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Team HTC-Columbia - The End!
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| sam1196 |
Posted on 15-05-2010 07:08
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 15-05-2010 10:25
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Criterium du Dauphine Libere
Today will be a really hard stage with the Mount Ventoux as final climb. Hopefully Monfort and Rogers are able to improve their shape there
Sorry the game crashed again. After many attacks it was up to Gesink and Leipheimer. They were in front of another small group with Monfort. In the end Gesink was the better one while Leipheimer could defend his yellow jersey! Monfort got a fantastic result finishing as 4th!
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| bfreire |
Posted on 15-05-2010 10:35
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gesink  nice with monfort
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 18-05-2010 08:45
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bfreire wrote:
gesink nice with monfort
Thanks, seems like Monfort is able to ride the Tour de France in top shape! |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 18-05-2010 08:53
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Criterium du Dauphine Libere
After the hard climb yesterday where Monfort did a great job we´re expecting another hard stage today! It´s a lot shorter but there are still some climbs who look pretty interesting
Gesink was the first one, making a move on the biggest climb of today´s stage! Leipheimer went after him together with Anton, Scarponi and Moreau. Monfort and Rogers missed the right moment to attack so especially Monfort had to go on his own. In the end, Scarponi was the strongest while he was able to get a small gap to Moreau and Leipheimer. Gesink lost many seconds in the end, maybe his early attack was wrong. Monfort became 9th and his team-mate Rogers 10th. That also means that we lost some positions in the overall..but that´s not so bad. Leipheimer is far in front now! Gesink is still second but with more than 3 minutes he shouldn´t be able to win this Dauphine
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 19-05-2010 14:16
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Tour de Suisse
This year´s Tour de Suisse is not really hard so it´s perfect for our sprinters to improve their shape for the Tour next month. Mark Cavendish, Mark Renshaw and Bert Grabsch are going to practise the sprint train which should be perfect in a few weeks when it comes to the showdown in France.
Our team-captain is Tony Martin, who is still in a great shape after his amazing Giro performance. The competition is also great with Armstrong, Wiggins, Klöden, Menchov, Andy Schleck, Cancellara, Vande Velde, Samuel Sanchez, Basso, Pellizotti, Sastre, Luis Leon Sanchez, Pereiro, Barredo, Hincapie and Ballan. We should be able to get at least one stage win with Cavendish
Team Columbia for Switzerland
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Bert Grabsch
 Mark Cavendish
 Mark Renshaw
Patrick Gretsch
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 19-05-2010 16:42
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First stage is a short prologue in Lugano about 9 kilometres. Martin should be the main favorite while we don´t know anything about Cancellara´s or Wiggins´shape at the moment
First one was Zabriskie with a great time! He set the new best time with 12 minutes and 6 seconds
As we expected Cancellara was not able to get a stage win today. He only reached the same time like David Zabriskie
A really good time came a few seconds later by Bert Grabsch who seems to be in a fantastic shape! He beat Zabriskie and Cancellara by 5 seconds
Lance Armstrong dind´t get such a nice time today. I´m sure his shape isn´t that good at the moment. In the end he lost 7 seconds to Grabsch
Bradley Wiggins had no chance today, finishing as 11th with 8 seconds to Bert Grabsch
Stage winner is Tony Martin! He really showed a great prologue, beating his team-mate Grabsch by 11 seconds! Tony is still in a great shape after the Giro and if this will keep going he might be able to get another nice result in Switzerland
Stage results/ Overall
| 1 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | 11'50 | | 2 | Bert Grabsch | Team HTC - Columbia | + 11 | | 3 | Egoi MartÃnez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 14 | | 4 | David Zabriskie | Garmin - Transitions | + 16 | | 5 | Carlos Sastre | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 6 | Heinrich Haussler | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 7 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 8 | Luis León Sánchez | Caisse d'Epargne | + 17 | | 9 | Lance Armstrong | Team RadioShack | + 18 | | 10 | Yohan Offredo | Française des Jeux | s.t. | | 11 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 19 | | 12 | Joost Posthuma | Rabobank | + 20 | | 13 | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | + 21 | | 14 | Denis Menchov | Rabobank | s.t. | | 15 | Andriy Grivko | Astana | s.t. | | 16 | Svein Tuft | Garmin - Transitions | + 22 | | 17 | Mark Cavendish | Team HTC - Columbia | + 23 | | 18 | Mauro Finetto | Liquigas - Doimo | + 24 | | 19 | Florian Stalder | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 20 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | + 25 |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 19-05-2010 20:24
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Criterium du Dauphine Libere
Monfort showed a great shape up to here! Rogers is also ready for the Tour so there´s nothing which is making us unhappy. Today is another hard mountain stage with many climbs but the arrival might be the hardest. We´ll see if Monfort is able to try something there
The game crashed again! But it wasn´t a surprising stage while many favorites made a move on the final climb. Leipheimer, Moreau and Monfort were the strongest. In the end Gesink came from behind but Leipheimer and Moreau were too strong on the last metres. Moreau beat Leipheimer in the sprint while Monfort took a great third place in front of Gesink
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| MrSpartacus |
Posted on 19-05-2010 21:43
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Your story about Columbia is great! I said it befor, but I say it again: This is the best story I've ever read! Keep up the good work! I'm looking forward to the Tour de France! 
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 19-05-2010 22:02
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Nice Shots from the TT. I like the Zabriskie one.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-05-2010 08:22
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MrSpartacus wrote:
Your story about Columbia is great! I said it befor, but I say it again: This is the best story I've ever read! Keep up the good work! I'm looking forward to the Tour de France!
Thanks a lot! It´s amazing to hear that again and again |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-05-2010 08:24
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valverde321 wrote:
Nice Shots from the TT. I like the Zabriskie one.
I´m glad you like them
Well, I thought they wouldn´t be so good after I forgot to raise the graphic options |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-05-2010 10:41
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Tour de Suisse
The second stage is not easy for sprinters so we don´t expect a mass sprint. Tony Martin should be able to defend his leader´s jersey, that´s also our main goal for today
With only 10 kilometres to go the pack was divided up into many groups! Cavendish and Renshaw were already bushed after the hard climb in the middle of today´s stage. Martin and Grabsch were in the first group and that´s the most important thing
When the sprint began Martin took the lead after no one wanted to do this job. Van de Walle went after him while maybe the best sprinter in this group Heinrich Haussler had some problems
On the last 500 metres Van de Walle passed Martin for taking the stage win in Sierre. Haussler came from behind but it was too late
Van de Walle takes the stage in front of Martin and Brutt while Haussler missed the podium. That means Tony Martin defended his jersey perfectly
Stage results
| 1 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Quick·Step | 4h19'06 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 3 | Pavel Brutt | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 4 | Heinrich Haussler | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 5 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 7 | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 8 | Patrick Gretsch | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 9 | Aitor Galdos | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 10 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 11 | Denis Galimzyanov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 12 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 13 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | | 14 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 15 | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. |
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| 1 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | 4h30'50 | | 2 | Bert Grabsch | Team HTC - Columbia | + 17 | | 3 | Egoi MartÃnez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 20 | | 4 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Quick·Step | + 21 | | 5 | Heinrich Haussler | Cervélo Test Team | + 22 | | 6 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 7 | David Zabriskie | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 8 | Carlos Sastre | Cervélo Test Team | s.t. | | 9 | Luis León Sánchez | Caisse d'Epargne | + 23 | | 10 | Lance Armstrong | Team RadioShack | + 24 | | 11 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 25 | | 12 | Joost Posthuma | Rabobank | + 26 | | 13 | Andriy Grivko | Astana | + 27 | | 14 | Denis Menchov | Rabobank | s.t. | | 15 | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
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| 1 | Tony Martin | Team HTC - Columbia | 35 | | 2 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Quick·Step | 25 | | 3 | Heinrich Haussler | Cervélo Test Team | 20 |
KoM
| 1 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | 17 | | 2 | Mikaël Chérel | Française des Jeux | 8 | | 3 | Jelle Vanendert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 6 |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 20-05-2010 12:46
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What is MArtin's Form? IS it going to be too high for the TDF if he rides?
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-05-2010 12:59
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valverde321 wrote:
What is MArtin's Form? IS it going to be too high for the TDF if he rides?
I guess 91 or 92 but he won´t ride the Tour. Monfort is our captain there |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 20-05-2010 14:00
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Ok thanks. Sorry for all the questions but what about Rogers is he riding the Tour.
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 20-05-2010 14:35
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valverde321 wrote:
Ok thanks. Sorry for all the questions but what about Rogers is he riding the Tour.
Don´t worry I really like to answer all your questions
Yes Rogers is riding the Tour together with Monfort |
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| baia |
Posted on 20-05-2010 18:04
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You are doing well there,keep it up.
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| hellboy |
Posted on 21-05-2010 08:48
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yeah,great job,cant wait for the Tour
Go Roman!
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 21-05-2010 08:56
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Thanks guys, me too |
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