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| G_Larsson |
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schleck93 wrote:
GReat riding in FRance, now you are a little closer to staying in the Pro Tour.
Thanks  Yeah 
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Posted on 27-10-2008 14:51
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Awesome from Carrara, nice you moved it up to hard |
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Posted on 27-10-2008 14:51
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I have now raced until Gent Wewelgem, so I think I will post everything tonight
I have choosen to get Rujano in form to the Giro.
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Posted on 27-10-2008 14:51
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Thanks Ember
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Posted on 27-10-2008 15:28
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Milan San Remo
Carrara is our leader here, but it's going to be tough and we are not expecting anything.
Auger started the early attacks.
Suicide?
After a while a group had been created. They were todays break.
Todays break.
At the top of Passo di Turchino, the break lead over the peleton with 11 minutes. But with 130 km left of the stage, Rabobank and Quickstep started to chase.
Matteo was having a bad day (-4). With 40 km to go, the break were caught. 7 km after that Flecha and Paolini starts the real attacks!
Attack again!
Then Matteo were to tired, so he couldn't try following them. Paolini didn't have the power to hang on with Flecha but O'Grady and Gusev tried to catch Flecha, and they did.
The front group.
Their gap grew and after a while it was 1 minute, with 20 km left of the stage, and no one were chasing in the peleton. Petacchi falls! He is out of the game!
Petacchi got a long way back.
Now we can say that the front group will win, their gap is to big. Then Flecha tries an attack, he feels that he can't win the race in a sprint.
Attack by Flecha!
But he don't get a gap. He wont win today, that's for sure. O'Grady is leading out the sprint.
Time for the sprint.
O'Grady is the best sprinter, but Gusev wont give up.
Just 1km left.
But O'Grady is just to good for Gusev. Stuart O'Grady wins Milan San Remo.
Bernhard Eisel wins the bunchsprint. Matteo finishes 23th.
Edited by G_Larsson on 27-10-2008 16:40
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Posted on 27-10-2008 16:58
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KBC - Driedaagse De Panne - Koksijde
Stage 1
This race is a sponsor goal, they want us to get a stagewin, and it's going to be tough to achieve. One cobbled stage, two sprint stages and one TimeTrial. Many stars are here, for example Boonen, Hincapie, Gilbert, Ballan.
The race started with some attacks and Konovalovas were there to counter. He joined a group of 11 riders, with Franzoi in solo lead.
Konovalovas group.
But after some cobble sections the break got mixed and Konovalovas ended up in E5. Cooke and Pliuschin were the first Unibet riders to give up in the pack, and with 30 km to the finishline, Vanspeybrouck, Gardeyn and Casper also fell off the peleton.
Now Coyot were the only Unibet rider in the pack. But they were just 16 riders. Arnaud could now feel the pain in his legs.
Just 16 riders left.
With 14 km left of the stage Leukemans and Flecha attacked.
Attack!
Flecha and Leukemans didn't get away but it splitted the front group. Flecha, Leukemans, Ballan, Pozzato, Paolini and Gilbert was the first group, while Coyot was in the second group together with Boonen, Van Petegem, Van Impe, Burghardt, Ivanov and Hincapie.
The front group, and you can see Coyots group also.
Coyots group couldn't catch Flechas group. Time for the sprint!
1 km to the line!
Philipe Gilbert wins!
Boonen leads in Coyots group.
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Posted on 27-10-2008 17:07
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KBC - Driedaagse De Panne - Koksijde
Stage 2
7 riders tried their luck in todays break.
Todays break.
But they got caught. When the sprint were starting, our sprinters were to tired. Allessandro Ballan won the stage!
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Posted on 27-10-2008 17:14
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KBC - Driedaagse De Panne - Koksijde
Stage 3
We're going right into the sprint, where Casper has a pretty good position.
The sprint is starting.
With 1 km to go he is in the lead, but Boonen comes fast on his right.
Just 1 km left, come on Jimmy!
But he don't have the power, instead Ballan takes his second stage win! Jimmy finishes 4th.
Ballan winning again.
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Posted on 27-10-2008 17:18
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KBC - Driedaagse De Panne - Koksijde
Stage 4
It's the last stage, and we need a stage win. But it's going to be very, very tough. Pliuschin is our best TimeTrialer, 72. But he can't win, instead David Millar wins!
Coyot finishes 9th, which is an ok result.
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Posted on 27-10-2008 17:20
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Please tell me what I can do better in my story So I can make it more interesting for you readers.
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Posted on 27-10-2008 17:22
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The standings in Pro Tour after Milan San Remo:
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Posted on 27-10-2008 17:29
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Good racing, and what a speed you are posting in!! Keep it up! |
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Posted on 27-10-2008 17:30
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Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
Jose Rujano wanted to participate here, he did and his season debut was not so good. But results were not expected here. We sent an unexperienced squad to Spain, and we didn't get any result.
Winner Stage 1: Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel)
Winner Stage 2: Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner)
Winner Stage 3: Riccardo Riccó (Saunier Duval)
Winner Stage 4: Pietro Caucchioli (Credit Agricole)
Winner Stage 5: Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile)
Winner Stage 6: Bradley McGee (FDJeux)
Fränk Schleck won the race ahead of Stefan Schumacher and Riccardo Ricco.
Jose Rujano tested his legs in Spain.
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Posted on 27-10-2008 17:32
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ember wrote:
Good racing, and what a speed you are posting in!! Keep it up!
Thanks Ember, the reason why I post so fast is that i'm free from school this week. But on Wednesday I will travel to my brother and be there until Saturday. So I maybe will post something on Sunday.
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Posted on 27-10-2008 20:26
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Ronde van Vlaanderen
Today the cobble classics starts and of course it's Ronde van Vlaanderen who is first out. Baden Cooke got injured in March so he is not in great form but he will try to do his best as a team-mate. Arnaud Coyot will be our leader here because of his stats boost, he now got 75 in cobble.
Nothing happened early on. Fred Rodriguez got a flat with 170 km left of the stage.
Fred has a long way back to the pack.
But he got back to the peleton easy. With 134 km to the finish line, our own Alexandre Pliuschin punctures!
Alexandre yelling for help.
Also he got back pretty easy. Then it's time for the next rider to have bad luck, Andreas Klier. He falls! Eisel, Greipel and Schreck gets back to him to help him back to the peleton. They succed.
T-Mobile riders working for Klier.
They gets back and right then it's a split in the pack in front. Franzoi, Ballan, Vaitkus and Kopp gets away!
A small gap is created.
But they are soon caught. The first real cobblestones is over now with 100 km to go, and it's time for some hills. With 40 km left the peleton is stretched out. But Coyot is feeling good (+3). He is in the front of the peleton.
Attack by Gilbert, Bettini and Flecha!
Attack!
Coyot decides to not follow. He is having a pretty hard time, they are now around 20 riders in front. Bettini Co. got caught pretty fast. But now it's time for le Muur, and it's an attack by Allessandro Ballan!
Attack by the italian.
He gets a gap fast and he is now going to win the race!
Coyot has to give up and he, Boogerd, Hammond and Klier is now in E4. Boonen and Van Petegem is E3, while the other favourites are in E2.
  
1. Coyots group. 2. Boonen and Van Petegem 3. The favourites.
In the end Coyot attacks, he wanted to try and see if he can catch Boonen and Van Petegem.
Attack by Coyot!
But he don't creat a big gap, at the same time Ballan wins the race!
Ballan celebrates the win.
Bettini wins the sprint for 2nd, while Stuart O'Grady takes 3rd.
Bettini finished 2nd.
Coyot wins ahead of Klier in the sprint and he takes a nice 13th.
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Posted on 27-10-2008 20:31
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Great result of Coyot, very impressive with 15th with only 75 in cobbles and a low hill stats |
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Posted on 27-10-2008 20:32
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good job getting 13. Can wait for the `hell of the north`
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Posted on 27-10-2008 20:51
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Gent Wevelgem
The cobble classics continues with Gent Wevelgem! The sponsor wants us to finish in the top 3, but that is to much. I don't think we can do that.
A crosswind early made the peleton into two parts and we where on the wrong side. The first group were 20 riders big and riders like Van Petegem, Hincapie, Ballan, O'Grady and Cancellara where there.
The gap didn't grew but it held around 1.30 all the time. But the peleton came together at Monteberg the first time and then it split up again at the Kemmelberg. Now Cancellara, Kroon, O'Grady lead with 2.38 over Flecha, Ballan, Franzoi and Freire. They had 30 seconds on the peleton.
 
1. Cancellara, Kroon and O'Grady. 2. Ballan, Franzoi, Flecha and Freire, with the pack in the background.
After Monteberg and Kemmelberg again the situation was like this:
E1 - Cancellara
E2 - O'Grady + 10
E3 - Kroon + 20
E4 - Flecha and Ballan + 1.11
E5 - Hincapie + 2.50
E6 - Coyot co. + 4.50
  
1. Cancellara, O'Grady and Kroon in the background. 2. Ballan and Flecha. 3. Hincapie.
Paolini were to strong for Coyots group, so he went away.
Paolini ahead of Coyot co.
After a while Coyot, Vanspeybrouck, Gardeyn and Eichler also decided to leave their group.
Four of us.
With 5 km left, Ballan and Flecha caught Kroon.
Kroon is caught.
With 6.5 km to the finish for Coyot co. Van Petegem catches them.
Not good!
Fabian Cancellara wins Gent Wevelgem!
Stuart O'Grady comes in 2nd.
Ballan finishes 3rd, Flecha 4th while Kroon gets the 5th spot.
Hincapie crosses the line as 6th.
Paolini 7th.
Van Petegem outsprints Coyot for 8th.
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Posted on 27-10-2008 20:52
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Thanks Alex and Ember, Paris Roubaix up next. Expect a surprise!
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Posted on 27-10-2008 20:58
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 9 and 10 better than Ronde van Vlaanderen
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