners
| First | Second | Third | | 2010 | Tyler Farrar | Alexandre Vinokourov | Francisco Ventoso | | 2012 | Peter Sagan | Tony Gallopin | Sacha Modolo | |
Startlist
Spoiler
SAXO BANK
1. T.Farrar
2. L.Boom
3. T.Boonen
4. R.Da Costa
5. M.Goss
6. J.Haedo
7. M.Rogers
VACANSOLEIL
11. B.Mollema
12. C.Betancur
13. S.Langeveld
14. A.Petacchi
15. P.Sagan
16. G.Van Avermaet
17. S.Van Dijk
LOTTO
21. B.Leukemans
22. A.Demare
23. A.Greipel
24. D.Martin
25. J.Roelandts
26. R.Uran
27. J.Van den Broeck
RADIOSHACK
31. S.Gerrans
32. M.Albasini
33. I.Basso
34. D.Bennati
35. J.Peraud
36. R.Taaramae
37. A.Talansky
RABOBANK
41. J.Van Leijen
42. I.Anton
43. T.Bos
44. O.Freire
45. J.Van Emden
46. K.Van Hummel
47. L.Westra
BMC
51. B.Eisel
52. A.Ballan
53. D.Galimzyanov
54. M.Pinotti
55. P.Stetina
56. G.Thomas
57. G.Visconti
HTC
61. J.Rojas
62. B.Bozic
63. S.Clarke
64. A.Klöden
65. J.Kocjan
66. T.Phinney
67. R.Porte
QUICKSTEP
71. C.Meyer
72. J.Degenkolb
73. T.Gallopin
74. D.Menchov
75. L.Mondory
76. L.Paolini
77. J.Van Summeren
DISCOVERY
81. J.Brajkovic
82. L.Durbridge
83. C.Evans
84. P.Gilbert
85. H.Haussler
86. M.Kittel
87. M.Renshaw
MOVISTAR
91. S.Kruijswijk
92. G.Bole
93. J.Castroviejo
94. J.Flecha
95. D.Rebellin
96. N.Terpstra
97. T.Voeckler
LAMPRE
101. Y.Hutarovich
102. S.Garzelli
103. M.Marcato
104. D.Pozzovivo
105. N.Roche
106. M.Scarponi
107. E.Viviani
SKY
111. B.Swift
112. M.Cavendish
113. S.Henao
114. P.Lastras
115. T.Martin
116. N.Quintana
117. G.Rast
EUSKALTEL
121. S.Modolo
122. S.Dumolin
123. P.Fedrigo
124. F.Kessiakoff
125. A.Kristoff
126. A.Valverde
127. F.Ventoso
ASTANA
131. A.Vinokourov
132. L.Gerdemann
133. M.Iglinskiy
134. R.McEwen
135. F.Pellizotti
136. F.Pozzato
137. A.Roux
KATUSHA
141. K.Sivtsov
142. G.Ciolek
143. R.Nocentini
144. S.Ponzi
145. S.Schumacher
146. J.Serpa
147. B.Wiggins
AG2R
151. J.Simon
152. N.Bouhanni
153. S.Chavanel
154. J.Coppel
155. Y.Offredo
156. J.Tiernan Locke
157. M.Tjallingii
GARMIN
161. P.Kennaugh
162. E.Boasson Hagen
163. F.Cancellara
164. M.Frank
165. M.Matthews
166. R.Navardauskas
167. C.Sutton
LIQUIGAS
171. L.Bak
172. E.Capecchi
173. D.Di Luca
174. V.Kiryenka
175. M.Moser
176. G.Nizzolo
177. N.Nuyens
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| Daggen |
Posted on 06-01-2013 01:02
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This will be an exciting season |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-01-2013 01:11
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And here we go again |
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| pcm2009fan |
Posted on 06-01-2013 02:04
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Podium has been very varied so far... maybe it's swifty's time to shine |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-01-2013 10:56
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Gerrans should be a good bet with the supoort of Radioshack behind him |
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| mpardo |
Posted on 06-01-2013 21:15
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Santos Tour Down Under
Stage 1: Prospect - Clare
The first stage in Australia is the first clear opportunity for the sprinters. The route has a gentle uphill tendency, but not even the hill where the mountain sprint is located goes above the 3% gradient. The arrival in Clare is very wide and no surprises are expected today.
There was a lot of wind in today's stage and that made the race more unpredictable. Moreover, a lot of riders were very keen on joining the break of the day. The first group of 7 riders reached the mountain sprint in Taylor's Run (67 km to go) 40 seconds ahead of another group of 8 riders. The peloton was losing 4 minutes at that point. Among the most important riders in the first group were: Alexander Kristoff (Euskaltel), Jos van Emden (Rabobank), Mark Renshaw (Discovery) and Arnaud Demare (Lotto).
Luca Paolini was the last rider to get caught by the bunch, 11 kilometers from the finish in Clare. Sky and Quickstep were the teams most interested in chasing the break, as they have two of the favorites for the win today, Ben Swift and Tony Gallopin.
The sprinting trains were all over the road today, as the best sprinters in the world came to Australia for the start of the season. Vacansoleil had the leading train, as Stefan van Dijk was towing Peter Sagan and Matthew Goss was behind the Slovak. On the other side of the road Lotto had Jurgen Roelandts ahead of Andre Greipel and HTC had Taylor Phinney working for Jose Joaquin Rojas.
Gregory Rast was the first rider entering the last kilometer, the Swiss was helping Swift progress and he joined the final sprint. Behind him, John Degenkolb, Andre Greipel and Ben Swift were the best positioned but many other sprinters were progressing as well.
Tony Gallopin wins in Clare! The French starts the same way as last year, winning in Clare. He did not show a great dominance, as he had to recover positions and ended up beating Swift by a tiny margin. Quickstep was the dominant team last year and they look set to continue doing so.
The second and third positions were for members of the team Sky, Ben Swift was very close to Gallopin while Gregory Rast surprisingly held with the best sprinters. The Swiss beat names like Simone Ponzi, Peter Sagan and Tyler Farrar.
Today's Winner
Stage Results
| 1 | | Tony Gallopin | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP | 3h45'54 | | 2 | | Ben Swift | SKY PROCYCLING | s.t. | | 3 | | Grégory Rast | SKY PROCYCLING | s.t. | | 4 | | Simone Ponzi | KATUSHA TEAM | s.t. | | 5 | | Peter Sagan | VACANSOLEIL-DMC | s.t. | | 6 | | Tyler Farrar | SAXO BANK - TINKOFF | s.t. | | 7 | | André Greipel | LOTTO-BELISOL | s.t. | | 8 | | Jure Kocjan | HTC - HIGH ROAD | s.t. | | 9 | | José Joaquin Rojas | HTC - HIGH ROAD | s.t. | | 10 | | Francisco Ventoso | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | s.t. |
General classification
| 1 | | Tony Gallopin | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP | 3h45'44 | | 2 | | Ben Swift | SKY PROCYCLING | + 4 | | 3 | | Grégory Rast | SKY PROCYCLING | + 6 | | 4 | | Simon Clarke | HTC - HIGH ROAD | + 7 | | 5 |  | Alexander Kristoff | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 8 | | 6 | | Edvald Boasson Hagen | TEAM GARMIN - SHARP | s.t. | | 7 | | Danilo Di Luca | LIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE | + 9 | | 8 | | Simone Ponzi | KATUSHA TEAM | + 10 | | 9 | | Peter Sagan | VACANSOLEIL-DMC | s.t. | | 10 | | Tyler Farrar | SAXO BANK - TINKOFF | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | | Tony Gallopin | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP | 25 | | 2 | | Ben Swift | SKY PROCYCLING | 20 | | 3 | | Grégory Rast | SKY PROCYCLING | 16 | | 4 | | Simone Ponzi | KATUSHA TEAM | 14 | | 5 | | Peter Sagan | VACANSOLEIL-DMC | 12 |
Mountain
| 1 | | Alexander Kristoff | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | 6 | | 2 | | Danilo Di Luca | LIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE | 4 | | 3 | | Michele Scarponi | LAMPRE - ISD | 2 | | 4 | | Jos Van Emden | RABOBANK | 1 |
Young
| 1 | | Tony Gallopin | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP | 3h45'44 | | 2 | | Simon Clarke | HTC - HIGH ROAD | + 7 | | 3 | | Danilo Di Luca | LIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE | + 9 | | 4 | | Jure Kocjan | HTC - HIGH ROAD | + 10 | | 5 | | Sacha Modolo | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | s.t. |
Teams
| 1 | | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP | 11h17'42 | | 2 | | HTC - HIGH ROAD | s.t. | | 3 | | SKY PROCYCLING | s.t. | | 4 | | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | s.t. | | 5 | | LOTTO-BELISOL | s.t. |
Edited by mpardo on 22-02-2013 14:57
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| pcm2009fan |
Posted on 06-01-2013 21:23
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Happy to see Gallopin win although looked a bit messy at the end there. Swifty's off to a bright start I see. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-01-2013 23:31
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And Gallopin gets his season off to a flying start
Last years winner in fifth place |
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