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| jt1109 |
Posted on 15-08-2011 12:42
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quick question will you change the sponsors after this season as HTC are going bust? |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 15-08-2011 12:49
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jt1109 wrote:
quick question will you change the sponsors after this season as HTC are going bust?
That´s a good question! I asked the same myself,too but I saw that the sponsors contracts still last until the end of 2012. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 15-08-2011 19:01
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First stage is a nice prologue over 2 kilometres which is a very short one. Mark Cavendish is an excellent rider for a track like this today but remember, his shape isn´t that good at the moment.
The favourites:
+++ Sagan, Tuft, Cavendish
++ Ignatiev, Costa, Intxausti
+ Kittel, Pate, Peraud
Konovalovas was one of the first riders on the road today. He´s famous for some nice performances in ITT´s but is he strong enough to set a good time in this short prologue today? He is, he got the new best time with 3´10.
Unfortunately for him, the time didn´t last for a long time. When his team mate Intxausti crossed the line he was the new leader. All in all he was 1 second faster in the end. Also Grivko and Ignatiev got the same time.
Peter Sagan is maybe the big overall favourites. His shape must be good already. Only 1 second behind the Spaniard.
Another favourite for today´s stage win was Tuft, the Canadian Champion. He did a good job there but in the end he missed the best time by 2 seconds.
Marcel Kittel had a good start of his season so far and we were really excited about his performance today. His time was ok but nothing special. He finished as 28th with 6 seconds to the stage winner.
Last rider today was Mark Cavendish and we could see that he´s not in a good shape. He lost 7 seconds today but it´s still a great position for the next couple of days. Inxausti won the stage but all in all it was a very close stage. Many riders got the same time but let´s take a look at the results.
Stage results
| 1 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | 3'09 | | 2 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 3 | Andriy Grivko | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 4 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | + 1 | | 5 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 7 | Enrico Gasparotto | Pro Team Astana | + 2 | | 8 | Svein Tuft | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 9 | Kiel Reijnen | Team Type 1 | + 3 | | 10 | Mauro Finetto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 11 | Simon Geschke | Skil - Shimano | + 4 | | 12 | Yuriy Krivtsov | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 13 | Pavel Kochetkov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 14 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 15 | Leif Hoste | Katusha Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 16 | Tomas Vaitkus | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 17 | Evgeni Petrov | Pro Team Astana | + 5 | | 18 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 19 | Luca Ascani | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 20 | Robin Chaigneau | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 21 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 22 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 23 | Alan Marangoni | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 6 | | 24 | Roger Kluge | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 25 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 26 | Aldo Ino Ilesic | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 27 | Otavio Didier Bulgarelli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 28 | Marcel Kittel | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 29 | Carlos Oyarzun | Movistar Team | + 7 | | 30 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 31 | Peter Velits | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 32 | Romain Lemarchand | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 33 | Craig Lewis | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 34 | Vytautas Kaupas | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 35 | Francesco Failli | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 36 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 37 | Rafaâ Chtioui | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 38 | Allan Davis | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 39 | Miguel Rubiano | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 40 | Sébastien Joly | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 41 | Ángel Vicioso | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 42 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 43 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 44 | Martin Gilbert | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 45 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 46 | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 47 | Jonas Ljungblad | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 8 | | 48 | Ruggero Marzoli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 49 | Kevin Lacombe | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 50 | Thierry Hupond | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 51 | Adrian Hegyvari | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 52 | Anthony Delaplace | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 53 | Claudio Corioni | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 54 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 55 | Roberto De Patre | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 56 | Luca Barla | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 57 | Bernardo Riccio | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | + 9 | | 58 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 59 | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 60 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 61 | Sergueï Ivanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 62 | Roman Kireyev | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 63 | Olaf Kerkhof | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 64 | Davide Frattini | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 65 | José Vicente García Acosta | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 66 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 67 | Cyril Bessy | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 68 | Davide Cimolai | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 69 | Matthew Brammeier | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 70 | Rubens Bertogliati | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 71 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 72 | Sergey Firsanov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 73 | Matteo Rabottini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 74 | Michael Tronborg | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 10 | | 75 | Takashi Miyazawa | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 76 | Morten Knudsen | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 77 | Guillaume Boivin | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 78 | Cyrille Heymans | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 79 | Timothy Duggan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 80 | Alessandro De Marchi | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 81 | John Degenkolb | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 82 | Danilo Andrenacci | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 83 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 84 | Christian Poos | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 85 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 86 | Remmert Wielinga | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 87 | Maxime Vantomme | Katusha Team | + 11 | | 88 | Alexander Prishpetniy | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 89 | Danny Pate | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 90 | Oscar Gatto | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 91 | Fortunato Baliani | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 92 | Yukihiro Doi | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 93 | Joe Eldridge | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 94 | Zachary Bell | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 95 | Mark Batty | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 96 | Danilo Napolitano | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 97 | Fabio Taborre | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 98 | Ryan Roth | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 99 | Martin Velits | HTC - Highroad | + 12 | | 100 | Romain Matheou | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 101 | Simon Lambert-Lemay | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 102 | Jonathan Monsalve | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 103 | Henry Frusto | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 104 | Dimitry Ignatiev | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 105 | Arnaud Coyot | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 106 | Igor Frolov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 107 | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 108 | Francesco Ginanni | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 109 | Joel Zangerle | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 110 | Kenny Van Hummel | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 111 | Andrey Zeits | Pro Team Astana | + 13 | | 112 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 113 | Ryohei Komori | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 114 | Dmitry Mokrov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 115 | Jérémie Galland | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 116 | Alessandro Donati | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 117 | Paolo Ciavatta | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 118 | Thomas Damuseau | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 119 | Remco Broers | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 120 | John Martinez | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | s.t. | | 121 | José Serpa | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 122 | Scott Stewart | Team Type 1 | + 14 | | 123 | Sergey Rudaskov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 124 | Charles Wegelius | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 125 | Jean-Marc Marino | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 126 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 127 | William Dugan | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 128 | Julien Bérard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 129 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 130 | Mathieu Perget | AG2R La Mondiale | + 15 | | 131 | Antonio Santoro | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 132 | Bradley White | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 133 | Ludovic Turpin | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 134 | Luboš Pelánek | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 16 | | 135 | Andrea Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 136 | Caleb Fairly | HTC - Highroad | + 19 |
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| Tooom3k |
Posted on 15-08-2011 19:30
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Good luck in ToQ  |
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 15-08-2011 20:06
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Well done on your win with Rasmussen and some nice results with Goss, good luck for February 
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| baia |
Posted on 15-08-2011 21:36
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All open....good luck.
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 15-08-2011 21:44
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Cav can reach the yellow next stage! Only needs to watch out for Finetto/Sagan.  |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 15-08-2011 21:49
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Thank you guys for the great motivation Already played the following stages a few minutes ago. |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 15-08-2011 23:04
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Today´s stage in Mallorca is another flat one for the sprinters. Although there are some smaller climbs today, it should come to a bunch sprint in the end. Rasmussen showed a great shape yesterday, winning the stage and the overall lead.
The favourites:
+++ Rasmussen, Impey, Fernandez
++ Traksel, Galdos, Eisel
+ Boeckmans, Honig, Del Nero
A 12 man breakaway took the lead early today. The group was strong enough to get an advantage over 10 minutes. With 60 kilometres to go, it was HTC who made the pace but we had no help from other teams there.
With 25 kilometres to go, we finally got some help by the German team NetApp. They were also interested in another mass sprint for Impey today. Only 2 minutes for the breakaway up to here.
The sprint trains were already built but the break was still in front by 40 seconds when the last 4 kilometres were reached.
Eisel did a good job today for Rasmussen but it was too late. The group was too strong today and although the sprinters were faster the road was too close.
Rasmussen was by far the quickest of the pack but he wasn´t able to overtake in this small home stretch. Larralde took the stage out of the break and he also got the overall lead by Rasmussen. Pretty unlucky stage for us today.
Stage results
| 1 | Joseba Larralde | Orbea Continental | 4h07'56 | | 2 | Fabricio Ferrari | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 3 | Christopher Jennings | Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 4 | Benjamin Gourgue | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 5 | Daniel Foder | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 6 | Alex Rasmussen | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 7 | Juan Forero | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | s.t. | | 8 | Sérgio Sousa | Barbot - Efapel | s.t. | | 9 | Óscar Vicente Grau | Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 10 | Daniel Freitas | Barbot - Efapel | s.t. | | 11 | Joeri Stallaert | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 12 | Troels Ronning Vinther | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 13 | Antonio Cabello | Andalucía Caja Granada | s.t. | | 14 | Kris Boeckmans | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 15 | Aitor Galdos | Caja Rural | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Joseba Larralde | Orbea Continental | 6h44'34 | | 2 | Alex Rasmussen | HTC - Highroad | + 6 | | 3 | Bobbie Traksel | Landbouwkrediet | + 14 | | 4 | Fabricio Ferrari | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 5 | Beñat Urain | Orbea Continental | + 16 | | 6 | Aitor Galdos | Caja Rural | + 18 | | 7 | Daniel Foder | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | s.t. | | 8 | Daniel Freitas | Barbot - Efapel | s.t. | | 9 | Christopher Jennings | Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | s.t. | | 10 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | + 20 | | 11 | Hugo Salazar | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | + 22 | | 12 | Jarl Salomein | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 24 | | 13 | Laurens De Vreese | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 14 | Santiago Pérez | Barbot - Efapel | s.t. | | 15 | Óscar Vicente Grau | Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | + 26 |
Points
| 1 | Alex Rasmussen | HTC - Highroad | 35 | | 2 | Joseba Larralde | Orbea Continental | 31 | | 3 | Bobbie Traksel | Landbouwkrediet | 20 |
KoM
| 1 | Daniel Foder | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | 10 | | 2 | Fabricio Ferrari | Caja Rural | 6 | | 3 | Antonio Cabello | Andalucía Caja Granada | 5 |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 16-08-2011 11:10
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The second stage in Qatar is completely flat. Mark Cavendish is only 7 from the leading jersey and with a stage win or a second position he could take the overall lead.
The favourites:
+++ Cavendish, Kittel, Ventoso
++ Davis, Galimzyanov, Sagan
+ Pozzato, Gatto, Förster
The most famous name in today´s break was Van Hummel. Maybe the most important leadout man for Marcel Kittel was in the leading group which was a big surprise in my opinion. The had no chance against the pack today.
Because of an incredible wind in the end our team had no chance to build a sprint train until the last 3,5 kilometres. We already thought the stage was over for us while Astana and Sagan were far in front. The Velits´brothers were leading the pack after the made the pace but they were completely exhausted so no chance for them to win the stage. In the last second we were able to create our train with Pate, Brammeier, Degenkolb and Cavendish while Vaitkus, Davis and Sagan were already in the strong wind.
The last metres were in front of us and the Astana duo Vaitkus and Davis made a big mistake there! Davis left the slipstream of his leadout man too early and also Sagan was completely alone in the win while Cavendish was still behind Degenkolb. Pate and Brammeier made an amazing job to bring Cavendish in this great position.
Finally Cav made his move. No one has such an acceleration. No one could follow him in these moments. Ventoso on the right was the strong contender today but Sagan and Davis were just to early in the terrible win.
Cavendish takes the stage and the overall lead, followed by Ventoso and Peter Sagan. Great stage for us after a crazy final with a lot of wind there.
Stage results
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 3h33'51 | | 2 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 4 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 5 | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 6 | Allan Davis | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 7 | Tomas Vaitkus | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 8 | John Degenkolb | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 9 | Enrico Gasparotto | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 10 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 11 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 12 | Evgeni Petrov | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 13 | Matthew Brammeier | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 14 | Simon Lambert-Lemay | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 15 | Svein Tuft | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 3h36'47 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 6 | | 3 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 4 | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | + 12 | | 5 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 13 | | 6 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Andriy Grivko | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 8 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | + 14 | | 9 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Enrico Gasparotto | Pro Team Astana | + 15 | | 11 | Svein Tuft | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 12 | Mauro Finetto | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 16 | | 13 | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 14 | Kiel Reijnen | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 15 | Tomas Vaitkus | Pro Team Astana | + 17 |
Points
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | 26 | | 2 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | 25 | | 3 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 25 |
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| Tooom3k |
Posted on 16-08-2011 12:11
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Really unlucky stage for Rasmussen, but an easy win and yellow jersey for Cavendish |
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Posted on 16-08-2011 21:55
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Today is the first stage in Spain with some action. The last climb with 35 kilometres to go is not that easy. Our leader Van Garderen is going to improve his shape today but we should take a look at the Spanish teams like Movistar or Euskatel.
The favourites:
+++ Sanchez, Lastras, Nieve
++ De Waele, Arroyo, Bruseghin
+ Galdos, Van Garderen, Txurruka
When the break was brought back to the pack, it was especially Movistar and Euskatel, making a high pace when the highest point of today´s stage was reached. Van Garderen and his team mates lost the contact to them on the top of the climb.
The main groups were built in the downhill. Sanchez, Nieve, Lastras, Ardila and Bruseghin were in the first group while their team mates were right behind them. Van Garderen lost already 2 minutes.
The second group was quite funny as no one made the pace there. They lost second after second but they knew their captains are in the leading group.
The sprint started in the first group with Lastras in front of Samuel Sanchez.
And the Movistar rider took the stage. Sanchez and Nieve got two podiums for Euskatel and Van Garderen came in with 2´25 to them.
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Posted on 17-08-2011 09:14
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Another windy stage in Qatar is waiting for us today. With Mark Cavendish in the overall lead we´re quite happy so far but we´re not that happy about this weather conditions. The strong wind makes it difficult for us to create our sprint trains.
The favourites:
+++ Cavendish, Ventoso, Davis
++ Galimzyanov, Sagan, Kittel
+ Pozzato, Guradini, Paolini
Again a really ugly day in the desert today as no team could bring their sprint captains into a good position. Mark Cavendish had to try on his own, taking Sagan´s wheel.
With only 4 kilometres to go, this position seems to be not that bad. Katusha with Pozzato was in front, followed by Förster and Davis.
Finally, it wasn´t the best decision to take Sagan´s wheel today because he couldn´t follow Pozzato and Davis. Cavendish had to sprint on his own in the strong wind and there he had no chance to survive for a long time.
Allan Davis takes the stage and the overall lead by Cavendish but Mark has the same time so everything is still possible. Pozzato and Förster finished on the podium while even Mokrov was faster than Cavendish.
Stage results
| 1 | Allan Davis | Pro Team Astana | 2h58'41 | | 2 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 3 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 4 | Dmitry Mokrov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 5 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 6 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Tomas Vaitkus | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 8 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 9 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 10 | Robin Chaigneau | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 11 | Ángel Vicioso | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 12 | Davide Cimolai | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 13 | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 14 | Christian Poos | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 15 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Allan Davis | Pro Team Astana | 6h35'28 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 6 | | 4 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 5 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | + 8 | | 6 | Ángel Vicioso | Androni Giocattoli | + 10 | | 7 | Robin Chaigneau | Skil - Shimano | + 12 | | 8 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 13 | | 9 | Andriy Grivko | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 10 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | + 14 | | 11 | Enrico Gasparotto | Pro Team Astana | + 15 | | 12 | Svein Tuft | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 13 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 14 | Mauro Finetto | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 16 | | 15 | Kiel Reijnen | Team Type 1 | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 37 | | 2 | Allan Davis | Pro Team Astana | 35 | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | 34 | | 4 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | 34 | | 5 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | 30 |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 17-08-2011 11:47
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There is no chance for a mass sprint today as there is a nice climb with 40 kilometres to go. After the Spanish domination yesterday, the question today might be which team is winning. Euskatel or Movistar? Van Garderen is in a nice overall position, hopefully we can keep it. Also a Top 5 might be possible as the gap isn´t really big.
The favourites:
+++ Sanchez, Lastras, Nieve
++ Bruseghin, Txurruka, Arroyo
+ Herrada, Gutierrez, Ardila
There was a big group in front today with the King of Mountains Perez from Movistar. Again he got 22 points and is still the leader in this competition.
With still 3 kilometres to go, our team captain Van Garderen was in trouble! He couldn´t follow the incredible pace made by Euskatel and Movistar. His team mates were completely exhausted,too.
The leading group was built in the downhill. 4 Movistar riders against 3 of Euskatel, oh yes and of course Ardila was there,too. Again he was the only one, who could follow them.
And he really wants to know it. He´s the first one making a move on the last uphill. Only Sanchez wants to counter that. His team mates don´t want to help him so far.
Lastras and Bruseghin brought them back just a few seconds later with a high pace. Absolutely great to watch them in the last kilometres while Van Garderen already lost 5 minutes so far.
The next attack came by Nieve which was really surprising. He´s not only attack the Movistar riders but also his own team captain Sanchez in the leading jersey.
Nieve had a nice gap but the chasing group was able to catch him in the end. So there were no bigger time gaps today.
Nieve still managed to finish on the top of the podium while Lastras and Bruseghin became second and third. Sanchez lost his overall lead to Nieve because of the time bonification. But I´m sure there will be some discussion in the Euskatel team after Nieve´s attack. Van Garderen came in with more than 5 minutes to the leading group, he also lost his overall Top 10 position.
Stage results
| 1 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 3h43'40 | | 2 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 4 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 5 | Álex Cano Ardila | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | s.t. | | 6 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | + 27 | | 7 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 8 | Francisco Pérez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | Dalivier Ospina | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | + 2'50 | | 10 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 11 | José Luis Roldán | Andalucía Caja Granada | s.t. | | 12 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'08 | | 13 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 14 | Íñigo Cuesta | Caja Rural | + 5'30 | | 15 | Nairo Quintana | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 14h25'14 | | 2 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 16 | | 3 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 4 | Álex Cano Ardila | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | + 28 | | 5 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | + 3'13 | | 6 | José Luis Roldán | Andalucía Caja Granada | + 5'43 | | 7 | Francisco Pérez | Movistar Team | + 5'47 | | 8 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | + 7'02 | | 9 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | + 7'40 | | 10 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 11 | Nairo Quintana | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | + 8'23 | | 12 | Hugo Sabido | LA - Antarte | + 8'43 | | 13 | Tejay Van Garderen | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 14 | Íñigo Cuesta | Caja Rural | + 9'42 | | 15 | Tomasz Marczynski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 10'02 |
Points
| 1 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | 44 | | 2 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 41 | | 3 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 38 | | 4 | Alex Rasmussen | HTC - Highroad | 35 | | 5 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | 34 |
KoM
| 1 | Francisco Pérez | Movistar Team | 38 | | 2 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 26 | | 3 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | 22 | | 4 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | 18 | | 5 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 16 |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 17-08-2011 12:23
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Let's hope Cavendish will get back is lead from Alan Davis. In Mallorca... if you're avatar had another guy, maybe HTC would have better luck. |
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| roturn |
Posted on 17-08-2011 12:26
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Just caught up with this one after not being able with my Netbook.
Close battle in Qatar. Van Garderen obviously not that good in form.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 17-08-2011 12:44
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@Freitas, nothing against Roger ok !?
@ roturn, You´re right Tejay isn´t in form so far and I´m glad to see you here |
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| Tooom3k |
Posted on 17-08-2011 16:16
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Not the best day for Cavendish, but I'm sure he can take the yellow back soon
Edited by Tooom3k on 17-08-2011 16:17
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 17-08-2011 16:51
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Well, we lost the yellow jersey to Davis yesterday but we´re still in a good position to get it back. The most important thing is to get the sprint train we need to bring Cav in the best position.
The favourites:
+++ Cavendish, Davis, Ventoso
++ Galimzyanov, Pozzato, Guardini
+ Kittel, Degenkolb, Paolini
Same picture as everyday in Qatar. The wind is too strong for us. Maybe we´re too silly these days but we´re not able to build our famous sprint train.
Anyway Cavendish looks out for Pozzato´s wheel.
But we´re not that good these days in Qatar. Pozzato was the strongest today as Cavendish lost his wheel in the windy home stretch. His lead out men Degenkolb and Brammeier were not able to bring him in a good position,too. So we have to be happy with another 5th place.
Stage results
| 1 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | 3h26'07 | | 2 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | Allan Davis | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 4 | Tomas Vaitkus | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 5 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 6 | Martin Gilbert | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 7 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 8 | Aldo Ino Ilesic | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 9 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 11 | Bernardo Riccio | D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | s.t. | | 12 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 13 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 14 | Marcel Kittel | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 15 | Matthew Brammeier | HTC - Highroad | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | 10h01'23 | | 2 | Allan Davis | Pro Team Astana | + 4 | | 3 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 6 | | 4 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 12 | | 5 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 18 | | 6 | Robin Chaigneau | Skil - Shimano | + 24 | | 7 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 25 | | 8 | Andriy Grivko | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 9 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | + 26 | | 10 | Enrico Gasparotto | Pro Team Astana | + 27 | | 11 | Svein Tuft | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 12 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 13 | Mauro Finetto | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 28 | | 14 | Tomas Vaitkus | Pro Team Astana | + 29 | | 15 | Leif Hoste | Katusha Team | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | 59 | | 2 | Allan Davis | Pro Team Astana | 51 | | 3 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | 50 | | 4 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 49 | | 5 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | 38 |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 17-08-2011 18:38
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Cav is still in reach for at least the points-lead (and GC as well)! I can see him winning a stage here, if he gets a better position next time.
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