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Max Belaschov: another race for glory
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| baia |
Posted on 14-02-2010 11:06
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Wish you luck for this one..it will be hard task.. |
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| Tombola |
Posted on 14-02-2010 12:06
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Astana and Saxo Bank have some really weak teams there! I think you have one of the strongest team along with Liquigas and Caisse!
Some other outsiders!
Miché: Michael Rasmussen?
Garmin: Kessiakoff
Colnago-CSF: Pozzovivo
Vacansoleul: Carrara 
I saw in other DB's that Carrara was riding some nice stages but not a real GC contender. But i don't really know his stats, same counts for Rasmussen!
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| Maximka |
Posted on 14-02-2010 13:40
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thanks!
Rasmussen has inly 74 in Mo, so he isn't contender at all. Niemeic may be better in GC.
I think that to be in top-10 isn't much hard goal. I am dreaming about top-3. But, of course, it will depend on position of Scarpa after first mountain stage
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| Tombola |
Posted on 14-02-2010 14:00
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Well, i'm looking forward to it 
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| Maximka |
Posted on 14-02-2010 15:11
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Tomorrow morning will be prologue report
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| depappie |
Posted on 14-02-2010 15:27
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very good story, looks like liquigas will dominate Giro and maybe Popyvch will challenge them imo |
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| brownwm |
Posted on 14-02-2010 15:43
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looking forward to giro, good luck for it
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| Maximka |
Posted on 15-02-2010 09:18
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Prologue
It was sunny today when we came to start place. I was nervous and when I tried to click my pedal, I did it just in third time. The stage was very short.
To be honest, there isn't anything to report. I don't like short flat time trials, I don't like time trials at all, but I can do good results in hilly, mountain TT's, as I am good climber. But I like to see my opponents when I ride my bike, that way I can know where I need to attack and where I can have some rest. When I am on my TT bike - I don't feel the race.
I started 24th, so when future winner just started I already had a shower in our bus and watched that on TV. Who is the winner? Of course, it is Larsson.
I finished only 89th with 49 seconds back. I think it's quite good for me and my GC plans. Scarponi finished 29th, with 35 seconds gap to winner.
Stage results:
| 1 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Team Saxo Bank | 9'00 | | 2 | David Millar | Garmin - Transitions | + 12 | | 3 | Marco Pinotti | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 4 | Frantisek Rabon | Team HTC - Columbia | + 15 | | 5 | Marzio Bruseghin | Caisse d'Epargne | + 16 | | 6 | Rubén Plaza | Caisse d'Epargne | + 19 | | 7 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | + 20 | | 8 | Vasil Kiryienka | Caisse d'Epargne | + 21 | | 9 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | + 23 | | 10 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. |
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| brownwm |
Posted on 15-02-2010 10:05
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not bad there
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| Maximka |
Posted on 15-02-2010 10:08
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Second stage. Amsterdam - Utrecht
It was a flat stage. I have nothing else to say. Do you know how flat stages going? Yes, it is breakaway being made, then peloton starting to chase it, catches it, and sprinters making their job.
This time it was like this. Moreover, the biggest favorite, Italian Champion, Pipo Pozzatto had won today. Our sprinter, Ginanni, finished 6th, which is very good result.
Stage results:
| 1 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | 4h45'31 | | 2 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank | s.t. | | 4 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 5 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 6 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 7 | Frantisek Rabon | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 8 | Mattia Gavazzi | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 9 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 10 | Sergueï Ivanov | Team Katusha | s.t. |
GC:
| 1 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Team Saxo Bank | 4h54'31 | | 2 | Marco Pinotti | Team HTC - Columbia | + 12 | | 3 | David Millar | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 4 | Frantisek Rabon | Team HTC - Columbia | + 15 | | 5 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | + 16 | | 6 | Marzio Bruseghin | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 7 | Rubén Plaza | Caisse d'Epargne | + 19 | | 8 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | + 20 | | 9 | Vasil Kiryienka | Caisse d'Epargne | + 21 | | 10 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | + 23 |
Edited by Maximka on 15-02-2010 10:09
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Posted on 15-02-2010 10:26
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well done with ginanni
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| Maximka |
Posted on 15-02-2010 10:33
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Thanks!
I gonna post small updates for flat stages, as long as there isn't anything interesting
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Posted on 15-02-2010 10:59
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Good  |
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Posted on 15-02-2010 12:54
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Wow stoped following for 1 day and you are a;ready in giro. Anyway good luck.
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| baia |
Posted on 15-02-2010 13:34
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ITT wasn´t so bad,and your team mate got a nice 6th place on 2nd stage.
"I have a dream",wich is seeing you making a solo.. |
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Posted on 15-02-2010 15:51
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Nice that you didn't lose to much on the ITT |
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Posted on 16-02-2010 12:26
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Third stage. Amsterdam - Middelburg
Very boring stage. Our goal today was to be in front of peloton, to keep our bones safe. The stage decided in sprint. Our main sprinter, Ginanni, took place on previous stage winner, Pozzatto, but he wasn't good today.
Lampre's universal Grega Bole took advantage of his position and had won the stage with very small gap to another two contenders. Ginanni again made it top-10.
Stage results:
| 1 | Grega Bole | Lampre - Farnese Vini | 4h46'29 | | 2 | Jürgen Roelandts | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 3 | Matthew Goss | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 4 | Russell Downing | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Julian Dean | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 6 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Mattia Gavazzi | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 8 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 9 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 10 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank | s.t. |
GC:
| 1 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Team Saxo Bank | 9h41'00 | | 2 | David Millar | Garmin - Transitions | + 12 | | 3 | Marco Pinotti | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 4 | Frantisek Rabon | Team HTC - Columbia | + 15 | | 5 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | + 16 | | 6 | Marzio Bruseghin | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 7 | Rubén Plaza | Caisse d'Epargne | + 19 | | 8 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | + 20 | | 9 | Vasil Kiryienka | Caisse d'Epargne | + 21 | | 10 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Katusha | + 23 |
Points:
| 1 | Filippo Pozzato | Team Katusha | 32 | | 2 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 30 | | 3 | Frantisek Rabon | Team HTC - Columbia | 28 | | 4 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Team Saxo Bank | 25 | | 5 | Grega Bole | Lampre - Farnese Vini | 25 | | 6 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank | 22 | | 7 | David Millar | Garmin - Transitions | 20 | | 8 | Jürgen Roelandts | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 20 | | 9 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | 19 | | 10 | Russell Downing | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 19 |
Mountain:
| 1 | Daniele Righi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | 6 | | 2 | Kjell Carlström | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 4 | | 3 | Frank Høj | Team Saxo Bank | 2 |
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Posted on 16-02-2010 13:16
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Fourth stage. Savigliano
After rest day, when we at last came to Italy, we have to start in team time trial. To be honest, I expected that we will loose around one minute and didn't plan anything to this race.
Our start position was in middle on start field, so we did know some results. First team to set good time was... Colnago - CSF Inox! They were really fast and in first intermediate we loosed them around 30 seconds.
But we had some tactical decision. We started not too fast, but after half of the stage we increased our speed to maximum. Not everybody could do that and very soon only five riders remained in our group. I wasn't ready to such fast pace too and I made a huge work just to stay with others, as time is calculating on fifth man result. That's why our last few kilometers weren't as fast as in a middle of the race, but when we crossed finish line, we have seen "No1. -1'13" on clocks.
Of course, it wasn't time to celebrate, as main contenders were after us. Katyusha finished. +54. We were fascinated. After that it was Liquigas. +1'41. Wow! Main contender, Pellizzotti, lost almost 2 minutes!
Radioshack, the team of Yaroslav Popovych. They are very good time trialists. But lost 37 seconds to us. That was very significant for us, we realized that we won't loose too much and will remain in group of main GC contenders.
After americans there were only two teams that could win a stage. Caisse d'Epargne. It was the time that I won't forget. The clock counted seconds to their finish and at the same time it counted a gap between us and them. -10, -9, -8, -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, +1... and they finished. They lost only 1 second to us!
And, you may know, which team was the most strong when they all finished? Columbia? No, they finished 23 second behind us, in spite of they had Pinotti, Rabon, Martin and so on.
It was us! We had won Team Time Trial stage! Could you believe in it? Yes, me too! It was fantastic feelings! Awesome! We made everything to that result, we pushed hard as it was main verification for us - will we be able to fight to victory or not. And we passed that trial very well. For now Scarponi is one of the best placed favorites in GC.
Stage results:
| 1 | Androni Giocattoli | 42'36 | | 2 | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1 | | 3 | Team HTC - Columbia | + 23 | | 4 | Team RadioShack | + 37 | | 5 | Rabobank | +42 | | 6 | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 44 | | 7 | BMC Racing Team | +52 | | 8 | Team Katusha | +54 | | 9 | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 1'09 | | 10 | Astana | + 1'13 |
GC:
| 1 | Marzio Bruseghin | Caisse d'Epargne | 10h23'53 | | 2 | Rubén Plaza | Caisse d'Epargne | + 3 | | 3 | Vasil Kiryienka | Caisse d'Epargne | + 5 | | 4 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 11 | | 5 | Marco Pinotti | Team HTC - Columbia | + 18 | | 6 | Michele Scarponi | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 7 | Xabier Zandio | Caisse d'Epargne | + 19 | | 8 | José Serpa | Androni Giocattoli | + 20 | | 9 | Frantisek Rabon | Team HTC - Columbia | + 21 | | 10 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | + 26 | | ... | | 12 | Max Belaschov | Androni Giocattoli | + 32 |
In mountain and points classifications there weren't any changes
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| brownwm |
Posted on 16-02-2010 13:44
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what a ttt congrats
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| Maximka |
Posted on 16-02-2010 13:49
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I'm in shock by myself, actually! Just rechecked difficulty level ^)
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