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SpiderTech - Cervélo | A sad ending
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-11-2012 15:30
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Ian Butler wrote:
Good one for sutty 
Thanks Ian, but don't forget the Winner Zoltan  |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 12-11-2012 17:31
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@Lord Sutty, Ian Butler - Thanks guys for your support! It's awesome really!
A flat stage, but the little climb at the end might tire the pure sprinters out.
Today's stage kicked off with a little group trying to break apart from the peloton, and this 5-men group managed to succeed, and created a 5 minutes lead ahead of the slow-coming pack led by Orica - GreenEdge.
Strangely, the break decided to stop with 20km to the end, they slid back into the pack. Right after it, Orica - GreenEdge organised a train and pulled the peloton through the hills. Goss was in the greatest position of the sprinters, Sagan was there too, but Cav was a bit behind. We decided to sprint with Puskaric too.
Heading to the last kilometer, Goss was still infront with Sagan, they were ahead of the others with some bike lengths. It's a duel between them, who will be the winner?
It's Sagan beating Goss! Great sprint by the wonderkid! Is this year his breakthrough? The Tour will tell... The pack was coming a bit behind, Favili took the 3rd, while Puskaric managed to get 10th.
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | 4h32'49 | | 2 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 3 | Elia Favilli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 4 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Daniele Bennati | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 7 | Kristof Goddaert | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 8 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Kristjan Puskaric | SpiderTech - Cervélo | s.t. |
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - ISD | 10h23'57 | | 2 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 51 | | 3 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 1'09 | | 4 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 1'46 | | 5 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1'49 | | 6 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 2'02 | | 7 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'03 | | 8 | Kristjan Puskaric | SpiderTech - Cervélo | + 2'21 | | 9 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Nissan | + 2'54 | | 10 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 3'15 |
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 12-11-2012 17:36
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Great performance in Critérium, Jakab 1st and Sutton 3rd in GC
Hope to see a victory in one of the next stage of Tour de Suisse |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 12-11-2012 18:01
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10th ain't bad in a sprint |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-11-2012 23:19
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Kristjan looking good on the GC |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 13-11-2012 18:01
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@Ian Butler, sutty, ste_18 - Thanks for your support guys, it's really appreciated!
A hilly stage, but it's not that hard to be honest, although the hills at the end are gonna be tough.
A pretty big one today, 13-men consisting the daily BotD with the biggest names being Albasini, Dekker and Egoi Martinez. They built up a pretty good lead early in the stage, their lead was constantly way over 10 minutes, as the peloton wasn't paced by any of the teams. (most of the team had a rider in the break)
With 20kms to go it was sure that the break is going to win, but the more interesting things happened in the peloton, Gilbert and Froome broke away! They got a gap of 20s, ahead of 10-men chase group with Cunego, the sad thing is that Puskaric wasn't present! He was a bit behind, and couldn't make the split. However, he quickly jumped alone and tried to come back alone. He was down by a minute that time. Teh favourite group reached the duo, meanwhile.
(Switching to the break...)
While we were excited by the moves at the back, Ponzi wins the stage! It was easy for him! Van de Walle came 2nd, while Dall'Antonia got 3rd. Great stage for the break.
The Cunego group reached the finish together, 4'16 down on the break. Unfortunately Kristjan couldn't make it back, and finished a minute down on the other favourites, and dropped back to the 9th in the GC. 
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Sorry guys, but I'll take a break again, as my parents are divorced, and I'm going to be with my father until Monday, where I have no PCM. Hope to see you then, I can't wait for the TDF, hope you're eager too!
Again, sorry for the slowdowns, blame school! 
Edited by fernando97 on 13-11-2012 18:51
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-11-2012 18:37
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Don't worry about it. We'll wait |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 13-11-2012 23:06
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Your Life comes first Mate, don't worry about us  |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 17-11-2012 22:31
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Thanks to both of you, sutty and Ian!
Check out this amazing new banner of the story, made by fcancellara! It's truly amazing, I believe!
Again sorry for the lack of updates, but don't worry, the Spiders are going to be back soon! (monday/tuesday ) |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-11-2012 07:38
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Can't wait for the Spiders' return. Definitely a nice banner |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-11-2012 16:30
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The banner looks awesome
fcancellara is definitely good at what he does |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 19-11-2012 08:27
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Definitely hope for a report today |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 19-11-2012 08:46
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Fingers crossed then |
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| tovhol |
Posted on 19-11-2012 15:41
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This is the first time I am reading this story, and I can only say that this story is just amazing!
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 19-11-2012 19:33
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@Ian Butler, sutty - Sorry guys, but tomorrow is the day, but at least tomorrow is sure.
@tovhol - Thanks, it's incredible to hear such nice words, hope you'll have fun reading it. (Don't miss the tremendous Giro) Don't forget at the end of the year (or sooner) there will be a possibility to join! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 19-11-2012 19:54
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Tomorrow, okay, I can wait that long
Go spiders!  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 19-11-2012 23:11
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Something to look forward to now |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 19-11-2012 23:44
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looking forward to the next installment! and no rush for updates!! other things are more important
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 20-11-2012 06:41
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Tomorrow is today. D-Day |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-11-2012 10:48
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The clock is slowly ticking, can't wait |
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