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| Addy291 |
Posted on 11-06-2007 18:33
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am i not selected for this tour? |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 11-06-2007 18:59
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Nope, only Millar + Wegelius appeared in Britain aswell as here. (Well, Cumming too but that was for Landbouwkredit in Britain).
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Posted on 11-06-2007 19:50
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Stage 2 brought us to a hilly stage in Iceland. The pack did not control the race whatsoever, maybe thatwas because Rapha had a man upfront:
Weening takes the final mountain points as the race has just 1km to go, a downhill stretch and a tight bend will lead Weening to glory.
1 Pieter Weening RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK 25'05
2 Alexandre Moos DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 57
3 Andy Schleck EUROSPORT.COM + 1'07
4 Christian Pfannberger ELK HAUS - SIMPLON s.t.
5 Gabriel Rasch TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI s.t.
6 Pavel Brutt TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
7 Marius Sabaliauskas PLOWMAN CRAVEN EVANS CYCLES s.t.
8 Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
9 Mickael Buffaz AGRITUBEL s.t.
10 Thomas Lövkvist CARLSBERG - CBB CYCLING s.t.
11 Geraint Thomas EUROSPORT.CO.UK s.t.
12 Vladimir Efimkin TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
13 Christophe Kern AGRITUBEL s.t.
14 Przemyslaw Niemiec TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
15 Luca Mazzanti TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
1 Pieter Weening RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK 44'55
2 Alexandre Moos DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1'02
3 Steven Cummings RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK + 1'07
4 Michael Rogers RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK s.t.
5 Alex Dowsett RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK s.t.
6 Charly Wegelius RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK s.t.
7 Marcus Burghardt T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'08
8 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
9 Bernhard Kohl T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
10 David Millar RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK s.t.
1 Pieter Weening RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK 22
2 Christian Pfannberger ELK HAUS - SIMPLON 15
3 Gabriel Rasch TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI 8
4 Andy Schleck EUROSPORT.COM 6
5 Alexandre Moos DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 3
11 Marc John RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK s.t.
12 Oscar Sevilla T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'09
13 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
14 Bernhard Eisel RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK s.t.
15 Matthias Kessler CARLSBERG - CBB CYCLING + 1'10 |
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| latarnik |
Posted on 11-06-2007 20:00
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who's riding in Tinkoff team?? |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 11-06-2007 20:11
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Vladimir Efimkin
Ivan Rovny
Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio
Przemyslaw Niemiec
Evgeni Petrov
Luca Mazzanti
Pawel Szaniawski
Vasili Kiryienka
Pavel Brutt
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 11-06-2007 20:50
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Stage 3
A gradually rising hill at the finish caught out Rapha Condor as Tinkoff's Mazzanti took the win plus yellow.
Pfannberger and Nordhaug had already been dropepd by Mazzanti and Lovkvist and Gerdemann attacked too late and couldnt catch up.
1 Luca Mazzanti TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS 29'05
2 Thomas Lövkvist CARLSBERG - CBB CYCLING + 10
3 Christian Pfannberger ELK HAUS - SIMPLON + 21
4 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
5 James McCallum PLOWMAN CRAVEN EVANS CYCLES + 37
6 Lars Petter Nordhaug TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI + 46
7 Charly Wegelius RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK + 1'12
8 Andy Schleck EUROSPORT.COM s.t.
9 Aidan Finegan EUROSPORT.CO.UK s.t.
10 Pieter Weening RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK s.t.
11 Evgeni Petrov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
12 David Millar RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK s.t.
13 Bernhard Kohl T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
14 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
15 Michael Rogers RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK s.t.
1 Luca Mazzanti TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS 1h14'53
2 Thomas Lövkvist CARLSBERG - CBB CYCLING + 16
3 Pieter Weening RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK + 19
4 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 37
5 Christian Pfannberger ELK HAUS - SIMPLON + 42
6 James McCallum PLOWMAN CRAVEN EVANS CYCLES + 1'08
7 Alexandre Moos DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1'21
8 Bernhard Eisel RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK + 1'22
9 Charly Wegelius RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK + 1'26
10 Michael Rogers RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK s.t.
11 Steven Cummings RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK s.t.
12 Alex Dowsett RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK s.t.
13 Lars Petter Nordhaug TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI s.t.
14 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'27
15 Bernhard Kohl T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
1 Luca Mazzanti TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS 20
2 Thomas Lövkvist CARLSBERG - CBB CYCLING 17
3 Christian Pfannberger ELK HAUS - SIMPLON 15
1 Christian Pfannberger ELK HAUS - SIMPLON 27
2 Pieter Weening RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK 22
3 Luca Mazzanti TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS 20
4 Thomas Lövkvist CARLSBERG - CBB CYCLING 15
5 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM 10
Moving onto the Norwegian island of Svalbard, and surely there could only be one winner, Thor Hushovd!
Early on in the stage, following the intermediate sprint (1st. R. Downing, 2nd Eisel, 3rd Murn), a mass crash took place, Gerdemann was among those who went down.
It was a disastrous crash for DFL as 7th Overall, Alexandre Moos, plus domestique Matt Brammeier both crashed out.
In the sprint, Carlsberg looked strong, Breschel moved early, and as he faded Rasmussen was ready to take over. But the long sprint would suit only one person:
Thor!
1 Thor Hushovd DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 26'22
2 Bernhard Eisel RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK s.t.
3 Russell Downing DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
4 Alex Rasmussen CARLSBERG - CBB CYCLING s.t.
5 Fredrik Johansson PLOWMAN CRAVEN EVANS CYCLES s.t.
6 Pawel Szaniawski TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
7 Samuel Dumoulin AUBER 93 s.t.
8 Matti Breschel CARLSBERG - CBB CYCLING s.t.
9 James Taylor PLOWMAN CRAVEN EVANS CYCLES s.t.
10 Danilo Wyss EUROSPORT.COM s.t.
11 John Nilsson AUBER 93 s.t.
12 Sébastien Chavanel AGRITUBEL s.t.
13 Jurgen Schánke EUROSPORT.COM s.t.
14 Uros Murn DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 11-06-2007 22:01
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I have finished the tour, i will post the reports soon enough. An announcement for the irish tour though: No rider with a stat of over 75 in ANY useful skill will be permitted to enter (unless theyre Irish!). There are plans for an Irish National Team to compete, as there will be a Welsh and Isle of Man team.
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Posted on 12-06-2007 00:38
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Stage 5 - the biggie!
The route sprials outwards and upwards and here we see Lovkvist igniting the decisive move. Lovkvist though, misjudged the yellow jersey Mazzanti, who counterattacked past him and broje clear to win.
2nd for Lovkvist, with Andy Schleck 3rd.
1 Luca Mazzanti TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS 1h02'14
2 Thomas Lövkvist CARLSBERG - CBB CYCLING + 1'04
3 Andy Schleck EUROSPORT.COM + 1'20
4 Bernhard Kohl T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'28
5 Pieter Weening RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK s.t.
6 Michael Rogers RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK s.t.
7 Oscar Sevilla T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
8 James McCallum PLOWMAN CRAVEN EVANS CYCLES + 1'56
9 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 2'13
10 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
11 Przemyslaw Niemiec TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 2'50
12 Charly Wegelius RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK s.t.
13 Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 3'04
14 Ivan Rovny TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
15 David Millar RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK + 3'14
16 Vladimir Efimkin TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 3'25
17 Dario Cataldo DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 3'47
18 Marcus Burghardt T-MOBILE TEAM + 4'12
19 Matthias Kessler CARLSBERG - CBB CYCLING s.t.
20 Lars Ytting Bak TEAM CSC + 4'41
1 Luca Mazzanti TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS 2h43'09
2 Thomas Lövkvist CARLSBERG - CBB CYCLING + 1'28
3 Pieter Weening RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK + 2'07
4 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'10
5 Michael Rogers RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK + 3'14
6 Andy Schleck EUROSPORT.COM s.t.
7 Bernhard Kohl T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'15
8 Oscar Sevilla T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'16
9 James McCallum PLOWMAN CRAVEN EVANS CYCLES + 3'24
10 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 4'00
Stage 7 came down to a spint and Thor took victory in Helsinki.
Stage 8 comes to stockholm, with the swedes looking to shine. They were helped massively when a huge crash took down the top sprinters plus some overall hopes - including Mazzanti. The peleton was narrowed down to just 45.
Plowman Craven's Freddy Johansson was the most favoured swede but frenchman Samuel Dumoulin obviously hadnt read the script - beating Johansson into 2nd Another swede, Jonas Ljungblad was 3rd in Stockholm.
1 Samuel Dumoulin AUBER 93 33'04
2 Fredrik Johansson PLOWMAN CRAVEN EVANS CYCLES s.t.
3 Jonas Ljungblad UNIBET.COM s.t.
4 Lars Ytting Bak TEAM CSC s.t.
5 Jakob Piil TEAM CSC s.t.
6 Saïd Haddou AUBER 93 s.t.
7 Uros Murn DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
8 Jurgen Schánke EUROSPORT.COM s.t.
9 Gabriel Rasch TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI s.t.
10 John Nilsson AUBER 93 s.t.
The crashed riders managed to regain contact, so the swedish fans were denied seeing Lovkvist take yellow.
The danish fans would not be denied this though in the final stage time trial.
The battle for the win was a Rapha Condor affair, with Rogers beating Millar and Cummings.
Lovkvist came in 5th - Mazzanti 101st.. Lovkvist clinches victory overall but by how much?
1 Michael Rogers RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK 20'12
2 David Millar RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK + 11
3 Steven Cummings RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK + 28
4 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 32
5 Thomas Lövkvist CARLSBERG - CBB CYCLING + 43
6 Brian Vandborg ATOM + 47
7 Marcel Kittel EUROSPORT.CO.UK + 48
8 Christian Vandevelde TEAM CSC + 52
9 Bernhard Kohl T-MOBILE TEAM + 55
10 Magnus Backstedt CARLSBERG - CBB CYCLING + 1'00
1 Thomas Lövkvist CARLSBERG - CBB CYCLING 4h06'09
2 Luca Mazzanti TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 1 (OUCH)
3 Michael Rogers RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK + 43
4 Pieter Weening RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK + 1'14
5 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'31
6 Bernhard Kohl T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'59
7 David Millar RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK + 2'49
8 Andy Schleck EUROSPORT.COM s.t.
9 James McCallum PLOWMAN CRAVEN EVANS CYCLES + 2'51
10 Oscar Sevilla T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'15
1 Samuel Dumoulin AUBER 93 84
2 Thor Hushovd DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 82
3 Fredrik Johansson PLOWMAN CRAVEN EVANS CYCLES 71
4 Bernhard Eisel RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK 70
5 Thomas Lövkvist CARLSBERG - CBB CYCLING 58
1 Luca Mazzanti TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS 60
2 Thomas Lövkvist CARLSBERG - CBB CYCLING 50
3 Christian Pfannberger ELK HAUS - SIMPLON 45
4 Pieter Weening RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK 44
5 Charly Wegelius RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK 40
TESS Rider Rankings:
1 Thomas Lövkvist SWE Carlsberg 196
2 Mark Cavendish IOM Rapha Condor 114
3 David Millar SCO Rapha Condor 113
4 Charly Wegelius ENG Rapha Condor 110
5 Luca Mazzanti ITA Tinkoff 95
6 Jeremy Hunt ENG Rabobank 87
7 Pieter Weening NED Rapha Condor 87
8 Alex Rasmussen DEN Carlsberg 81
9 Juan José Haedo ARG Toyota United 77
10 Justin England USA Toyota United 77
11 Andy Schleck LUX Eurosport.com 76
12 Michael Rogers AUS Rapha Condor 75
13 Fredrik Johansson SWE Plowman Craven 74
14 Jörg Jaksche GER Tinkoff 67
15 Theo Eltink NED Rabobank 65
16 Rémy Di Gregorio FRA Qantas 64
17 Linus Gerdemann GER T-Mobile 64
18 Bernhard Kohl AUT T-Mobile 61
19 Robbie McEwen AUS Qantas 59
20 Frank Schleck LUX CSC 59
Team:
1 Rapha Condor GBR 662
2 Carlsberg DEN 425
3 Tinkoff RUS 393
4 Plowman Craven GBR 219
5 Eurosport.com GBR 216
6 T-Mobile GER 213
7 Rabobank NED 204
8 Toyota United USA 204
9 CSC DEN 173
10 DFL Cyclingnews GBR 170
Nation:
1 England 514
2 Sweden 304
3 Australia 281
4 Holland 252
5 Denmark 231
6 Germany 221
7 France 179
8 Scotland 175
9 USA 175
10 Luxembourg 173
Team list for Ireland:
Rapha Condor
Tinkoff
Carlsberg
Eurosport.com
1 Neutral
Ireland
Isle of Man
Wales
Recycling.co.uk
Navigators Insurance
Tenax
Qantas
Air NewZealand
Southaustralia.com
Konica Minolta
Toyota United
Tissot - iShares
HealthNet
Perutnina Ptuj
Volksbank
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Posted on 12-06-2007 17:41
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The route takes us around the edge of Ireland.
Stage 1 takes in Ireland's capital ~ Dublin, and finishes in Ireland's only veldrome, the Eamonn Ceannt Stadium. Locals will of course be cheering for Ciaran Power.
David McCann and Aidan Finegan will be 2 Irish riders gunning for victory in the mountain stage, up the Leinster Mount.
The race continues south for a hilly stage in the outskirts of Waterford.
A sprinters day on Stage 4 as we set off from Blarney castle and head into Cork for the finish.
The race's only TT will be a team effot in Clonakilty, which is just west of Cork. The route will average at around a gradient of 0 - but only because a downhill section will even out a tough early climb.
We head a loong way North west to Galway for a hilly stage, in Stage 6
Another hilly stage as we head into Northern Ireland, the stage will conclude in Derry
Belfast holds the finale of the tour and it shou
ld be a sprint-fest.
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it WOULD be nice if i wasnt the only one posting
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| Crommy |
Posted on 12-06-2007 17:44
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Who's the favourites in Ireland?
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 12-06-2007 18:05
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Its an open field, with the 75 skill limit.
Ill try to list a few:
MO/HI:
Fabio Duarte (COL)
Stephen Gallagher (IRL)
Geraint Thomas (WAL)
Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)
Alex Holder (ENG)
Steve Zampieri (SUI)
Ivan Rovny (RUS)
SP:
Julian Dean (NZL)
Ivan Stevic (SRB )
Andy Roche (IOM)
Matt Brammeier (WAL)
Wes Sulzberger (AUS)
Ciaran Power (IRL)
Also some good news: ALL PCMdaily riders will ride.
Edited by SportingNonsense on 12-06-2007 18:06
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| latarnik |
Posted on 12-06-2007 18:10
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wow and this is very good info for us  we will be the best of course  |
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 12-06-2007 18:15
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i'm expecting Duarte Domination!!!!!!!!!
he's a great rider, i won columbian nationals with him by 23mins, after being in a break for 50kms then going solo for another 100kms, on hard (if you haven't seen the COL champs, then it's a beast)
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 12-06-2007 18:23
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Duarte will need to earn some good time on the Leinster Mountain to win though, his MO is 75, compared to 74 from some other contenders. His Hill + Sprint stat is a little weaker though.
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Posted on 13-06-2007 00:52
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Stage 1
As we entered the Velodrome Schar and Mattan held a 40 second lead over the pack.
With 300metres to go, Mattan still lead but the strong sprinters were right on his wheel, who would take the win?
Serbian national champion Ivan Stevic! With Manx cyclist Andy Roche an unlucky 2nd, and Julian Dean 3rd.
1 Ivan Stevic TOYOTA UNITED PRO CT
2 Andy Roche ISLE OF MAN NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM
3 Julian Dean AIR NEWZEALAND
4 Ryan Bonser RECYCLING.CO.UK
5 Nico Mattan DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED
6 Wes Sulzberger QANTAS
7 Matthew Brammeier WALES NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM
8 Aurélien Clerc TISSOT - iSHARES
9 Nicolas Roche IRELAND NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM
10 Peter Kennaugh ISLE OF MAN NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM
11 Martin Elmiger PERUTNINA PTUJ
12 Matti Breschel CARLSBERG - CBB CYCLING
13 Kyle Gritters TOYOTA UNITED PRO CT
14 Tom Diggle RECYCLING.CO.UK
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Posted on 13-06-2007 00:58
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Stage 2
The tour's mountain stage suffered from a lack of teams wanting to control the race.
A break of around 9 men went forward - including Geraint Thomas. They built a lead of a minute with no reaction and only began to get caught due to lack of teamwork.
With 1km to go Manx rider Elliot Baxter led Geraint Thomas who darted away from the pack.
And the Welsh rider took the win with no competition.
Johann Tschopp took 2nd while Irishman Stephen Gallagher placed 3rd.
1 Geraint Thomas WALES NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM 37'44
2 Johann Tschopp TISSOT - iSHARES + 27
3 Stephen Gallagher IRELAND NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM + 45
4 Steve Zampieri TISSOT - iSHARES s.t.
5 Ivan Terenine TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
6 Jonathan P. McCarty TISSOT - iSHARES s.t.
7 Simon Holt RECYCLING.CO.UK s.t.
8 Fabio Duarte TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
9 Matija Kvasina PERUTNINA PTUJ + 1'03
10 Chris Newton RECYCLING.CO.UK s.t.
11 Daniele Pietropolli TEAM TENAX SALMILANO s.t.
12 Alex Holder RECYCLING.CO.UK s.t.
13 Ryder Hesjedal TISSOT - iSHARES s.t.
14 Ivan Rovny TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
15 Ryan Bonser RECYCLING.CO.UK + 1'26
1 Geraint Thomas WALES NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM 58'47
2 Johann Tschopp TISSOT - iSHARES + 35
3 Stephen Gallagher IRELAND NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM + 57
4 Ivan Stevic TOYOTA UNITED PRO CT + 1'05
5 Simon Holt RECYCLING.CO.UK s.t.
6 Steve Zampieri TISSOT - iSHARES s.t.
7 Fabio Duarte TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
8 Jonathan P. McCarty TISSOT - iSHARES s.t.
9 Ivan Terenine TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
10 Chris Newton RECYCLING.CO.UK + 1'23 |
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Posted on 13-06-2007 07:41
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Go Geraint!!!
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Posted on 13-06-2007 16:30
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Hopefully he will take the win, but some tough tests to come.
Stage 3
A strong Welsh squad failed to set up Thomas well as Gallagher lept off the front with just 1 kilometre left.
Gallagher was a man on a mission, and the mission was a success.
1 Stephen Gallagher IRELAND NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM 32'27
2 Chris Newton RECYCLING.CO.UK s.t.
3 David McCann AIR NEWZEALAND s.t.
4 Geraint Thomas WALES NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM s.t.
5 Daniele Pietropolli TEAM TENAX SALMILANO s.t.
6 Julian Winn WALES NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM s.t.
7 Matthew Lloyd SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
8 Karl Menzies QANTAS s.t.
9 Steve Zampieri TISSOT - iSHARES s.t.
10 Hayden Roulston AIR NEWZEALAND s.t.
13 Tomas Tuma TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
1 Geraint Thomas WALES NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM 1h31'14
2 Johann Tschopp TISSOT - iSHARES + 35
3 Stephen Gallagher IRELAND NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM + 57
4 Steve Zampieri TISSOT - iSHARES + 1'05
5 Fabio Duarte TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
6 Ivan Stevic TOYOTA UNITED PRO CT s.t.
7 Simon Holt RECYCLING.CO.UK s.t.
8 Jonathan P. McCarty TISSOT - iSHARES s.t.
9 Ivan Terenine TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
10 Chris Newton RECYCLING.CO.UK + 1'23 |
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Posted on 13-06-2007 16:42
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Stage 4
Welcome to Cork!
7 riders made use of the 2 intermediate sprints to break away from the pack, who were reluctant to chase.
Nicholas Roche eyes up the finish - its still 10km away though
7 fell to 5 for the finish:
1 Julian Dean AIR NEWZEALAND 28'53
2 Wes Sulzberger QANTAS s.t.
3 Nicolas Roche IRELAND NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM s.t.
4 Andy Roche ISLE OF MAN NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM s.t.
5 Martin Elmiger PERUTNINA PTUJ s.t.
The peleton didnt chase much and didnt sprint seriously either, with the likes of Stevic not contesting the sprint. The Yellow jersey feeling aided Thomas' strong sprint.
6 Ryan Bonser RECYCLING.CO.UK + 35
7 Geraint Thomas WALES NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM s.t.
8 Matti Breschel CARLSBERG - CBB CYCLING s.t.
9 Sean Finning SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
10 Gordon Fraser HEALTH NET PB MAXXIS s.t.
11 Tom Diggle RECYCLING.CO.UK s.t.
12 Kirk O'Bee HEALTH NET PB MAXXIS s.t.
13 Andris Nauduzs TISSOT - iSHARES s.t.
14 Chris Wherry TOYOTA UNITED PRO CT s.t.
15 Ben Swift EUROSPORT.COM s.t. |
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Posted on 13-06-2007 17:02
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Stage 5
Moving onto Clonakilty and the Team Time Trial, where the Irish team were rates as the top favourites.
They couldnt live up to the pressure though and finished 8th.
Tinkoff led in the early stages but SouthAustralia.com took away their lead by just 1 second.
The Welsh squad had little expectations as they crossed the line, having been out of the top 5 in the first 2 checkpoints, but they had rode brilliantly in the 2nd half of the race as they took the lead by 1 second!
Would Wales win? No, Recycling.co.uk blew away the field.
1 RECYCLING.CO.UK 23'58
2 WALES NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM + 12
3 SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 14
4 TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 15
5 TISSOT - iSHARES + 16
6 ISLE OF MAN NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM + 17
7 RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK + 22
8 IRELAND NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM + 24
9 EUROSPORT.COM s.t.
10 DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 26
1 Geraint Thomas WALES NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM 2h24'52
2 Simon Holt RECYCLING.CO.UK + 53
3 Stephen Gallagher IRELAND NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM + 1'09
4 Alex Holder RECYCLING.CO.UK + 1'11
5 Chris Newton RECYCLING.CO.UK s.t.
6 Steve Zampieri TISSOT - iSHARES + 1'12
7 Ryan Bonser RECYCLING.CO.UK + 1'16
8 Luke Rowe WALES NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM + 1'27
9 Peter Kennaugh ISLE OF MAN NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM + 1'30
10 Ivan Stevic TOYOTA UNITED PRO CT s.t.
11 Matt Rowe RECYCLING.CO.UK + 1'36
12 Ross Sander WALES NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM + 1'46
13 Mark Scanlon QANTAS s.t.
14 Shaun Higgerson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 1'48
15 Jonathan Bellis ISLE OF MAN NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM + 1'51
16 Sam Firby ISLE OF MAN NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM s.t.
17 Grégory Rast TISSOT - iSHARES + 1'52
18 Warren Flynn ISLE OF MAN NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM s.t.
19 Elliot Baxter ISLE OF MAN NATIONAL CYCLING TEAM + 1'53
20 Matt Talbot RAPHA CONDOR - SPIUK + 1'56 |
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