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Daniel Martin - Irish Pride
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| Adamb |
Posted on 25-02-2014 18:00
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Well done a great start to the season by winning the Tour Down Under. |
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| 547984 |
Posted on 25-02-2014 20:31
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Well done, pulling off a 50 second gap in 1 km!
baseballlover312, 06-03-14 : "Nuke Moscow...Don't worry Russia, we've got plenty of love to go around your cities"
Sarah Palin, 08-03-14 (CPAC, on Russian aggression) : "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke"
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 25-02-2014 21:17
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Santos Tour Down Under - Stage 6
Short, flat stage in Adelaide. Just gotta keep the floor clean and we should have the win.
Breakaway got away. What else is new?
You know, I really like this jersey. Maybe I'll keep it.
Anyway, the break was caught with 25 km to go and it was actually shaping out into a straight forward mass sprint.
3 trains popped up with 5 km to go. Belkin, Giant, and Trek all were up front with 3 rider trains. I tagged along on the Trek one just for the ride.
Sinkeldam surged ahead with his leadout with 1 km to go, and Veelers was in the perfect position. Luke Rowe tagged onto his wheel but didn't have much to come around. Belkin was still there but didn't have momentum, and Trek was slipping fast.
And as expected it was Veelers who pulled away for the win! Rowe, Markus, and Gavazzi fought for the podium spots.
But who cares?! Because I just won the first WT race of the season! What a way to kick off the year! Hopefully it will all be as successful as this race!
Stage Rankings:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Tom Veelers | Team Giant - Shimano | 1h42'42 | | 2 | Barry Markus | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | s.t. | | 4 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 5 | Kris Boeckmans | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 6 | Danny Van Poppel | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 7 | Daniel Martin | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 8 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 9 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 10 | Robert Wagner | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
General Classification:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Daniel Martin | Garmin Sharp | 17h51'04 | | 2 | Maxim Belkov | Team Katusha | + 45 | | 3 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Sky | + 50 | | 4 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale | + 1'17 | | 5 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | + 1'19 | | 6 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Belisol | + 1'23 | | 7 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | + 1'25 | | 8 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | + 1'29 | | 9 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | Oscar Gatto | Cannondale | + 1'31 |
Points Classification:
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | General | | 1 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale | 0 | 16 | | 2 | Maxim Belkov | Team Katusha | 0 | 14 | | 3 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | 0 | 14 | | 4 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | 0 | 14 | | 5 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Belisol | 0 | 12 | | 6 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | 12 | 12 | | 7 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | 0 | 12 | | 8 | Barry Markus | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 6 | 12 | | 9 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Sky | 0 | 10 | | 10 | Daniel Martin | Garmin Sharp | 0 | 8 |
King of the Mountains Classification:
| Rank | Name | Team | Mountain | General | | 1 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | 0 | 26 | | 2 | Daniel Martin | Garmin Sharp | 0 | 22 | | 3 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ.fr | 0 | 16 | | 4 | Kristjan Koren | Cannondale | 0 | 10 | | 5 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | 0 | 10 | | 6 | Maxim Belkov | Team Katusha | 0 | 8 | | 7 | Tony Gallopin | Lotto Belisol | 0 | 8 | | 8 | Christian Meier | Orica GreenEdge | 0 | 8 | | 9 | Peter Velits | BMC Racing Team | 0 | 6 | | 10 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | 0 | 6 |
Just barely missed out on the KOM by the way. Didn't even notice.
Youth Classification:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | General Time | | 1 | Barry Markus | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 1h42'42 | + 2'13 (9) | | 2 | Luke Rowe | Team Sky | s.t. | + 2'18 (10) | | 3 | Danny Van Poppel | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | + 2'22 (17) | | 4 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | + 45 (3) | | 5 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | + 2'22 (19) | | 6 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Katusha | s.t. | + 2'22 (16) | | 7 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Sky | s.t. | 17h51'54 (1) | | 8 | Moreno Hofland | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | + 2'22 (21) | | 9 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | + 6'10 (32) | | 10 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | + 41 (2) |
Team Classification:
| Rank | Team | Time | General Time | | 1 | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 5h08'06 | + 3'51 (16) | | 2 | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | + 3'51 (17) | | 3 | Team Sky | s.t. | 53h37'20 (1) | | 4 | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | + 2'14 (14) | | 5 | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | + 37 (9) | | 6 | Team Katusha | s.t. | + 0 (2) | | 7 | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | + 37 (10) | | 8 | Movistar Team | s.t. | + 37 (3) | | 9 | Cannondale | s.t. | + 37 (11) | | 10 | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | + 37 (8) |
Thank you for reading! Next time it will be February, for Vuelta a la Region de Murcia! See you there!
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 25-02-2014 21:19
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How come IAM are in TDU? I don't think they're WT just yet.
Great victory, but was expected. Maybe time to bump up the difficulty a bit, that win was far too easy  |
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| VoetsT |
Posted on 25-02-2014 21:20
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That's how you start a season 
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 25-02-2014 21:23
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FroomeDog99 wrote:
How come IAM are in TDU? I don't think they're WT just yet.
Great victory, but was expected. Maybe time to bump up the difficulty a bit, that win was far too easy
Perhaps, but every time I play on Extreme I fail. I'd chalk it up to the extremely weak startlist. 
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 25-02-2014 23:25
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@VoetsT Hell yeah!
Just wanted to share this. David Millar got injured when I was simulating. He got... A BROKEN NECK.
But he'll be back MID MARCH?
HOW.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| 547984 |
Posted on 25-02-2014 23:26
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We don't care, it's a one-rider story
baseballlover312, 06-03-14 : "Nuke Moscow...Don't worry Russia, we've got plenty of love to go around your cities"
Sarah Palin, 08-03-14 (CPAC, on Russian aggression) : "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke"
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 25-02-2014 23:28
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And as such I have not been even mentioning the other aces. For other WT races I might give a mention and export the final results. Also Dan will mention it if a teammate wins something. But this was just too funny not to mention. 
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-02-2014 09:23
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What a Great win for Daniel and a very nice way to start his campaign
And Good Luck in Spain, lets hope he makes it two out of two |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 26-02-2014 17:48
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Vuelta a la Region de Murcia Preview
It's been a month since I last raced, so I can't say I;m in the best form. But this small classic is leading me into the heart of my season, and for that I can't wait! Also, the photo at the top of this post i likely not the actual logo for this race, but as I could not find an image of the actual one, this will do.
Some mountains in the middle and a short hill at the end. We brought a lot of manpower for a small race here, which hopefully will turn the team out for a win. Unfortunately, the team hasn't won anything since Down Under. Hopefully that can change.
As you can see, we put a lot on the table for it. here's the full squad.
 | | Daniel Martin | | Leader | |  | | Tom Danieslon | | Super Domestique | |  | | Lachlan Morton | | Super Domestique | | | | Caleb Fairly | | Domestique | | | | Alex Howes | | Domestque | | | | Rohan Dennis | | Domestique | |  | | Andre Cardoso | | Domestque |
However, there is stircit compeition here. Purito is here with Katusha, Kreuzinger with Saxo (Oops Tinkoff), and Horner for Lampre. Among others.
*** Rodriguez, Martin, Kreuzinger
** Horner, Mollema, Gesink, Schleck
* Brajkovic, Duarte, Kiryienka, L.L. Sanchez, Sancho (:P)
See you after the race! Wish me luck!
Edited by baseballlover312 on 26-02-2014 17:51
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 26-02-2014 17:52
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I am extremely confused as to why Fabian Wegmann doesn't show up in the post, since when i try to edit it he is already there.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| everkiller |
Posted on 26-02-2014 18:19
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I knew it, he wanted to win and he did it. It came to easily that's for sure. Come on guys don't let him win everything |
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| krisa |
Posted on 26-02-2014 18:21
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Good luck
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| 547984 |
Posted on 26-02-2014 22:52
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Come on Horner! Murica
baseballlover312, 06-03-14 : "Nuke Moscow...Don't worry Russia, we've got plenty of love to go around your cities"
Sarah Palin, 08-03-14 (CPAC, on Russian aggression) : "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke"
Big thanks to jdog for making this AMAZING userbar! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-02-2014 23:59
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Can Daniel rule in Spain as well, Good Luck  |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 27-02-2014 02:06
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I've already played the stage and have everything ready. Report will come tomorrow.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 27-02-2014 05:25
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Come on Dan. win this one too!
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| Adamb |
Posted on 27-02-2014 07:49
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Good luck |
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| VoetsT |
Posted on 27-02-2014 19:32
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Good luck in this race
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