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Nordic Cycling | Final Farewell
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 05-02-2013 08:56
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Thanks for your suggestions everyone. I think I have a plan now 
Daggen: Nothing at all  Best result is Linus Dahlbergs 4th in the Swedish NC.
Quite frankly the team is crap (mainly established to make the Swedish NC's actually work and to find some future talent) and they haven't had many racedays either - hence the added races for next season...
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 05-02-2013 09:39
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 Sparkassen Giro Münsterland
The race is mainly warmup for Beijing, but these last two weeks of the year every rider with a bit of energy will get to ride their chances.
It will probably end in a bunch sprint, but we will do our best to prevent it…
NetApp took control right from the start so no matter how much Clapp fought they never allowed him to get as much as a minutes gap.
Since the Germans wouldn’t allow breaks we figured we might as well try and put the pressure on the peloton over the small hills.
That doesn’t gain us much so back on flat terrain we start attacking again.
It quickly becomes obvious though that NetApp have not changed their attitude towards breakaways.
5 km from goal and Michael Reihs is trying out his legs.
The best Danish CT-rider gets another win for the best Danish CT-team.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 05-02-2013 10:02
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Not a bad sprint from Tobias, though! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-02-2013 10:40
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Good finish from Tobias |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 05-02-2013 11:32
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A top 10 is always good. Keep it up
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Posted on 05-02-2013 11:55
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Good race form Tobias
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Posted on 05-02-2013 12:01
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Go Tobias!  |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 05-02-2013 14:26
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 Giro dell’Emilia
A hilly classic, which is fairly important to the Italian teams. That leaves us with only small chances today, but we will chase then none the less.
Young Matzen gets in the first break. He fights hard all the way but after 60 km of breakaway the group is caught.
In the second wave of breaks Bak get away in a decently strong group that quickly builds a three minute lead.
On the top of the big hill of the day Bak, Dabrowski and Ruijgh in front have 74 km to the finish line and 6 minutes to the peloton.
40 km and the trio has a’30’’ to the peloton lead by Astana, Acqua & Sapone and Colnago.
Then the break started hitting the hill on the final circuit and Ruijgh immediately proved a stronger climber today than the two others.
On the second pass of the hill the peloton catches Bak and Dabrowski but dropping them just as quickly as the group is reduced to 17 riders. Ludvigsson impresses by hanging in there.
They still have 2’22’’ to Ruijgh.
Tobias keeps calm for now as he finds himself in the company of riders like Scarponi, Cunego, Pozzovivo and Intxausti in what is now a 13-rider group chasing the Dutchman.
Cunego, Intxausti and Cobo attack 10 km from goal. Tobias was just about to follow the attack but I told him to stay calm instead of burning all his energy on a hopeless mission.
On the final climb the trio catch and pass Ruijgh and Cobo takes the sprint win.
Ludvigsson fight his way to a brilliant 7th for him. Ahead of Betancur, Kreuziger and Scarponi!
Next race: G.P. Beghelli
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-02-2013 15:39
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That was a brave effort from Tobias |
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Posted on 05-02-2013 18:18
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Another great result for Tobias
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 05-02-2013 21:00
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Tobias has got great late form. Keep it going
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 06-02-2013 09:04
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G.P. Beghelli
Another hilly classic to get us ready for Beijing.
Bak takes the initiative to form the early break.
Lampre, Colnago and Astana doesn’t really appreciate the initiative though…
After 50 km of chasing they finally get hold of Bak. But then Jesper Hansen breaks away. He doesn’t seem to be quite as big a worry for the Italians so the group manages to build a decent gap.
With 100 km to go the six riders in front have more than five minutes to the peloton.
80 km to go and it is now an eight-rider group with 6’30’’ to the peloton lead by the Italian teams.
Cunego has big hopes today, but with 60 km to go he crashes on the wet roads. He’s quickly back on his bike but only time will tell how bad he was hit.
40 km and just under four minutes gap. Looks like the break will get caught shortly before the finish so the rest of the team made sure to be ready near the front of the peloton.
With 15 km to go a couple of Farnese Vini riders takes a dive. They take down a good few other riders but miraculously both the Falcons nearby avoid the crash.
7.5 km to go. Hansen forms a front trio with Kirsipuu and Florencio.
Jesper knows that he can’t beat them in a sprint so he tries to get away but with no luck.
The Estonian opens the sprint from far out securing a Spanish victory.
Next Race: Tour of Beijing 
Edited by Atlantius on 06-02-2013 09:12
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-02-2013 09:25
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A great race by Jesper. Let's hope for an equally good result in Beijing |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-02-2013 09:32
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That was a Great ride from Jesper today  |
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Posted on 06-02-2013 12:06
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Great podium .
The Farnese boys did a nasty fall 
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 06-02-2013 12:31
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Ian: Very much so. He had a brilliant day and really made the most of. In terms of Beijing you never know. The TT is not in his favour, but after Veikkanens win last year anything can happen in China...
sutty: It was. He's really proving to be a great rider - and then he's only 22!
PCM rulezz: Thanks The crash looked pretty bad but both of them managed to finish the race - good thing they were wearing helmets
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| dienblad |
Posted on 06-02-2013 12:58
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Nice 3rd for Hansen in Beghelli. You keep on getting good results!!
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 06-02-2013 15:43
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Dienblad: Yeah, a meticulous season planning is really paying off at the moment
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 06-02-2013 16:10
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Tour of Beijing
Final World Tour race of the season and we want to finish the season properly. Acqua & Sapone and FDJ – BigMat have to hope they can copy FDJ/Veikkanens achievement from last year winning the race and securing another year in the WT on the very last race day. Seems unlikely, but so did it last year…
Stage 1 (ITT): Bird’s Nest – Waters Cube
Often a GC-deciding stage, so everyone has to be ready from the start.
Ulissi have had some great results lately and today he shows he means business in China by setting provisional best time.
Peter Velits on the other hand have had a rather disappointing season, but seems to be aiming for something big here.
Best time 14 seconds ahead of Jesse Sergent!
Ludvigsson is the fourth Falcon to ride, but the first we expect anything from today.
He is 6th on the first intermediate and 5th in finish. Well done!
No one threatens Velits until Castroviejo comes along. The Spanish champion beats the best intermediate by a second.
But he started out to strong and is only 3rd in finish.
Bak is last Falcon on the route. At the first intermediate he gets a disappointing 29th so I start yelling at him from the car.
I suppose it helped a bit as he was 23rd across the line. Still not quite good enough!
Several big names like Contador, Leipheimer and Wiggins are still to come.
The only one of them showing winning form today though is Wiggins.
The British champion finishes 1 second slower than Velits.
Stage Result
| 1 |  Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 14'51 | | 2 |  Bradley Wiggins | Sky Procycling | + 1 | | 3 | Andreas Klöden | RadioShack - Nissan | + 5 | | 4 |  Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 8 | | 5 |  Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEdge | + 9 |
Spoiler | 6 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | + 12 | | 7 | Jesse Sergent | RadioShack - Nissan | + 14 | | 8 | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | + 16 | | 9 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | + 17 | | 10 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | + 18 | | 11 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 12 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Falcon - STARK | + 20 | | 13 | Marco Pinotti | BMC Racing Team | + 22 | | 14 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Sharp | + 23 | | 15 | Svein Tuft | Orica - GreenEdge | + 24 | | 16 | Mads Christensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 17 | Levi Leipheimer | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 18 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 19 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Argos - Shimano | + 28 | | 20 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 21 | Markel Irizar | RadioShack - Nissan | + 30 | | 22 | Michael Rogers | Orica - GreenEdge | + 31 | | 23 | Bert Grabsch | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 32 | | 24 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 25 | Arkaitz Durán | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 33 | | 26 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | + 34 | | 27 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Sharp | + 35 | | 28 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 29 | Lars Ytting Bak | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | | 30 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 36 | | 31 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Procycling | + 37 | | 32 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 33 | Juan José Cobo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 34 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Lampre - ISD | + 38 | | 35 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky Procycling | + 39 | | 36 | William Bonnet | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 37 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 38 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 39 | Koen De Kort | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 40 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Procycling | + 40 | | 41 | Luke Roberts | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 42 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 43 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto Belisol Team | + 41 | | 44 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ - BigMat | + 42 | | 45 | Romain Lemarchand | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 46 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 47 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 48 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 43 | | 49 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 50 | Boris Shpilevski | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 51 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 52 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 53 | Víctor De la Parte | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 44 | | 54 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 55 | Sam Bewley | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 56 | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 57 | Christian Poos | RadioShack - Nissan | + 46 | | 58 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 59 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 60 | Winner Anacona | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 61 | Jetse Bol | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 62 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 47 | | 63 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky Procycling | + 48 | | 64 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 65 | Stefan Schumacher | Team Argos - Shimano | + 49 | | 66 | Geir Berg | Falcon - STARK | s.t. | | 67 | Wim Stroetinga | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 50 | | 68 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 69 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 70 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 71 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - ISD | + 51 | | 72 | Ángel Vicioso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 73 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 74 | Vladimir Miholjevic | Acqua & Sapone | + 52 | | 75 | Matteo Carrara | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 76 | Xavier Florencio | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 77 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 78 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | + 53 | | 79 | Cristiano Benenati | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 80 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 81 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 54 | | 82 | Fränk Schleck | RadioShack - Nissan | + 55 | | 83 | Francesco Reda | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 84 | Joost Van Leijen | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 85 | Elia Favilli | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 86 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 87 | Alessandro Petacchi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 88 | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 89 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | + 56 | | 90 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 91 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ - BigMat | + 57 | | 92 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 93 | Javier Iriarte | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 94 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 95 | Peter McDonald | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 96 | Davide Rebellin | Lampre - ISD | + 58 | | 97 | Albert Timmer | Team Argos - Shimano | + 59 | | 98 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 99 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 100 | Bert De Backer | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 101 | Víctor Cabedo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 102 | Johann Tschopp | BMC Racing Team | + 1'00 | | 103 | Nicolas Sanderson | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 104 | Mauro Finetto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 105 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - 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Posted on 06-02-2013 16:17
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Quiet start for the team, but I'm sure you have something in mind
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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Krzysztof Jeżowski
Tobias Ludvigsson
Carlos Betancur
Roman Kreuziger
Jaan Kirsipuu
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