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| JustinWK |
Posted on 28-06-2007 12:31
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 Volta ao Algarve, 5 Stages:
Stage 3, Lagoa - Lagos:
The experts say that it should be seen as a flat stage but something tells me that I should up the pace a bit on the climb to hurt some sprinters, because of that we managed to take out Baumann and Casper but the others were still there, after the climb other teams took over so that they could catch these guys:
Sneeboer, Mengin and Castanheira would get caught with 30 kms to go
So another sprint in the Algarve region, Costa couldn't make it three in a row as he was surprised by an Italian, Costa ended 2nd just in front of Van Heerden who gained 1 seconds because of that and in this sprinters fest that can be of great importance in the GC, the winner was:
Cristian Moreni surprises Costa and so he can be beaten it appears (Casper came back in the last kms and still ended 4th)
Result:
1.  Cristian Moreni COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 5h12'13
2.  Pedro Costa VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
3.  Juan Van Heerden BARLOWORLD s.t.
4.  Jimmy Casper UNIBET.COM s.t.
5. Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
6 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
7 Bradley McGee FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
8 Hugo Sabido BARLOWORLD s.t.
9 Jakob Piil T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
10 Dmitri Muravjev ASTANÁ s.t.
11 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
12 Erwin Thijs UNIBET.COM s.t.
13 Addy Engels QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
14 Mauro Facci QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
15 Mickaël Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
16 Matej Jurco TEAM MILRAM s.t.
17 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
18 Francisco José Pacheco BARBOT - HALCON s.t.
19 Manuel Antonio Cardoso RIBERALVES - BOAVISTA s.t.
20 Pedro Miguel Soeiro BARBOT - HALCON s.t.
21 Marco Velo TEAM MILRAM s.t.
22 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
23 Arnaud Coyot UNIBET.COM s.t.
24 Yann Huguet COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
25 Geert Steurs PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
Stage 4, Vila Real de Santo Antonio - Loule:
The hardest stage in the tour but it is not extremely hard so I'm confident that Van Heerden and Sabido will present in the final 'sprint' A break was created with 2 Barlo's in it because first Cox was lonely in front and later Longo Borghini joined him with 3 others
They didnt stand a chance, but these 2 could come in handy
Why? because in the back the group fell apart and only 25 riders were present in the first group, in order to make it work Cox and Longo Borghini co operated with the Vitoria team but with 8 kms to go the 2nd group joined because of FDjeux and Cofidis, Sabido and Van Heerden are perfectly placed but they both weren't able to win, Sabido ends 3rd as they are suprised by...well
 
Left: An Astana rider surprise the Barlo mini train, Right: Talking about irony, Kessler wins...
Result:
1.  Matthias Kessler ASTANÁ 4h50'40
2. Cristian Moreni COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
3. Hugo Sabido BARLOWORLD s.t.
4. Ronny Scholz GEROLSTEINER s.t.
5.  Rik Verbrugghe COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
6 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
7 Juan Van Heerden BARLOWORLD s.t.
8 Andrei Grivko TEAM MILRAM s.t.
9 Dmitri Grabovski QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
10 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
11 Bradley McGee FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
12 Sérgio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
13 Jurgen Van Goolen DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
14 Maxim Iglinski ASTANÁ s.t.
15 Dmitri Muravjev ASTANÁ s.t.
16 Gianni Meersman DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
17 Chris Horner PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
18 Tom Stubbe CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
19 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
20 Serge Pauwels CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
21 Gilberto Sampaio VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
22 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
23 Juan Manuel Gárate QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
24 Carlos Barredo QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
25 Igor Astarloa TEAM MILRAM s.t.
Stage 5, Vila de Bispo - Portimao:
Costa still had a 9 second lead over Moreni and it looks like, unless something weird happens, that Costa wins this race. Van Heerden and Sabido are respectively 4th and 5th thanks to boniseconds and it looks like it will stay that way which is nice because you also get points for these place  Everyone agrees that this final stage should be a sprint and so all sprinters get ready for the last time!
 
Left: Van Heerden in the u25 jersey trying to follow Costa, Right: Costa certainly is the best in this Volta ao Algarve
Result:
1. Pedro Costa VITÓRIA - ASC 4h30'21
2. Jimmy Casper UNIBET.COM s.t.
3. Juan Van Heerden BARLOWORLD s.t.
4. Cristian Moreni COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
5. Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
6 Hugo Sabido BARLOWORLD s.t.
7 Mickaël Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
8 Bradley McGee FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
9 Dmitri Muravjev ASTANÁ s.t.
10 Maxim Iglinski ASTANÁ s.t.
11 José Martins VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
12 Francisco José Pacheco BARBOT - HALCON s.t.
13 Arnaud Coyot UNIBET.COM s.t.
14 Antonio Cruz DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
15 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
16 Benoît Vaugrenard FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
17 Erwin Thijs UNIBET.COM s.t.
18 Bradley Wiggins COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
19 Stefan Schreck T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
20 Matej Jurco TEAM MILRAM s.t.
21 Rik Verbrugghe COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
22 Yann Huguet COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
23 Jurgen Van Goolen DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
24 Matthias Kessler ASTANÁ s.t.
25 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t
Final GC:
1. Pedro Costa VITÓRIA - ASC 23h19'19
2. Cristian Moreni COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 19
3. Matthias Kessler ASTANÁ + 31
4. Juan Van Heerden BARLOWORLD + 33
5. Hugo Sabido BARLOWORLD + 37
6 Carlo Westphal GEROLSTEINER s.t.
7 José Martins VITÓRIA - ASC + 39
8 Francisco José Pacheco BARBOT - HALCON + 40
9 Bradley McGee FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 41
10 Maxim Iglinski ASTANÁ s.t.
11 Dmitri Muravjev ASTANÁ s.t.
12 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
13 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
14 Mickaël Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
15 Erwin Thijs UNIBET.COM s.t.
16 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
17 Arnaud Coyot UNIBET.COM s.t.
18 Ronny Scholz GEROLSTEINER s.t.
19 Antonio Cruz DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
20 Jurgen Van Goolen DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
21 Mauro Facci QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
22 Bradley Wiggins COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
23 Rik Verbrugghe COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
24 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
25 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 28-06-2007 12:51
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Good tour. Dont be beat up about the kessler lose hes probably doped up. 
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 28-06-2007 13:06
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idd
February Review:
Decent month for us while Tinus' jewel Nicacio won in Cuba and Sammele's Sohrabi won in Sharm-El-Sheikh, also Alex had success as Failli won the GP Costa Degli Etrushi and at last Spieker's Petrov won the tour de Mediterraneen
CT Rankings:
1.  Barloworld 308
2.  Relax - GAM 305
3.  Tinkoff Credit Systems 295
4.  Letua Cycling Team 268
5.  Islamic Azad University 250
And in the latest news, Barloworld earned itself a wildcard for both Milano San Remo and Tirreno Adriatico
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 28-06-2007 13:16
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Nice to see that the islamic team is still beating others What good riders do that team have?
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 28-06-2007 15:54
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great work Justin, keep it up
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 28-06-2007 16:17
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yep Giro is our main goal and TDF as well, depending on how we will be ranked in the CT rankings the Vuelta might also be in the plans
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 28-06-2007 16:18
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I would of said the vuelta is higher than the Giro because you could win it, with ardila.
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 28-06-2007 16:19
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cool, so the possibility of all 3 |
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 28-06-2007 16:20
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@ Karl, he has a sponsor goal for the Giro,
a stage win |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 28-06-2007 16:21
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Giro is more realistic. Barloworld is based in Italy and has a bunch of italian riders
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 28-06-2007 16:22
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I thought barloworld was a british team???
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 28-06-2007 16:22
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Karl_rab wrote:
I would of said the vuelta is higher than the Giro because you could win it, with ardila.
Ardila doesn't ride for Barloworld either |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 28-06-2007 16:23
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Addy291 wrote:
Karl_rab wrote:
I would of said the vuelta is higher than the Giro because you could win it, with ardila.
Ardila doesn't ride for Barloworld either
Justin signed the younger Ardila brother
Karl_rab wrote:
I thought barloworld was a british team???
British license. just like Panaria has an Irish license. just like Astana has a swiss license. etc etc etc. Barloworld is actually south-african (hence why they send every single one of their best riders to trounce the field every year at the Giro del Capo)
also, it's based in italy, so all the mechanics, DSs, a lot of riders, etc etc are italian
Edited by issoisso on 28-06-2007 16:25
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 28-06-2007 16:23
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Karl_rab wrote:
I thought barloworld was a british team???
British/Italian |
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| Karl_rab |
Posted on 28-06-2007 16:25
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Yeah, Know justin just needs his older brother, and hes got the best team in the world
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 28-06-2007 16:25
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issoisso wrote:
Justin signed the younger Ardila brother
oh, thought he was talking about the other Ardila,
but he has a good chance with Alex Ardila, 77MO
Edited by Addy291 on 28-06-2007 16:26
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 29-06-2007 12:59
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 GP Chiasso
This is the 1st race for Cardenas, Arreitunandia and Efimkin and the last one will immediatly be our leader here
A tough criterium in this beautiful region but the weather ain't nice at all, the rain causes many falls in the downhill sections and Cox, Serrano and Illiano are only a few who felt the tarmac on this rainy day. It stays quiet for a while but 25 kms to go it is John Gadret from AG2R who takes off, several riders respond to this attack but only 1 is able to reach him
 
Left: Gadret is the first to attack! Right: From T-Mobile Axel Merckx joins him while Grivko comes up short
The 2 work well and it turns out that the early attack from Gadret pays off, but not entirely as it's his breakaway companion who takes the win in rainy Switzerland. Efimkin breaks away from the pack with 10 kms to go and ends 6th, not bad considering it's Aleksandr's first race.
Axel Merckx beats the mountainbiker Gadret fair and square
Result:
1. Axel Merckx T-MOBILE TEAM 5h01'50
2. John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
3.  Andrei Grivko TEAM MILRAM + 34
4.  Bernhard Kohl GEROLSTEINER + 1'33
5. Carlos Barredo QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
6 Aleksandr Efimkin BARLOWORLD s.t.
7 Vladimir Miholjevic LIQUIGAS + 1'49
8 Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
9 Tyler Hamilton TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
10 Charles Wegelius LIQUIGAS s.t.
11 Felix Cardénas BARLOWORLD s.t.
12 Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
13 Giampaolo Cheula BARLOWORLD s.t.
14 David Millar SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
15 Dmitri Grabovski QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
16 Jakob Piil T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
17 Thierry Marichal FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
18 David De la Fuente SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
19 Lorenzo Bernucci T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
20 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
21 Addy Engels QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
22 Bradley McGee FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
23 Geert Verheyen QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
24 Aleksandr Serov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
25 Sergei Klimov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| Setzel |
Posted on 29-06-2007 13:05
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Good place for efimkim
Eating my daily Breakfast at 9 pm
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| Crommy |
Posted on 29-06-2007 13:19
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Just missing out on top 5 - good result in a quality field
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 29-06-2007 14:45
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thanks
GP di Lugano
Cardenas and Arreitunandia felt too good to race in the rain on a sunday and so Ardila and Marquez replaced them
Overall not so tough as yesterday's stage but it's almost certain that a strong attack on the final climb will be the key to success, there is a break but this one is quickly caught and as expected the favourites attack on the final climb, this time Bernard Kohl has the strongest attack as he leaves 8 others behind, those 8 don't work really well so can we already give the young Austrian the win?
Bernard Kohl looking strong
In the descent his lead stays 14 secs and it gets a bit smaller every km, Efimkin meanwhile tried to become a part of the group behind Kohl but he failed and so he crossed the finish on his own in 10th place, up front Kohl fought for every inch but is it enough to beat the others?
Gerdemann has a very strong sprint, but luckily for Kohl the judges decide that it's the Austrian who wins
Result:
1. Bernhard Kohl GEROLSTEINER 4h31'02
2. Linus Gerdemann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
3. Alessandro Proni QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
4. Andrei Grivko TEAM MILRAM s.t.
5. Gianpaolo Caruso LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
6 Michail Ignatiev TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
7 Juan José Cobo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
8 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
9 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
10 Aleksandr Efimkin BARLOWORLD + 1'58
11 Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'15
12 Carlos Barredo QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
13 Axel Merckx T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
14 Dmitri Grabovski QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
15 Lorenzo Bernucci T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
16 Jakob Piil T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
17 Addy Engels QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
18 Ricardo Serrano TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
19 Aleksandr Serov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
20 Cédric Vasseur QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
21 Evgeni Petrov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
22 Tyler Hamilton TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
23 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
24 Sergei Klimov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
25 Dario Cataldo LIQUIGAS s.t.
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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