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| CLURPR |
Posted on 23-03-2012 18:49
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Stage 5 - Biot to Toulon Mont-Faron
The final stage of the 2012 race and it is the stage that will decide the overall here. The stage itself is quite flat but it is the climb at the very end which will decide the winner.
Favourites: Casar (FDJ), Voeckler (Europcar), Moncoutie (Cofidis)
It was a routine day here in France with a 9-man break going up the road. They gained around 5 minutes before we pulled them back and they were caught with 20km to go. It was Casar and Mombaerts leading up the final climb with 3km to go.
With 1km to go Casar accelerated away from Mombaerts to take the win, his 3rd of the race, and the overall jersey. Mombaerts came in 2nd with Moncoutie 3rd.
| 1 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | 4h25'41 | | 2 | Johan Mombaerts | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 26 | | 3 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'04 | | 4 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 5 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | + 1'12 | | 6 | Koen De Kort | Project 1t4i | + 1'17 | | 7 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 8 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 9 | Jérôme Baugnies | Team NetApp | + 1'24 | | 10 | Sergey Firsanov | RusVelo | + 1'38 |
| 1 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | 17h13'19 | | 2 | Johan Mombaerts | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 1'06 | | 3 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | + 2'05 | | 4 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | + 2'12 | | 5 | Jérôme Baugnies | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 6 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2'18 | | 7 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 2'26 | | 8 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | + 2'31 | | 9 | Koen De Kort | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 10 | Rubens Bertogliati | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 2'48 |
| 1 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | 79 | | 2 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | 61 | | 3 | Jérôme Baugnies | Team NetApp | 46 | | 4 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | 40 | | 5 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | 39 |
| 1 | Arnaud Gérard | FDJ - BigMat | 48 | | 2 | Laurent Pichon | Bretagne - Schuller | 30 | | 3 | Luis Silva | Carmim - Prio | 28 | | 4 | Jesús Ezquerra | Leopard - Trek Continental Team | 26 | | 5 | Egidijus Juodvalkis | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | 26 |
| 1 | Jérôme Baugnies | Team NetApp | 17h15'31 | | 2 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 55 | | 3 | Alexandre Geniez | Project 1t4i | + 2'23 | | 4 | Kevin Peeters | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 2'38 | | 5 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ - BigMat | + 3'35 |
| 1 | Team Europcar | 51h47'47 | | 2 | FDJ - BigMat | + 39 | | 3 | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 1'56 | | 4 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2'18 | | 5 | Project 1t4i | + 4'14 |
(A brilliant race for us! We won 4 of the 5 stages and took away most of the jerseys in the end, we couldn't have asked for a better way to win our first stage! This will give our riders huge confidence now going into March as we have got wins under our belt.) |
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 23-03-2012 19:42
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Nice Tour of Med, brilliant win by Casar 
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Posted on 25-03-2012 18:34
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Ste117 wrote:
Nice Tour of Med, brilliant win by Casar
Thanks! Was relieved to win our first stage too! |
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Posted on 25-03-2012 18:45
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The Tour of Oman is a relatively new race with 2012 being the 3rd edition, but we are using the 2011 route in my career!. But it has become a favourite with sprinters as there are plenty of chances to grab a stage win. The GC will be decided on Stage 4 with a mountain finish and Stage 5 with a Time Trial.
Spoiler Katusha
1. D.Menchov
2. Ó.Freire
3. D.Galimzyanov
4. P.Ignatenko
5. A.Kristoff
6. A.Kuschynski
7. L.Paolini
8. J.Rodríguez
Androni
11. J.Rujano
12. O.Bertazzo
13. G.Ermeti
14. S.Mancuso
15. C.J.Ochoa
16. J.Rodríguez
17. M.Rubiano
18. J.Serpa
Europcar
21. P.Rolland
22. Y.Arashiro
23. Sé.Chavanel
24. M.Claude
25. D.Gaudin
26. A.Pichot
27. P.Quemeneur
28. A.Tulik
Andalucía
31. G.César Veloso
32. A.Cabello
33. J.Cano
34. P.Lechuga
35. J.J.Lobato
36. R.Osuna
37. A.Palomares
38. J.Simón
Movistar
41. G.Visconti
42. D.Arroyo
43. I.Erviti
44. I.Gutiérrez
45. J.Herrada
46. J.Moreno
47. S.Pardilla
48. B.Samoilau
Saxo Bank
51. C.A.Sørensen
52. K.Klostergaard
53. A.Lund
54. J.Marycz
55. M.Mørkøv
56. D.Navarro
57. S.Paulinho
58. T.R.Vinther
Colombia
61. F.Duarte
62. J.Forero
63. J.Gonzalez
64. L.Laverde
65. W.Marentes
66. V.H.Peña
67. M.Rodriguez
68. J.Romero
Astana
71. E.Petrov
72. B.Božic
73. A.Dyachenko
74. V.Iglinskiy
75. T.Kangert
76. F.Kessiakoff
77. D.Muravyev
78. S.Ponzi
UnitedHealthcare
81. M.De Maar
82. J.Clarke
83. B.Day
84. P.Deignan
85. D.Frattini
86. A.Hegyvari
87. J.Keough
88. J.Louder
FDJ
91. T.Pinot
92. N.Bouhanni
93. M.Delage
94. Y.Hutarovich
95. C.Pineau
96. J.Veikkanen
Farnese Vini
101. L.Ascani
102. R.Andriato
103. A.Balloni
104. T.Bertolini
105. D.Caccia
106. K.Hulsmans
107. L.Mazzanti
108. F.Pozzato
1t4i
111. J.Fröhlinger
112. T.Damuseau
113. J.Degenkolb
114. P.Gretsch
115. T.Hupond
116. M.Kittel
117. T.Ludvigsson
118. T.Stamsnijder
Endura Racing
121. I.Bibby
122. R.Downing
123. R.Mandri
124. J.McEvoy
125. P.Voss
126. I.Wilkinson
127. D.Windsor
SpiderTech
131. K.Lacombe
132. G.Boivin
133. L.Euser
134. M.Gilbert
135. S.Lambert-Lemay
136. F.Parisien
137. W.Routley
138. C.Vives
Nippo
141. F.Baliani
142. S.Campagnaro
143. V.Garofalo
144. H.Nakane
145. K.Sakakibara
146. J.Sano
Differdange
151. C.Poos
152. F.Dressler
153. V.Kaupas
154. J.Ljungblad
155. J.Venter
156. S.Weber
Champion
161. C.Lewis
162. G.Gardeyn
163. K.Jiang
164. J.Kirsipuu
165. M.Othman
166. S.Wong
167. K.Wu
168. C.Wurf
WIT
171. L.Zanasca
172. T.Giorgieri
173. D.Margutti
174. E.Montanari
175. G.Pizzaballa
176. J.Tamayo
Itera - Katusha
181. A.Vorobyev
182. I.Boev
183. P.Kochetkov
184. D.Kosyakov
185. S.Pomoshnikov
186. A.Prishpetniy
187. M.Razumov
188. A.Rybakov
RusVelo
191. A.Arguelyes
192. I.Kovalev
193. L.Krasnov
194. N.Trussov
For the sprints it will again be Bozic, Freire, Kittel and Hutarovich. But the GC this time will probably be fought between Menchov, Rujano, Duarte and Rolland. It will be an interesting race as the riders are very much equal in the sprints and on the climbs.
Edited by CLURPR on 26-03-2012 14:48
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 25-03-2012 18:58
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We have a squad here that can challenge but not necessarily win in Oman. Obviously, Hutarovich is our best chance of a win here in the sprints with Bouhanni being his leadout man and for the GC we have Pinot who could do well on the mountainous finish but will suffer the next day in the time trial, his right-hand man will be Veikkanen who will look to position him well on Stage 4. |
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| franki28 |
Posted on 26-03-2012 03:26
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Good results in Tour Med 
Looking forward to a great Tour of Oman with Hutarovich and Pinot in shape  |
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 26-03-2012 12:18
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@ franki28: Thank you! It was a very good race for us and I'm hoping for a good result here with both riders
Stage 1 - Al Sawadi to Al Seeb
A flat stage to start the race here and the sprinters will be looking to take to the win and the overall.
Favourites: Kittel (1t4i), Bozic (Astana), Hutarovich (FDJ)
A 3-man break went away today but no one in it was really worth mentioning They gained a maximum of 4 minutes here as the sprinters team were wanting a stage win and the break was caught with 20km to go. It was Bozic with the win as he carried his form over from Qatar. We managed to get Hutarovich into 2nd with Wilkinson (Endura) was 3rd.
| 1 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | 3h31'48 | | 2 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 3 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 4 | Filippo Pozzato | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 5 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 7 | Marcel Kittel | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 8 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 9 | Keven Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 10 | Jonas Ljungblad | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. |
Stage 2 - Muscat to Al Wutayya
Another flat stage for the sprinters to contest here.
Favourites: Kittel (1t4i), Bozic (Astana), Hutarovich (FDJ)
A 10-man break went away, again containing no one worth mentioning. It was allowed a bigger gap than yesterday with a maximum of 5 minutes and was caught with 6km to go so it was actually was a very tight stage in the end. Kittel added to his win total this season by gaining 1st here. Freire came a close 2nd and Bozic was 3rd.
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Project 1t4i | 2h53'35 | | 2 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 3 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 5 | Keven Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 6 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 7 | Filippo Pozzato | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 8 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 10 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
A final sprint stage for the sprinters to win before the 2 stages that will decide the GC.
Favourites: Kittel (1t4i), Freire (Katusha), Bozic (Astana)
A 3-man break went away, containing Stamsnijder (1t4i). The 3 men were allowed 4 minutes before being caught within the final 10km. Bozic carried on his fabulous February with another win, Freire came 2nd and Lacombe was a surprising 3rd.
| 1 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | 3h11'34 | | 2 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 3 | Keven Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 4 | Marcel Kittel | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 5 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 6 | Filippo Pozzato | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 7 | Gorik Gardeyn | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 9 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 10 | Jonas Ljungblad | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. |
| 1 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | 9h36'09 | | 2 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | + 24 | | 3 | Marcel Kittel | Project 1t4i | + 28 | | 4 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | + 36 | | 5 | Simon Lambert-Lemay | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 38 | | 6 | Igor Boev | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 7 | Keven Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 40 | | 8 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 9 | Kin San Wu | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Gorik Gardeyn | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 42 |
| 1 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | 66 | | 2 | Marcel Kittel | Project 1t4i | 48 | | 3 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | 48 | | 4 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | 46 | | 5 | Keven Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | 35 |
| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Project 1t4i | 9h36'37 | | 2 | Simon Lambert-Lemay | SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 10 | | 3 | Igor Boev | Itera - Katusha | + 10 | | 4 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 14 | | 5 | Patrick Gretsch | Project 1t4i | + 16 |
| 1 | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | 28h50'51 | | 2 | Team Saxo Bank | + 0 | | 3 | RusVelo | + 0 | | 4 | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 0 | | 5 | Andalucía | + 0 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-03-2012 18:03
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Hutarovich getting some good placings in Oman |
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 27-03-2012 16:38
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@ sutty68: Has been a good race for him so far but it seems like he just can't give it that extra bit and win but Bozic is very strong here and was at Qatar also.
Stage 4 - Sultan Qaboos University to Jabal al Akhdhar
Finally! We have a stage that will not be won by a sprinter here. The finish will be a tough one and will decide who has a good chance of winning yellow here.
Favourites: Menchov (Katusha), Rujano (Androni), Rolland (Europcar)
12 men formed the breakaway today containing Paolini (Katusha), (possibly allowing Katusha not to waste men to chase?). They were allowed a gap of 5 minutes before the peloton began to reel them in. Race leader Bozic tried to bridge with 40km to go but was quickly shut down. At the foot of the climb it was Vinther (Saxo Bank) who was the remaining survivor and looked like he didn't have much left.
Strangely, no one made a move until the final 2km when we sent Pinot up front to try and get a gap by riding away. This was not to be however as Rodriguez (Katusha) rode away from Sorensen (Saxo Bank) and Pinot in the final kilometre. Victory looked assured...
It was. Rodriguez rode clear in the final kilometre to win Stage 4 and take the overall jersey too. Sorensen (Saxo Bank) was 2nd and we were very pleased to see Pinot hang on for 3rd and finish in front of some of the favourites.
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 3h50'39 | | 2 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 38 | | 3 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ - BigMat | + 49 | | 4 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 5 | Denis Menchov | Katusha Team | + 1'05 | | 6 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | + 1'17 | | 7 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 1'22 | | 8 | Luca Ascani | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 9 | Daniel Navarro | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 10 | Jussi Veikkanen | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. |
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 13h27'16 | | 2 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 46 | | 3 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ - BigMat | + 1'01 | | 4 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 1'09 | | 5 | Denis Menchov | Katusha Team | + 1'25 | | 6 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | + 1'37 | | 7 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 1'42 | | 8 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | René Mandri | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 10 | Luca Ascani | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. |
The stage to decide the GC, will Rodriguez manage to hold on or will another contender take yellow?
(The stage would not load every time I tried it so I had to simulate it much to my annoyance!)
| 1 | Sérgio Paulinho | Team Saxo Bank | 25'15 | | 2 | Filippo Pozzato | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 3 | | 3 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | Tom Stamsnijder | Project 1t4i | + 6 | | 5 | Gustavo César Veloso | Andalucía | + 7 | | 6 | Denis Menchov | Katusha Team | + 8 | | 7 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 9 | | 8 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 10 | | 9 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | + 13 | | 10 | Patrick Gretsch | Project 1t4i | s.t. |
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 13h53'27 | | 2 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 30 | | 3 | Denis Menchov | Katusha Team | + 37 | | 4 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | + 44 | | 5 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 1'08 | | 6 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1'13 | | 7 | Sérgio Paulinho | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'23 | | 8 | Gustavo César Veloso | Andalucía | + 1'30 | | 9 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | + 1'33 | | 10 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ - BigMat | + 1'36 |
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| franki28 |
Posted on 27-03-2012 20:30
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Amazing work by Pinot! Great stuff beating Menchov, Navarro and Rolland |
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 29-03-2012 17:38
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Stage 6 - Qurayyat to Mattrah Seafront
The final stage of this years Tour of Oman and it should be won by a sprinter here, the GC places have already been decided, barring any crashes of course!
Favourites: Kittel (1t4i), Hutarovich (FDJ), Bozic (Astana)
An 8-man break went away up the road today containing no one really worth mentioning. They managed to gain a maximum of 5 minutes before Astana and 1t4i began to reel them in and they were caught with 15km to go. Bozic winning is becoming a formality here in Middle East and he didn't disappoint with another victory here. Freire was 2nd with Pozzato (Farnese Vini) 3rd.
| 1 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | 3h38'46 | | 2 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 3 | Filippo Pozzato | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 4 | Marcel Kittel | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 5 | Keven Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 6 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 7 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 8 | Jonas Ljungblad | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 9 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 10 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. |
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 17h32'13 | | 2 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 30 | | 3 | Denis Menchov | Katusha Team | + 37 | | 4 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | + 44 | | 5 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 1'08 | | 6 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | + 1'13 | | 7 | José Rujano | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 8 | Sérgio Paulinho | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'23 | | 9 | Gustavo César Veloso | Andalucía | + 1'30 | | 10 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ - BigMat | + 1'36 |
| 1 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | 91 | | 2 | Filippo Pozzato | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 69 | | 3 | Óscar Freire | Katusha Team | 68 | | 4 | Marcel Kittel | Project 1t4i | 62 | | 5 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | 56 |
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | 20 | | 2 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | 14 | | 3 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ - BigMat | 12 | | 4 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | 10 | | 5 | Denis Menchov | Katusha Team | 8 |
| 1 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ - BigMat | 17h33'49 | | 2 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | + 2'05 | | 3 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | + 2'08 | | 4 | Jacobus Venter | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 2'56 | | 5 | Petr Ignatenko | Katusha Team | + 2'57 |
| 1 | Team Saxo Bank | 52h39'57 | | 2 | Astana Pro Team | + 38 | | 3 | Katusha Team | + 38 | | 4 | Movistar Team | + 2'27 | | 5 | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 3'21 |
(A good race for us with Hutarovich gaining a lot of podium and Top 5's and 10's, we also managed to get Pinot into the Top 10 and with his time-trialling skill at only 67 I am pleased that we managed this. Next up is the Tour du Haut Var!) |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 29-03-2012 23:22
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Pity that you had to simulate stage 5, but you still had a pretty decent race all the way through |
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| franki28 |
Posted on 29-03-2012 23:58
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Great Tour for Pinot and Hutarovich
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 01-04-2012 17:37
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@ sutty68 - I think if I had been able to do the time trial that I might have got a Top 5 placing  but a Top 10 is a good result nonetheless.
@ franki28: Thanks! |
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 01-04-2012 17:45
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We have brought an amazingly strong squad here with most of our hilly riders participating. Fedrigo is our leader but I think that Geslin will be our main man for this short stage race here.
Startlist:
Spoiler Lotto
1. J.Van den Broeck
2. G.Bille
3. S.Cordeel
4. B.De Clercq
5. K.Dehaes
6. O.Kaisen
7. T.Van der Sande
8. J.Vanendert
FDJ
11. J.Roy
12. P.Fédrigo
13. A.Geslin
14. R.Pauriol
15. A.Roux
16. B.Vaugrenard
17. A.Vichot
Saxo Bank
21. N.Sørensen
22. M.Christensen
23. L.S.Haedo
24. R.Majka
25. T.Miyazawa
26. B.Noval
27. L.Roberts
28. M.Tosatto
Landbouwkrediet
31. B.De Waele
32. F.Amorison
33. K.Barbé
34. D.Bellemakers
35. D.Commeyne
36. B.Planckaert
37. J.Stallaert
38. B.Traksel
Cofidis
41. D.Moncoutié
42. R.Di Gregorio
43. S.Dumoulin
44. J.Ghyselinck
45. L.Á.Maté
46. A.Petit
47. A.Saramotins
48. N.Vogondy
Caja Rural
51. J.Sanchez Pimienta
52. G.Bravo
53. D.De la Fuente
54. K.Domagalski
55. D.Petrov
56. A.Piedra
57. I.Romero
58. A.Ryabkin
Big Mat
61. J.Mombaerts
62. N.Bazin
63. F.Dassonville
64. R.Racault
65. N.Rousseau
66. J.Thiré
Colnago
71. G.Brambilla
72. E.Battaglin
73. M.Canola
74. S.Colbrelli
75. M.Coledan
76. C.Delle Stelle
77. O.Lombardi
78. S.Modolo
Saur - Sojasun
81. G.Levarlet
82. C.Bessy
83. A.Delaplace
84. C.Laborie
85. C.Lemoine
86. R.Martias
87. S.Poulhiès
88. J.Simon
Carmim - Prio
91. R.Mestre
92. H.Casimiro
93. T.S.Metcalfe
94. D.Nunes
95. L.Silva
96. N.Vitorino
Endura Racing
101. I.Camaño
102. J.Anderson
103. R.Partridge
104. E.Rowsell
105. S.Thwaites
106. J.Tiernan-Locke
107. A.Wetterhall
AG2R
111. M.Bouet
112. R.Bardet
113. J.Casper
114. S.Georges
115. S.Houanard
116. M.Montaguti
117. M.Perget
118. A.Ravard
NetApp
121. L.König
122. S.Cozza
123. A.Dietziker
124. M.Eichler
125. R.Hollenstein
126. G.Janorschke
127. B.Jarc
128. A.Schillinger
Bretagne
131. D.Champion
132. G.Blot
133. R.Dion
134. F.Guillou
135. M.Halleguen
136. J.Le Bon
137. L.Pichon
138. F.Vachon
Veranda Rideau
141. F.Bichot
142. K.Denis
143. B.Jarrier
144. J.Jules
145. A.Molmy
146. M.Olejnik
Europcar
151. D.Veilleux
152. F.Bouyer
153. J.Cousin
154. Y.Gène
155. T.Hurel
156. V.Jérôme
157. M.Pelucchi
158. S.Turgot
Roubaix
161. F.Le Corre
162. L.Desriac
163. P.Drancourt
164. D.Flahaut
165. J.Guay
166. K.Lalouette
La Pomme
171. M.Delaroziere
172. Y.Martinez
173. E.Siskevicius
174. T.Skujins
175. G.Tarride
176. T.Vaubourzeix
Wallonie
181. F.Polazzi
182. O.Chevalier
183. J.Dewitte
184. L.Evrard
185. C.Premont
186. R.Steenuit
Leopard - Trek
191. A.Pliuschin
192. G.Brambilla
193. J.Ezquerra
194. O.Hofstetter
195. P.Schlechter
196. J.Zangerle
It is quite a good startlist here with many competitors able to take the title here. I think that Moncoutie, Geslin, Vanendert and Mombaerts will be the main contenders here. |
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 01-04-2012 18:50
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Stage 1 - Draguignan to La Croix Valmer
The first stage of the race will see a hilly specialist winning as this stage looks to be an epic one with the favourites battling it out until the last metres.
Favourites: Vanendert (Lotto), Moncoutie (Cofidis), Fedrigo (FDJ)
Since we had a great squad here we decided to make everyone else suffer as much as possible and we set a brutal pace up the early climbs with Vichot doing huge amounts of damage to the peloton with it already being down to 74 riders.
No break was allowed to form because of the high pace and with 10km to go Moncoutie had gapped the peloton slightly but we immediately responded with another huge turn of pace and the front group was down to just 27 riders!
6km later, Moncoutie was at it again, this time attacking with 4km to go we tried to respond with a turn of pace but it was no good. The front group was down to 16.
We used all our remaining domestiques up to bring back Moncoutie and since Fedrigo had been dropped we sent Vaugrenard onto the attack to bridge the gap...
We sent him a little bit too late and Moncoutie took the win here and the overall lead, Vaugrenard was 2nd and we had Geslin winning the sprint for 3rd.
| 1 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 5h16'19 | | 2 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 3 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | + 16 | | 4 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 5 | Johan Mombaerts | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 6 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 7 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 8 | Danail Petrov | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 9 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 10 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 02-04-2012 18:55
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Stage 2 - Frejus to Fayence
Another brutal hilly stage here with the profile being undulating today. Only those with the best hill stat and fitness level will be able to win.
Favourites: Moncoutie (Cofidis), Geslin (FDJ), Vanendert (Lotto)
We decided to make the final stage a punishing one for everyone involved and set a brutal pace and had reduced the front group to 25 riders still with 80km to go.
The pace was kept at a high pace by everyone in the front group and with only 20km to go the group had been reduced further to 20 riders. It looked like it would come down to the very last climb to see who would win the race and possibly the overall?
Into the final kilometre 4 men moved clear off the front, Moncoutie, Mombaerts, Vanendert and Geslin. Unfortunately for us Vaugrenard didn't have the legs in the final metres to go with them.
Geslin wins in on the line from Moncoutie, another great result for us and the races in France this month have yielded 5 stage wins so far. Vanendert was 3rd.
| 1 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | 5h28'06 | | 2 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 3 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol Team | + 8 | | 4 | Johan Mombaerts | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 5 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 20 | | 6 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ - BigMat | + 26 | | 7 | Nicolas Vogondy | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 39 | | 8 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 44 | | 9 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10 | Steve Houanard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 50 |
| 1 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 10h43'53 | | 2 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | + 18 | | 3 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ - BigMat | + 38 | | 4 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol Team | + 48 | | 5 | Johan Mombaerts | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 50 | | 6 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 58 | | 7 | Nicolas Vogondy | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'23 | | 8 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 1'32 | | 9 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Endura Racing | + 1'34 |
| 1 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 45 | | 2 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | 43 | | 3 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ - BigMat | 38 | | 4 | Johan Mombaerts | BigMat - Auber 93 | 32 | | 5 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol Team | 30 |
| 1 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ - BigMat | 56 | | 2 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 41 | | 3 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ - BigMat | 41 | | 4 | Rémi Pauriol | FDJ - BigMat | 38 | | 5 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | 36 |
| 1 | Enrico Battaglin | Colnago - CSF Inox | 10h45'31 | | 2 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 19'14 | | 3 | Karol Domagalski | Caja Rural | + 22'32 | | 4 | Matteo Pelucchi | Team Europcar | + 23'52 | | 5 | Leopold König | Team NetApp | + 24'38 |
| 1 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 32h14'46 | | 2 | FDJ - BigMat | + 3'11 | | 3 | Caja Rural | + 21'49 | | 4 | AG2R La Mondiale | + 22'13 | | 5 | Lotto Belisol Team | + 27'51 |
(A fantastic race for us, we come away with a win and 2 riders in the Top 3 overall. Our hilly riders are now in good shape so that they can fare well in the final one-day races in February which are coming up next.) |
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 07-04-2012 14:04
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| 1 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | 4h09'18 | | 2 | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 3 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 4 | Jussi Veikkanen | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 5 | Fortunato Baliani | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 6 | Rubens Bertogliati | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 7 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 8 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 9 | Alexander Kvachuk | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 10 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. |
| 1 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | 5h08'30 | | 2 | Jussi Veikkanen | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 3 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 5 | Jackson Rodríguez | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 6 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Julien El Fares | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 8 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 9 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 10 | Jakob Fuglsang | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. |
Classica Sarda Sassari - Cagliari
| 1 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | 4h53'26 | | 2 | Fortunato Baliani | Team Nippo | + 1'14 | | 3 | José Serpa | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 4 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1'56 | | 5 | Anthony Roux | FDJ - BigMat | + 2'14 | | 6 | Vladimir Miholjevic | Acqua & Sapone | + 2'32 | | 7 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ - BigMat | + 2'37 | | 8 | Davide Viganò | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 9 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ - BigMat | + 2'42 | | 10 | Pawel Cieslik | Bank BGZ | s.t. |
Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche - Souvenir Francis Delpech
| 1 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | 5h19'57 | | 2 | Hubert Dupont | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 3 | Johan Mombaerts | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 4 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 5 | Dimitri Champion | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 6 | Yann Huguet | Project 1t4i | s.t. | | 7 | Brice Feillu | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 8 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 9 | Steve Houanard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. |
(An amazing 2 days for us, with 3 wins out of the 4 races we participated in, even though the startlists weren't very strong in most of the races. It caps an excellent February for us with plenty of wins and podiums for our team. We now turn to March were we will be looking to score some vital points in the ProTour events with possibly a stage win or 2 ) |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 08-04-2012 18:42
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Geslin and Casar are both awesome at the moment |
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Posted on 08-04-2012 20:58
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sutty68 wrote:
Geslin and Casar are both awesome at the moment
I know I'm excited for The P-N, T-A and MSR. Hoping for good results |
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