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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 29-09-2012 07:59
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The team is really impressing! |
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Posted on 29-09-2012 11:42
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The team has had a Great start in South Africa, keep it going 
And nice to see Arndt in the leaders jersey |
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Posted on 29-09-2012 19:00
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After the rest day we should see another sprint finish. But don't underestimate the small mountain at the end of the stage!
A group of five riders escaped from the bunch and gained an advantage of over 7 minutes.
TET and some other teams worked togehter and reduced the gap drastically.
The escape group got caught, but now the peleton has to climb this steep slope.
Reimann and Steigmiller survived it without any problem, but Arndt (yellow jersey) couldn't compete at the front and dropped nearly.
But with an incredible effort he rode to the front and the backwheel of Reimann (green jersey).
Apperently the short climb was too much for Arndt, so he couldn't deliver his A-Game, but finished on the podium, though.
Stage:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 4h21'41 | | 2 | Matthew Wilson | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 3 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | s.t. | | 4 | Koen De Kort | Nutrixxion Abus | s.t. | | 5 | Martin Reimann | Thüringer Energie Team | s.t. | | 6 | Anuar Manan | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Michael Schweizer | Nutrixxion Abus | s.t. | | 8 | Marcel Barth | Thüringer Energie Team | s.t. | | 9 | Dominik Roels | Thüringer Energie Team | s.t. | | 10 | Jakob Steigmiller | Thüringer Energie Team | s.t. |
General Results:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | 12h25'57 | | 2 | Matthew Wilson | Drapac Cycling | + 4 | | 3 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 8 | | 4 | Jakob Steigmiller | Thüringer Energie Team | + 16 | | 5 | Jani Tewelde Weldegaber | MTN Qhubeka | s.t. | | 6 | Martin Reimann | Thüringer Energie Team | + 20 | | 7 | Christopher Jones | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 22 | | 8 | Loïc Desriac | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 9 | Tomasz Kiendyś | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 24 | | 10 | Delio Fernández Cruz | Onda | s.t. |
Points:
| Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Martin Reimann | Thüringer Energie Team | 42 | | 2 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | 41 | | 3 | Matthew Wilson | Drapac Cycling | 38 | | 4 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 37 | | 5 | Jakob Steigmiller | Thüringer Energie Team | 26 |
Mountain:
| Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Alexandre Gosset | Véranda Rideau - Super U | 14 | | 2 | Mark Cassidy | An Post - Sean Kelly | 10 | | 3 | Andreas Rosenberg | Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | 8 | | 4 | Matthew Wilson | Drapac Cycling | 6 | | 5 | Christopher Jones | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 6 |
Team:
| 1 | Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | | 37h19'15 (1) |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 29-09-2012 22:08
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The team is very prominent in the top 10  |
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Posted on 29-09-2012 22:39
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Another Great stage from the team with five in the top ten  |
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| bigggassi |
Posted on 29-09-2012 22:56
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thank you guys with just 96 riders at that tour it shouldn't be that hard, though^^ |
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| bigggassi |
Posted on 30-09-2012 16:17
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Second stagewin by Nikias Arndt! After Reimann did an excellent job in leading him perfectly out, Arndt had completely free way to the victory and won this stage by absolute domination. He also extended his lead in the yellow, green and white jersey classification. Well done.
Stage
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | 3h59'11 | | 2 | Michael Schweizer | Nutrixxion Abus | s.t. | | 3 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 4 | Matthew Wilson | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Martin Reimann | Thüringer Energie Team | s.t. | | 6 | Bruno Antero Moreira Lima | Onda | s.t. | | 7 | Stéphane Poulhiès | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 8 | Jani Tewelde Weldegaber | MTN Qhubeka | s.t. | | 9 | Enrique Mata Cabello | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 10 | Sylwester Janiszewski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. |
Classifications:
| General: | | Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | 16h24'48 | | 2 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling | + 20 | | 3 | Matthew Wilson | Drapac Cycling | + 24 | | Points: | | Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | 66 | | 2 | Martin Reimann | Thüringer Energie Team | 54 | | 3 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling | 53 | | Mountain: | | Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Piotr Gawrovski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | 34 | | 2 | Tristan Valentin | Joker Merida | 32 | | 3 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 28 | | Young: | | Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | 16h24'(1) | | 2 | Jakob Steigmiller | Thüringer Energie Team | + 36 (2) | | 3 | Jani Tewelde Weldegaber | MTN Qhubeka | + 36 (3) |
Hard stage for my guys. The steadily uphill going road in the end made it tough to control the race without dropping my winning aspirants. However, to close the gap we had to set a very high pace which cost Arndt in the final sprint maybe some percentage points. Finally he finished 2nd in the downhill mass-sprint which was great, though.
Stage:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Matthew Wilson | Drapac Cycling | 4h24'28 | | 2 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | s.t. | | 3 | Filipe Duarte Sousa Cardoso | Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | s.t. | | 4 | Gorik Gardeyn | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Anuar Manan | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Stéphane Poulhiès | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 7 | Jakob Steigmiller | Thüringer Energie Team | s.t. | | 8 | Koen De Kort | Nutrixxion Abus | s.t. | | 9 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Matthias Friedemann | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
Classifications:
| General: | | Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | 20h49'04 | | 2 | Matthew Wilson | Drapac Cycling | + 16 | | 3 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling | + 32 | | Points: | | Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | 86 | | 2 | Matthew Wilson | Drapac Cycling | 77 | | 3 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling | 60 | | Mountain: | | Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Piotr Gawronski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | 34 | | 2 | Tristan Valentin | Joker Merida | 32 | | 3 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 28 | | Young: | | Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | 20h49' (1) | | 2 | Jakob Steigmiller | Thüringer Energie Team | + 48 (2) | | 3 | Jani Tewelde Weldegaber | MTN Qhubeka | + 48 (3) |
Most important stage of the whole tour and a big test for my team. From the beginning I tried to control the race and to keep the gaps in reach. The flat-riders did the work and even the yellow jersey himself wasn't reprieved from working in the relay. Till the last climb we hold everything together, then some hard attacks were settled by the opponents. Reimann tried to follow with Steigmiller on his backwheel and when it came to the final meters Steigmiller was up front, but couldn't win the stage. Even I thought he finished with the first group, the game apperently recognized a small gap of 19 seconds.
In the end bad news for our team! After days of dominating the race and leading almost every classification we lost nearly everything on that day...
Stage:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Michael Stevenson | Team Concordia Forsikring | 3h58'58 | | 2 | Dennis Van Niekerk | MTN Qhubeka | s.t. | | 3 | Philip Deignan | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Marek Rutkiewicz | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 5 | Alexander Arekeev | Team Concordia Forsikring | s.t. | | 6 | Jakob Steigmiller | Thüringer Energie Team | + 19 | | 7 | Jani Weldegaber | MTN Qhubeka | s.t. | | 8 | David Hesselbarth | Nutrixxion Abus | s.t. | | 9 | Martin Reimann | Thüringer Energie Team | s.t. | | 10 | Tomasz Kiendyś | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 12 | Yuriy Vasyliv | Thüringer Energie Team | s.t. | | 50 | Bastian Bürgel | Thüringer Energie Team | + 1'03 | | 68 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | s.t. | | 70 | Marcel Barth | Thüringer Energie Team | s.t. | | 77 | Ralf Matzka | Thüringer Energie Team | + 3'49 | | 84 | Dominik Roels | Thüringer Energie Team | + 5'27 |
Classification:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Matthew Wilson | Drapac Cycling | 24h48'37 | | 2 | Dennis Van Niekerk | MTN Qhubeka | + 13 | | 3 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling | + 16 | | 6 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | + 28 | | 7 | Jakob Steigmiller | Thüringer Energie Team | + 32 | | 12 | Martin Reimann | Thüringer Energie Team | + 36 | | Points; | | Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | 86 | | 2 | Matthew Wilson | Drapac Cycling | 78 | | 3 | Martin Reimann | Thüringer Energie Team | 61 | | Mountain: | | Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Benoît Jarrier | Véranda Rideau - Super U | 56 | | 2 | Piotr Gawronski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | 34 | | 3 | Tristan Valentin | Joker Merida | 32 | | Young: | | Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | 24h49'05 (1) | | 2 | Jakob Steigmiller | Thüringer Energie Team | + 4 (2) | | 3 | Jani Tewelde Weldegaber | MTN Qhubeka | + 4 (3) |
Even it was a successful tour till now, I didn't wanted to fly home without a podium-position in the general classification. So, I made a plan how to gain a few seconds. The stage was with just 100km very short. From the start our whole team besides Arndt and Reimann set a very high pace to make the race difficult. With 6km to go I started with Steigmiller an attack and Reimann on his backwheel. After Steigmiller exploded, I attacked with Reimann again and gained seconds after seconds. The other teams were chasing after him, but Reimann is the perfect guy to do something like that and with just 36 seconds behin the yellow jersey we could really make a difference today. The finish line came closer and closer... Yeah! Reimann won that stage, but how much time he gained???
Stage:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Martin Reimann | Thüringer Energie Team | 2h18'08 | | 2 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling Team | + 20 | | 3 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | s.t. | | 4 | Bruno Moreira Lima | Onda | s.t. | | 5 | Matthew Wilson | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 6 | Filipe Duarte Cardoso | Team Concordia Forsikring | s.t. | | 7 | Thomas Fothen | Nutrixxion Abus | s.t. | | 8 | Dennis Van Niekerk | MTN Qhubeka | s.t. | | 9 | Sylwester Janiszewski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | s.t. | | 10 | Jani Tewelde Weldegaber | MTN Qhubeka | s.t. |
Oh - my - god! This should be enough to win the whole race... YES! I'd never thought it would work, but this is an amazing end for our team. I'm speechless and very happy!!!
End-results:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Martin Reimann | Thüringer Energie Team | 27h07'01 | | 2 | Matthew Wilson | Drapac Cycling | + 4 | | 3 | Aaron Kemps | Champion System Pro Cycling | + 8 | | 4 | Dennis Van Niekerk | MTN Qhubeka | + 17 | | 5 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | + 24 | | 6 | Marek Rutkiewicz | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 29 | | 7 | Alexander Arekeev | Team Concordia Forsikring | s.t. | | 8 | Jakob Steigmiller | Thüringer Energie Team | + 36 | | 9 | Jani Weldegaber | MTN Qhubeka | s.t. | | 10 | Stijn Ennekens | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | Points: | | Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | 102 | | Mountain: | | Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Benoît Jarrier | Véranda Rideau - Super U | 56 | | Young: | | Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Martin Reimann | Thüringer Energie Team | 27h07'01 | | Team: | | Rank | Team | Time | | 1 | Team Concordia Forsikring | 81h22'49 (1) |
Edited by bigggassi on 30-09-2012 16:19
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 30-09-2012 16:18
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Congratulations, what a triumph! |
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Posted on 30-09-2012 16:20
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Wow! Really nice tactic in the last race! Great win in the South Africa tour, good story. |
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Posted on 30-09-2012 16:20
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Great win. |
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| bigggassi |
Posted on 30-09-2012 16:57
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thank you very much. |
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Posted on 30-09-2012 17:42
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The Team had a Great time in South Africa and really performed well
Ending with a Brilliant Overall win for Reimann |
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| bigggassi |
Posted on 01-10-2012 23:15
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02/03 - 04/03  3 Daagse West-Vlaanderen
Opening Prologue over a short distance. Went apparently not that bad for me. Limited the time gaps as close as possible.
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 9'29 | | 2 | Lieuwe Westra | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 3 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | + 4 | | 4 | Sébastien Rosseler | Garmin - Sharp | + 6 | | 5 | Bert Grabsch | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | + 8 | | 6 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 10 | | 7 | Alexandr Nikolaevich Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | Piet Rooijakkers | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 9 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos - Shimano | + 11 | | 10 | Alex Dowsett | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 13 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | + 12 | | 16 | Martin Reimann | Thüringer Energie Team | + 14 |
Yes! The small cobble-sections didn't effect the results, at least not at my team. Some good riders crashed at the last cobble-section, though. Westra attacked some Kilometers before the finish and I was very glad to catch him a few meters before the line. Reimann did an excellent job pacing for Arndt and even finished in the Top 10. With the bonus-seconds Arndt was 2nd Place in the general classification, 4'' behind Westra.
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | 4h49'22 | | 2 | Lieuwe Westra | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 3 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 4 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 5 | Robert Kišerlovski | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 6 | Martin Reimann | Thüringer Energie Team | s.t. | | 7 | Alexandr Nikolaevich Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | Piet Rooijakkers | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 9 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 10 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
As there were more and longer cobble-sections the race was a lot more difficult than the stage before. Halfway trough the stage the peleton split up into many large groups. Fortunetaly Reimann and Arndt were still at the first group containing 22 riders and Westra as well. A few km before the finish an Europcar rider attacked and nobody could pace him back. When the sprint started Arndt and Reimann were been already at their limit, this is why both lost a few seconds and some places in the general classification. But no reason to be in the doldrums, though.
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | 4h38'56 | | 2 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol Team | + 27 | | 3 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 4 | Lieuwe Westra | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 5 | Piet Rooijakkers | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 6 | Martijn Maaskant | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 7 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | s.t. | | 8 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 9 | Sébastien Rosseler | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 10 | Ben Hermans | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 16 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | s.t. | | 17 | Martin Reimann | Thüringer Energie Team | s.t. | | Classifications: | | General: | | Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | 9h37'57 | | 2 | Lieuwe Westra | Team Argos - Shimano | + 5 | | 3 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos - Shimano | + 6 | | 4 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | + 9 | | 5 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol Team | + 14 | | 6 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | + 17 | | 7 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | + 21 | | 8 | Sébastien Rosseler | Garmin - Sharp | + 23 | | 9 | Piet Rooijakkers | Team Argos - Shimano | + 27 | | 10 | Kai Reus | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 29 | | 11 | Martin Reimann | Thüringer Energie Team | + 31 | | Points: | | Rank | Name | Team | General | | 1 | Lieuwe Westra | Team Argos - Shimano | 54 | | 2 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos - Shimano | 45 | | 3 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol Team | 40 | | 4 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 35 | | 5 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | 28 | | Young: | | Rank | Name | Team | General Time | | 1 | Nikias Arndt | Thüringer Energie Team | 9h38'06 | | 2 | Martin Reimann | Thüringer Energie Team | + 22 (2) | | 3 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Argos - Shimano | + 2'18 (3) | | 4 | Gert Dockx | Lotto Belisol Team | + 4'30 (4) | | 5 | Luke Rowe | Sky ProCycling | + 6'31 (5) | | Team: | | Rank | Team | General Time | | 1 | Team Argos - Shimano | 28h55'03 (1) |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-10-2012 23:22
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Another great stage win for Arndt in Belgium
He has some good form at the moment |
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Posted on 01-10-2012 23:25
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sutty68 wrote:
Another great stage win for Arndt in Belgium
He has some good form at the moment
Hell, yeah. Very happy I signed him. He will get us some much needed Cont-Points
Edited by bigggassi on 01-10-2012 23:26
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-10-2012 23:26
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bigggassi wrote:
sutty68 wrote:
Another great stage win for Arndt in Belgium
He has some good form at the moment
Hell, yeah. Very happy I signed him. He will get us some much needed Cont-Points
Without a doubt |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 02-10-2012 06:52
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Excellent racing in Belgium! |
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Posted on 02-10-2012 07:41
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Good racing in South Africa!
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