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baggieboys32
Posted on 23-04-2012 19:28
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Welcome all, to the Ronde Van Vlandaaren, the second of the Flanders week, and a much more challenging route lies ahead, travelling from Brugge to Oudenaarde, with 18.2km of Cobbles, and 10.9km of Short Sharp Climbing.
Our Squad and Expectations
Leader: Tyler Farrar
Frees: Tom Danielson Dominic Rollin
Team mates: Chad Beyer Taylor Phinney Peter Stetina Bernardo Colex Phil Zajicek
We have no target for the race, without a strong Cobbler to lead the squad, we will look to get into a breakaway early on, and keep Farrar as high up the pack as possible, sadly even Tyler will struggle today, he is okay on the cobbles as we saw in Gent-Wevelgem, but the combination of hills and cobbles will be too much for Tyler.
The Race has all of the favourites- Cancellara, Boonen, Flecha, Ballan etc, it will be interesting to see which one of the favourites has the legs to take the win in this years Ronde!
My pick for today is Stijn Devolder- The hills and cobbles suit him, and he looked really strong in the Gent Wevelgem last week where he took the victory in a less selective race, things bode well for the Vacansoleil Rider and Belgian Champ.
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Haha, Cheers, just writing the report as we speak, didn't go too well but it was a great race to watch!
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Posted on 23-04-2012 20:02
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The day saw 2 attacks set off early on, Taylor Phinney led the charge right at the start for Exxon , and a second group of 4 followed him to create tywo groups out in front.
The breakaway looked strong out in front over the first section of the race, Taylor Phinney held a gap of 11'35 upon the main group behind, it was starting to look genuinely threatening for the race as Taylor passed the first sections of Pavé.
Sky decided he had been allowed slightly to much of a gap, and upped the pace, in the pack, where they recieved help from the major favourites teams, such as Katusha, and Vacansoleil, with 104km to go, Taylor's lead was down to 7'36.
With 77km to go, the breakaway was looking exhausted, Phinney had spent much of the day as a lone rider up front, the second lead group had been re-absorbed, and a thundering peloton which was starting to crack had reduced his lead to just 45".
The front group split for a second time, not long after Phinney had been caught, and only Farrar and Rollin made the split, our lack of a cobbler was really starting to tell at this point in the race...
With 4 sections of the dreaded Pavé to ride, Farrar finally fell away as a trio were dropped, we would play no further part in the race, now it was time to sit back and watch the fireworks out in front, still to hold on this long on such a race says good things about Farrars shape, perhaps a decent placement in Paris-Roubaix isn't out of the question?
The lead group reduced to just 24riders, Devolder and Breschel decided now was the moment to go for glory, pulling away from the main pack, it was now a question of time trialling against the pack for 14km to take the prestigious monument.
Alas, it was not too be, they were kept in sight by a thundering pack, which caused another split, just 11 riders now, the favourites were isolated from team mates, it was just a question of who had the best legs...
The four big men decided the Patterburg was the place to go, making an attack about halfway up, were Hushovd, Cancellara, Boonen and Flecha, it would be hard for the 7 remaining to pull back such a strong group, but if they could, then surely it would make them favourites, having not burned the energy upon this dreadful 12.9% cobbled climb.
And caught they were! with just 5km to go, the four are caught, whilst they made the attack, Chavanel also managed to solo from the second group up to the leaders, meaning that 12 were in front, how much would he have left in the legs?
Enough to lead out Tom Boonen it would appear, he gave Tom a headstart, but how much would Boonen be feeling his attack on the Patterburg? could he hold off the fresher favourites?
Yes! Boonen takes a convincing sprint win in his 3rrd Victory at the Tour of Flanders, in front of the J.A Flecha of Sky, and Breschel the Rabobank rider, a very strong performance by him, to go with his victories already this season, A highly impressive classics collection- 1st in E3, KBK, Dreisdage de de Panne, and Dwars Dur Vlandaaren, he really looks to be by far the strongest of the cobbles men this season!
1 Tom Boonen Quick·Step Cycling Team 6h28'06 2 Juan Antonio Flecha Sky ProCycling s.t. 3 Matti Breschel Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 4 Alessandro Ballan BMC Racing Team s.t. 5 Thor Hushovd Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 6 Nick Nuyens Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 7 Fabian Cancellara Leopard Trek s.t. 8 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 9 Stijn Devolder Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 10 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
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11 Filippo Pozzato Katusha Team s.t. 12 Sylvain Chavanel Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 13 Leif Hoste Katusha Team +1'05 14 Martin Elmiger AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 15 George Hincapie BMC Racing Team s.t. 16 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step Cycling Team + 1'46 17 Heinrich Haussler Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 18 Bert De Waele Landbouwkrediet + 2'37 19 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Sky ProCycling + 3'20 20 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana + 4'06 21 Luca Paolini Katusha Team s.t. 22 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling s.t. 23 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team s.t. 24 Wouter Weylandt Leopard Trek s.t. 25 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 26 Johan Van Summeren Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 27 Bobbie Traksel Landbouwkrediet + 5'48 28 Wim De Vocht Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 29 Lars Boom Rabobank Cycling Team + 7'57 30 Paolo Longo Borghini Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 31 Bernhard Eisel HTC - Highroad s.t. 32 Matthew Goss HTC - Highroad s.t. 33 Lars Ytting Bak HTC - Highroad s.t. 34 Tyler Farrar Exxon Duke s.t. 35 Niki Terpstra Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 36 Stijn Vandenbergh Katusha Team s.t. 37 Sébastien Hinault AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 38 Koen Barbé Landbouwkrediet s.t. 39 Hayden Roulston HTC - Highroad s.t. 40 Davy Commeyne Landbouwkrediet s.t. 41 Jeremy Hunt Sky ProCycling s.t. 42 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 43 Sergueï Ivanov Katusha Team s.t. 44 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 45 Roger Hammond Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 46 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana s.t. 47 Frederik Willems Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 48 André Greipel Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 49 Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 50 Geraint Thomas Sky ProCycling s.t. 51 Daniele Bennati Leopard Trek s.t. 52 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 53 Sébastien Rosseler Team RadioShack s.t. 54 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 55 Ian Stannard Sky ProCycling + 12'26 56 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team s.t. 57 Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team s.t. 58 James Vanlandschoot Veranda's Willems - Accent + 12'59 59 Sven Nys Landbouwkrediet s.t. 60 Frederik Veuchelen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 61 Jan Bakelandts Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 62 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD s.t. 63 Mark Cavendish HTC - Highroad s.t. 64 Coen Vermeltfoort Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 65 John Gadret AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 66 Roberto De Patre Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 14'19 67 Jens Debusschere Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 68 Koldo Fernández Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 69 Francis De Greef Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 70 Steven Caethoven Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 71 Stefan Van Dijk Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 72 Geoffroy Lequatre Team RadioShack s.t. 73 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 74 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 75 Juan José Haedo Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 76 Theo Bos Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 77 Thomas De Gendt Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 78 Gerald Ciolek Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 79 Tom Stamsnijder Leopard Trek s.t. 80 Bart Dockx Landbouwkrediet s.t. 81 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team s.t. 82 Geert Verheyen Landbouwkrediet s.t. 83 Jan Ghyselinck HTC - Highroad s.t. 84 Joost Posthuma Leopard Trek s.t. 85 Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank Cycling Team + 18'46 86 Borut Božic Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 19'24 87 Óscar Freire Rabobank Cycling Team + 20'53 88 Sébastien Delfosse Landbouwkrediet + 21'27 89 Massimo Graziato Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 22'00 90 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana s.t. 91 Ben Swift Sky ProCycling s.t. 92 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team s.t. 93 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 94 Patrik Sinkewitz Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 95 Maciej Bodnar Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 96 Nikolai Trussov Katusha Team s.t. 97 Branislau Samoilau Movistar Team s.t. 98 Dominique Rollin Exxon Duke s.t. 99 Ben Hermans Team RadioShack s.t. 100 Yannick Eijssen BMC Racing Team s.t. 101 Ignatas Konovalovas Movistar Team s.t. 102 Jurgen Van Goolen Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 103 Francesco Chicchi Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 104 Michel Kreder Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 105 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 106 Denys Kostyuk Lampre - ISD s.t. 107 Tejay Van Garderen HTC - Highroad s.t. 108 Tom Danielson Exxon Duke s.t. 109 Sam Bewley Team RadioShack s.t. 110 Serge Pauwels Sky ProCycling s.t. 111 Kevin De Weert Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 112 Dmitriy Fofonov Pro Team Astana s.t. 113 Chad Beyer Exxon Duke s.t. 114 Mario Aerts Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 115 Chris Barton BMC Racing Team s.t. 116 Chris Anker Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 117 Mark Renshaw HTC - Highroad + 23'51 118 Nicki Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard + 24'39 119 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team + 25'43 120 Vasil Kiryienka Movistar Team s.t. 121 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 122 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 123 Bruno Pires Leopard Trek s.t. 124 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 125 Fumiyuki Beppu Team RadioShack + 26'15 126 Elia Favilli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 26'55 127 Francesco Masciarelli Pro Team Astana s.t. 128 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 129 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Lampre - ISD s.t. 130 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD s.t. 131 Wout Poels Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 132 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 133 Gustav Erik Larsson Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 134 Egoi MartÃnez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 135 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 136 Laurent Didier Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 137 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 138 Luca Mazzanti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 139 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 140 Andrey Amador Movistar Team s.t. 141 Robert Kiserlovski Pro Team Astana s.t. 142 Valerio Agnoli Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 143 Pierre Cazaux Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 144 Sérgio Paulinho Team RadioShack s.t. 145 Stefan Denifl Leopard Trek s.t. 146 Phil Zajicek Exxon Duke s.t. 147 Luis Pasamontes Movistar Team s.t. 148 William Clarke Leopard Trek s.t. 149 André Steensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 150 Thomas Vernaeckt Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 151 Alessandro Spezialetti Lampre - ISD s.t. 152 Enrico Gasparotto Pro Team Astana s.t. 153 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 154 Philip Deignan Team RadioShack s.t. 155 Miguel MÃnguez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 156 Pello Bilbao Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 157 David Kemp Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 158 Matthew Busche Team RadioShack + 29'11 159 David Loosli Lampre - ISD + 29'35 160 Enrico Magazzini Lampre - ISD + 30'07 161 Ion Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 30'31 162 Grégory Habeaux Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t. 163 Enrique Sanz Movistar Team + 31'19
Farrar takes 35th for us today as our highest rider, not a good day for Exxon-Duke , though we expected little, and Taylor Phinney gave a highly convincing performance out in front in the early sections of the race, so the sponsors did at least score a good amount of time with the TV viewers!
baggieboys32
Posted on 23-04-2012 22:50
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It's time for the Tour of the Basque Country. This 6 stage long race, is tucked between the Paris-Roubaix, and the Ronde Van Vlandaaren, and provides a good opportunity for riders who lack the skill over the cobbles to take something from early april, and we will look to use the race as a stepping stone for Horner, as his final preparation for the Ardennes classics.
The race itself is challenging, and any one who looks to be successful, will need to run on high alert throughout the week, and keep an eye open for late attacks.
If the peloton can be controlled, then days 4 and 6 should prove most decisive, with a climb to the finish, and a 20km hilly TT, though every day packs a weapon which may prove decisive, should a plucky rider make a daring attack...
We bring a fairly strong side here to the Basque, with Horner as our named leader. His main support in the climbs will come from Zwizanski and Pate, both of whom are decent climbers. We also bring Chad Beyer to the Basque, he has not ridden a stage race, since the STDU, where he gained 3rd place, along with the points and KOM jerseys, he will no doubt look for breaks where he can make his presence felt.
Chris Horner won this race last year, with his old team- Radioshack, It would be nice if he can replicate this performance again for the squad, ending a woeful run of form in the Stage Races.
Full Startlist
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Saxo Bank 1. A.Contador 2. M.Boaro 3. J.Hernández 4. J.A.Jørgensen 5. G.Larsson 6. B.Noval 7. R.Porte 8. C.A.Sørensen Euskaltel 11. S.Sánchez 12. I.Antón 13. I.Izagirre 14. M.Nieve 15. J.J.Oroz 16. R.Pérez 17. D.Sesma 18. R.Sicard Leopard 21. A.Schleck 22. J.Fuglsang 23. L.Gerdemann 24. M.Monfort 25. J.Posthuma 26. F.Schleck 27. J.Voigt 28. F.Wegmann Geox 31. D.Menchov 32. M.Ardila 33. D.Blanco 34. J.J.Cobo 35. M.Corti 36. A.Durán 37. F.Felline 38. C.Sastre BMC 41. C.Evans 42. C.Barton 43. Y.Eijssen 44. M.Frank 45. A.Kristoff 46. J.Murphy 47. J.Tschopp 48. S.Zahner Astana 51. A.Vinokourov 52. A.Bazayev 53. A.Dyachenko 54. J.Jufré 55. T.Kangert 56. R.Kireyev 57. R.Kreuziger 58. E.Petrov Exxon 61. C.Horner 62. C.Beyer 63. B.Jacques-Maynes 64. B.Mead 65. D.Pate 66. T.Phinney 67. P.Stetina 68. S.Zwizanski Katusha 71. J.RodrÃguez 72. D.Di Luca 73. J.Horrach 74. V.Karpets 75. A.Kolobnev 76. A.Kuschynski 77. A.Losada 78. S.Vandenbergh Rabobank 81. R.Gesink 82. C.Barredo 83. P.Martens 84. T.Slagter 85. L.L.Sánchez 86. D.Van Winden 87. C.Vermeltfoort 88. P.Weening Sky 91. B.Wiggins 92. S.Gerrans 93. T.Löfkvist 94. S.Pauwels 95. M.Rogers 96. C.Sutton 97. R.Urán 98. X.Zandio The Shack 101. A.Klöden 102. M.Irizar 103. B.King 104. G.Lequatre 105. T.Machado 106. S.Paulinho 107. S.Rosseler 108. H.Zubeldia Lampre - ISD 111. D.Cunego 112. L.Bertagnolli 113. V.Buts 114. D.Hondo 115. D.Kostyuk 116. A.Pérez Arrieta 117. S.Spilak 118. B.Szeghalmi Garmin 121. C.Vande Velde 122. R.Hesjedal 123. B.Lancaster 124. D.Millar 125. R.Navardauskas 126. G.Rasch 127. S.Vanmarcke 128. M.Wilson Omega Pharma 131. J.Van den Broeck 132. M.Aerts 133. A.Hansen 134. M.Neyens 135. Ó.Pujol 136. V.Reynès 137. M.Sieberg 138. F.Willems Vacansoleil 141. E.Mosquera 142. J.Hoogerland 143. S.Lagutin 144. A.Ongarato 145. R.Pidgornyy 146. W.Poels 147. J.Van Leijen 148. F.Veuchelen AG2R 151. N.Roche 152. D.Champion 153. H.Dupont 154. J.Gadret 155. K.Goddaert 156. D.Le Lay 157. S.Minard 158. C.Riblon HTC 161. T.Martin 162. B.Grabsch 163. M.Pinotti 164. F.Rabon 165. A.Rasmussen 166. G.Smukulis 167. P.Velits 168. M.Velits Movistar 171. X.Tondo 172. D.Arroyo 173. B.Intxausti 174. I.Konovalovas 175. D.López 176. L.Pasamontes 177. R.Plaza 178. F.Pérez Quick·Step 181. K.De Weert 182. M.De Maar 183. D.Devenyns 184. A.Engels 185. N.Maes 186. F.Robert 187. A.Stauff 188. J.Vermote Liquigas 191. P.Sagan 192. M.Bodnar 193. D.Cimolai 194. T.Dall'Antonia 195. M.Finetto 196. E.King 197. E.Viviani 198. C.Wurf Farnese Vini 201. P.Sinkewitz 202. A.Bisolti 203. F.Failli 204. M.Graziato 205. A.Guardini 206. L.Mazzanti 207. G.Mirenda 208. E.Vona Caja Rural 211. J.Moreno 212. V.De la Parte 213. A.Galdos 214. J.Herrada 215. G.Lana 216. R.Reig 217. A.Ryabkin 218. J.Sobrino
Considering the startlist, it will be an immensely difficult race for all, with names like Schleck, Contador, Rodriguez, Menchov appearing for the first time this season in the Protour Calendar.
My pre-race favourite seems cursed to fade into anonymity so far, having had Fréire fail me, Devolder miss the top, and several other men fail to perform... None the less, I will make a selection, the rider I think is going to win, is Damiano Cunego, who is in good form currently, and may have teh edge in terms of fitness over the likes of Contador and Schleck. It is also hard to look past Romain Kreuziger who has started this year superbly, he is my pick for the -25 jersey, but I think the harder climbs of day 2 and persistant hills will prove just too much for him to take the overall win.
Edited by baggieboys32 on 23-04-2012 22:51
sutty68
Posted on 24-04-2012 12:45
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A good squad you have sent to the Basque country
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Posted on 24-04-2012 18:04
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No messing around here, todays 145km Critérium (of sorts) is a difficult day in the saddle, and will cause immediate break ups in the General Classification. watch out for a break here, of if they can be caught in time, then the sharp uphill finish, will see the Punchers fighting out the win.
The morning breakaway took over 50km to form, there was an attack early by a group of 9 which was looking successful, but when a second 11 man group followed, the 20 out in front were kept on a tether, and brought back by Leopard-Trek.
The 3 man group that did get free, consisted of David Le Lay, Chad Beyer , and Paul Martens. The group had a lead of 3'24" after 80km of racing, the pace in the pack was being kept high by Leopard, and Katusha.
With 50km to go, Peter Sagan made an attack from the peloton, which was allowed clear, and he made it up to the front group with 42km to ride, he looked strong, and we were one of 3 teams to send a couple of men to help in the chase, not wanting to allow a late break a headstart in the GC.
On the final hill of the day, All of the main leaders were forced to attack, Beyer had been dropped from the lead group, and Sagan was setting a tremendous pace, it would be difficult to close the 2'38 lead in just over 20km of racing when he still had fresh legs.
The attacks were controlled by the pack, strangely, Liquigas did a lot of the work to bring the favourites back, and with 10km to go, Sagan dropped Le Lay in what was going to turn into a fantastic solo victory.
Sagan Takes it, Martens was swallowed up by the pack along with Beyer , and Sagan takes it, with a lead of 1'56 over the pack, enough to claim the overall? Le Lay is just visible on the lower section of the hill, he only lost 56" today, staying with Sagan until very close to the end.
In the pack, it was Euskaltel rider - Sanchéz who took third place, leading the sprint uphill to the finish, in front of Schleck and Rodriguez. Chris Horner held on to take 10th place on the stage, showing good form early in the tour, a good place from which to push upwards in later days.
Stage Results
1 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale 3h42'04 2 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale + 1'00 3 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'56 4 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek s.t. 5 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t. 6 Roman Kreuziger Pro Team Astana s.t. 7 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team s.t. 8 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD s.t. 9 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD s.t. 10 Chris Horner Exxon Duke s.t.
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11 John Gadret AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 12 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 13 Marco Pinotti HTC - Highroad s.t. 14 David López Movistar Team s.t. 15 Maxime Monfort Leopard Trek s.t. 16 Simon Gerrans Sky ProCycling s.t. 17 Serge Pauwels Sky ProCycling s.t. 18 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team s.t. 19 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad s.t. 20 Sérgio Paulinho Team RadioShack s.t. 21 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 22 Alexandre Vinokourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 23 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana s.t. 24 Fabian Wegmann Leopard Trek s.t. 25 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD s.t. 26 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team s.t. 27 Jens Voigt Leopard Trek s.t. 28 Nicolas Roche AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 29 Linus Gerdemann Leopard Trek s.t. 30 Tony Martin HTC - Highroad s.t. 31 Juan José Cobo Geox - TMC s.t. 32 Fränk Schleck Leopard Trek s.t. 33 Kevin De Weert Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 34 Mario Aerts Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 35 Vladimir Karpets Katusha Team s.t. 36 Alberto Contador Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 37 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 38 Christian Vande Velde Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 39 Luca Mazzanti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 40 Ryder Hesjedal Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 41 Joost Posthuma Leopard Trek s.t. 42 Frederik Willems Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 43 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 44 Jakob Fuglsang Leopard Trek s.t. 45 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 46 Dries Devenyns Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 47 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 48 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 49 Francisco Pérez Movistar Team s.t. 50 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 51 Joan Horrach Katusha Team s.t. 52 Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 53 Stijn Vandenbergh Katusha Team s.t. 54 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Lampre - ISD s.t. 55 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team s.t. 56 Bradley Wiggins Sky ProCycling s.t. 57 Mauricio Ardila Geox - TMC s.t. 58 Andreas Klöden Team RadioShack s.t. 59 Chris Anker Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 60 BenjamÃn Noval Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 61 Frantisek Rabon HTC - Highroad s.t. 62 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 63 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 64 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC s.t. 65 Luis Pasamontes Movistar Team s.t. 66 Romain Sicard Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 67 Patrik Sinkewitz Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 68 Tiago Machado Team RadioShack s.t. 69 David Millar Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 70 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC s.t. 71 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 72 Scott Zwizanski Exxon Duke s.t. 73 Fabio Felline Geox - TMC s.t. 74 Jesús Hernández Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 75 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack s.t. 76 Rigoberto Urán Sky ProCycling s.t. 77 Alberto Losada Katusha Team s.t. 78 Pieter Weening Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 79 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD s.t. 80 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team s.t. 81 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 82 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 83 Tanel Kangert Pro Team Astana s.t. 84 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 85 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 86 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 87 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural s.t. 88 Marc De Maar Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 89 Manuele Boaro Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 90 Ion Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 91 Geoffroy Lequatre Team RadioShack s.t. 92 Bert Grabsch HTC - Highroad s.t. 93 Simon Zahner BMC Racing Team s.t. 94 Ruslan Pidgornyy Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 95 Danny Pate Exxon Duke s.t. 96 Coen Vermeltfoort Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 97 Ignatas Konovalovas Movistar Team s.t. 98 Javier Moreno Caja Rural s.t. 99 Thomas Löfkvist Sky ProCycling s.t. 100 Josep Jufré Pro Team Astana s.t. 101 Carlos Sastre Geox - TMC s.t. 102 Markel Irizar Team RadioShack s.t. 103 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana s.t. 104 Danilo Hondo Lampre - ISD s.t. 105 José Herrada Caja Rural s.t. 106 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 107 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 108 Marco Corti Geox - TMC s.t. 109 Vicente Reynès Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 110 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 111 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 112 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 113 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 114 Gianluca Mirenda Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 115 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 116 Adam Hansen Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 117 Wout Poels Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 118 Guillermo Lana Caja Rural s.t. 119 Chad Beyer Exxon Duke s.t. 120 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team s.t. 121 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling + 4'10 122 Chris Barton BMC Racing Team s.t. 123 Ezequiel Mosquera Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 124 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 125 David Blanco Geox - TMC s.t. 126 Matthias Frank BMC Racing Team s.t. 127 Nikolas Maes Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 128 Dimitri Champion AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 129 Gustav Erik Larsson Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 130 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling s.t. 131 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana s.t. 132 Balint Szeghalmi Lampre - ISD s.t. 133 Yannick Eijssen BMC Racing Team s.t. 134 Maciej Bodnar Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 135 Gatis Smukulis HTC - Highroad s.t. 136 Denys Kostyuk Lampre - ISD s.t. 137 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana s.t. 138 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 139 Joost Van Leijen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 140 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural s.t. 141 Alberto Ongarato Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 142 Marcel Sieberg Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 143 Ben Jacques-Maynes Exxon Duke s.t. 144 Frederik Veuchelen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 145 Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 146 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 147 Davide Cimolai Liquigas - Cannondale + 5'25 148 Martin Velits HTC - Highroad s.t. 149 Ramunas Navardauskas Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 150 Ben King Team RadioShack s.t. 151 Sébastien Rosseler Team RadioShack s.t. 152 Taylor Phinney Exxon Duke s.t. 153 Xavier Tondo Movistar Team s.t. 154 Cameron Wurf Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 155 Peter Stetina Exxon Duke s.t. 156 Michael Rogers Sky ProCycling s.t. 157 Massimo Graziato Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 158 Tom Slagter Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 159 David Arroyo Movistar Team s.t. 160 Elia Viviani Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 161 Andreas Stauff Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 162 Rubén Reig Caja Rural s.t. 163 Edward King Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 164 Gabriel Rasch Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 165 Daniel Sesma Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 166 Brett Lancaster Team Garmin - Cervélo + 6'54 167 Alexander Ryabkin Caja Rural s.t. 168 Matthew Wilson Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 169 JoaquÃn Sobrino Caja Rural + 7'10 170 Andrea Guardini Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 171 Bryce Mead Exxon Duke + 10'38 172 John Murphy BMC Racing Team + 11'50 173 Julien Vermote Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 174 Alex Rasmussen HTC - Highroad + 12'06 175 Frederique Robert Quick·Step Cycling Team + 12'54 176 Alexander Kristoff BMC Racing Team s.t.
baggieboys32
Posted on 25-04-2012 18:26
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Following yesterdays assault on the legs, we today have a much more relaxed day in the saddle, there are several short (<1km) climbs along the route, along with a vicious climb 7km long, from 61-68km still, the race is not overall too hard, and i can't see the route being too selective.
The morning breakaway was let go after 35km, the 4th group to make an attempt, and we managed to place Danny Pate in this escape group, along with several men including Marc De Maar, Sergey Lagutin.
Despite a large group, and a 9minute lead at peak, it never really looked to threatening, and they were brought back with 24km to go, the pace lulled a bit before the penultimate ascent, and knowing we had no sprinter, Chris Horner made a brave attack with 14km to go.
The attack opened a lead of 40" when Euskaltel and Liquigas sent both entire teams forwards, they forced a pace so hard as to drop around 60 riders in just 9km, and as the Horner hit the 2km banner, the opposition came past him.
His legs spent, he rode in inside the pack in a meaningless 35th place, gaining nothing, losing nothing, whilst Euskaltel rider Sanchéz showed a powerful sprint in the teams home tour, to take stage 2, in front of Rodriguez and A.Schleck.
Stage Results
1 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi 5h43'58 2 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t. 3 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek s.t. 4 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 5 Alexandre Vinokourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 6 Roman Kreuziger Pro Team Astana s.t. 7 Marco Pinotti HTC - Highroad s.t. 8 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team s.t. 9 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural s.t. 10 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team s.t.
Spoiler
11 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD s.t. 12 Coen Vermeltfoort Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 13 John Gadret AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 14 Vicente Reynès Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 15 Danilo Hondo Lampre - ISD s.t. 16 Fabian Wegmann Leopard Trek s.t. 17 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team s.t. 18 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 19 Jens Voigt Leopard Trek s.t. 20 Simon Gerrans Sky ProCycling s.t. 21 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD s.t. 22 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 23 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 24 Linus Gerdemann Leopard Trek s.t. 25 Jakob Fuglsang Leopard Trek s.t. 26 Alberto Contador Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 27 Tony Martin HTC - Highroad s.t. 28 David López Movistar Team s.t. 29 Nicolas Roche AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 30 Sérgio Paulinho Team RadioShack s.t. 31 Chris Horner Exxon Duke s.t. 32 Ryder Hesjedal Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 33 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD s.t. 34 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team s.t. 35 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 36 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Lampre - ISD s.t. 37 Juan José Cobo Geox - TMC s.t. 38 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 39 Maxime Monfort Leopard Trek s.t. 40 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team s.t. 41 Vladimir Karpets Katusha Team s.t. 42 Luis Pasamontes Movistar Team s.t. 43 Serge Pauwels Sky ProCycling s.t. 44 Chris Anker Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 45 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling s.t. 46 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad s.t. 47 Dries Devenyns Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 48 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 49 Alberto Ongarato Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 50 Joost Posthuma Leopard Trek s.t. 51 Pieter Weening Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 52 Patrik Sinkewitz Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 53 Mario Aerts Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 54 Sébastien Rosseler Team RadioShack s.t. 55 Tanel Kangert Pro Team Astana s.t. 56 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana s.t. 57 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 58 Bradley Wiggins Sky ProCycling s.t. 59 Andreas Klöden Team RadioShack s.t. 60 David Millar Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 61 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 62 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 63 Christian Vande Velde Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 64 Ignatas Konovalovas Movistar Team s.t. 65 Kevin De Weert Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 66 Luca Mazzanti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 67 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 68 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD s.t. 69 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team s.t. 70 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 71 Romain Sicard Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 72 Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 73 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 74 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 75 Javier Moreno Caja Rural s.t. 76 Stijn Vandenbergh Katusha Team s.t. 77 Rigoberto Urán Sky ProCycling s.t. 78 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 79 Markel Irizar Team RadioShack s.t. 80 David Blanco Geox - TMC s.t. 81 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 82 Fränk Schleck Leopard Trek s.t. 83 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC s.t. 84 Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 85 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 86 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana s.t. 87 Manuele Boaro Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 88 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack s.t. 89 Nikolas Maes Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 90 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 91 Frederik Willems Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 92 Josep Jufré Pro Team Astana s.t. 93 Francisco Pérez Movistar Team s.t. 94 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling s.t. 95 José Herrada Caja Rural s.t. 96 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 97 Adam Hansen Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 98 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 99 Dimitri Champion AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 100 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 101 Frederik Veuchelen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 102 BenjamÃn Noval Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 103 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana s.t. 104 Gianluca Mirenda Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 105 Mauricio Ardila Geox - TMC s.t. 106 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 107 Scott Zwizanski Exxon Duke s.t. 108 Thomas Löfkvist Sky ProCycling s.t. 109 Jesús Hernández Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 110 Carlos Sastre Geox - TMC s.t. 111 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 112 Joost Van Leijen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 113 Joan Horrach Katusha Team s.t. 114 Fabio Felline Geox - TMC s.t. 115 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC s.t. 116 Wout Poels Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 117 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 118 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 119 Ruslan Pidgornyy Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 120 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 121 Tiago Machado Team RadioShack s.t. 122 Marc De Maar Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 123 Gatis Smukulis HTC - Highroad + 3'16 124 Alberto Losada Katusha Team s.t. 125 Marcel Sieberg Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 126 Matthias Frank BMC Racing Team s.t. 127 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 128 Davide Cimolai Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 129 Chris Barton BMC Racing Team s.t. 130 Ezequiel Mosquera Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 131 Michael Rogers Sky ProCycling s.t. 132 Gabriel Rasch Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 133 Taylor Phinney Exxon Duke s.t. 134 David Arroyo Movistar Team + 5'00 135 Ion Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 136 Danny Pate Exxon Duke s.t. 137 Alexander Kristoff BMC Racing Team + 6'13 138 Maciej Bodnar Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 139 Xavier Tondo Movistar Team s.t. 140 Cameron Wurf Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 141 Edward King Liquigas - Cannondale + 7'09 142 Frantisek Rabon HTC - Highroad + 8'46 143 Chad Beyer Exxon Duke + 9'06 144 Elia Viviani Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 145 Geoffroy Lequatre Team RadioShack s.t. 146 Bert Grabsch HTC - Highroad s.t. 147 Andrea Guardini Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 148 Denys Kostyuk Lampre - ISD s.t. 149 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 150 Andreas Stauff Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 151 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural s.t. 152 Yannick Eijssen BMC Racing Team s.t. 153 Gustav Erik Larsson Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 154 Balint Szeghalmi Lampre - ISD s.t. 155 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana s.t. 156 Massimo Graziato Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 157 Julien Vermote Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 158 Brett Lancaster Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 159 Ben Jacques-Maynes Exxon Duke s.t. 160 Rubén Reig Caja Rural s.t. 161 Ramunas Navardauskas Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 162 Peter Stetina Exxon Duke + 10'11 163 Daniel Sesma Euskaltel - Euskadi + 10'56 164 Ben King Team RadioShack + 13'34 165 Tom Slagter Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 166 JoaquÃn Sobrino Caja Rural s.t. 167 Alexander Ryabkin Caja Rural s.t. 168 John Murphy BMC Racing Team s.t. 169 Alex Rasmussen HTC - Highroad s.t. 170 Martin Velits HTC - Highroad s.t. 171 Marco Corti Geox - TMC + 15'50 172 Frederique Robert Quick·Step Cycling Team + 16'22 173 Matthew Wilson Team Garmin - Cervélo + 17'10 174 Simon Zahner BMC Racing Team + 18'14 175 Guillermo Lana Caja Rural s.t. 176 Bryce Mead Exxon Duke s.t.
sutty68
Posted on 25-04-2012 18:47
Tour de France Champion
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Got a feeling Chris Horner is going to have a good time in Spain
baggieboys32
Posted on 25-04-2012 20:19
Sprinter
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From Twitter: Woah! What a late attack, he really looks on form following that ride!
baggieboys32
Posted on 26-04-2012 10:41
Sprinter
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Todays stage looks to be the last opportunity for sprinters, the course isn't too sharp, and the final 20km are flat which should suit the likes of Sagan very nicely.
The morning break consisted of 5 men, including Blanco-Geox, Kuschynski-Katusha, Irizar-Radioshack, Boaro-Saxobank, and Konvalovas-Movistar. They fought out the KOM points between them, with Blanco taking the best haul, before being brought back by Leopard with 40km to go.
Once again, Horner was feeling good legs today, and attempting to make something of the day, He attacked on the climb 19km from the finish, it is a distance from home, but he has a better chance going solo than trying to take the sprint, over the top of the climb he holds 12" on the peloton behind.
Once he was over the top, it became clear just how good his legs were, despite 3 teams trying, his lead just kept growing, with 7km to go, he held 1'35! surely today would be Chris' opportunity to open our account for the Stage Races?
With 5km to go, the pack are getting desparate along the wet roads, and the inevitable occurs, a mass crash in the peloton bringing down 70 riders, including some of the pre-race favourites- Kreuziger, F.Shcleck, and Antón are included in the crash, as well as several super domestiqués such as Rogers, this group would never make it back to the front, and surely takes some GC men out of contention.
Sure enough, Horner can throw his arms into the air, 1'26 ahead of the pack to take a fantastic stage win, before we make it even so far as the hills/mountains of later days. Sagan still holds first in the GC, But Horner moves up to second thanks to today, now just 32" behind, and with some difficult days suiting Horner to come, he looks poised to jump forwards into the leaders jersey.
Stage Results
1 Chris Horner Exxon Duke 4h26'55 2 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek + 1'24 3 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t. 4 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team s.t. 5 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD s.t. 6 Alexandre Vinokourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 7 Fabian Wegmann Leopard Trek s.t. 8 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team s.t. 9 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD s.t. 10 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
Spoiler
11 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 12 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 13 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural s.t. 14 Coen Vermeltfoort Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 15 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 16 Marco Pinotti HTC - Highroad s.t. 17 Dries Devenyns Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 18 Alberto Contador Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 19 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Lampre - ISD s.t. 20 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 21 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 22 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 23 Jens Voigt Leopard Trek s.t. 24 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 25 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad s.t. 26 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 27 Vladimir Karpets Katusha Team s.t. 28 Juan José Cobo Geox - TMC s.t. 29 Mario Aerts Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 30 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD s.t. 31 Nicolas Roche AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 32 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling s.t. 33 Ryder Hesjedal Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 34 Linus Gerdemann Leopard Trek s.t. 35 Maxime Monfort Leopard Trek s.t. 36 Patrik Sinkewitz Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 37 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 38 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 39 Serge Pauwels Sky ProCycling s.t. 40 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 41 Joost Posthuma Leopard Trek s.t. 42 Bradley Wiggins Sky ProCycling s.t. 43 Jakob Fuglsang Leopard Trek s.t. 44 Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 45 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 46 Pieter Weening Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 47 Rigoberto Urán Sky ProCycling s.t. 48 Frederik Willems Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 49 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 50 Francisco Pérez Movistar Team s.t. 51 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD s.t. 52 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 53 Scott Zwizanski Exxon Duke s.t. 54 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack s.t. 55 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 56 Kevin De Weert Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 57 BenjamÃn Noval Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 58 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 59 Marcel Sieberg Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 60 Ruslan Pidgornyy Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 61 Romain Sicard Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 62 Balint Szeghalmi Lampre - ISD s.t. 63 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 64 Alberto Losada Katusha Team s.t. 65 Denys Kostyuk Lampre - ISD s.t. 66 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC s.t. 67 Frantisek Rabon HTC - Highroad s.t. 68 Joost Van Leijen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 69 Jesús Hernández Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 70 Javier Moreno Caja Rural s.t. 71 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 72 Manuele Boaro Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 73 Ezequiel Mosquera Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 74 Chris Barton BMC Racing Team s.t. 75 Marc De Maar Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 76 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana s.t. 77 Matthias Frank BMC Racing Team s.t. 78 Chad Beyer Exxon Duke s.t. 79 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana + 3'07 80 Roman Kreuziger Pro Team Astana s.t. 81 Tony Martin HTC - Highroad s.t. 82 Luca Mazzanti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 83 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 84 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 85 Luis Pasamontes Movistar Team s.t. 86 Alberto Ongarato Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 87 Bert Grabsch HTC - Highroad s.t. 88 David Millar Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 89 John Gadret AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 90 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team s.t. 91 Fabio Felline Geox - TMC s.t. 92 Sérgio Paulinho Team RadioShack s.t. 93 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling s.t. 94 Mauricio Ardila Geox - TMC s.t. 95 Gabriel Rasch Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 96 David Blanco Geox - TMC s.t. 97 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana s.t. 98 Christian Vande Velde Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 99 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team s.t. 100 Danny Pate Exxon Duke s.t. 101 Simon Gerrans Sky ProCycling s.t. 102 David López Movistar Team s.t. 103 Frederik Veuchelen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 104 José Herrada Caja Rural s.t. 105 Stijn Vandenbergh Katusha Team s.t. 106 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 107 Andreas Klöden Team RadioShack s.t. 108 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 109 Vicente Reynès Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 110 Sébastien Rosseler Team RadioShack s.t. 111 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC s.t. 112 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 113 Gianluca Mirenda Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 114 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 115 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 116 Fränk Schleck Leopard Trek s.t. 117 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team s.t. 118 Thomas Löfkvist Sky ProCycling s.t. 119 Dimitri Champion AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 120 Nikolas Maes Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 121 Tiago Machado Team RadioShack s.t. 122 Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 123 Ignatas Konovalovas Movistar Team s.t. 124 Michael Rogers Sky ProCycling s.t. 125 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team s.t. 126 Simon Zahner BMC Racing Team s.t. 127 Adam Hansen Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 128 Joan Horrach Katusha Team s.t. 129 Markel Irizar Team RadioShack s.t. 130 Chris Anker Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 131 Gustav Erik Larsson Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 132 Carlos Sastre Geox - TMC + 4'58 133 Marco Corti Geox - TMC s.t. 134 Tanel Kangert Pro Team Astana s.t. 135 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 136 Massimo Graziato Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 137 Geoffroy Lequatre Team RadioShack s.t. 138 Wout Poels Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 139 David Arroyo Movistar Team s.t. 140 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana s.t. 141 Elia Viviani Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 142 Gatis Smukulis HTC - Highroad s.t. 143 Andrea Guardini Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 144 Davide Cimolai Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 145 Rubén Reig Caja Rural s.t. 146 Guillermo Lana Caja Rural s.t. 147 Andreas Stauff Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 148 Julien Vermote Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 149 Cameron Wurf Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 150 Yannick Eijssen BMC Racing Team s.t. 151 Maciej Bodnar Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 152 Ion Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 153 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 154 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural s.t. 155 Danilo Hondo Lampre - ISD s.t. 156 Martin Velits HTC - Highroad + 6'30 157 JoaquÃn Sobrino Caja Rural s.t. 158 Ramunas Navardauskas Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 159 Xavier Tondo Movistar Team s.t. 160 Ben Jacques-Maynes Exxon Duke s.t. 161 Brett Lancaster Team Garmin - Cervélo + 7'14 162 Alexander Kristoff BMC Racing Team s.t. 163 John Murphy BMC Racing Team s.t. 164 Edward King Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 165 Peter Stetina Exxon Duke s.t. 166 Tom Slagter Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 167 Alexander Ryabkin Caja Rural s.t. 168 Alex Rasmussen HTC - Highroad + 7'38 169 Matthew Wilson Team Garmin - Cervélo + 7'58 170 Frederique Robert Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 171 Ben King Team RadioShack s.t. 172 Daniel Sesma Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 173 Taylor Phinney Exxon Duke s.t.
General Classification
1 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale 13h54'21 2 Chris Horner Exxon Duke + 32 3 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale + 1'00 4 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek + 1'56 5 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t. 6 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 7 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team s.t. 8 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD s.t. 9 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 10 Alexandre Vinokourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 11 Marco Pinotti HTC - Highroad s.t. 12 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD s.t. 13 Fabian Wegmann Leopard Trek s.t. 14 Jens Voigt Leopard Trek s.t. 15 Alberto Contador Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
sutty68
Posted on 26-04-2012 13:23
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My feelings were right, Chris Horner is looking well up for the fight
baggieboys32
Posted on 26-04-2012 13:46
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The only official "Mountain" day, finishing atop the summit of Alto De Uzartza, this should prove to be selective and show who is in the best form of the GC contenders!
The morning break away were kept under close control, unable to go free until around the 50km mark, when 4 men, Beyer broke away, along with, Kolobnev, Grabch and Gerrans. The quadruplet held a margin of 4'23 at the 114km mark, (37km to go.)
The group broke apart upon the second climb, and 2 men pedalled across the gap from the peloton, Kreuziger and Gesink, both fine riders, who had been involved in the crash, and were therefore looking to reclaim some time on the favourites today.
On the descent of the Alto De Ixuia, (27km out) The peloton had reduced the gap, and there number, 65men were remaining, and the lead was just 2'27" We had 3men in the group, Zwizanski , Pate and Horner , Whilst Beyer had been overtaken by the group.
On the Penultimate climb, Kreuziger dug again, dropping the remnants of the break, he was now solo against the peloton, holding a lead of 1'47" with 9km to the base of the final climb of the day.
And the attacks come flying at the base of the final climb, Horner , A. Schleck and Sanchéz were strongest, and opened a gap, now 27" behind Kreuziger, and dropping the pack behind them, Favourites groups started to form along the road, a second group including Evans, Contador, Cunego, Rodriguéz and Vinokourov just 27" behind.
With just 2 turns to go, the trio catch Kreuziger, Horner is in no mood to hang around today, attacking the group as the Flamme Rouge comes into view 200m up the road, Schleck and Kreuziger are Waning, it's Sanchéz vs Horner at this point.
300m to go, and the pair open up the sprint, Horner was in front of Sanchéz, and seems to have the stronger legs, is it going to be 2 from 2 for Horner?
YES!!! Horner takes the uphill sprint from Sanchéz, who is yet to hit peak form this season, the remainders wheel in behind, and Sagan has fallen away on the final climb, Chris Horner gives Exxon-Duke the race lead!
Horner is looking in fantastic shape at the moment, a great sign ahead of the Ardennes Classics, Todays excellent ride follows his successful break yesterday, to give him a lead of 1'32 in the GC, remaining for the riders are tomorrows hilly stage, where we will look to protect Chris , and then a Hilly TT, The race is far from over, but Horner is perfectly positioned!
Stage Results
1 Chris Horner Exxon Duke 3h53'32 2 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 8 3 Roman Kreuziger Pro Team Astana + 23 4 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek s.t. 5 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team + 1'08 6 Alexandre Vinokourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 7 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team s.t. 8 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD s.t. 9 Alberto Contador Saxo Bank SunGard + 1'39 10 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
Spoiler
11 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto + 1'48 12 Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 13 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC s.t. 14 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team s.t. 15 Ryder Hesjedal Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 16 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team + 2'24 17 Bradley Wiggins Sky ProCycling s.t. 18 Marco Pinotti HTC - Highroad s.t. 19 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 20 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team s.t. 21 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD s.t. 22 Maxime Monfort Leopard Trek s.t. 23 Jens Voigt Leopard Trek s.t. 24 Nicolas Roche AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 25 Serge Pauwels Sky ProCycling s.t. 26 Vladimir Karpets Katusha Team s.t. 27 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack s.t. 28 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 29 Fränk Schleck Leopard Trek s.t. 30 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team s.t. 31 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD s.t. 32 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad s.t. 33 Luis Pasamontes Movistar Team s.t. 34 Tony Martin HTC - Highroad s.t. 35 Rigoberto Urán Sky ProCycling s.t. 36 Linus Gerdemann Leopard Trek s.t. 37 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Lampre - ISD s.t. 38 Thomas Löfkvist Sky ProCycling s.t. 39 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 40 Juan José Cobo Geox - TMC s.t. 41 Andreas Klöden Team RadioShack s.t. 42 Jakob Fuglsang Leopard Trek s.t. 43 Pieter Weening Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 44 Tiago Machado Team RadioShack s.t. 45 Mauricio Ardila Geox - TMC s.t. 46 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 47 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 48 Alberto Losada Katusha Team s.t. 49 Patrik Sinkewitz Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 50 Mario Aerts Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 51 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team s.t. 52 José Herrada Caja Rural s.t. 53 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana s.t. 54 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC s.t. 55 Christian Vande Velde Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 56 Dries Devenyns Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 57 BenjamÃn Noval Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 58 Kevin De Weert Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 59 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 60 Romain Sicard Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 61 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 62 Javier Moreno Caja Rural s.t. 63 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 64 David Blanco Geox - TMC s.t. 65 Jesús Hernández Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 66 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 67 Wout Poels Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 68 Frederik Willems Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 69 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 4'46 70 Matthias Frank BMC Racing Team s.t. 71 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 72 Scott Zwizanski Exxon Duke + 5'01 73 Simon Gerrans Sky ProCycling + 5'09 74 Carlos Sastre Geox - TMC + 5'54 75 Francisco Pérez Movistar Team s.t. 76 Ruslan Pidgornyy Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 77 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto + 6'04 78 Fabian Wegmann Leopard Trek s.t. 79 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural s.t. 80 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling s.t. 81 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 82 Ezequiel Mosquera Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 83 Chris Barton BMC Racing Team s.t. 84 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD s.t. 85 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana s.t. 86 Ignatas Konovalovas Movistar Team s.t. 87 Sérgio Paulinho Team RadioShack + 6'29 88 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 89 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 90 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team + 6'40 91 Markel Irizar Team RadioShack s.t. 92 Joan Horrach Katusha Team s.t. 93 Luca Mazzanti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 94 Guillermo Lana Caja Rural s.t. 95 Marc De Maar Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 96 Frantisek Rabon HTC - Highroad s.t. 97 Vicente Reynès Omega Pharma - Lotto + 7'06 98 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team s.t. 99 Stijn Vandenbergh Katusha Team s.t. 100 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard + 8'03 101 Tanel Kangert Pro Team Astana + 8'55 102 Fabio Felline Geox - TMC + 9'10 103 Joost Posthuma Leopard Trek s.t. 104 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural s.t. 105 Xavier Tondo Movistar Team s.t. 106 Michael Rogers Sky ProCycling s.t. 107 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana s.t. 108 Danny Pate Exxon Duke s.t. 109 Yannick Eijssen BMC Racing Team s.t. 110 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 111 Dimitri Champion AG2R La Mondiale + 9'30 112 David Arroyo Movistar Team s.t. 113 Simon Zahner BMC Racing Team s.t. 114 Manuele Boaro Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 115 Coen Vermeltfoort Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 116 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana s.t. 117 Gianluca Mirenda Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 118 Rubén Reig Caja Rural s.t. 119 Ion Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 120 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 121 Ben Jacques-Maynes Exxon Duke s.t. 122 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 123 Marco Corti Geox - TMC s.t. 124 Adam Hansen Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 125 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 126 Gabriel Rasch Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 127 Bert Grabsch HTC - Highroad s.t. 128 Cameron Wurf Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 129 Maciej Bodnar Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 130 Davide Cimolai Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 131 Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale + 10'32 132 Elia Viviani Liquigas - Cannondale + 14'10 133 Edward King Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 134 Chad Beyer Exxon Duke + 14'20 135 John Gadret AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 136 Nikolas Maes Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 137 Tom Slagter Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 138 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale + 14'45 139 Taylor Phinney Exxon Duke + 19'45 140 Peter Stetina Exxon Duke + 24'41 141 David Millar Team Garmin - Cervélo + 25'53 142 Denys Kostyuk Lampre - ISD s.t. 143 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 144 Balint Szeghalmi Lampre - ISD s.t. 145 Geoffroy Lequatre Team RadioShack s.t. 146 Gatis Smukulis HTC - Highroad s.t. 147 Martin Velits HTC - Highroad s.t. 148 Daniel Sesma Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 149 Ben King Team RadioShack + 26'01 150 Joost Van Leijen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 151 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling s.t. 152 JoaquÃn Sobrino Caja Rural s.t. 153 Matthew Wilson Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 154 Brett Lancaster Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 155 David López Movistar Team s.t. 156 Alexander Ryabkin Caja Rural s.t. 157 John Murphy BMC Racing Team s.t. 158 Sébastien Rosseler Team RadioShack s.t. 159 Ramunas Navardauskas Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 160 Danilo Hondo Lampre - ISD + 26'09 161 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 162 Massimo Graziato Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 163 Chris Anker Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 164 Frederik Veuchelen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 165 Frederique Robert Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 166 Andrea Guardini Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 167 Julien Vermote Quick·Step Cycling Team + 26'17 168 Andreas Stauff Quick·Step Cycling Team + 26'25 169 Alberto Ongarato Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 170 Marcel Sieberg Omega Pharma - Lotto + 26'33 171 Alex Rasmussen HTC - Highroad + 26'41 172 Alexander Kristoff BMC Racing Team s.t. 173 Gustav Erik Larsson Saxo Bank SunGard + 26'49
General Classification
1 Chris Horner Exxon Duke 17h48'25 2 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'32 3 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek + 1'47 4 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 1'52 5 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team + 2'32 6 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD s.t. 7 Alexandre Vinokourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 8 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team s.t. 9 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale + 2'52 10 Alberto Contador Saxo Bank SunGard + 3'03
Spoiler
11 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 12 Ryder Hesjedal Team Garmin - Cervélo + 3'12 13 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 14 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC s.t. 15 Roman Kreuziger Pro Team Astana + 3'30 16 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team + 3'48 17 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team s.t. 18 Marco Pinotti HTC - Highroad s.t. 19 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD s.t. 20 Jens Voigt Leopard Trek s.t. 21 Maxime Monfort Leopard Trek s.t. 22 Nicolas Roche AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 23 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD s.t. 24 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad s.t. 25 Linus Gerdemann Leopard Trek s.t. 26 Serge Pauwels Sky ProCycling s.t. 27 Vladimir Karpets Katusha Team s.t. 28 Juan José Cobo Geox - TMC s.t. 29 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Lampre - ISD s.t. 30 Jakob Fuglsang Leopard Trek s.t. 31 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 32 Dries Devenyns Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 33 Mario Aerts Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 34 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 35 Bradley Wiggins Sky ProCycling s.t. 36 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 37 Patrik Sinkewitz Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 38 Kevin De Weert Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 39 Pieter Weening Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 40 Rigoberto Urán Sky ProCycling s.t. 41 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack s.t. 42 Frederik Willems Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 43 Romain Sicard Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 44 BenjamÃn Noval Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 45 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 46 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 47 Javier Moreno Caja Rural s.t. 48 Jesús Hernández Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 49 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 50 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team + 4'55 51 Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 52 Tony Martin HTC - Highroad + 5'31 53 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team s.t. 54 Luis Pasamontes Movistar Team s.t. 55 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana s.t. 56 Christian Vande Velde Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 57 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 58 Fränk Schleck Leopard Trek s.t. 59 Andreas Klöden Team RadioShack s.t. 60 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team s.t. 61 Mauricio Ardila Geox - TMC s.t. 62 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC s.t. 63 Tiago Machado Team RadioShack s.t. 64 José Herrada Caja Rural s.t. 65 Thomas Löfkvist Sky ProCycling s.t. 66 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 6'10 67 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 68 Scott Zwizanski Exxon Duke + 6'25 69 Alberto Losada Katusha Team + 7'04 70 Francisco Pérez Movistar Team + 7'18 71 Ruslan Pidgornyy Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 72 Wout Poels Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 7'22 73 Fabian Wegmann Leopard Trek + 7'28 74 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural s.t. 75 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD s.t. 76 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 77 David Blanco Geox - TMC + 7'45 78 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team + 8'04 79 Marc De Maar Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 80 Simon Gerrans Sky ProCycling + 8'16 81 Ignatas Konovalovas Movistar Team + 9'11 82 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard + 9'27 83 Sérgio Paulinho Team RadioShack + 9'36 84 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team s.t. 85 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 86 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana + 9'42 87 Luca Mazzanti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 9'47 88 Joan Horrach Katusha Team s.t. 89 Markel Irizar Team RadioShack s.t. 90 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team + 10'13 91 Vicente Reynès Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 92 Stijn Vandenbergh Katusha Team s.t. 93 Joost Posthuma Leopard Trek + 10'34 94 Carlos Sastre Geox - TMC + 10'52 95 Coen Vermeltfoort Rabobank Cycling Team + 10'54 96 Manuele Boaro Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 97 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling + 11'25 98 Matthias Frank BMC Racing Team + 11'40 99 Fabio Felline Geox - TMC + 12'17 100 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana s.t. 101 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 102 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto + 12'27 103 Gianluca Mirenda Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 12'37 104 Adam Hansen Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 105 Ezequiel Mosquera Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 12'58 106 Chris Barton BMC Racing Team s.t. 107 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale + 13'08 108 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 109 Tanel Kangert Pro Team Astana + 13'53 110 Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale + 14'10 111 Dimitri Champion AG2R La Mondiale + 14'51 112 Frantisek Rabon HTC - Highroad + 16'50 113 Danny Pate Exxon Duke + 17'17 114 John Gadret AG2R La Mondiale + 17'27 115 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale + 17'52 116 Michael Rogers Sky ProCycling + 19'02 117 Gabriel Rasch Team Garmin - Cervélo + 19'22 118 Ion Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 19'28 119 Nikolas Maes Quick·Step Cycling Team + 19'41 120 Davide Cimolai Liquigas - Cannondale + 21'13 121 Bert Grabsch HTC - Highroad + 21'43 122 Maciej Bodnar Liquigas - Cannondale + 22'55 123 David Arroyo Movistar Team + 22'57 124 Cameron Wurf Liquigas - Cannondale + 24'10 125 Chad Beyer Exxon Duke + 24'50 126 Xavier Tondo Movistar Team + 25'22 127 Yannick Eijssen BMC Racing Team + 25'28 128 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural s.t. 129 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - Cervélo + 25'48 130 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana s.t. 131 Rubén Reig Caja Rural + 27'03 132 Ben Jacques-Maynes Exxon Duke + 27'20 133 David Millar Team Garmin - Cervélo + 29'00 134 David López Movistar Team + 29'08 135 Chris Anker Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard + 29'16 136 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 137 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling + 29'39 138 Joost Van Leijen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 139 Guillermo Lana Caja Rural + 29'52 140 Marco Corti Geox - TMC + 30'18 141 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 30'51 142 Simon Zahner BMC Racing Team s.t. 143 Danilo Hondo Lampre - ISD + 31'07 144 Frederik Veuchelen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 31'30 145 Elia Viviani Liquigas - Cannondale + 31'43 146 Alberto Ongarato Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 31'46 147 Edward King Liquigas - Cannondale + 32'02 148 Sébastien Rosseler Team RadioShack + 32'37 149 Marcel Sieberg Omega Pharma - Lotto + 33'27 150 Taylor Phinney Exxon Duke + 34'28 151 Gatis Smukulis HTC - Highroad + 36'21 152 Denys Kostyuk Lampre - ISD + 38'37 153 Balint Szeghalmi Lampre - ISD s.t. 154 Tom Slagter Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 155 Geoffroy Lequatre Team RadioShack + 39'57 156 Gustav Erik Larsson Saxo Bank SunGard + 41'16 157 Massimo Graziato Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 43'42 158 Andreas Stauff Quick·Step Cycling Team + 43'58 159 Ramunas Navardauskas Team Garmin - Cervélo + 45'06 160 Andrea Guardini Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 45'27 161 Peter Stetina Exxon Duke + 45'35 162 Brett Lancaster Team Garmin - Cervélo + 47'19 163 Daniel Sesma Euskaltel - Euskadi + 48'16 164 Martin Velits HTC - Highroad + 49'26 165 Julien Vermote Quick·Step Cycling Team + 50'15 166 Ben King Team RadioShack + 51'02 167 Alexander Kristoff BMC Racing Team + 51'06 168 JoaquÃn Sobrino Caja Rural + 51'19 169 Alexander Ryabkin Caja Rural + 51'47 170 Matthew Wilson Team Garmin - Cervélo + 56'07 171 John Murphy BMC Racing Team + 56'43 172 Alex Rasmussen HTC - Highroad + 58'03 173 Frederique Robert Quick·Step Cycling Team + 1h01'27
Edited by baggieboys32 on 26-04-2012 13:47
sutty68
Posted on 26-04-2012 14:18
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Chris Horner, what a guy
baggieboys32
Posted on 26-04-2012 17:24
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Todays stage is the final road race, and with two short but sharp climbs near the finish, we will have to be wary of late breaks, in many ways, a breakaway victory today would suit us perfectly, as we look to protect Chris' Jersey ahead of tomorrow.
The morning break was a large group of 14 men, we were without representation, and the only familiar men ahead were Sastré, Mozquera, and Millar.
We took charge for a while at the front, limiting the break to 4 minutes, before Leopard and Lampre took over, reducing the lead to just 1'23" before the final ascent of the day.
Seeing the breakaway was likely to get caught as a whole Ruben Plaza of Movistar attacked, quickly dropping the rest, it would seem he had been doing limited work thus far today.
Ruben Plaza takes the stage, a good addition to his Palmarés, he has a 47" advantage over the remnants of the break, who are caught as they cross the line, they none the less make up the top 10 on the day, with Sanchéz beating Gerrans to 11th spot, winning the peloton sprint.
Horner rode in safely into 17th place today, in the main bunch, meaning he takes a lead of 1'32 over closest rival Samuel Sanchéz to the 20km TT tomorrow. Kreuziger meanwhile sews up the KOM jersey today, yet another success for the storming Czech.
Stage Results
1 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team 4h21'48 2 Tanel Kangert Pro Team Astana + 49 3 Frantisek Rabon HTC - Highroad s.t. 4 Chris Barton BMC Racing Team s.t. 5 Sébastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 6 Addy Engels Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 7 David Millar Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 8 Luca Mazzanti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 9 Carlos Sastre Geox - TMC s.t. 10 Ezequiel Mosquera Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
Spoiler
11 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 12 Simon Gerrans Sky ProCycling s.t. 13 Alexandre Vinokourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 14 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD s.t. 15 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 16 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 17 Chris Horner Exxon Duke s.t. 18 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 19 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek s.t. 20 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team s.t. 21 Peter Velits HTC - Highroad s.t. 22 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t. 23 Mauricio Ardila Geox - TMC s.t. 24 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 25 Aitor Galdos Caja Rural s.t. 26 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 27 Nicolas Roche AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 28 Danilo Di Luca Katusha Team s.t. 29 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD s.t. 30 Johann Tschopp BMC Racing Team s.t. 31 Patrik Sinkewitz Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 32 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD s.t. 33 Tony Martin HTC - Highroad s.t. 34 Maxime Monfort Leopard Trek s.t. 35 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team s.t. 36 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural s.t. 37 Mario Aerts Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 38 Serge Pauwels Sky ProCycling s.t. 39 Ryder Hesjedal Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 40 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 41 Roman Kreuziger Pro Team Astana s.t. 42 Evgeni Petrov Pro Team Astana s.t. 43 Joan Horrach Katusha Team s.t. 44 Juan José Cobo Geox - TMC s.t. 45 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC s.t. 46 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 47 Richie Porte Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 48 Fabian Wegmann Leopard Trek s.t. 49 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 50 Emanuele Vona Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 51 Alberto Contador Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 52 Óscar Pujol Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 53 Marco Pinotti HTC - Highroad s.t. 54 Rigoberto Urán Sky ProCycling s.t. 55 Bradley Wiggins Sky ProCycling s.t. 56 Vladimir Karpets Katusha Team s.t. 57 Hubert Dupont AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 58 Arkaitz Durán Geox - TMC s.t. 59 Juan José Oroz Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 60 Dries Devenyns Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 61 BenjamÃn Noval Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 62 Linus Gerdemann Leopard Trek s.t. 63 Sérgio Paulinho Team RadioShack s.t. 64 David Blanco Geox - TMC s.t. 65 Jens Voigt Leopard Trek s.t. 66 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 67 Jakob Fuglsang Leopard Trek s.t. 68 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana s.t. 69 Vicente Reynès Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 70 Pieter Weening Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 71 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack s.t. 72 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Lampre - ISD s.t. 73 Kevin De Weert Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 74 Frederik Willems Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 75 Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 76 Romain Sicard Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 77 Jesús Hernández Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 78 Leonardo Bertagnolli Lampre - ISD s.t. 79 Thomas Löfkvist Sky ProCycling s.t. 80 Andreas Klöden Team RadioShack s.t. 81 Tiago Machado Team RadioShack s.t. 82 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 83 Christian Vande Velde Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 84 Alberto Losada Katusha Team s.t. 85 José Herrada Caja Rural s.t. 86 Fränk Schleck Leopard Trek s.t. 87 Javier Moreno Caja Rural s.t. 88 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 89 Marc De Maar Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 90 Markel Irizar Team RadioShack s.t. 91 Coen Vermeltfoort Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 92 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 93 Francesco Failli Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 94 Luis Pasamontes Movistar Team s.t. 95 Francisco Pérez Movistar Team s.t. 96 Beñat Intxausti Movistar Team s.t. 97 Ignatas Konovalovas Movistar Team s.t. 98 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team s.t. 99 Joost Posthuma Leopard Trek s.t. 100 Ruslan Pidgornyy Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 101 Wout Poels Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 102 Xabier Zandio Sky ProCycling s.t. 103 Matthias Frank BMC Racing Team s.t. 104 Simon Zahner BMC Racing Team + 3'41 105 Nikolas Maes Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 106 Balint Szeghalmi Lampre - ISD s.t. 107 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 108 Danilo Hondo Lampre - ISD s.t. 109 Alberto Ongarato Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 110 Dimitri Champion AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 111 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team s.t. 112 Denys Kostyuk Lampre - ISD s.t. 113 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling s.t. 114 Adam Hansen Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 115 Manuele Boaro Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 116 Rubén Reig Caja Rural s.t. 117 Gianluca Mirenda Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 118 Alessandro Bisolti Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 119 Michael Rogers Sky ProCycling s.t. 120 Scott Zwizanski Exxon Duke s.t. 121 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana s.t. 122 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana + 4'21 123 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 124 Joost Van Leijen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 125 Yannick Eijssen BMC Racing Team s.t. 126 Guillermo Lana Caja Rural s.t. 127 Gabriel Rasch Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 128 Xavier Tondo Movistar Team s.t. 129 Ben Jacques-Maynes Exxon Duke s.t. 130 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 131 Danny Pate Exxon Duke s.t. 132 Chad Beyer Exxon Duke + 7'29 133 Tom Slagter Rabobank Cycling Team + 7'53 134 Taylor Phinney Exxon Duke s.t. 135 Peter Stetina Exxon Duke + 8'57 136 Davide Cimolai Liquigas - Cannondale + 11'17 137 Cameron Wurf Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 138 Matthew Wilson Team Garmin - Cervélo + 13'37 139 Alexander Kristoff BMC Racing Team s.t. 140 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto + 14'25 141 Andreas Stauff Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 142 John Murphy BMC Racing Team s.t. 143 Kristof Goddaert AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 144 Geoffroy Lequatre Team RadioShack s.t. 145 Marcel Sieberg Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 146 Elia Viviani Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 147 Sébastien Rosseler Team RadioShack s.t. 148 Gatis Smukulis HTC - Highroad s.t. 149 Frederique Robert Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 150 Fabio Felline Geox - TMC s.t. 151 Marco Corti Geox - TMC s.t. 152 Edward King Liquigas - Cannondale s.t. 153 Julien Vermote Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t. 154 David Arroyo Movistar Team s.t. 155 David López Movistar Team s.t. 156 Brett Lancaster Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 157 Massimo Graziato Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 158 Ion Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 159 John Gadret AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 160 JoaquÃn Sobrino Caja Rural s.t. 161 Ramunas Navardauskas Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t. 162 Bert Grabsch HTC - Highroad s.t. 163 Stijn Vandenbergh Katusha Team s.t. 164 Martin Velits HTC - Highroad s.t. 165 Alexander Ryabkin Caja Rural s.t. 166 Ben King Team RadioShack s.t. 167 Frederik Veuchelen Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. 168 Daniel Sesma Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t. 169 Andrea Guardini Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t. 170 Maciej Bodnar Liquigas - Cannondale + 23'05 171 Alex Rasmussen HTC - Highroad + 23'37 172 Gustav Erik Larsson Saxo Bank SunGard + 25'05 173 Chris Anker Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
General Classification
1 Chris Horner Exxon Duke 22h11'02 2 Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'32 3 Andy Schleck Leopard Trek + 1'47 4 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 1'52 5 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team + 2'32 6 Damiano Cunego Lampre - ISD s.t. 7 Alexandre Vinokourov Pro Team Astana s.t. 8 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team s.t. 9 David Le Lay AG2R La Mondiale + 2'52 10 Luis León Sánchez Rabobank Cycling Team + 3'03 11 Alberto Contador Saxo Bank SunGard s.t. 12 Ryder Hesjedal Team Garmin - Cervélo + 3'12 13 Jurgen Van den Broeck Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t. 14 Denis Menchov Geox - TMC s.t. 15 Roman Kreuziger Pro Team Astana + 3'30
King of the Mountains
1 Roman Kreuziger Pro Team Astana 27 2 Alexandr Kolobnev Katusha Team 19 3 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team 16 4 Robert Gesink Rabobank Cycling Team 16 5 Marc De Maar Quick·Step Cycling Team 16 6 Rubén Plaza Movistar Team 16 7 Chris Horner Exxon Duke 15 8 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale 15 9 Chris Barton BMC Racing Team 15 10 Frederik Willems Omega Pharma - Lotto 14
sutty68
Posted on 26-04-2012 17:32
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Get in Mr Horner
baggieboys32
Posted on 26-04-2012 18:01
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You're going to like the results of the TT Sutty Horner's in the zone
fcancellara
Posted on 26-04-2012 18:03
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Horner is very strong here!
baggieboys32
Posted on 26-04-2012 18:26
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He's on peak fitness because this is his second Stage Race, and his training is focussed on the Ardennes, most of the competition, this is a first or second race, with a TdF target, so his fitness is just proving too much for the competition!
baggieboys32
Posted on 26-04-2012 18:38
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The 20km TT is a hilly route, which should suit the guys strong in both areas, i wouldn't put a 3rd victory past Horner today, with other favourites being the likes of Kreuziger and Wiggins.
The early lead was taken by Alex Rasmussen of HTC, he set a pace very first up, that was strong all the way up to top 50 when David Millar took the lead by 32".
Millars time didn't stand for long, he was soon overtaken by the German TT champion Tony Martin, who set a time eventually good enough for 6th.
Cadel Evans may have missed out on the Aussie TT jersey this year, but he showed us he still has it by breaking this time again 4th last to set off.
Even this time was not good enough in the end though, Horner shows us how dominant his form is early in the season, and takes the first place in front of Samuel Sanchéz, defending his Race in the Basque!
Sadly my PCM crashed just after the stage ( ) so I have neither screenshots of Horner in the Race leaders jersey, or the final stage results, he took the GC by 1'55 in the end, an absolutely perfect warm up for the Ardennes and AGR, as well as the first Stage Race victory for the team!!!
My pre-race selection seems cursed once again, only managing 7th place, as the top 5 looked like so-
GC
1. Chris Horner
2. Samuel Sanchéz
3. Andy Schleck
4. Peter Sagan
5. Cadel Evans
Edited by baggieboys32 on 26-04-2012 18:39
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