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Smowz' Saxobank story - 2010 Season complete!
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| janne_837 |
Posted on 09-01-2011 20:46
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Domination in Italy  At least one guy beats Nibali at a Giro.. Great to see you back! |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 09-01-2011 21:51
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Part Nine - The terrors of the Dolomites
Time to defend what we have as we continue towards the last two mountains stages with the Mortirolo and the Gavia to come. Stage 16's fairly shallow ascent into Peia Terme is not steep enough to create gaps, Stage 17 has transition marked all over it... it is stage 18 with the Mortirolo that we are interested in, Andy would probably like to take that to make an exclamation point of the Giro.
Stage 16 Brunico - Peio Terme
So stage 16, as I said Saxobank will be nice and defensive, but that does not mean Breschel will not go up the road for some sprint points.
We leave someone else to pace and realise they are going quite slowly up the middle climb. The overconfident Saxobank decide to send Fuglsang out on a break.
It is all going swimmingly until with 45 to go Cunego, Scarponi and Garzelli try a move.
Liquigas don't do much but Garmin and their loudmouth boss do some work now.
20km to go the break still have a mammoth 15.30 lead, Fuglsang only has 2.30 and the trio of dangermen have been caught. So attention is first on out break, Breschel is not good enough to go for it, it is between four riders Gustov (Cervelo), Carlstrom (Sky), Van de Walle (QS) and Hermans (Radioshack).
Cervelo's Gustov wins.
It is no surprise behind when Schleck and Basso lead the rest in, the officials are generous with bonuses as well
Stage:
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Volodymir Gustov | Cervélo Test Team | 4h50'35 | | 2 | Kjell Carlström | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 4 | Ben Hermans | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 5 | Marco Marzano | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 26 | | 6 | Mario Aerts | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 40 | | 7 | Vladimir Gusev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 8 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo Bank | + 51 | | 9 | Bert Grabsch | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 10 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | + 7'14 | | 11 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 12 | Michele Scarponi | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | + 7'30 | | 13 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 14 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 15 | Marzio Bruseghin | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 16 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci | s.t. | | 17 | David Arroyo | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 18 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank | s.t. | | 19 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | + 7'55 | | 20 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 22 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 23 | Beñat Intxausti | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 8'11 | | 24 | Giampaolo Caruso | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 25 | Janez Brajkovič | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 27 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 8'19 | | 28 | Óscar Pereiro | Astana | s.t. | | 33 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 8'35 | | 37 | Jens Voigt | Team Saxo Bank | + 8'51 | | 54 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Team Saxo Bank | + 9'15 | | 55 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 84 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | + 11'47 | | 94 | Gilberto Simoni | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 12'43 | | 102 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 17'23 | | 124 | Jonathan Bellis | Team Saxo Bank | + 35'31 | | 125 | Baden Cooke | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. |
The big news is that Breschel moves to the front of the sprinters jersey, did I say sprinters I mean consistency points jersey.
Points:
| Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo Bank | 184 | | 2 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | 161 | | 3 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | 155 | | 4 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 110 | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Doimo | 96 |
Stage 17 Levica Terme - Brescia
It is a flat one, the sprinters teams are motivated to chase and poor Guiterrez missed the breakaway chance yesterday. He is the last man standing of the 12 riders today - we didn't send a knackered Breschel out there today.
The sprint was much closer today and it was some joy for Liquigas as Chicchi took it from Ginanni, which was good for Breschel who trailled over in 6th.
Lovely jubbly Matti still in Magenta
| Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo Bank | 194 | | 2 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | 181 | | 3 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | 169 | | 4 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 110 | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Doimo | 96 |
Stage 18 Brescia to Aprica
Schleck wants this to add to his collection, Liquigas I guess are determined to stop him. They have some stage wins with Nibali and Chicchi now and are beginning to look quite good.
First things first, Breschel knows his role now.
A break did go away, but it was evident that Liquigas meant business as Nibili ramped up the pressure on the climb before the Mortirolo
By the Mortirolo is was Saxo's turn only really about 50 riders left at this point.
It is tit for tat on this nasty climb as now Basso accelerates with water boy Szmyd on his wheel, Andy and Fuglsang not too far away.
Basso is on a really strong one today and attacks
Andy wants this one but must save some strength for a counter he claws his way back.
It is a great show as Andy pulls himself level with Basso, the GC battle is over but this is one for this stage.
Schleck now decides with 3km of climbing left here to ditch Basso, he goes on a steep section.
As the forest clears he has the gap...
Behind Basso it is Scarponi and Pozzovivo who are next.
Schleck crests and does not really descend that well but as soon as the climbing begins Basso fades and it is his teammate Nibali who begins to move through the field. But Andy takes the win, he is happy now he has his set of four very nice wins thank you.
Stage:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 5h36'11 | | 2 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 1'18 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Doimo | + 2'04 | | 4 | Michele Scarponi | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | + 2'30 | | 5 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 3'25 | | 6 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci | + 4'07 | | 7 | Marzio Bruseghin | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 8 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | + 5'14 | | 9 | David Arroyo | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 10 | Beñat Intxausti | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 12 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 14 | Janez Brajkovič | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 15 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 16 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 20 | Óscar Pereiro | Astana | s.t. | | 24 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 6'06 | | 32 | Jens Voigt | Team Saxo Bank | + 9'35 | | 33 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 65 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Team Saxo Bank | + 17'55 | | 91 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 29'32 | | 101 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo Bank | + 36'12 | | 117 | Jonathan Bellis | Team Saxo Bank | + 51'58 | | 118 | Baden Cooke | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 167 | Wim Stroetinga | Team Milram | s.t. |
GC:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 80h33'09 | | 2 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 6'50 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Doimo | + 10'14 | | 4 | Michele Scarponi | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | + 11'31 | | 5 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci | + 15'18 | | 6 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 15'25 | | 7 | Marzio Bruseghin | Caisse d'Epargne | + 16'04 | | 8 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Transitions | + 18'10 | | 9 | David Arroyo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 18'12 | | 10 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 18'27 | | 11 | Marco Pinotti | Team HTC - Columbia | + 19'57 | | 13 | Óscar Pereiro | Astana | + 21'06 | | 15 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 22'16 | | 17 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 23'21 | | 18 | Janez Brajkovič | Team RadioShack | + 23'37 | | 19 | Beñat Intxausti | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 24'07 | | 21 | Jens Voigt | Team Saxo Bank | + 29'29 | | 31 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 39'46 | | 49 | Gilberto Simoni | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 1h03'28 | | 50 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | + 1h03'59 | | 51 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Team Saxo Bank | + 1h06'24 | | 56 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo Bank | + 1h11'29 | | 84 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 2h01'30 | | 124 | Baden Cooke | Team Saxo Bank | + 3h54'07 | | 129 | Jonathan Bellis | Team Saxo Bank | + 3h59'51 | | 167 | Wim Stroetinga | Team Milram | + 6h28'05 |
Looking at the young jersey it is clear that will be a priorty on the next day to keep Fuglsang in second.
| Name | Team | General Time | | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 80h33'09 (1) | | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 23'21 (2) | | Beñat Intxausti | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 24'07 (3) | | Francesco Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci | + 33'20 (4) | | Cayetano Sarmiento | Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci | + 41'07 (5) |
The points jersey looks sewn up (as is the mountains):
| Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo Bank | 202 | | 2 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | 181 | | 3 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | 175 | | 4 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 135 | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Doimo | 112 |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 09-01-2011 22:02
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Finally a Giro where Nibali doesn't win. Great Giro for Andy and good to see that the story is back again. |
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| Smowz |
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Alarkgon: Thanks for the comments mate, any plans to start a story soon?
Janne: Been following Radioshack's story, will be interesting what you achieve overall in the season.
Pellizotti2:Indeed, Nibali has been on domestique duty here, Schleck does outclass him at the moment but next year in Italy he could be tougher to beat by anyone. |
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| Alakagom |
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Smowz wrote:
Alarkgon: Thanks for the comments mate, any plans to start a story soon?
Actually yes
Just waiting as I have polish version, but to make story better for my readers to read, ordererd week ago English one, so just waiting for it to come  Thanks for asking
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| Smowz |
Posted on 11-01-2011 22:25
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Part 10: The final act
With seven minutes on Basso and ten minutes on everyone else, it is time for Schleck and the Saxo boys to be magnaminous. We make it a bit of a training ride and display Breschel's hard earned Magenta jersey at the front in an early climb.
We like to show another of the willing workshorses behinds Andy Schleck's Giro Youth, Mountains and Overall win. Gustav Larsson
We move into the really high mountains and at this time of the year it means Snow.
As we ease up it is Miche who have been saving themselves and they make a double move.
Eventually Muto (Miche) goes on his own and makes it over the Gavia to take this years Cima Coppi. Nice stuff from the wildcard outsiders.
The peleton do reel him in, Schleck is taking it easy today and with 8.5 to go it is Scarponi and Pozzovivo who make a move.
Schleck decides just maybe he can put in a final dig to show he could have won this stage if he wanted.
But Scarponi has his day, well done Savio have a bottle or ten of wine tonight.
Slightly disappointing was that Fuglsang dropped to third on the youth and Saxo drop to second on the teams.
Stage:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Michele Scarponi | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | 5h19'55 | | 2 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 24 | | 3 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | + 39 | | 4 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 1'21 | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 6 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Transitions | + 1'32 | | 7 | David Arroyo | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 8 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank | + 1'42 | | 9 | Janez Brajkovič | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 10 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 11 | Marco Pinotti | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 12 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci | s.t. | | 14 | Marzio Bruseghin | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 16 | Beñat Intxausti | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'22 | | 17 | Thomas Rohregger | Team Milram | s.t. | | 20 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 23 | Óscar Pereiro | Astana | + 2'55 | | 29 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 4'23 | | 35 | Pasquale Muto | Miche | + 5'19 | | 46 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 6'07 | | 67 | Jens Voigt | Team Saxo Bank | + 11'27 | | 83 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Team Saxo Bank | + 19'51 | | 100 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo Bank | + 28'31 | | 113 | Jonathan Bellis | Team Saxo Bank | + 48'07 | | 121 | Baden Cooke | Team Saxo Bank | + 48'39 |
GC:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 85h53'35 | | 2 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 7'40 | | 3 | Michele Scarponi | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | + 10'40 | | 4 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Doimo | + 11'04 | | 5 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci | + 16'29 | | 6 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 16'36 | | 7 | Marzio Bruseghin | Caisse d'Epargne | + 17'15 | | 8 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 18'08 | | 9 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Transitions | + 19'11 | | 10 | David Arroyo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 19'13 | | 11 | Marco Pinotti | Team HTC - Columbia | + 21'08 | | 13 | Óscar Pereiro | Astana | + 23'30 | | 15 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 24'07 | | 17 | Janez Brajkovič | Team RadioShack | + 24'48 | | 18 | Beñat Intxausti | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 25'58 | | 19 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 27'13 | | 30 | Jens Voigt | Team Saxo Bank | + 40'25 | | 33 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 45'22 | | 52 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | + 1h14'59 | | 60 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Team Saxo Bank | + 1h25'44 | | 68 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo Bank | + 1h39'23 | | 84 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 2h19'22 | | 126 | Baden Cooke | Team Saxo Bank | + 4h42'15 | | 129 | Jonathan Bellis | Team Saxo Bank | + 4h47'27 |
Mountain:
| Name | Team | General | | 1 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 102 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Doimo | 70 | | 3 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | 65 | | 4 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci | 44 | | 5 | Michele Scarponi | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | 41 |
Youth:
| Name | Team | General Time | | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 85h53'35 (1) | | Beñat Intxausti | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 25'58 (2) | | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 27'13 (3) | | Francesco Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci | + 34'53 (4) | | Cayetano Sarmiento | Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci | + 43'55 (5) |
Teams:
| Team | General Time | | Liquigas - Doimo | 257h07'07 (1) | | Team Saxo Bank | + 23 (2) | | Caisse d'Epargne | + 7'05 (3) |
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Part 11: Encore!
Final stage show, the time trial in Verona. Saxo power in evidence again they want a team jersey to add to all the others that they will win. Breschel the points and Schleck everything else!
No mucking about then as Jens Voigt powers the first time under 23 minute.
Fuglsang also managed this, alas it was not enough to wrest the 'borrowed from Andy' white jersey second place away from the imposter Intxausti.
Nice prospect out of the Euskatel team, lets hope he is a veggie. Radioshack discovered again that Brajkovic is not really grand tour material - no twits here but he does at least drop inside Jens time 22.43.
Italy comes to its feet to welcome in a solid stage win hope for today Bruseghin. 22.33 - yeah nothing for Radioshack.
But then in came Nibali - 22.22 his time was new leader and also good enough to move the Liquigas man up to 3rd. Well done Nibbles - but give that green jersey back please it is Andy's.
Andy woke up this morning thinking about showing everyone how complete a GT rider he is and nearly caught Basso again.
He wins the stage with 22.04.
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 22'09 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Doimo | + 13 | | 3 | Marzio Bruseghin | Caisse d'Epargne | + 22 | | 4 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci | s.t. | | 5 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 24 | | 6 | Janez Brajkovič | Team RadioShack | + 34 | | 7 | Marco Pinotti | Team HTC - Columbia | + 37 | | 8 | David Arroyo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 38 | | 9 | Jens Voigt | Team Saxo Bank | + 41 | | 10 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 42 | | 11 | Beñat Intxausti | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 46 | | 12 | Michele Scarponi | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | + 49 | | 14 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. | | 15 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 17 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Transitions | + 58 | | 21 | Óscar Pereiro | Astana | + 1'04 | | 22 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 1'05 | | 23 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'08 | | 27 | Baden Cooke | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'18 | | 29 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 60 | Gilberto Simoni | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 1'38 | | 61 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'39 | | 80 | Jonathan Bellis | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'44 | | 162 | Edward King | Cervélo Test Team | + 2'29 |
So Andy takes his first Grand Tour! Success!
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 86h15'44 | | 2 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 8'33 | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Doimo | + 11'17 | | 4 | Michele Scarponi | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | + 11'29 | | 5 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci | + 16'51 | | 6 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 17'00 | | 7 | Marzio Bruseghin | Caisse d'Epargne | + 17'37 | | 8 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 19'13 | | 9 | David Arroyo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 19'51 | | 10 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Transitions | + 20'09 | | 11 | Marco Pinotti | Team HTC - Columbia | + 21'45 | | 12 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank | + 23'03 | | 13 | Óscar Pereiro | Astana | + 24'34 | | 14 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | + 24'36 | | 15 | Janez Brajkovič | Team RadioShack | + 25'22 | | 16 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 25'25 | | 17 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | + 25'27 | | 18 | Beñat Intxausti | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 26'44 | | 19 | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 27'55 | | 20 | Giampaolo Caruso | Team Katusha | + 29'00 | | 26 | Thomas Rohregger | Team Milram | + 36'40 | | 28 | Jens Voigt | Team Saxo Bank | + 41'06 | | 33 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 47'01 | | 34 | Egoi MartÃnez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 50'00 | | 48 | Gilberto Simoni | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 1h10'42 | | 60 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Team Saxo Bank | + 1h26'37 | | 68 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo Bank | + 1h40'31 | | 126 | Baden Cooke | Team Saxo Bank | + 4h43'33 | | 129 | Jonathan Bellis | Team Saxo Bank | + 4h49'11 | | 162 | Thomas Fothen | Team Milram | + 7h13'19 |
He also takes the mountains...
| Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 102 | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Doimo | 70 | | 3 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | 65 | | 4 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci | 44 | | 5 | Michele Scarponi | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | 41 | | 6 | Pasquale Muto | Miche | 37 |
and youth:
| Name | Team | General Time | | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 86h15'44 (1) | | Beñat Intxausti | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 26'44 (2) | | Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | + 27'55 (3) | | Francesco Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci | + 36'24 (4) | | Cayetano Sarmiento | Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci | + 45'43 (5) |
Matti Breschel takes the Points jersey (without winning a stage)
Rank Name Team General
| 1 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo Bank | 208 | | 2 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | 185 | | 3 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - Farnese Vini | 178 | | 4 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 176 | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Doimo | 144 | | 6 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | 117 | | 7 | Michele Scarponi | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | 109 | | 8 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana | 84 | | 9 | André Greipel | Team HTC - Columbia | 82 | | 10 | Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci | 76 |
and Saxo took the teams.
| Team | General Time | | Team Saxo Bank | 258h15'20 (1) | | Liquigas - Doimo | + 37 (2) | | Caisse d'Epargne | + 7'12 (3) | | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | + 22'17 (4) | | Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci | + 33'41 (5) |
Great tour.
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Congrats to a very successful Giro. Will he also lead your team in the Tour? Or is Frank doing his best there? |
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Potty Training part one - Tour of California and Bayern Rundfaht
Okay you can stop your sniggering, yes we have all heard the one about California rivalling the Giro for excitement and prestige.
Oh you were laughing at the German race name, yes very good the Bayern passing of the wind race, why is that there up with the lights of Califiornia well they are similar races in many ways some trumped up hills only to be dominated by a Time Trial.
Saxo used them as one would expect sending a developmental (read rubbish) squad out to US. 18 year old Richie Porte was there, but was up against some big hitters and it was his first real race of the year.
Tour of California
Not too many highlights to show you, sky fanboys here is one of Wiggo winning the time trial.
Actually he is on the podium, nice pic for their website. Oh Sammy Sanchez won at the roadbump thingee called Big Bear. Saxo management were most displeased when Richie Porte got dumped on this not really difficult climb.
Plenty of Radioshack bozo's in that image, they were bang on form and managed to get Machado to win the GC, by virtue of a break on the first or second stage.
Bayern Rundtrump
Yes the race that British people think of rude noises coming out of their rear ends. Well it was mainly continental German opposition in this one, which was great as JJ Haedo managed to take a sprint.
This seemed a bit too easy so his younger brother took one too.
More exciting to us was that Richie Porte managed to take the hardest stage - not quite big bear but big enough to make us believers.
The HTC man in the background is Tony Martin, he smoked us in the TT perhaps giving Sparticus something to awaken himself from his lordy slumber (or maybe his pretty girlfriend will)
But Bayern Rundfaht was a good little training race for Saxobank really establishing the brand in Germany.
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | 19h07'09 | | 2 | Richie Porte | Team Saxo Bank | + 18 | | 3 | Markus Fothen | Team Milram | + 1'15 | | 4 | Christian Knees | Team Milram | + 1'27 | | 5 | Matthew Goss | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1'36 | | 6 | René Weissinger | Vorarlberg - Corratec | + 2'14 | | 7 | Jan Ghyselinck | Team HTC - Columbia | + 2'20 | | 8 | Tomasz Kiendyś | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 9 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | + 2'21 | | 10 | Patrick Gretsch | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 11 | Rasmus Guldhammer | Team HTC - Columbia | + 2'27 | | 12 | Fabian Wegmann | Team Milram | + 2'29 | | 13 | André Steensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 2'34 | | 14 | Dirk Müller | Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse | + 2'52 | | 15 | Marcel Kittel | Thüringer Energie Team | + 4'00 | | 26 | Jarosław Marycz | Team Saxo Bank | + 5'54 | | 27 | Frank Høj | Team Saxo Bank | + 6'58 | | 30 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo Bank | + 7'03 | | 65 | Alex Rasmussen | Team Saxo Bank | + 11'25 | | 73 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | + 12'28 |
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| Smowz |
Posted on 13-01-2011 22:07
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roturn wrote:
Congrats to a very successful Giro. Will he also lead your team in the Tour? Or is Frank doing his best there?
Frank will be doing his level best at the Vuelta - he is in hibernation now following that hectic early season where he won the Paris Nice and Fleche Wallonne. Schleck the elder will probably look to have a crack at the Giro de Lombardia as well.
Andy will look to take the Grand Tour Giro-Tour double, he will also race the Tour de Suisse in between. Andy's final serious race of the year before he rides like a puff in the wind will be at San Sebastion really.
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Posted on 13-01-2011 22:22
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Good result in Germany. Pity that Porte lost on Big Bear lake.
Thanks for the information. Think Frank can really win the Vuelta. Andy will be quite tired after Giro-Suisse-Tour. Hope he can still do well then.
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Potty Training 2 - The Dauphine opening four stages: Time Trial and Trial again
With Andy in Switzerland, we decide to give Richie Porte his big season target of the Dauphine.
The parcours are really tough this year and this has put some of the big names off Andy and Alberto are off to Swiss. The startlist however does reveal some riders worth a mention.
Spoiler Euskaltel
1. S.Sánchez
2. S.De Lis
3. A.Galdos
4. M.Nieve
5. J.J.Oroz
6. P.Urtasun
7. I.Velasco
8. G.Verdugo
The Shack
11. L.Leipheimer
12. J.Brajkovic
13. C.Horner
14. D.Impey
15. G.Lequatre
16. T.Machado
17. S.Paulinho
18. I.Rovny
Sky
21. B.Wiggins
22. K.Arvesen
23. M.Barry
24. S.Gerrans
25. G.Henderson
26. P.Kennaugh
27. N.Portal
28. B.Swift
Cervélo
31. C.Sastre
32. T.Bos
33. J.Correia
34. S.Denifl
35. J.Hunt
36. A.Klier
37. Ó.Pujol
38. X.Tondo
Katusha
41. K.Kirchen
42. L.Bodrogi
43. D.Galimzyanov
44. M.Ignatiev
45. V.Karpets
46. D.Napolitano
47. E.Silin
48. N.Trussov
Garmin
51. R.Hesjedal
52. J.Bobridge
53. J.Dean
54. T.Farrar
55. T.Meyer
56. D.Millar
57. J.Van Summeren
58. M.Wilson
Rabobank
61. B.Mollema
62. G.Brown
63. S.Kruijswijk
64. T.Leezer
65. K.Moerenhout
66. T.Stamsnijder
67. B.Tankink
68. M.Tjallingii
Caisse d'Epargne
71. J.J.Cobo
72. M.Drujon
73. V.Kiryienka
74. C.Moreau
75. R.Plaza
76. F.Pérez
77. J.M.Soler
78. R.Urán
Omega Pharma
81. J.Peraud
82. C.Brandt
83. M.Elijzen
84. P.Gilbert
85. O.Kaisen
86. J.Ljungblad
87. M.Lloyd
88. C.Wegelius
Saxo Bank
91. R.Porte
92. B.Cooke
93. L.S.Haedo
94. F.Høj
95. K.Klostergaard
96. J.Marycz
97. A.Steensen
98. N.Sørensen
Quick·Step
101. C.Barredo
102. T.Boonen
103. S.Devolder
104. A.Kunitski
105. K.Seeldraeyers
106. A.Stauff
107. K.Van Impe
108. M.Velo
Astana
111. D.Navarro
112. A.Davis
113. A.Grivko
114. J.Hernández
115. M.Iglinskiy
116. V.Iglinskiy
117. R.Kireyev
118. Y.Nepomnyachshiy
Team Milram
121. C.Knees
122. G.Ciolek
123. T.Fothen
124. M.Fothen
125. R.Förster
126. A.Gajek
127. L.Roberts
128. P.Wrolich
AG2R
131. J.Gadret
132. G.Bonnafond
133. C.Dessel
134. Y.Krivtsov
135. D.Le Lay
136. R.Mandri
137. L.Mondory
138. C.Riblon
Saur - Sojasun
141. J.Coppel
142. C.Bessy
143. J.Engoulvent
144. J.Hivert
145. F.Jeandesboz
146. C.Lemoine
147. L.Mangel
148. R.Martias
Bouygues Télécom
151. Y.Trofimov
152. Y.Arashiro
153. G.Bernaudeau
154. A.Charteau
155. Y.Gène
156. V.Jérôme
157. T.Voeckler
158. N.Vogondy
HTC - Columbia
161. T.Van Garderen
162. L.Bak
163. J.Ghyselinck
164. B.Grabsch
165. P.Gretsch
166. R.Guldhammer
167. L.Howard
168. M.Sieberg
Cofidis
171. A.Moinard
172. S.Augé
173. G.Blot
174. L.Duque
175. K.Ista
176. A.Labbe
177. S.Minard
178. R.Zingle
Lampre
181. G.Simoni
182. L.Bernucci
183. G.Bole
184. F.Gavazzi
185. A.Kashechkin
186. M.Lorenzetto
187. A.Malori
188. A.Petacchi
Footon - Servetto
191. R.Valls
192. E.Capelli
193. V.Celis
194. M.Corti
195. D.Gutiérrez Gutiérrez
196. D.Gutiérrez Palacios
197. P.Merino
198. J.Walker
Française des Jeux
201. J.Roy
202. A.Geslin
203. F.Guesdon
204. A.Gérard
205. Y.Hutarovich
206. M.Ladagnous
207. Y.Offredo
208. A.Roux
Liquigas
211. A.Vanotti
212. D.Bennati
213. D.Cimolai
214. M.Finetto
215. K.Koren
216. D.Oss
217. M.Paterski
218. F.Willems
Sammy Sanchez, Levi Leipheimer, Janez Brajkovic, Bradley Wiggins, Carlos Sastre, Kim Kirchen and Ryder Hesjedal certainly suggesting a very strong field.
The opening four stages were dominated by the Time Trials.
The opening prologue went to Sammy Sanchez, who really showed he was on form.
Prologue results:
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 10'12 | | 2 | Christian Knees | Team Milram | + 4 | | 3 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 5 | | 4 | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | + 8 | | 5 | Janez Brajkovič | Team RadioShack | + 9 | | 6 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | + 10 | | 7 | Koos Moerenhout | Rabobank | + 12 | | 8 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 13 | | 9 | Richie Porte | Team Saxo Bank | + 15 | | 10 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 11 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 12 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 19 | Kim Kirchen | Team Katusha | + 19 | | 34 | Stijn Devolder | Quick·Step | + 26 | | 35 | Jesús Hernández | Astana | s.t. | | 38 | Carlos Sastre | Cervélo Test Team | + 27 | | 43 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Transitions | + 28 | | 49 | Baden Cooke | Team Saxo Bank | + 30 | | 59 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 32 | | 63 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 69 | André Steensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 33 | | 70 | Jarosław Marycz | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 95 | Frank Høj | Team Saxo Bank | + 37 | | 118 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | + 41 | | 176 | René Mandri | AG2R La Mondiale | + 58 |
Stage Two and Three were breakaways, Euskatel sensibly perhaps not chasing these ones down. Finetto of Liquigas took stage two:
...and Bram Tankirk of Rabobank took stage three.
On the long TT, it was Sammy Sanchez who really started moving into 'this guy can win the tour terrotory.
Much to the frustration of baldy Brailsfords crew at Sky who would have thought Wiggins should be winning this kind of stage.
The long Time Trial result:
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1h09'46 | | 2 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 4 | | 3 | Janez Brajkovič | Team RadioShack | + 19 | | 4 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | + 44 | | 5 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 52 | | 6 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 1'04 | | 7 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Française des Jeux | + 1'14 | | 8 | Richie Porte | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'22 | | 17 | Kim Kirchen | Team Katusha | + 1'57 | | 21 | Stijn Devolder | Quick·Step | + 2'12 | | 44 | Carlos Sastre | Cervélo Test Team | + 3'23 | | 52 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Transitions | + 3'36 | | 66 | Baden Cooke | Team Saxo Bank | + 4'03 | | 85 | André Steensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 4'48 | | 90 | Frank Høj | Team Saxo Bank | + 4'59 | | 91 | Jarosław Marycz | Team Saxo Bank | + 5'01 | | 92 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 94 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo Bank | + 5'03 | | 130 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | + 6'04 | | 176 | Óscar Pujol | Cervélo Test Team | + 8'23 |
GC after this one:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 10h29'21 | | 2 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 9 | | 3 | Janez Brajkovič | Team RadioShack | + 28 | | 4 | Grega Bole | Lampre - Farnese Vini | + 44 | | 5 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 1'07 | | 6 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank | + 1'11 | | 7 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 1'19 | | 8 | Mauro Finetto | Liquigas - Doimo | + 1'20 | | 9 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Française des Jeux | + 1'31 | | 10 | Christian Knees | Team Milram | + 1'32 | | 11 | Richie Porte | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'37 | | 12 | Koos Moerenhout | Rabobank | + 1'53 | | 13 | Rubén Plaza | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'55 | | 14 | Amaël Moinard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2'01 | | 15 | Tiago Machado | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 35 | Carlos Sastre | Cervélo Test Team | + 3'50 | | 57 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 5'33 | | 71 | Baden Cooke | Team Saxo Bank | + 7'37 | | 99 | André Steensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 12'09 | | 102 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | + 12'33 | | 107 | Jarosław Marycz | Team Saxo Bank | + 14'42 | | 114 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo Bank | + 16'19 | | 156 | Frank Høj | Team Saxo Bank | + 34'12 | | 176 | Joao Correia | Cervélo Test Team | + 56'21 |
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Posted on 15-01-2011 15:59
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Good to have this story back.
Great riding with Breschel to win the maglia rosso without a stage win. Very hard to do.
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Potty Training - Part three Into the mountains at the Dauphine
So we got to the three difficult climbing days and we are having a fairly tight battle with 30 seconds seperating Sanchez, Wiggins and Brajkovic. Our man the young 'un Porte is a respectable at 1.37 behind, expect that to increase but hopefully his placing will improve.
Stage Five
Stage five takes us up to Risual and it is a horrible day weather wise:
On the early part of the last climb it was Euskatel who set the early pace, before Bradley Wiggins took over the pace about midway through. Interesting tactic this from the Briton not attacking just setting high tempo.
However his big rival here at the Dauphine Sammy Sanchez simply dances away with 5km to go, leaving everyone scrambling behind.
This proved the decisive moment of the stage as Sanchez managed to get a minute on Wiggins and 90 seconds on Brajkovic.
Richie Porte really struggled today to hold on and to be honest his support from our squad was not great, he ended up in the 4th group over two minutes back.
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 5h34'55 | | 2 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 56 | | 3 | Tiago Machado | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 4 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 5 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 6 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | + 1'23 | | 8 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 9 | Janez Brajkovič | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 10 | Charles Wegelius | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 1'37 | | 11 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 12 | Christian Knees | Team Milram | s.t. | | 13 | Richie Porte | Team Saxo Bank | + 2'17 | | 14 | Amaël Moinard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 15 | Jesús Hernández | Astana | s.t. | | 16 | Sérgio Paulinho | Team RadioShack | + 2'29 | | 17 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank | s.t. | | 18 | Rigoberto Urán | Caisse d'Epargne | + 2'45 | | 19 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 20 | Juan Mauricio Soler | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 21 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 22 | Daniel Navarro | Astana | s.t. | | 23 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 24 | Rubén Plaza | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 25 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 26 | Markus Fothen | Team Milram | s.t. | | 29 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | + 3'33 | | 36 | Carlos Sastre | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 54 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Transitions | + 6'33 | | 55 | Stijn Devolder | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 58 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 72 | André Steensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 8'29 | | 73 | Vladimir Karpets | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 118 | Baden Cooke | Team Saxo Bank | + 12'41 | | 120 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 125 | Frank Høj | Team Saxo Bank | + 17'09 | | 127 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 129 | Jarosław Marycz | Team Saxo Bank | + 17'17 | | 176 | Joao Correia | Cervélo Test Team | + 34'29 |
Looking good for Sammy Sanchez here:
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 16h04'16 | | 2 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 1'05 | | 3 | Janez Brajkovič | Team RadioShack | + 1'51 | | 4 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 2'42 | | 5 | Tiago Machado | Team RadioShack | + 2'57 | | 6 | Christian Knees | Team Milram | + 3'09 | | 7 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3'22 | | 8 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | + 3'23 | | 9 | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | + 3'25 | | 10 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank | + 3'40 | | 11 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 3'52 | | 12 | Richie Porte | Team Saxo Bank | + 3'54 | | 13 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Quick·Step | + 4'16 | | 14 | Amaël Moinard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4'18 | | 15 | Rubén Plaza | Caisse d'Epargne | + 4'40 | | 31 | Carlos Sastre | Cervélo Test Team | + 7'23 | | 33 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | + 7'36 | | 52 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 12'06 | | 73 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Transitions | + 16'25 | | 90 | Baden Cooke | Team Saxo Bank | + 20'18 | | 92 | André Steensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 20'38 | | 101 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | + 25'14 | | 117 | Jarosław Marycz | Team Saxo Bank | + 31'59 | | 122 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo Bank | + 33'28 | | 157 | Frank Høj | Team Saxo Bank | + 51'21 | | 176 | Joao Correia | Cervélo Test Team | + 1h30'50 |
Stage six
Dreading the Alpe D'Heuz climb we talked with young Porte at the beginning of todays stage and decided it was best to go for broke with an attack on the last climb.
Though he and his companions could not get across to the lead two, the move beared fruit as they would finish comfortable ahead of the yellow jersey group. JJ Cobo took the stage win, outsprinting Navarro.
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | 3h56'11 | | 2 | Daniel Navarro | Astana | s.t. | | 3 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank | + 1'30 | | 4 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 5 | Richie Porte | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 6 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4'08 | | 7 | Chris Horner | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 8 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank | s.t. | | 9 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 10 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
This moved Richie up to 3rd on the GC and into the young riders jersey.
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 20h04'35 | | 2 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 1'05 | | 3 | Richie Porte | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'16 | | 4 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'22 | | 5 | Janez Brajkovič | Team RadioShack | + 1'51 | | 6 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 2'42 | | 7 | Tiago Machado | Team RadioShack | + 2'57 | | 8 | Christian Knees | Team Milram | + 3'09 | | 9 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3'22 | | 10 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | + 3'23 | | 13 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 3'52 | | 31 | Carlos Sastre | Cervélo Test Team | + 7'23 | | 33 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | + 7'36 | | 53 | Kim Kirchen | Team Katusha | + 15'56 | | 56 | Stijn Devolder | Quick·Step | + 16'34 | | 78 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Transitions | + 23'24 | | 176 | Joao Correia | Cervélo Test Team | + 1h45'33 |
Stage seven
Lots of riders seemed nervous today and we had a contender for the tamest ever climb of the Alpe D'Heuz. Sanchez feels he has no need to attack and no doubt Brailsford Sky lot and the Radioshack boys have no ambitions.
With 4 kilomtres to go there was nothing happening, bored no doubt Sammy Sanchez decided to go for a win with 2.5km to go.
That is pretty much game over for everyone else, but Wiggins puts on some power to pull the gap back. Richie Porte unfortunely could not quite follow the pace, but holds onto the best young riders position. It is Sammy Sanchez who takes his second stage win.
Certainly Sanchez is a name to follow at the Tour, however we hope this is the classic too good too soon situation (though no doubt one could level the same at Andy Schleck).
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4h43'26 | | 2 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Tiago Machado | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 4 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 5 | Janez Brajkovič | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 6 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 7 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 8 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 9 | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 10 | Juan Mauricio Soler | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 11 | Charles Wegelius | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 12 | Rigoberto Urán | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 13 | Amaël Moinard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 14 | Christian Knees | Team Milram | s.t. | | 15 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 16 | Jesús Hernández | Astana | + 1'06 | | 17 | Daniel Navarro | Astana | s.t. | | 18 | Richie Porte | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'14 | | 19 | Kim Kirchen | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 20 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 23 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | + 1'30 | | 26 | Carlos Sastre | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 48 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Transitions | + 4'38 | | 49 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 4'46 | | 71 | Stijn Devolder | Quick·Step | + 10'54 | | 81 | André Steensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 12'06 | | 154 | Leigh Howard | Team HTC - Columbia | + 49'26 |
Porte remains ahead of Machado, the tour of California winner who perhaps has been a victim of confused Radioshack tactics, Tiago get yourself another team we say!
GC:
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 24h48'01 | | 2 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 1'05 | | 3 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 1'22 | | 4 | Janez Brajkovič | Team RadioShack | + 1'51 | | 5 | Richie Porte | Team Saxo Bank | + 2'30 | | 6 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 2'42 | | 7 | Tiago Machado | Team RadioShack | + 2'57 | | 8 | Christian Knees | Team Milram | + 3'09 | | 9 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | + 3'23 | | 10 | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | + 3'25 | | 11 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 3'52 | | 25 | Carlos Sastre | Cervélo Test Team | + 8'53 | | 26 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | + 9'06 | | 47 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 16'52 | | 61 | Stijn Devolder | Quick·Step | + 27'28 | | 63 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Transitions | + 28'02 | | 78 | André Steensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 37'03 | | 154 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Doimo | + 2h10'50 |
Stage eight
It was another tough day in the saddle, the one mission was to keep Porte in the top five. We have been sneaky breaking away on stage six but it has been an excellent gamble giving the youngster a decent result to justify our future GT star tag.
It was tough but not tough enough to split things, Sanchez did get away proving his strength. Some riders were already ahead and John Gadret took a consilation win for AG2R.
But behind Sanchez everyone finished together with Wiggins, who looks a top 10 Tour candidate.
Stage results:
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | 4h52'03 | | 2 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 42 | | 3 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 1'21 | | 4 | Janez Brajkovič | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 5 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 6 | Richie Porte | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 7 | Tiago Machado | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 8 | Charles Wegelius | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 9 | Christian Knees | Team Milram | s.t. | | 10 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 12 | Carlos Sastre | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 13 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 15 | Kim Kirchen | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 57 | Stijn Devolder | Quick·Step | + 5'56 | | 61 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 6'20 | | 69 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Transitions | + 8'12 | | 95 | André Steensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 11'24 | | 147 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo Bank | + 36'20 |
On the GC we can declare that Porte can now successfully lead a team in a small tour, perhaps next year he can lead the team in a few more races perhaps a Grand Tour. He will have his first grand tour later in the year in support of Frank Schleck. He gets one more race in charge the year in Austria.
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 29h40'40 | | 2 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 1'46 | | 3 | Juan José Cobo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 2'07 | | 4 | Janez Brajkovič | Team RadioShack | + 2'36 | | 5 | Richie Porte | Team Saxo Bank | + 3'15 | | 6 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 3'27 | | 7 | Tiago Machado | Team RadioShack | + 3'42 | | 8 | Christian Knees | Team Milram | + 3'54 | | 9 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | + 4'08 | | 10 | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | + 4'10 | | 11 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 4'37 | | 24 | Carlos Sastre | Cervélo Test Team | + 9'38 | | 30 | Tejay Van Garderen | Team HTC - Columbia | + 12'42 | | 45 | Kim Kirchen | Team Katusha | + 17'55 | | 49 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 22'36 | | 59 | Stijn Devolder | Quick·Step | + 32'46 | | 63 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Transitions | + 35'38 | | 79 | André Steensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 47'51 | | 114 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Team Saxo Bank | + 1h30'03 | | 124 | Baden Cooke | Team Saxo Bank | + 1h47'31 | | 134 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo Bank | + 1h56'41 | | 136 | Jarosław Marycz | Team Saxo Bank | + 1h59'20 | | 147 | Ermanno Capelli | Footon - Servetto | + 2h40'40 |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 15-01-2011 16:32
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Great effort by Porte considering his weakness on the mountains
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 15-01-2011 16:51
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Nice top-5 with Porte!
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Posted on 15-01-2011 18:10
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Feedback:
Roturn: Andy's full schedule for the season was Castille y Leon (3rd), Trentino (1st), Romandy (3rd), Giro (1st) then Suisse and Tour. It is waht 64 race days in all, the problem is that he will be beginning to struggle when the Tour hits the Pyrenees. Then again he has to really beat one rider Contador, perhaps I can do something on the cobbled stage to get an advantage.
Tuco: It was complicated to get Breschel to win the jersey considering he was struggling to podium in the sprints and couldn't beat Petacchi or Ginanni. But fortunately there were plenty of stages to steal points.
SN and Freitas: I am pretty happy, though Porte should have stayed in the lead group on the Alpe D'Heuz stage, then he would have made a podium I think which would have been awesome - espicially as it would have had him ahead of the Radioshacks .
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Posted on 15-01-2011 18:52
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Mid season board meeting
The Saxobank dignitories are meeting up to discuss how the riders are shaping up and plans for the next season. Yes folks, it is that transfer time of the year and the eagle eyed team boss is looking at a few talents. Our team boss the ridiculously uninspired name of Erik Vikling will take you through things in the only style he knows how monologue!
Training update
Gentlefolk before we look at some possible transfers we need to look at our own talents. The Schleck boys who are our main assets continue to look absolutely awesome, you witnessed Andy Schleck firsthand at the Giro... whats that you didn't watch it! Well get some videotapes right now and get viewing because he will be in Switzerland and at the Tour real soon.
Anyway our coach is telling us now he is simply the best climber in the world, yes even better than Contajerky. I am thinking that he could do something really special next year and clean up. I will let you know what I mean by that later.
Our coaches also tell us and I know you will like this that the two Danish climbers Fuglsang and Chris Anker Sorenson have improved their all round abilities.
I know some of you are eager to hear of our Australian investment Richie Porte - he does need to improve his climbing a little but he has improved slightly. I am hoping the Vuelta will help him.
The other rider I am excited about in our camp is Dominic Klemme who is really stepping up for the cobbled classics.
Why do we need him to step up? Well I am sorrys sirs and madams but some of core cobbled men Frank Hoj and Stuart O'Grady are getting a bit long in the tooth.
New transfers
Vikling policy 1: Out with the old
OUT: Jens Voigt, Stuart O'Grady, Frank Hoj and Nikki Sorenson
Vikling policy 2: Out with the bratty brothers
OUT: LS Haedo, JJ Haedo
Vikling policy 3: Out with the also rans
OUT: Klostergaard, Rasmussen and Didier
I am sorry peoples but JJ Haedo just is not Grand Tour sprinting material and I really don't see the merit in keeping him and his brother around. Klostergaard is a regret, but he struggled a bit in the cobbles this year and I do not see him developing any further. I don't think the Schlecks will notice if Didier is gone and Rasmussen is looking for Chairlifts everytime he sees a hill. Neither are Protour riders in my opinion!
I present you with the first of my new flock:
Vikling policy 4: Replace Voigt
IN: Vasili Kirylenka
Yes, Caisse D'Epargne are foolishly letting this talented Russian go. A great engine to have in the locker.
Vikling policy 5: Bring in some youth
IN: Rafael Valls, Jens Keukeliere, Jetse Bol
Young climber Rafael Valls is someone we are eager to sign up from that naff Protour Footon outfit, this is one of their few real assets.
Jens Keukeliere should fill the Haedo void, I think this rider could well become a pretty good old round rider, who can get results on sprints and in cobbles.
Yes we are stealing one from Rabobank, alls fair in cycling transfers guys this young powerhouse could really be a star Jetse Bol.
Transfer policy 6: Appease the sponsers with some Danes!
In: Nikki Ostergaard, S Kanne, Kim Von Essen, S Widmar, M Viljoen
Nikki Ostergaard is a gem of a punchaer style of rider a bit like JA Jorgenson. I am hoping that he will help out in that area. I have also found a couple of young sprinters from Denmark via our scouts and two other youngsters that will give our squad some refreshment.
My thanks for your time - let us enjoy the rest of the season!
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Posted on 15-01-2011 18:58
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Kiriyenka and Keukeleire are good transfers. Don`T know that much about the others.
Andy really improved a lot and is almost a real stage racer and not jsut a climber with 74TT.
Edit: Klemme is also a good rider with good stats in plain, hill, cobbles and sprint. A bit similar to Felline in my career, who is winning a lot in smaller races.
Edited by roturn on 15-01-2011 18:59
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 16-01-2011 00:24
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Nice transfers, I must say.
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