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FDJ Saison 2009 - Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 21-06-2009 10:29
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1st February
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So it's warmer here than it is in Paris, the riders feel quite comfortable in this weather. Todays race begins here in Allauch and will end 130km later in Aubagne, the route is hilly and not too hilly for a sprint, which is my worry.
I've brought with me some guys who are good on the hills, we will attempt a breakaway on the final climb the Col de la Gineste and see what happens.
40 degrees was the temperature in Snapper point, here in Allauch it's only 13, as we get ready to begin the European cycling season.
We want a early breakaway, so we attacked with Veikkanen.
So, today's break is: Tchanliev (Club Bourgas), Veikkanen (FDJ), Kobzarenko (Team Type 1), Bowman (Kelly Benefit) and Loulet (AG2R)
2 riders join our breakaway and they are Seeldraeyers (Quick Step) and Sprick (bbox)
Now, a group of 5 others join, the gap is 3'45" and is rising with 88km to go.
Veikkanen calls for the team car
30km to go, the peloton is getting restless and attacks start to happen
Our tactic has played out, Joly has attacked on the Col de la Gineste. However the sprinters teams catch him after 2km, our breakaway is out there still!
I missed something here whilst attacking with Joly, the break split, i'm on the wrong side of the break, 10km to go!
Seeldraeyers or Kobzarenko,who won?, I think we need a photofinish!
I Still don't know who won? One things sure, it was very close.
Kobzarenko wins the Grand Prix D'Ouverture La Marseillaise.
RESULTS:
Top 10 - Grand Prix Cycliste D'Ouverture La Marseillaise
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1 Valery Kobzarenko Team Type 1 3h29'28
2 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick·Step s.t.
3 Jonathan Hivert Skil - Shimano s.t.
4 Svetoslav Tchanliev Cycling Club Bourgas s.t.
5 Julien Loubet AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
6 Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg Team Capinordic s.t.
7 Dan Bowman Kelly Benefit Strategies + 31
8 Jussi Veikkanen Française des Jeux s.t.
9 Michael Kristensen Team Designa Køkken s.t.
10 Mathieu Sprick Bbox Bouygues Télécom s.t.
Francaise Des Jeux
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8 Jussi Veikkanen Française des Jeux s.t.
57 Rémy Di Gregorio Française des Jeux s.t.
65 Yoann Offredo Française des Jeux s.t.
92 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux s.t.
99 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux s.t.
103 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux s.t.
2 good things happened here
1) I achieved my sponsor goal, top 10.
2) All riders finished in the Peloton.
Slightly upset we didn't win, it could have been different if i didn't focus on Joly.
At the same time we are quite happy with this, the sponsors phoned me and said they are very pleased!
So, from here to stay south for the Etoile Besseges in a few days time, i'm looking forward to it.
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Next post: I'll post the profiles of all the stages in my mini-preview of the race.
Edited by doddy13 on 21-06-2009 10:30
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 21-06-2009 10:46
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February 2nd 2009
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I'm staying in Marseille still, quite a nice hotel this one. Anyway the organisers of the Etoile de Besseges just sent over all the race profiles (again!).
I'm thinking of sending mostly the same squad as the GP D'Ouverture, there's not too far to travel, and they have all had some sort of racing this season. However i want to bring some riders with 0 race days too.
So, the decisive stage of this race is certainly Stage 3 into Les Salles du Gardon, i'm thinking a good climber and descender will attack on the climb and win at the finish.
Other than that, they are all for the sprinters.Also all the stages are quite short, the longest is 139km.
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 21-06-2009 11:07
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Welcome to the Grau du Roi. Tomorrow we beign the Etoile, so here's the start list
Caisse d'Epargne
1. J.RodrÃguez
2. A.Charteau
3. A.Coyot
4. A.Jeanneson
5. V.Kiryienka
6. M.Perget
7. N.Portal
8. F.Pérez
Agritubel
11. C.Moreau
12. E.Bergès
13. F.Bichot
14. M.Bouet
15. R.Cusin
16. R.Feillu
17. K.Ista
18. A.Ravard
Quick·Step
21. J.Pineau
22. D.Cataldo
23. K.De Weert
24. D.Devenyns
25. K.Seeldraeyers
26. K.Van Impe
27. J.Van de Walle
28. M.Wynants
Française des Jeux
31. S.Casar
32. A.Duval
33. Y.Hutarovich
34. S.Joly
35. G.Levarlet
36. F.Mourey
37. B.Vaugrenard
AG2R
41. N.Roche
42. J.Arrieta
43. S.Hinault
44. B.Kadri
45. Y.Krivtsov
46. J.Loubet
47. L.Mondory
48. S.Poulhiès
Bouygues Télécom
51. P.Fédrigo
52. D.Gaudin
53. C.Gautier
54. S.Haddou
55. V.Jérôme
56. L.Lefèvre
57. P.Quemeneur
58. M.Sprick
Landbouwkrediet
61. B.De Waele
62. F.Amorison
63. K.Barbé
64. D.Boucher
65. D.Flahaut
66. K.Peeters
67. M.Ricci-Poggi
68. B.Scheirlinckx
Skil - Shimano
71. T.Eltink
72. F.Beppu
73. R.Curvers
74. D.Deroo
75. J.Hivert
76. S.Houanard
77. T.Hupond
78. C.Lemoine
CarmioOro
81. F.Ventoso
82. A.Aulas
83. E.Berthou
84. L.Beuret
85. S.Fournet-Fayard
86. J.Kocjan
87. S.Pardilla
88. A.Ratti
Differdange
91. C.Poos
92. N.Baldo
93. N.Bazin
94. F.Dressler
95. B.Joachim
96. M.Knudsen
97. T.Thill
98. C.Wolter
Cofidis
101. N.Sijmens
102. J.Demaret
103. S.Dumoulin
104. M.Hary
105. S.Minard
106. D.Monier
107. A.Usov
108. T.Valentin
Bretagne - Schuller
111. D.Champion
112. J.Bideau
113. S.Bonsergent
114. J.Delpech
115. N.Jouanno
116. L.Jégou
117. N.Lelarge
118. G.Malacarne
Rabobank CT
121. T.Van Garderen
122. J.Adams
123. T.Berkhout
124. J.Bol
125. M.Keizer
126. R.Sinkeldam
127. M.Van Staeyen
128. M.Vrijmoed
Designa Køkken
131. S.Firsanov
132. M.Christensen
133. B.Giling
134. M.Hester
135. M.Kristensen
136. K.Nielsen
137. T.Oredsson
Team Capinordic
141. R.Guldhammer
142. N.Aistrup
143. F.Ericsson
144. J.Jørgensen
145. A.Linden
146. J.Madsen
147. K.Nielsen
148. L.Persson
Team Type 1
151. V.Kobzarenko
152. J.Anthony
153. F.Calabria
154. K.Hanson
155. C.Jones
156. D.Lill
157. S.Milne
158. P.Southerland
Adria Mobil
161. T.Nose
162. B.Jarc
163. M.Kump
164. M.Svab
Besson Chaussures
171. L.Mangel
172. J.Casper
173. J.Engoulvent
174. F.Jeandesboz
175. B.Sinner
176. Y.Talabardon
OUCH
181. J.McCarty
182. J.Chodroff
183. T.Johnson
184. R.Kilun
185. R.Lea
186. B.White
Club Bourgas
191. S.Tchanliev
192. E.Gerganov
193. P.Ghyllebert
194. S.Hristov
195. S.Minkov
196. E.Panayotov
197. D.Petrov
198. B.Woestenborghs
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
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| Skimaster92 |
Posted on 21-06-2009 11:19
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Maybe little bit early, but what is your goals for TDF? |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 21-06-2009 11:25
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Stage wins mostly, hopefully we could hold the jersey for a while.
After the giro we'll think about the tour i think.
But they are our likely targets.
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 21-06-2009 11:58
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4th February 2009
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Sitting here in Le Grau du Roi close to the start/finish line, i'm continually thinking "Who is my leader here, do i go for the sprinter, or the hilly rider. The hilly rider has 1 stage to get a lead, the sprinter has 4 chances to shine"
In the end, i decided both can have protection and we'll see what happens.
Setting out from here though, Hutarovic will be our leader for the day.
Let's see how the stage pans out...
Here's Duval, we've attacked with him today.
But here is the tete de la course Petrov and Sinkeldam.
The second group on the road has caught the leaders
Bunch Packed.
Here is Hutarovic, our sprinter today, he's safe in the peloton.
10km to go: CRASH of Jegou, Sinkeldam, LeMonie, Hivert, Calabria and Mangel.
Once the crashes start, they can't stop. This time it's Scheirlinckx, Persson, Gautier, Eltink, Van Impe, Pardilla.
With 800m to go Barbe crashes!
Usov of Cofidis gets the win, after i messed up the leadout, i said sorry to Hutarovic.
Usov gets his time on the podium
The winner of stage 1 automaticaly gets the yellow jersey.
Top 10: Etoile de Besseges: Stage 1 Le Grau du Roi
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1 Alexandre Usov Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 3h07'25
2 Jimmy Casper Besson Chaussures - Sojasun s.t.
3 Denis Flahaut Landbouwkrediet - Colnago s.t.
4 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
5 Nico Sijmens Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t.
6 Pierrick Fédrigo Bbox Bouygues Télécom s.t.
7 Arnold Jeanneson Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
8 Jure Kocjan CarmioOro - A-Style s.t.
9 Nicolas Roche AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
10 Stéphane Poulhiès AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
-- 14 Yauheni Hutarovich Française des Jeux s.t.
General Classification after Stage 1
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1 Alexandre Usov Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 3h07'05
2 Jimmy Casper Besson Chaussures - Sojasun + 8
3 Denis Flahaut Landbouwkrediet - Colnago + 12
4 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale + 20
5 Nico Sijmens Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t.
6 Pierrick Fédrigo Bbox Bouygues Télécom s.t.
7 Arnold Jeanneson Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
8 Jure Kocjan CarmioOro - A-Style s.t.
9 Nicolas Roche AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
10 Stéphane Poulhiès AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
-- 14 Yauheni Hutarovich Française des Jeux s.t.
Points Classification after Stage 1
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1 Alexandre Usov Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 25
2 Jimmy Casper Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 20
3 Denis Flahaut Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 16
4 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale 14
5 Nico Sijmens Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 12
6 Pierrick Fédrigo Bbox Bouygues Télécom 10
7 Arnold Jeanneson Caisse d'Epargne 9
8 Jure Kocjan CarmioOro - A-Style 8
9 Nicolas Roche AG2R La Mondiale 7
10 Stéphane Poulhiès AG2R La Mondiale 6
--- 14 Yauheni Hutarovich Française des Jeux 2
So, not the best day, but tomorrow is a different day. Saint Ambroix looks to be suited to us again.
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Don't expect the next stage until after the F1
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| E_Hagen |
Posted on 21-06-2009 13:15
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For the Giro I think you can have a good chance if you bring Hutarovich and maybe Chavanel, plus some breakaway riders like Roy. |
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Posted on 21-06-2009 13:21
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Chavenel is surely going to be saved for the tour e_hagen as he is the best sprinter and could get a top 3 in a stage or two. I think breakaways are your best chance. Lets just hope lpr dont sit on the front every stage like irl  |
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Posted on 21-06-2009 13:27
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Lets not forget in this DB i have to apply for a wildcard to the Giro and Vuelta.
I'm automaticly in the tour, if i wasn't, i'd have to apply for that too.
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| E_Hagen |
Posted on 21-06-2009 14:00
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Why do you have to apply for the Giro and Vuelta?
And, are there some Protour races you don't think you will be participating in? |
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Posted on 21-06-2009 14:02
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I would go with Hutarovich in the Giro, and after the Tour save Chavanel for the Vuelta. |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 21-06-2009 14:05
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E_Hagen wrote:
Why do you have to apply for the Giro and Vuelta?
And, are there some Protour races you don't think you will be participating in?
I only have to apply for Tour, Giro and Vuelta. Not sure why.
All other races i get in as usual.
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Posted on 21-06-2009 16:24
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I reckon its because cofidis eskaltel etc missed the giro as it is not worth it for them. Therefore you can keep it realistic and save riders like irl. e.g. cofidis focused on the french races rather than the giro |
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Posted on 21-06-2009 16:38
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Ad wrote:
I reckon its because cofidis eskaltel etc missed the giro as it is not worth it for them. Therefore you can keep it realistic and save riders like irl. e.g. cofidis focused on the french races rather than the giro
Yeah, maybe that's the reason |
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| raar1991 |
Posted on 21-06-2009 17:09
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every team in real life must apply for GT's this year so in PCM it's the same |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 21-06-2009 17:21
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raar1991 wrote:
every team in real life must apply for GT's this year so in PCM it's the same
it's the DB i think. The official DB didn't do this 
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| E_Hagen |
Posted on 21-06-2009 17:41
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But will you aplly for the Giro and Vuelta? |
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Posted on 21-06-2009 17:58
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E_Hagen wrote:
But will you aplly for the Giro and Vuelta?
of course.
100% Giro
95% Vuelta.
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| paulj |
Posted on 21-06-2009 21:39
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You have a very nice style of writing doddy, I really enjoy to read it. And aint i be a good idea try to get a good sprinter in your team? |
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| DonJavier |
Posted on 21-06-2009 22:27
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Good result for your sponsor in the GP D'Ouverture La Marseillaise, I wish you luck in the next stages of the Étoile de Besseges. |
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