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| valverde321 |
Posted on 01-12-2010 23:54
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 Paris Nice Stage 2:
The stage will probably suit sprinters the best. Our sprinter is Drujon. He probably wont win but he could get a high place. Our main goal is to be in the break with one of our riders that has a shot at the GC and hope they can get back some time that was lost yesterday.
Kiryienka as planned was in the breakaway. Although it was destined to be brought back, Vasil was the last rider to be caught before the sprint-finish.
Drujon would have to work for himself as the remaining Caisse riders in the peloton were all designated co-leaders or GC Captain.
Bonnet won the stage but he was nearly passed in the final metres after McEwen made quite the run for the line.
Stage:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | William BONNET | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | 4h19'56 |  2 | Wouter WEYLANDT | QUICK STEP | s.t. |  3 | Robbie MCEWEN | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. |
| 4 | Kristof GODDAERT | AG2R - LA MONDIALE | s.t. | | 5 | Danilo HONDO | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | s.t. | | 6 | Manuel CARDOSO | FOOTON - SERVETTO | s.t. | | 7 | Matthieu LADAGNOUS | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. | | 8 | Francesco CHICCHI | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | s.t. | | 9 | Yauheni HUTAROVICH | FRANÇAISE DES JEUX | s.t. | | 10 | Maxime BOUET | AG2R - LA MONDIALE | s.t. | | 11 | Thomas Vedel KVIST | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 12 | Iban MAYOZ | FOOTON - SERVETTO | s.t. | | 13 | Mathieu DRUJON | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 14 | Dario CATALDO | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 15 | Steve CHAINEL | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. | | 16 | Alexandr KOLOBNEV | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. |
GC
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Robert HUNTER | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | 4h31'04 | | 2 | Jakob FUGLSANG | TEAM SAXO BANK | + 4 | | 3 | Tony MARTIN | TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA | s.t. | | 4 | John MURPHY | BMC RACING TEAM | s.t. | | 5 | Michael ROGERS | TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA | + 7 | | 6 | Martin ELMIGER | AG2R - LA MONDIALE | + 8 | | 7 | Gustav-Erik LARSSON | TEAM SAXO BANK | s.t. | | 8 | Andrey KASHECHKIN | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | + 9 | | 9 | Jürgen ROELANDTS | OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO | + 10 | | 10 | Simon SPILAK | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | s.t. | | 11 | Svein TUFT | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | | 12 | Alexandr PLIUSCHIN | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 13 | Sebastian LANGEVELD | RABOBANK | + 11 | | 14 | Jens VOIGT | TEAM SAXO BANK | s.t. | | 15 | Laszlo BODROGI | TEAM KATUSHA | + 12 |
Points:
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | General | | 1 | Robert HUNTER | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | 0 | 25 | | 2 | William BONNET | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | 25 | 25 | | 3 | Jakob FUGLSANG | TEAM SAXO BANK | 0 | 22 | | 4 | Wouter WEYLANDT | QUICK STEP | 22 | 22 | | 5 | John MURPHY | BMC RACING TEAM | 0 | 21 |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-12-2010 00:35
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I almost forgot!
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February Rankings:
ProTour
Spoiler
Individual:
1.) Jose Joaquin Rojas (Caisse) 174
2.) Graeme Brown (Rabobank) 86
3.) Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil) 74
4.) Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) 64
5.) Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse) 54
Team:
1.) Caisse d'Epargne 260
2.) Rabobank 86
3.) Vacansoleil 74
4.) Saxo Bank 64
5.) Euskatel-Euskadi 44
World:
1.) Spain 308
2.) Australia 108
3.) Slovenia 74
Continental:
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Individual:
1.) Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) 427
2.) Pierrick Fedrigo (Bbox) 395
3.) Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil) 173
4.) Jens Keukeleire (Cofidis) 126
5.) Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil) 126
Team:
1.) Bbox 807
2.) Cofidis 797
3.) Vacansoleil 640
4.) Cervelo 298
5.) ISD 288
World:
1.) France 1030
2.) Italy 618
3.) Belgium 581
SuperPrestige:
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Individual:
1.) Jose Rojas (Caisse) 630
2.) Fabio Felline (Footon) 600
3.) Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) 525
4.) Pierrick Fedrigo (Bbox) 509
5.) Aitor Perez Arrieta (Footon) 479
Team:
1.) Footon 2148
2.) Caisse d'Epargne 1106
3.) Cofidis 1101
4.) Saxo Bank 1095
5.) Katusha 1085
Victories:
Spoiler
Individual:
1.) Peirrick Fedrigo 7
2.) Mark Cavendish 7
3.) Jose Joaquin Rojas 6
Team:
1.) Footon 16
2.) Team HTC 10
2.) Bbox 10
World:
1.) Spain 24
2.) France 20
3.) Italy 18
Caisse Awards:
We again see Rojas as the teams best rider in February. With a few podium finishes in the Tour of Med and a top 10 in 2 more stages he has been the most consistent rider.
Full Blog Awards:
Best Rider: Tyler Farrar after he won 3 stages and took the overall at the Tour of Oman this month. I wonder if those Transitions glasses helped?
Best U25 Rider: Jaco Venter of MTN-Energade won this award after he won the queen stage and took the overall in the Vuelta a Cuba this month. He also helped his team get in a pretty good spot in the SuperPrestige rankings.
Injuries:
Caisse: None
Other Significant riders:
Charlie Vives (Spidertech)/Torn tendon/Returns mid May
Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha)/broken hand/Returns mid May
Greg Henderson (Sky)/broken collarbone/mid April
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 02-12-2010 06:44
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Bonnet winning the second stage of the P-N just like IRL. Cool. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 03-12-2010 03:18
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Bonnet winning the second stage of the P-N just like IRL. Cool.
Hadn't recalled that, but is a nice fact.
Also no updates until tommorow because I am quick to get angry today after a very bad math test which I for sure flunked. Everything just went blank and I couldn't remember any of it. So hopefully I'm doing better tommorow.
Edit: And of course the next stage is seriously the most fun you'll ever have reading about a flat stage. So much happened.
Edit2: Thanks Tuco. 
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| Tuco the Ugly |
Posted on 03-12-2010 03:19
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65 is a good starting point for a sprinter prospect in my opinion, but 53 flat is a bit worrying.
Either way, great start and keep it up. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 04-12-2010 19:53
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Paris Nice Stage 3:
So the stage is mostly flat but it does have a few hills positioned at key points in the race. Again our goal is to get in the break as we have no sprinter here with us.
The BOTD. Soler attacked nearly 40km into the stage and created a group after the peloton chased all the previous moves.
Now fast forward to 4km left, and the break caught now, we have Gutierrez leading out Kiryienka, as Kiryienka does have a bit of a track background.
But disaster strikes as Gutierrez falls.
Bringing down with him is about 40 other riders, most are GC favourites, like Evans, Anton, Martin, Vino, and Cunego.
Now back to the sprint. Hutarovich comes around the final corner.
But the Aussie, Robbie McEwen comes from way behind to take the victory. And by a large margin.
Now as the group with all the crash victims cross the line there is a clear gap to the back of the peloton and 1:46 seconds had elapsed since McEwen won the stage and almost 13 since Meier the last placed rider in the peloton had crossed the line. *Important*
3 Riders were unable to finish the stage. Bjorn Schroder (Milram), Stijn Vandenbergh (Katusha) and Joost Posthuma (Rabobank)
Stage:
GC:
Remains the same after the race official decided to eliminate the time gaps even though the crashes occured outside of 3km. LL Sanchez would have only been 45 seconds down on all of his GC rivals, but instead it remains +2 minutes. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 05-12-2010 00:03
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 Tirreno-Adriatico
This years race looks like the perfect place to prepare for Milan-San Remo. Atleast for the sprinters, but most italian stage racers prefer T-A over Paris Nice and so they have headed here to face off against the best in a race which is lacking of mountain top finishes and just plain mountains in general. We brought Rojas the current PT leader to prep for MSR and we think with the field here it will be advantageous. Uran our young climber is looking for a big challenge so he is also participating. We think a top 10 is possible with him in the GC.
The contenders for the overall GC will show themselves within the first 3 days but before it even starts we have a pretty good idea of whom they will be. Denis Menchov is by the best rider here and has the best chance, with his TT abilities and good climbing legs. Hesjedal will be able to contend for the top 10 and maybe a stage win, but we don't think Top 3 is possible for him. Nibali, Ricco, Scarponi and Van den Broeck are the heavy hitters as it goes for the climbers and all should be hard to beat, if they are in form.
The sprinters contingent is still fairly strong with riders like Freire, Farrar, Bennati, Hagen, Ciolek, Cavendish, Boonen, Pozzato, A.Davis and Petacchi, but Rojas with his ability to get over small climbs gives him a huge advantage as none of the stages are completly flat. This should be a very exciting race.
Startlist
Spoiler RABOBANK
1. D.Menchov
2. M.Ardila
3. L.Boom
4. G.Brown
5. O.Freire
6. P.Martens
7. N.Nuyens
8. P.Weening
GARMIN
11. R.Hesjedal
12. J.Dean
13. T.Farrar
14. M.Maaskant
15. C.Meyer
16. D.Millar
17. J.Van Summeren
18. C.Vandevelde
LIQUIGAS DOIMO
21. V.Nibali
22. D.Bennati
23. T.Dall'antonia
24. K.Koren
25. D.Oss
26. M.Quinziato
27. F.Sabatini
28. P.Sagan
OMEGA PHARMA
31. J.Van Den Broeck
32. J.Bakelants
33. G.D'hollander
34. F.De Greef
35. K.De Haes
36. P.Gilbert
37. M.Lloyd
38. T.Stubbe
SERRAMENTI PVC
41. M.Scarponi
42. L.Bertagnolli
43. A.Bertolini
44. F.Ginanni
45. A.Loddo
46. D.Margutti
47. J.Rodriguez
48. L.Solari
SAXO BANK
51. F.Schleck
52. J.Bellis
53. M.Breschel
54. F.Cancellara
55. J.Haedo
56. F.Höj
57. J.Jörgensen
58. M.Morkov
SKY CYCLING TEAM
61. B.Wiggins
62. K.Arvesen
63. E.Boasson Hagen
64. J.Flecha
65. S.Gerrans
66. M.Hayman
67. L.Nordhaug
68. M.Possoni
CERAMICA
71. R.Ricco
72. S.Anza
73. P.Bailetti
74. R.Belohvosciks
75. L.Celli
76. L.Giordani
77. A.Maserati
78. E.Rossi
CAISSE D'EPARGNE
81. R.Uran
82. M.Bruseghin
83. A.Coyot
84. P.Lastras
85. A.Losada
86. A.Madrazo
87. L.Pasamontes
88. J.Rojas
MILRAM
91. L.Gerdemann
92. G.Ciolek
93. T.Fothen
94. R.Förster
95. S.Knaven
96. C.Knees
97. D.Roels
98. N.Terpstra
HTC COLUMBIA
101. M.Pinotti
102. M.Albasini
103. M.Cavendish
104. B.Eisel
105. M.Goss
106. A.Greipel
107. M.Renshaw
108. H.Roulston
QUICK STEP
111. Syl.Chavanel
112. T.Boonen
113. S.Devolder
114. K.Hulsmans
115. F.Reda
116. M.Tosatto
117. M.Velo
118. M.Wynants
RADIO SHACK
121. Y.Popovych
122. B.Hermans
123. M.Irizar
124. L.Leipheimer
125. T.Machado
126. S.Rosseler
127. B.Selander
128. T.Vaitkus
EUSKALTEL
131. E.Martinez
132. J.Castroviejo
133. K.Fernandez
134. A.Galdos
135. A.Hernandez
136. I.Isasi
137. D.Sesma
138. I.Velasco
AG2R LA MONDIALE
141. R.Nocentini
142. J.Arrieta Lujambio
143. D.Champion
144. A.Efimkin
145. S.Hinault
146. D.Le Lay
147. L.Mondory
148. T.Valjavec
BBOX BOUYGUES
151. Y.Trofimov
152. G.Bernaudeau
153. F.Bouyer
154. A.Charteau
155. P.Fedrigo
156. C.Gautier
157. Y.Gene
158. V.Jerome
COLNAGO CSF
161. D.Pozzovivo
162. A.Bisolti
163. G.Brambilla
164. F.Canuti
165. M.Frapporti
166. M.Gavazzi
167. S.Modolo
168. S.Pirazzi
KATUSHA
171. F.Pozzato
172. M.Bandiera
173. A.Botcharov
174. G.Caruso
175. S.Ivanov
176. L.Mazzanti
177. D.Napolitano
178. E.Vorganov
ASTANA
181. O.Pereiro
182. A.Davis
183. V.Dmitriyev
184. M.Gourov
185. J.Hernandez
186. S.Renev
187. M.Selvaggi
188. A.Zeits
LAMPRE FARNESE
191. G.Bole
192. A.Furlan
193. F.Gavazzi
194. M.Lorenzetto
195. A.Malori
196. M.Mori
197. A.Petacchi
198. S.Ponzi
ACQUA SAPONE
201. V.Miholjevic
202. D.Andriotto
203. P.Ciavatta
204. A.Donati
205. F.Failli
206. F.Masciarelli
207. G.Palumbo
208. L.Pierfelici
FOOTON SERVETTO
211. E.Capecchi
212. M.Brandle
213. E.Capelli
214. G.Cheula
215. A.Duran
216. F.Felline
217. M.Merlo
218. J.Walker
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| janne_837 |
Posted on 05-12-2010 14:36
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Good luck! |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 05-12-2010 18:45
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Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 1
*I cant get the little flags to work atm so that is why I haven't used them this time. I keep getting 504 gateway timeout.
Its the first stage of Tirreno Adriatico and many of the italian teams will want to do well, not only today but the whole stage race. Most of the stage isn't flat but it should come down to a sprint considering its the 1st stage and none of the climbs are steep enough for only the GC favourites to get ahead on. Also the climbs are a little far from the finish.
The breakaway. It was only Bruseghin and Pirazzi, and Bruseghin claimed the most KOM points on the day and will wear the jersey tommorow. The break had no chance as Pirazzi basically gave up with 40km left.
The riders come on to the final straightaway. Freire's in front. Rojas in about 4th position.
Now further along, Rojas still in 4th position and the 3 big sprinters up front. Rojas doesn't look bad though.
But Boonen takes the win. It was a fun sprint to watch.
Rojas falls behind in the last 200m and finishes 11th.
*(He did that weird sprint bug where you almost completly stop)
Stage:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Tom BOONEN | QUICK STEP | 3h14'25 | | 2 | Oscar FREIRE | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 3 | Daniele BENNATI | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | s.t. | | 4 | Gerald CIOLEK | TEAM MILRAM | s.t. | | 5 | Peter SAGAN | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | s.t. | | 6 | Tyler FARRAR | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | | 7 | Alessandro PETACCHI | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | s.t. | | 8 | Mark CAVENDISH | TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA | s.t. | | 9 | Francesco GAVAZZI | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | s.t. | | 10 | Koldo FERNANDEZ | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | s.t. | | 11 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 12 | Sylvain CHAVANEL | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 13 | Maarten WYNANTS | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 14 | David MILLAR | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | | 15 | Lars BOOM | RABOBANK | s.t. |
GC:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Tom BOONEN | QUICK STEP | 3h14'15 | | 2 | Oscar FREIRE | RABOBANK | + 4 | | 3 | Daniele BENNATI | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | + 6 | | 4 | Mirco LORENZETTO | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | + 8 | | 5 | Kurt-Asle ARVESEN | SKY PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM | + 9 | | 6 | Gerald CIOLEK | TEAM MILRAM | + 10 | | 7 | Peter SAGAN | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | s.t. | | 8 | Tyler FARRAR | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | | 9 | Alessandro PETACCHI | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | s.t. | | 10 | Mark CAVENDISH | TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA | s.t. | | 11 | Francesco GAVAZZI | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | s.t. | | 12 | Koldo FERNANDEZ | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | s.t. | | 13 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 14 | Sylvain CHAVANEL | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 15 | Maarten WYNANTS | QUICK STEP | s.t. |
Points:
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | General | | 1 | Tom BOONEN | QUICK STEP | 12 | 12 | | 2 | Oscar FREIRE | RABOBANK | 10 | 10 | | 3 | Daniele BENNATI | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | 8 | 8 | | 4 | Gerald CIOLEK | TEAM MILRAM | 7 | 7 | | 5 | Peter SAGAN | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | 6 | 6 |
KOM:
| Rank | Name | Team | Mountain | General | | 1 | Marzio BRUSEGHIN | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 10 | 10 | | 2 | Stefano PIRAZZI | COLNAGO - CSF INOX | 6 | 6 | | 3 | Paul MARTENS | RABOBANK | 5 | 5 | | 4 | Lars BOOM | RABOBANK | 3 | 3 | | 5 | Michele SCARPONI | SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI | 1 | 1 |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 05-12-2010 21:05
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Bad luck, that the sprint-bug hits Rojas! Good luck for the upcoming stages.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 06-12-2010 18:20
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tsmoha wrote:
Bad luck, that the sprint-bug hits Rojas! Good luck for the upcoming stages.
Yeah I thought it was gonna be a good result and then all of a sudden he comes to a crawling speed. And thanks, PN stage 4 has been raced and it was exciting and surprising. |
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Posted on 06-12-2010 18:26
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that´s bad luck really....maybe next one we will do that speed bug..
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 07-12-2010 03:17
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Paris Nice Stage 4
This stage has our first real hills, which are perfectly placed for a late attack & win. We're not sure who our leader is at this point as our 3 best are way out of shape. This should get interesting.
With the non-important breakaway captured the gameplan changed a little throughout the main group as most expected the BOTD to stay away with a lead of 11 minutes with only 80km left until Astana chased it to shreds.
Final climb and Spilak makes his move. Smart move by Lampre as he's not exactly a GC favourite so they planned for him to be let free.
It seemed to be right with the plan for Lampre but they decided to have Cunego attack (or maybe it was against team orders?) who caught up to Spilak and joined him on the downhill. Kiryienka was our strongest rider today as LL Sanchez wa really having trouble.
With 2km left the two Lampre riders still remained in front. The hilly sprinters started to sprint and were gaining fast though.
Spilak wins though. Cunego 2nd. Lampre should be happy with this tactic.
Stage:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time |  1 | Simon SPILAK | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | 5h15'41 | | 2 | Damiano CUNEGO | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | s.t. |  3 | Maxim IGLINSKIY | ASTANA | s.t. |
| 4 | Christopher HORNER | TEAM RADIO SHACK | s.t. | | 5 | Carlos BARREDO | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 6 | Laurent LEFEVRE | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. | | 7 | Greg VAN AVERMAET | OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO | s.t. | | 8 | Alexandre VINOKOUROV | ASTANA | s.t. | | 9 | Bram TANKINK | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 10 | Jens VOIGT | TEAM SAXO BANK | s.t. | | 11 | Joaquin RODRIGUEZ | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 12 | Daniel MORENO | OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO | s.t. | | 13 | Koos MOERENHOUT | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 14 | Michael ROGERS | TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA | s.t. | | 15 | Samuel SANCHEZ | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | s.t. | | 16 | Vasil KIRYIENKA | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. |
GC:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Robert HUNTER | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | 14h37'27 | | 2 | Jakob FUGLSANG | TEAM SAXO BANK | + 4 | | 3 | Simon SPILAK | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | s.t. | | 4 | Michael ROGERS | TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA | + 7 | | 5 | Martin ELMIGER | AG2R - LA MONDIALE | + 8 | | 6 | Andrey KASHECHKIN | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | + 9 | | 7 | Jens VOIGT | TEAM SAXO BANK | + 11 | | 8 | Maarten TJALLINGII | RABOBANK | + 12 | | 9 | Heinrich HAUSSLER | CERVELO TEST TEAM | + 13 | | 10 | Christophe RIBLON | AG2R - LA MONDIALE | s.t. | | 11 | Paul VOSS | TEAM MILRAM | + 14 | | 12 | Enrico GASPAROTTO | ASTANA | s.t. | | 13 | Maxime MONFORT | TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA | s.t. | | 14 | Christopher HORNER | TEAM RADIO SHACK | + 15 | | 15 | Damiano CUNEGO | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | s.t. |
Points:
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | General | | 1 | Robbie MCEWEN | TEAM KATUSHA | 0 | 45 | | 2 | William BONNET | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | 0 | 43 | | 3 | Wouter WEYLANDT | QUICK STEP | 0 | 42 | | 4 | Manuel CARDOSO | FOOTON - SERVETTO | 0 | 37 | | 5 | Simon SPILAK | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | 25 | 36 |
KOM:
| Rank | Name | Team | Mountain | General | | 1 | Julien LOUBET | AG2R - LA MONDIALE | 17 | 17 | | 2 | Maarten TJALLINGII | RABOBANK | 12 | 12 | | 3 | Christophe KERN | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | 7 | 9 | | 4 | Steve CHAINEL | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | 8 | 8 | | 5 | Simon SPILAK | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | 7 | 7 |
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| baia |
Posted on 07-12-2010 11:12
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Sneaky tactic from Lampre..
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Posted on 08-12-2010 02:37
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Tirreno Adriatico Stage 2:
The stage has all the qualities of a successful break or late attack staying away, but with really our only overall shot is if it comes to a sprint.
A breakaway got away easily after several failed attempts from Bruseghin, as he was too dangerous.
But then Bruseghin attacked at the foot of the largest climb of the day in hopes that he could catch the BOTD and add more points to his KOM lead.
But Brusghin never makes it to them and Gerrans and Martens fly away from everyone else for the middle portion of the race.
Gerrans is all alone now thanks to a great move by him to seperate himself from the Rabo rider. 15km left and still a decent gap.
3km left and Gerrans lead is no longer cozy.
He is wiped up in the sprint with Sagan going by quickly.
Sagan wins, He turned on the gets in the last 200m and passed Farrar.
Stage:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time |  1 | Peter SAGAN | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | 4h19'10 |  2 | Tyler FARRAR | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | | 3 | Daniele BENNATI | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | s.t. |
| 4 | Eduard VORGANOV | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 5 | Gerald CIOLEK | TEAM MILRAM | s.t. | | 6 | Alessandro PETACCHI | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | s.t. | | 7 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 8 | Francesco GAVAZZI | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | s.t. | | 9 | Koldo FERNANDEZ | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | s.t. | | 10 | Mark CAVENDISH | TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA | s.t. | | 11 | Tom BOONEN | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 12 | Oscar FREIRE | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 13 | Pierrick FEDRIGO | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | s.t. | | 14 | David MILLAR | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | | 15 | Simon GERRANS | SKY PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM | s.t. |
GC:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Peter SAGAN | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | 7h33'25 | | 2 | Tom BOONEN | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 3 | Daniele BENNATI | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | + 2 | | 4 | Simon GERRANS | SKY PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM | + 3 | | 5 | Tyler FARRAR | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | + 4 | | 6 | Oscar FREIRE | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 7 | Paul MARTENS | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 8 | Gerald CIOLEK | TEAM MILRAM | + 10 | | 9 | Alessandro PETACCHI | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | s.t. | | 10 | Francesco GAVAZZI | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | s.t. | | 11 | Mark CAVENDISH | TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA | s.t. | | 12 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 13 | Koldo FERNANDEZ | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | s.t. | | 14 | David MILLAR | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | | 15 | Sylvain CHAVANEL | QUICK STEP | s.t. |
Points:
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | General | | 1 | Peter SAGAN | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | 12 | 18 | | 2 | Daniele BENNATI | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | 8 | 16 | | 3 | Tyler FARRAR | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | 10 | 15 | | 4 | Gerald CIOLEK | TEAM MILRAM | 6 | 13 | | 5 | Tom BOONEN | QUICK STEP | 0 | 12 |
KOM:
| Rank | Name | Team | Mountain | General | | 1 | Marzio BRUSEGHIN | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 0 | 10 | | 2 | Paul MARTENS | RABOBANK | 3 | 8 | | 3 | Simon GERRANS | SKY PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM | 6 | 6 | | 4 | Stefano PIRAZZI | COLNAGO - CSF INOX | 0 | 6 | | 5 | Santo ANZA | CERAMICA FLAMINIA - BOSSINI DOCCE | 5 | 5 |
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| baia |
Posted on 08-12-2010 10:30
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If you are missing victories,you can always return to hard dificulty.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-12-2010 13:34
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baia wrote:
If you are missing victories,you can always return to hard dificulty.
It might take like 20 races to get good at extreme but the wins will come eventually. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 09-12-2010 01:58
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Paris Nice Stage 5
This is really the penultimate stage in my mind. Its the only real Mountain top finish but its barely that. But with a small climb in front of it too the total climbing the last 15km is still a fair amount.
Now if I told you this was most boring stage ever and nothing at all happened until the last 1km you wouldn't believe me would you? But thats exactly what happened, the BOTD stayed away until the 2nd last hill and then the peloton started to break apart going the final ascent. No riders attacked and they just sprinted for the line.
But Purito wins on Mende. This climb should be renamed.
Stage:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time |  1 | Joaquin RODRIGUEZ | TEAM KATUSHA | 4h28'03 | | 2 | Christopher HORNER | TEAM RADIO SHACK | s.t. | | 3 | Daniel MORENO | OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO | s.t. |
| 4 | Samuel SANCHEZ | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 21 | | 5 | Igor ANTON | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | s.t. | | 6 | Damiano CUNEGO | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | s.t. | | 7 | Michael ROGERS | TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA | s.t. | | 8 | Alexandre VINOKOUROV | ASTANA | s.t. | | 9 | Cadel EVANS | BMC RACING TEAM | s.t. | | 10 | Maxime MONFORT | TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA | s.t. | | 11 | Simon SPILAK | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | s.t. | | 12 | Jérôme PINEAU | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 13 | Xavier TONDO | CERVELO TEST TEAM | s.t. | | 14 | Enrico GASPAROTTO | ASTANA | s.t. | | 15 | Dries DEVENYNS | QUICK STEP | s.t. |
GC:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Christopher HORNER | TEAM RADIO SHACK | 19h05'41 | | 2 | Daniel MORENO | OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO | + 11 | | 3 | Joaquin RODRIGUEZ | TEAM KATUSHA | + 12 | | 4 | Simon SPILAK | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | + 14 | | 5 | Michael ROGERS | TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA | + 17 | | 6 | Martin ELMIGER | AG2R - LA MONDIALE | + 18 | | 7 | Andrey KASHECHKIN | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | + 19 | | 8 | Enrico GASPAROTTO | ASTANA | + 24 | | 9 | Maxime MONFORT | TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA | s.t. | | 10 | Damiano CUNEGO | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | + 25 | | 11 | Alexandre VINOKOUROV | ASTANA | s.t. | | 12 | Rein TAARAMAE | COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE | + 27 | | 13 | Carlos BARREDO | QUICK STEP | + 28 | | 14 | Jérôme PINEAU | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 15 | Samuel SANCHEZ | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 30 |
Points:
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | General | | 1 | Simon SPILAK | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | 10 | 46 | | 2 | Robbie MCEWEN | TEAM KATUSHA | 0 | 45 | | 3 | William BONNET | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | 0 | 43 | | 4 | Wouter WEYLANDT | QUICK STEP | 0 | 42 | | 5 | Christopher HORNER | TEAM RADIO SHACK | 22 | 40 |
KOM
| Rank | Name | Team | Mountain | General | | 1 | Dries DEVENYNS | QUICK STEP | 18 | 18 | | 2 | Julien LOUBET | AG2R - LA MONDIALE | 0 | 17 | | 3 | Ivan SANTAROMITA | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | 13 | 13 | | 4 | Maarten TJALLINGII | RABOBANK | 0 | 12 | | 5 | Pierre ROLLAND | BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM | 12 | 12 |
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Posted on 09-12-2010 03:17
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Paris Nice Stage 6
(Sorry game crashed before replay because I had too many other background programs open.)
The day began with a large amount of full on attacks but Bbox wanted to bring them all back, but finally 60km into the stage a group of 4 made it out, including Kiryienka. This group stayed away until they had just made it under the 10km to go banner. The sprint was on and some of the hilly sprinters still had juice in the tank.
Haussler ended up winning, and Gutierrez was our best placed rider in the top 30.
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Kiryienka managed to claim maximum KOM points today and now has 1 more point than the 2nd place rider. Great achievement for the team.
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Posted on 11-12-2010 17:25
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Tirreno Adriatico Stage 3
Yeah I got the gateway timeout with the flags again so sorry. The stage should come down to a sprint with the only hills being quite a distance from the finish.
(click on this one for some reason only half is shown)
And sure enough it did. Sprint time. Rojas is in great position.
But Friere wins it. Petacchi just in front of Rojas for 3rd. (I'm quite happy with the result on extreme.
Stage:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Oscar FREIRE | RABOBANK | 3h43'08 | | 2 | Gerald CIOLEK | TEAM MILRAM | s.t. | | 3 | Alessandro PETACCHI | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | s.t. | | 4 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. | | 5 | Tyler FARRAR | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | | 6 | Mark CAVENDISH | TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA | s.t. | | 7 | Tom BOONEN | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 8 | Koldo FERNANDEZ | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | s.t. | | 9 | Sacha MODOLO | COLNAGO - CSF INOX | s.t. | | 10 | Peter SAGAN | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | s.t. | | 11 | Sergueï IVANOV | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. | | 12 | Fabio FELLINE | FOOTON - SERVETTO | s.t. | | 13 | Daniele BENNATI | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | s.t. | | 14 | Francesco GINANNI | SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI | s.t. | | 15 | Giampaolo CARUSO | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. |
GC:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Oscar FREIRE | RABOBANK | 11h16'27 | | 2 | Peter SAGAN | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | + 6 | | 3 | Tom BOONEN | QUICK STEP | s.t. | | 4 | Daniele BENNATI | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | + 8 | | 5 | Simon GERRANS | SKY PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM | + 9 | | 6 | Gerald CIOLEK | TEAM MILRAM | + 10 | | 7 | Tyler FARRAR | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | | 8 | Paul MARTENS | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 9 | Alessandro PETACCHI | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | + 12 | | 10 | José Joaquin ROJAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | + 16 | | 11 | Mark CAVENDISH | TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA | s.t. | | 12 | Koldo FERNANDEZ | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | s.t. | | 13 | Michael ALBASINI | TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA | s.t. | | 14 | Martijn MAASKANT | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | s.t. | | 15 | Pablo LASTRAS | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | s.t. |
Points:
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | General | | 1 | Gerald CIOLEK | TEAM MILRAM | 10 | 23 | | 2 | Oscar FREIRE | RABOBANK | 12 | 22 | | 3 | Tyler FARRAR | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | 6 | 21 | | 4 | Peter SAGAN | LIQUIGAS - DOIMO | 1 | 19 | | 5 | Alessandro PETACCHI | LAMPRE - FARNESE VINI | 8 | 17 |
KOM
| Rank | Name | Team | Mountain | General | | 1 | Sergueï IVANOV | TEAM KATUSHA | 10 | 10 | | 2 | Marzio BRUSEGHIN | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | 0 | 10 | | 3 | Paul MARTENS | RABOBANK | 0 | 8 | | 4 | Simon GERRANS | SKY PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM | 0 | 6 | | 5 | Kurt-Asle ARVESEN | SKY PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM | 6 | 6 |
Edited by valverde321 on 11-12-2010 17:40
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