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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 28-04-2008 17:25
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Paris-Nice - Stage 5
It's all going to come down to the climb at the finish. Mount-Ventoux will determine the stage. Devine will just hang out at the front of the pelaton and try to inch up to a top 15 position. We've got no real chance at a stage win here.
Sylvain Chavanel attacks at the base of Ventoux, starting the action.
Nobody can bridge to Chavanel, but a chase group forms of Garate, Joly, Moreau and Pereiro.
But nobody was catching Chavanel. A great stage victory and the leader's jersey.
Devine finishes with the Pelaton nearly 5 minutes back. Still a top 15 finish on the stage is what we were hoping for.
Stage Results:
1 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 4h48'40
2 Juanma Gárate Quick·Step + 1'25
3 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
4 Christophe Moreau Agritubel s.t.
5 Jens Voigt Team CSC + 2'49
6 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux s.t.
7 Tom Danielson Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
8 Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto + 4'44
9 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom + 4'54
10 Egoi MartÃnez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
13 John Devine Team High Road s.t.
14 Fabio Duarte Team High Road s.t.
64 Tony Martin Team High Road + 7'33
66 Adam Hansen Team High Road s.t.
103 Diego Ulissi Team High Road + 13'27
106 Bert Grabsch Team High Road + 16'23
109 Taylor Phinney Team High Road + 20'07
123 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road + 23'51
GC:
1 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 17h34'45
2 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne + 34
3 Christophe Moreau Agritubel + 48
4 Juanma Gárate Quick·Step + 1'38
5 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux + 2'14
6 Tom Danielson Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 3'01
7 Damiano Cunego Lampre + 4'47
8 Jens Voigt Team CSC + 5'02
9 Haimar Zubeldia Euskaltel - Euskadi + 5'05
10 Fränk Schleck Team CSC + 5'13
11 Johann Tschopp Bouygues Télécom + 5'21
12 Mauricio Ardila Rabobank + 5'31
13 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott + 7'04
14 John Devine Team High Road + 7'11
15 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC + 7'17
16 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom + 7'19
17 Bradley McGee Team CSC + 7'20
18 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 7'21
19 Egoi MartÃnez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 7'24
20 Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto s.t.
Points:
1 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC 62
2 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 53
3 Jens Voigt Team CSC 45
4 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne 45
5 Christophe Moreau Agritubel 43
6 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step 41
7 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux 40
8 Daniele Bennati Liquigas 39
9 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC 34
10 Juanma Gárate Quick·Step 33
Mountains:
1 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner 19
2 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne 16
3 Sébastien Minard Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 13
4 Christophe Moreau Agritubel 12
5 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 12
6 Robert Gesink Rabobank 8
7 Charles Wegelius Liquigas 8
8 Juanma Gárate Quick·Step 8
9 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux 7
10 Clément Lhotellerie Skil - Shimano 7
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 28-04-2008 17:35
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nice results
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Posted on 28-04-2008 17:37
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Tirreno-Adriatico - Stage 3
We don't want to become complacent with the lead, so even in a stage like this we're going to keep the pressure on. The uphill at the end might slow down the mass sprint so George will attack late once again to see if we can take anothe win.
After High Road pulled the break back in, George launced another one of his trademark attacks with 7 km to go. Eisel tried to go with him as well.
As Hincapie started on the uphill it was looking pretty good. High Road might even get a 1-2 in the stage.
But Eisel didn't have the legs to make it up the hill. Pozatto zooms past as George crosses the finish, but Eisel has enough to hold on to third. Hincapie further increases his GC lead.
Stage Results:
1 George Hincapie Team High Road 4h39'50
2 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas + 29
3 Bernhard Eisel Team High Road s.t.
4 Igor Astarloa Team Milram s.t.
5 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
6 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto s.t.
7 Niki Terpstra Team Milram s.t.
8 Óscar Freire Rabobank s.t.
9 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner s.t.
10 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s.t.
82 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road s.t.
110 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road + 2'10
114 Mark Cavendish Team High Road s.t.
119 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road s.t.
125 Michael Barry Team High Road + 4'08
158 Craig Lewis Team High Road + 15'56
GC:
1 George Hincapie Team High Road 13h32'44
2 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas + 1'23
3 Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank + 2'36
4 Bernhard Eisel Team High Road + 2'38
5 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
6 Mirko Lorenzetto Lampre s.t.
7 Erik Zabel Team Milram + 2'40
8 Leonardo Scarselli Quick·Step s.t.
9 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 2'42
10 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto s.t.
Points:
1 George Hincapie Team High Road 44
2 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 22
3 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 13
4 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 13
5 Bernhard Eisel Team High Road 12
6 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto 10
7 Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank 10
8 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott 8
9 Mirko Lorenzetto Lampre 8
10 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC 7
Mountains:
1 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 16
2 Luca Mazzanti Tinkoff Credit Systems 5
3 Fabio Baldato Lampre 5
4 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 5
5 Alessandro Spezialetti LPR Brakes 5
6 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto 5
7 Steve Zampieri Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 3
8 Bernhard Kohl Gerolsteiner 3
9 George Hincapie Team High Road 3
10 Fortunato Baliani CSF Group - Navigare 3
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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 28-04-2008 19:29
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Paris-Nice - Stage 6
This hilly stage could still be a mass sprint... but will only involve those who can make it past the rolling terrain leading up to the finish.
Voight made a late attack and was able to take the victory. Most of the sprinters couldn't make it to the front to contest the stage.
Stage Results:
1 Jens Voigt Team CSC 4h34'11
2 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom s.t.
3 Patxi Vila Lampre s.t.
4 Johann Tschopp Bouygues Télécom s.t.
5 David Millar Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
6 Danny Pate Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O s.t.
7 Maarten Tjallingii Silence - Lotto s.t.
8 Bram Tankink Rabobank s.t.
9 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
10 Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner s.t.
24 John Devine Team High Road s.t.
109 Fabio Duarte Team High Road + 1'49
110 Tony Martin Team High Road s.t.
114 Bert Grabsch Team High Road + 2'21
115 Adam Hansen Team High Road s.t.
116 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road s.t.
117 Diego Ulissi Team High Road s.t.
149 Taylor Phinney Team High Road + 11'09
GC:
1 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 22h08'56
2 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne + 34
3 Christophe Moreau Agritubel + 48
4 Juanma Gárate Quick·Step + 1'38
5 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux + 2'14
6 Tom Danielson Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 3'01
7 Damiano Cunego Lampre + 4'47
8 Jens Voigt Team CSC + 4'56
9 Haimar Zubeldia Euskaltel - Euskadi + 5'05
10 Fränk Schleck Team CSC + 5'13
11 Johann Tschopp Bouygues Télécom + 5'21
12 Mauricio Ardila Rabobank + 5'31
13 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott + 7'04
14 John Devine Team High Road + 7'11
15 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom + 7'15
Points:
1 Jens Voigt Team CSC 70
2 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC 63
3 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 53
4 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom 46
5 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne 45
6 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step 44
7 Christophe Moreau Agritubel 43
8 Daniele Bennati Liquigas 41
9 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux 40
10 Tom Danielson Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O 34
Mountain:
1 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner 21
2 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne 16
3 Manuele Mori Saunier Duval - Scott 15
4 Sébastien Minard Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 13
5 Christophe Moreau Agritubel 12
6 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 12
7 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux 11
8 Dmytro Grabovskyy Quick·Step 10
9 Robert Gesink Rabobank 8
10 Charles Wegelius Liquigas 8
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Posted on 28-04-2008 20:04
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Tirreno-Adriatico - Stage 4
Another fairly level stage with enough rolling terrain that George might be tempted to make another attack. It's worked well the first three stages, why not try it again?
After chasing down the break, George tries an attack with 8 km to go...
But it wasn't going to work this time. The sprinters teams were well prepared. I guess catching them off guard four times was a bit much to ask. Pozzato took the stage in a tight sprint edging out Schumacher and Boonen.
Stage Results:
1 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 4h06'24
2 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner s.t.
3 Tom Boonen Quick·Step s.t.
4 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
5 Alessandro Ballan Lampre s.t.
6 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s.t.
7 Giovanni Visconti Quick·Step s.t.
8 Óscar Freire Rabobank s.t.
9 Koldo Fernández de Larrea Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
10 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
11 George Hincapie Team High Road s.t.
12 Bernhard Eisel Team High Road s.t.
56 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road s.t.
125 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road s.t.
126 Mark Cavendish Team High Road s.t.
135 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road + 3'14
159 Craig Lewis Team High Road + 11'44
160 Michael Barry Team High Road + 12'16
GC:
1 George Hincapie Team High Road 17h39'08
2 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas + 1'13
3 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner + 2'36
4 Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank s.t.
5 Tom Boonen Quick·Step + 2'38
6 Bernhard Eisel Team High Road s.t.
7 Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott s.t.
8 Mirko Lorenzetto Lampre s.t.
9 Erik Zabel Team Milram + 2'40
10 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 2'42
Points:
1 George Hincapie Team High Road 44
2 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 34
3 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 20
4 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 15
5 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 13
6 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC 12
7 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner 12
8 Bernhard Eisel Team High Road 12
9 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto 10
10 Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank 10
Mountains:
1 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 16
2 Luca Mazzanti Tinkoff Credit Systems 5
3 Fabio Baldato Lampre 5
4 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 5
5 Alessandro Spezialetti LPR Brakes 5
6 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto 5
7 José Luis Arrieta AG2R - La Mondiale 5
8 Marc De Maar Rabobank 4
9 Steve Zampieri Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 3
10 Bernhard Kohl Gerolsteiner 3
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Posted on 28-04-2008 20:20
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Paris-Nice - Stage 7
A hilly stage with a late flat stretch. Again we're looking to hang with the pelaton and preserve our top 15 spot. I don't think we have the riders here to improve on that.
In the end, nobody took control until too late and Spilak won from the breakaway.
Stage Results:
1 Simon Spilak Lampre 5h02'26
2 Aurélien Passeron Saunier Duval - Scott + 1'17
3 Christophe Laurent Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 3'33
4 Daniele Bennati Liquigas s.t.
5 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner s.t.
6 Heinrich Haussler Gerolsteiner s.t.
7 Peter Velits Team Milram s.t.
8 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC s.t.
9 Pierre Rolland Crédit Agricole s.t.
10 Damiano Cunego Lampre s.t.
34 John Devine Team High Road s.t.
91 Adam Hansen Team High Road + 5'41
98 Tony Martin Team High Road + 7'49
99 Fabio Duarte Team High Road s.t.
132 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road + 11'33
138 Bert Grabsch Team High Road s.t.
140 Taylor Phinney Team High Road s.t.
GC:
1 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 27h14'55
2 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne + 34
3 Christophe Moreau Agritubel + 48
4 Juanma Gárate Quick·Step + 1'38
5 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux + 2'14
6 Tom Danielson Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 3'01
7 Damiano Cunego Lampre + 4'47
8 Jens Voigt Team CSC + 4'56
9 Haimar Zubeldia Euskaltel - Euskadi + 5'05
10 Fränk Schleck Team CSC + 5'13
11 Johann Tschopp Bouygues Télécom + 5'21
12 Mauricio Ardila Rabobank + 5'31
13 Simon Spilak Lampre + 6'28
14 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott + 7'04
15 John Devine Team High Road + 7'11
Points:
1 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC 76
2 Jens Voigt Team CSC 71
3 Daniele Bennati Liquigas 59
4 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 53
5 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom 46
6 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne 45
7 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step 44
8 Christophe Moreau Agritubel 43
9 Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner 41
10 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC 41
Mountains:
1 Christophe Laurent Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O 30
2 Aurélien Passeron Saunier Duval - Scott 27
3 Murilo Fischer Liquigas 25
4 Matthias Ruß Gerolsteiner 25
5 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner 21
6 Simon Spilak Lampre 21
7 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne 16
8 Manuele Mori Saunier Duval - Scott 15
9 Sébastien Minard Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 13
10 Christophe Moreau Agritubel 12
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Posted on 28-04-2008 20:28
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Tirreno-Adriatico - Stage 5
The Time Trial could sort things out significantly. We aren't worried that anyone will pass Hincapie, but it might show who we really need to worry about for the rest of the race.
In the end... it's still Pozzato who's closest. Hoste won the stage but Hincapie was only 10 seconds back... and Pozzato only 22 seconds behind. We're feeling pretty comfortable now... we just need to control things the rest of the way.
Stage Results:
1 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto 27'30
2 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step + 2
3 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner + 3
4 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step + 4
5 Manuel Quinziato Liquigas + 6
6 Dominique Cornu Silence - Lotto + 10
7 George Hincapie Team High Road s.t.
8 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 14
9 Alessandro Ballan Lampre + 17
10 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank + 20
37 Mark Cavendish Team High Road + 58
46 Craig Lewis Team High Road + 1'08
47 Michael Barry Team High Road + 1'10
61 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road + 1'26
63 Bernhard Eisel Team High Road + 1'28
110 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road + 2'25
156 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road + 3'24
GC:
1 George Hincapie Team High Road 18h06'48
2 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas + 1'24
3 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner + 2'29
4 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto + 2'32
5 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step + 2'34
6 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step + 2'36
7 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 2'46
8 Alessandro Ballan Lampre + 2'49
9 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank + 2'52
10 Niki Terpstra Team Milram + 2'57
Points:
1 George Hincapie Team High Road 50
2 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 36
3 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto 25
4 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 25
5 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner 22
6 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 15
7 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 13
8 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC 12
9 Bernhard Eisel Team High Road 12
10 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step 12
Mountains:
1 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 16
2 Luca Mazzanti Tinkoff Credit Systems 5
3 Fabio Baldato Lampre 5
4 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 5
5 Alessandro Spezialetti LPR Brakes 5
6 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto 5
7 José Luis Arrieta AG2R - La Mondiale 5
8 Marc De Maar Rabobank 4
9 Steve Zampieri Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 3
10 Bernhard Kohl Gerolsteiner 3
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Posted on 28-04-2008 20:49
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Paris-Nice - Stage 8
This mountains stage could shake things up at the top... but as long as Devine can hang around in the pelaton his final position should be safe.
In the end the pelaton brought back the breakaway just prior to the final climb. Near the top Voight attacked. Devine tried to follow but couldn't catch up and was quickly swallowed up by the pelaton on the descent. Voight had gotten free though and won the stage handily.
Stage Results:
1 Jens Voigt Team CSC 3h43'16
2 Tom Danielson Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 1'41
3 Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto s.t.
4 Christophe Moreau Agritubel s.t.
5 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto s.t.
6 Paolo Tiralongo Lampre s.t.
7 Haimar Zubeldia Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
8 Pablo Lastras Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
9 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
10 Luis Pasamontes Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
26 John Devine Team High Road s.t.
33 Fabio Duarte Team High Road s.t.
73 Diego Ulissi Team High Road s.t.
74 Tony Martin Team High Road s.t.
75 Adam Hansen Team High Road s.t.
92 Bert Grabsch Team High Road s.t.
114 Taylor Phinney Team High Road + 11'25
128 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road s.t.
Final GC:
1 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 30h59'52
2 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne + 34
3 Christophe Moreau Agritubel + 48
4 Juanma Gárate Quick·Step + 1'38
5 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux + 2'14
6 Tom Danielson Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O + 2'57
7 Jens Voigt Team CSC + 3'09
8 Damiano Cunego Lampre + 4'47
9 Haimar Zubeldia Euskaltel - Euskadi + 5'05
10 Fränk Schleck Team CSC + 5'13
11 Johann Tschopp Bouygues Télécom + 5'21
12 Mauricio Ardila Rabobank + 5'31
13 Simon Spilak Lampre + 6'28
14 Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott + 7'04
15 John Devine Team High Road + 7'11
Final Points:
1 Jens Voigt Team CSC 96
2 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC 76
3 Christophe Moreau Agritubel 61
4 Daniele Bennati Liquigas 59
5 Tom Danielson Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O 56
6 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 53
7 Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner 46
8 Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom 46
9 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne 45
10 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step 44
Final Mountains:
1 Christophe Laurent Slipstream - Chipotle powered by H3O 30
2 Manuele Mori Saunier Duval - Scott 28
3 Aurélien Passeron Saunier Duval - Scott 27
4 Murilo Fischer Liquigas 25
5 Matthias Ruß Gerolsteiner 25
6 Simon Spilak Lampre 22
7 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner 21
8 Dmytro Grabovskyy Quick·Step 20
9 Paolo Tiralongo Lampre 18
10 Óscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne 16
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Posted on 28-04-2008 20:58
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Good work with devine
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Tirreno-Adriatico - Stage 6
The late hills in this stage set up well for another late attack.. but we decided that it would be better just to control the break and not worry about winning the stage.
A small break got free with no riders too close to the lead. The closest was Emanuele Sella who is nearly 5 minutes down.
Coming up on the last hill before the finishing slope, the break still had a lead of a minute and a half. Hincapie was feeling on top of the world today, his legs feeling stronger than they had all race long. We told him he had the green light to go for it if he wanted.
So he took off and tried to bridge the gap.
George was able to cross over and catch the back end of the break as Sella crossed the line to win the stage. Not only did he not lose time... he gained another 47 seconds on the pelaton by finishing in the lead group!
Stage Results:
1 Emanuele Sella CSF Group - Navigare 4h20'55
2 Koos Moerenhout Rabobank s.t.
3 Francesco Bellotti Barloworld s.t.
4 Ruslan Pidgornyy LPR Brakes s.t.
5 Jussi Veikkanen Française des Jeux s.t.
6 George Hincapie Team High Road s.t.
7 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner + 47
8 Leonardo Bertagnolli Liquigas s.t.
9 Alexandr Kolobnev Team CSC s.t.
10 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas s.t.
25 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road s.t.
68 Michael Barry Team High Road s.t.
81 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road s.t.
106 Bernhard Eisel Team High Road + 2'39
127 Craig Lewis Team High Road + 4'30
129 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road s.t.
156 Mark Cavendish Team High Road + 7'17
GC:
1 George Hincapie Team High Road 22h27'43
2 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas + 2'11
3 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner + 3'16
4 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto + 3'19
5 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step + 3'21
6 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step + 3'23
7 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 3'33
8 Alessandro Ballan Lampre + 3'36
9 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank + 3'39
10 Evgeni Petrov Tinkoff Credit Systems + 3'44
Points:
1 George Hincapie Team High Road 55
2 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 37
3 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner 26
4 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto 25
5 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 25
6 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 15
7 Koos Moerenhout Rabobank 15
8 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 13
9 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC 12
10 Bernhard Eisel Team High Road 12
Mountains:
1 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 16
2 Luca Mazzanti Tinkoff Credit Systems 5
3 Fabio Baldato Lampre 5
4 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 5
5 Alessandro Spezialetti LPR Brakes 5
6 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto 5
7 José Luis Arrieta AG2R - La Mondiale 5
8 Koos Moerenhout Rabobank 5
9 Marc De Maar Rabobank 4
10 Steve Zampieri Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 3
Edited by KurtinSC on 28-04-2008 21:05
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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 28-04-2008 21:15
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Tirreno-Adriatico - Stage 7
With the GC, Points and Mountains Jersey's well in hand, we're just going to pull in the break and let the sprinters have a go at it.
In the end, Boonen took the win ahead of Friere and O'Grady. Eisel took 4th place... a nice finish for him considering the competition.
Hincapie comes away with the race win and the points jersey. Burghardt takes the mountains jersey and gets some important hill work in. Perhaps that will help his confidence in the classics to come.
Stage REsults:
1 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 3h48'40
2 Óscar Freire Rabobank s.t.
3 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s.t.
4 Bernhard Eisel Team High Road s.t.
5 Robbie McEwen Silence - Lotto s.t.
6 Sébastien Chavanel Française des Jeux s.t.
7 Mark Cavendish Team High Road s.t.
8 George Hincapie Team High Road s.t.
9 Danilo Napolitano Lampre s.t.
10 Koldo Fernández de Larrea Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
36 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road s.t.
58 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road s.t.
60 Michael Barry Team High Road s.t.
152 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road + 5'28
161 Craig Lewis Team High Road + 15'16
Final General Classification:
1 George Hincapie Team High Road 26h16'23
2 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas + 2'11
3 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner + 3'16
4 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto + 3'19
5 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step + 3'21
6 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step + 3'23
7 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone + 3'33
8 Alessandro Ballan Lampre + 3'36
9 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank + 3'39
10 Evgeni Petrov Tinkoff Credit Systems + 3'44
Final Points Classification:
1 George Hincapie Team High Road 58
2 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 37
3 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 27
4 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner 26
5 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto 25
6 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 25
7 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC 20
8 Bernhard Eisel Team High Road 19
9 Óscar Freire Rabobank 17
10 Koos Moerenhout Rabobank 15
Final Mountains Classification:
1 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road 16
2 Alessandro Spezialetti LPR Brakes 6
3 Luca Mazzanti Tinkoff Credit Systems 5
4 Fabio Baldato Lampre 5
5 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas 5
6 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto 5
7 José Luis Arrieta AG2R - La Mondiale 5
8 Koos Moerenhout Rabobank 5
9 Gilberto Simoni Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 5
10 Aitor Hernández Euskaltel - Euskadi 4
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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 28-04-2008 21:32
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Nokere-Koerse
A flat circuit with a small cobbled hill leading up to the finish line. Hammond is our team lead for this one.
Leader: Roger Hammond
Co-Leader: Marcus Burghardt
Sprinter: Mark Cavendish
Free: Andreas Klier
Teammate: Edvald Boasson Hagen
Teammate: Marcel Sieberg
TEammate: Bert Grabsch
Teammate: Servais Knaven
Klier decided to go on the break today. Hammond was the race favorite, so Klier would just sit on the back until the small cobbled section of the circuit where he'd rush to the front and push hard to try to put stress on the break.
Eventually as the pack was chasing he rode away from the break and kept a high pace up forcing the other teams to work. He finally bonked with 15km to go, but had a great solo ride on the day.
Hammond and Burghardt attacked with 6km to go and got a nice gap on the field. Once they hit the cobbles it was over... there was no way anyone would catch them with that lead.
Hammond took the victory.
1 Roger Hammond Team High Road 4h47'49
2 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road s.t.
3 Bobbie Traksel P3Transfer - Batavus + 49
4 Frédéric Amorison Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner s.t.
5 Bert De Waele Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner s.t.
6 Roy Sentjens Silence - Lotto s.t.
7 Wim De Vocht Silence - Lotto s.t.
8 Kristof Vandewalle Topsport Vlaanderen s.t.
9 Nico Eeckhout Topsport Vlaanderen s.t.
10 David Kopp Cycle Collstrop s.t.
11 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road s.t.
17 Mark Cavendish Team High Road s.t.
29 Bert Grabsch Team High Road s.t.
47 Servais Knaven Team High Road s.t.
59 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road s.t.
103 Andreas Klier Team High Road + 5'44
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 28-04-2008 21:42
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Hammond!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 28-04-2008 21:45
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Very nice 1-2, although the field wasn't exactly imense
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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 28-04-2008 21:54
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Addy291 wrote:
Big RogB)
Very nice 1-2, although the field wasn't exactly imense
Yeah, not exactly the most powerful competition. I actually though Klier might be able to solo it to victory... until he ran out of energy he was holding the gap at almost 2 minutes. |
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Posted on 28-04-2008 22:28
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Milano-Sanremo
The Team:
Leader: George Hincapie
Sprinter: Bernard Eisel
Teammate: Tony Martin
Teammate: Edvald Boasson Hagen
Teammate: Diego Ulissi
Teammate: Adam Hansen
Teammate: Kanstantsin Siutsou
Teammate: André Greipel
We have twin focuses for this big race... prepare Hincapie for a late attack and try to get Eisel involved in a bunch sprint. Hopefully Eisel can get over the late hills and still have some legs left.
No break went away until nearly a third of the way in, and it never got too large a lead. It was brought back in with a long ways to go.
Going over some small hills prior to the larger ones where attacks are expected, Tom Boonen and the rest of the Quickstep boys started pedaling hard... and nobody noticed at first.
Soon Tom really started pushing and pulled away from his teammates.
And the pack simply refused to get their act together. This is TOM BOONEN people... start CHASING!
Finally we couldn't wait any more. Eisel was struggling over the hills and Boonen was getting further and further away instead of closing like we hoped. It was time for Big George to make his move.
And the pelaton was slow to react again. Heck, if they're not afraid of Tom Boonen, who's going to worry about George Hincapie?
Boonen wins... and it's not even close. Amazing win by Tornado Tom. Suprising tactics and it worked to perfection.
But the Pelaton DID wake up... could George stay away? With half a kilometer to go they were breathing down his neck.
But they couldn't pass him... Hincapie takes second!
Results:
1 Tom Boonen Quick·Step 7h37'15
2 George Hincapie Team High Road + 2'41
3 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC s.t.
4 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC s.t.
5 Gert Steegmans Quick·Step s.t.
6 Alessandro Petacchi Team Milram s.t.
7 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas s.t.
8 Daniele Bennati Liquigas s.t.
9 Robbie McEwen Silence - Lotto s.t.
10 Alessandro Ballan Lampre s.t.
65 Bernhard Eisel Team High Road s.t.
70 Tony Martin Team High Road s.t.
112 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road + 5'30
124 Diego Ulissi Team High Road + 8'08
126 Adam Hansen Team High Road s.t.
153 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team High Road + 12'00
181 André Greipel Team High Road + 15'44
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Posted on 28-04-2008 22:30
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Is Hincapie peaking a month too early.....
Edited by Deadpool on 28-04-2008 22:31
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Posted on 28-04-2008 22:39
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Deadpool wrote:
Is Hincapie peaking a month too early.....
70 fitness form, 20 race form for 90 total.
Bumped his training up to 100% just after this race so he should be hitting 100% form at the first of the big 3 cobbled races.
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Posted on 28-04-2008 22:51
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Rund um Koln
This is one of those hard to strategize races that doesn't have any big hills... but has no real flat sections either. We brought a young team for experience, with a Hammond and Boasson Hagen to contend for a race win.
Leader: Roger Hammond
Sprinter: Edvald Boasson Hagen
Free: John Devine
Teammate: Michael Barry
Teammate: Taylor Phinney
Teammate: Craig Lewis
Teammate: Sergio Luis Henao
Teammate:Tony Martin
As the finish line approached we decided that we weren't going to win in a bunch sprint... so our four riders feeling the best at the moment attacked. Tony Martin led out Boasson Hagen, Henao and Hammond.
With 4 guys in the late push, our guys set the pace. Henao and Martin were working really hard.
The pelaton closed as the finish approached, but break member Sven Krauss had a bit more left in his tank than Edvald when it came to the sprint.
Results:
1 Sven Krauss Gerolsteiner 5h11'40
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road s.t.
3 Christian Poos Differdange - Apiflo Vacances s.t.
4 Roger Hammond Team High Road s.t.
5 David Kopp Cycle Collstrop s.t.
6 Stefan Van Dijk Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech s.t.
7 Olaf Pollack Team Volksbank s.t.
8 André Schulze PSK Whirlpool - Author s.t.
9 Tony Martin Team High Road s.t.
10 Assan Bazayev Team Astana s.t.
35 Sergio Luis Henao Team High Road s.t.
76 Craig Lewis Team High Road s.t.
83 John Devine Team High Road s.t.
103 Taylor Phinney Team High Road s.t.
120 Michael Barry Team High Road + 12'41
Edited by KurtinSC on 28-04-2008 22:56
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Posted on 01-05-2008 13:35
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Dwars door Vlaanderen
Another cobbled races leading up to the big classics in April. The mostly flat profile doesn't really fit our cobbled riders very well as we don't have a true sprinter who can ride the cobbles other than Eisel and he wasn't interested in racing here.
Our team:
Leader: Hammond
Co-Leader: Burghardt
Teammate: Knaven
Teammate: Grabsch
Teammate: Klier
Teammate: Sieberg
Teammate: Boasson Hagen
Teammate: Ulissi
The race was pretty uneventful until Nuyens attacked on the second to last cobbled section. The High Road riders missed the move initially and were unable to bridge the gap.
Devolder and Gilbert went with Nuyens, and the three of them were set to sprint it out. In the end Nuyens and Devolder were much more fatigued than Gilbert, who rode away with a fairly easy win in the sprint.
1 Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux 5h31'24
2 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step s.t.
3 Nick Nuyens Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
4 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC + 1'48
5 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto s.t.
6 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team CSC s.t.
7 Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank s.t.
8 Kevin Van Impe Quick·Step s.t.
9 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC s.t.
10 Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
11 Sébastien Rosseler Quick·Step s.t.
12 Matti Breschel Team CSC s.t.
13 Manuel Quinziato Liquigas s.t.
14 Roger Hammond Team High Road s.t.
15 Marcus Burghardt Team High Road s.t.
16 Frederic Guesdon Française des Jeux s.t.
17 Allan Johansen Team CSC s.t.
18 Enrico Franzoï Liquigas s.t.
19 Lars Ytting Bak Team CSC s.t.
20 Andy Cappelle Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner s.t.
48 Servais Knaven Team High Road + 9'00
50 Bert Grabsch Team High Road s.t.
51 Andreas Klier Team High Road s.t.
53 Marcel Sieberg Team High Road + 10'20
71 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team High Road + 13'48
148 Diego Ulissi Team High Road + 19'16
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