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Breaking the Curse
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 29-12-2012 17:55
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 15th - 20th February 2012 - Tour Of Oman
My 2012 season starts identically to last season, in Oman. Stage victories are my main target, as I want to get my time in the Rainbow Jersey in the best way.
HTC bring a strong squad to Oman, with the Overall victory in mind, as well as stage wins. Aiding me in the sprints is my usual right hand man Mark Renshaw, New Zealand Champion Hayden Roulston and Bert Grabsch.
Tejay van Garderen leads the team in the fight for GC, with Peter Velits and new man Daniel Martin working as Domestiques.
Lars Bak finalises the team, where he will help with the lead out, as well as working as domestique through the early parts of the stages.
| 1 | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | 17h44'28 | | 2 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 14 | | 3 | Alberto Contador | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 31 | | 4 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Pro Team Astana | + 32 | | 5 | Peter Velits | HTC - Highroad | + 41 | | . | | Points | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | | KoM | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | | U 25 | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | | Team | Movistar Team |
Spoiler Saur
1. J.Coppel
2. A.Coyot
3. J.Engoulvent
4. J.Galland
5. D.Impey
6. C.Lemoine
7. P.Poux
8. J.Simon
Euskaltel
11. I.Antón
12. H.Guerra
13. I.Isasi
14. G.Izagirre
15. M.Landa
16. R.Pérez
17. G.Verdugo
HTC
21. P.Velits
22. L.Bak
23. M.Cavendish
24. B.Grabsch
25. D.Martin
26. M.Renshaw
27. H.Roulston
28. T.Van Garderen
Movistar
41. M.Bruseghin
42. J.V.García Acosta
43. J.Iriarte
44. Á.Madrazo
45. F.Mancebo
46. C.Oyarzun
47. S.Pardilla
48. Ó.Sevilla
Type 1
51. V.Efimkin
52. L.Bodrogi
53. A.Ilesic
54. O.Kerkhof
55. J.Kocjan
56. J.Megías
57. A.Shmidt
58. S.Stewart
Colnago
61. D.Pozzovivo
62. O.Lombardi
63. S.Marinangeli
64. A.Pagani
65. A.Piechele
66. L.Pierfelici
67. F.Savini
68. E.Zen
Caja Rural
71. J.Moreno
72. O.Chuzhda
73. D.Milán
74. F.J.Pacheco
75. R.Reig
76. A.Ryabkin
77. J.Sobrino
78. P.Urtasun
Katusha
81. E.Vorganov
82. A.Arguelyes
83. S.Ivanov
84. A.Mironov
85. A.Ovechkin
86. A.Porsev
87. A.Shchebelin
88. S.Vandenbergh
Farnese Vini
91. A.Noè
92. M.Biondo
93. C.Corioni
94. F.Failli
95. O.Gatto
96. L.Giordani
97. A.Guardini
98. E.Rossi
Andalucía
101. A.Piedra
102. A.Cabello
103. J.J.Lobato
104. E.Mata
105. A.Palomares
106. G.Rabuñal
107. J.Rosendo
108. E.Ruiz
Androni Giocattoli
111. J.Serpa
112. P.Bonini
113. J.Monsalve
114. E.Sella
115. L.Solari
Skil
121. T.Bonnin
122. K.De Kort
123. Y.Huguet
124. T.Hupond
125. M.Kittel
126. M.Reimer
127. M.Sprick
128. A.Timmer
Endura
131. I.Camaño
132. J.Anderson
133. D.Clarke
134. J.Moss
135. S.Thwaites
136. P.Voss
Acqua & Sapone
141. M.Codol
142. P.Ciavatta
143. R.Marzoli
144. S.Masciarelli
145. A.Masciarelli
146. M.Montaguti
Colombia es Pasión
151. V.H.Peña
152. J.Atapuma
153. R.Chalapud
154. J.Forero
155. G.Ladino
156. D.Ospina
157. C.Suárez
158. J.Villegas
D'Angelo & Antenucci
161. F.Baliani
162. L.Ascani
163. E.Bruno
164. S.Campagnaro
165. H.Frusto
166. J.Sano
167. K.Uchima
Spidertech
171. D.Boily
172. L.Euser
173. H.Gould
174. B.Langlois
175. F.Parisien
176. A.Randell
177. R.Roth
178. A.Whitney
UnitedHealthcare
181. C.Wegelius
182. C.B.Huff
183. M.Jenkins
184. M.Lloyd
185. K.Menzies
186. S.Milne
187. B.White
188. S.Zwizanski
Itera
191. A.Vorobyev
192. K.Baranov
193. I.Frolov
194. A.Kholodov
195. P.Kochetkov
196. N.Novikov
197. A.Prishpetniy
198. R.Wielinga
Differdange
201. M.Knudsen
202. R.Broers
203. S.Cohnen
204. V.Kaupas
205. R.Lesschaeve
206. A.Ravard
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 29-12-2012 17:57
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Thanks Sutty 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 29-12-2012 18:53
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Come on, break that curse!!! |
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| rogvi97 |
Posted on 29-12-2012 19:21
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Good luck!!
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 29-12-2012 19:24
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15th February 2012 - Tour of Oman
(Al Sawadi - Al Seeb)
The opening stage of this year's Tour of Oman looks set to be one for the sprinters. Only a few small rises in the middle of the stage prevent it from being pan flat.
Today's target is a stage win, and everyone in the team is looking towards that, and should the opportunity arise, look to get into the day's break
13km: A total of 14 riders attacked at the beginning of the stage, and a large group formed off the front of the peleton.
22km: As the gap grew to around 1'34", a further 9 riders attacked, making a total of 23 riders off the front.
33km: Skil, Farnese - Vini and Saur - Sojasun took control of the peleton, and clearly a group that large was far too dangerous to let go.
44km: Through lack of organisation and the pace set by the peleton, everything was back together, but before long, another group of 9 riders went off the front.
77km: Movistar was the next team to take control, and as we reached the halfway stage, the break's lead peaked at 5'38".
118km: Movistar worked well to bring the gap down, but with around 40km remaining, orders were given to pull the escapees back.
134km: It was looking certain that the break was pulled back, when Sergio Marinangeli (Colnago - CSF) tried in a last ditched attempt to stay away.
152km: Marinangeli did not get far however, and with 5km to go, the HTC train was in full motion.
155km: Skil - Shimano started their sprint early, putting pressure on the other teams, and soon I was swamped by others. But a gap opened for me to go through...
157km: I popped out from around Renshaw, giving it everything. I kicked earlier than I had planned to, but I had enough to take the win! Fine way to start the season.
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 3h29'59 | | 2 | Cyril Lemoine | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 3 | Marcel Kittel | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 4 | Enrico Rossi | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 5 | Mark Renshaw | HTC - Highroad | s.t. |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 3h29'59 | | 2 | Cyril Lemoine | Saur - Sojasun | + 8 | | 3 | Marcel Kittel | Skil - Shimano | + 12 | | 4 | David Boily | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 5 | Remco Broers | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 14 |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 25 | | 2 | Cyril Lemoine | Saur - Sojasun | 20 | | 3 | Marcel Kittel | Skil - Shimano | 16 | | 4 | Enrico Rossi | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 14 | | 5 | Mark Renshaw | HTC - Highroad | 12 |
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| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Skil - Shimano | 3h29'59 | | 2 | David Boily | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | 3 | Remco Broers | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 2 | | 4 | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 8 | | 5 | Martin Reimer | Skil - Shimano | s.t. |
| 1 | HTC - Highroad | 10h29'57 | | 2 | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 3 | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 4 | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 5 | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 29-12-2012 19:38
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Great start of the season 
Love the rainbow jersey, too bad he'll wear the leader's jersey tomorrow  |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 29-12-2012 19:41
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Great win and great WC jersey. |
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| rogvi97 |
Posted on 29-12-2012 23:01
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Great sprint and good luck with the next stages!
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| Neillster |
Posted on 29-12-2012 23:53
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Great start and nice way to break the curse  Keep this up |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 29-12-2012 23:54
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What a Brilliant win from Cav 
And i totally love the winning pic |
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| baggieboys32 |
Posted on 30-12-2012 00:07
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The teams kit is awesome! Great to see the season getting a perfect start, congrats for that!
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 30-12-2012 10:34
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First race, first victory
(BTW, Ricco is back in the peleton, how have he done that  )
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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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 30-12-2012 10:40
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PCM rulezz wrote:
First race, first victory
(BTW, Ricco is back in the peleton, how have he done that )
UCI is corrupt, so I imagine he brided them. |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 30-12-2012 10:49
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Thanks guys! Stage 2 and hopefully stage 3 will be played today.
@PCMrulezz & Miguel98: It is the PCMDaily 2011 db, so before his 'lifetime' ban. I found it quite funny that he signed for Katusha, especially after the recent 'ethical' problems they are having in real life.
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 30-12-2012 13:47
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16th February 2012 - Tour of Oman
(The Wave, Muscat - Al Wutayya)
Flat, flat and more flat today. However, it will not be an easy day in the saddle. Out of the city surroundings, the desert winds can really pick up, and with not many miles in the legs, the 135km stage can easily feel like 200km.
Like yesterday, the stage win is the team's target and focus.
23km: It took a little longer than usual for the day's break to form, as nine riders finally broke the elastic of the peleton.
34km: With me leading the Overall Classification, the lads were expected to do the lion's share of the work, but despite this, Skil and UnitedHealthcare took up the early pace setting.
55km: Swapping Rainbows for Red! I was enjoying my day in the Leader's Jersey
69km: Reaching the halfway stage, the break's lead peaked at 6'22", so yet again it was time for orders to be given for the guys to starting bringing it back.
93km: Despite working well together, the break's gap to the peleton decreased steadily, and with just 40km remaining, it was down to 2'53".
118km: The gap down to 1'22" with 20km remaining, Russian Champion Sergueï Ivanov (Katusha) attacked to bridge the gap.
122km: Approaching the finish, all but Alexander Ryabkin (Caja Rural) were pulled back by the peleton.
130km: HTC train in full motion again. Ryabkin was back in the peleton with 8km to go, and the guys took full control on the front.
134km: As the sprint started, Cyril Lemoine (Saur) and Enrico Rossi (Farnese) looked the strongest, but had they gone too early?
135km: They had! I come around them in the last 200m to make it two wins from two! This was a hard fought win, and thanks for the work done by the team.
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 2h53'56 | | 2 | Cyril Lemoine | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 3 | Enrico Rossi | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 4 | Marcel Kittel | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 5 | Andrea Guardini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 6h23'15 | | 2 | Cyril Lemoine | Saur - Sojasun | + 16 | | 3 | Marcel Kittel | Skil - Shimano | + 26 | | 4 | Enrico Rossi | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 28 | | 5 | David Boily | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 32 |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 50 | | 2 | Cyril Lemoine | Saur - Sojasun | 40 | | 3 | Marcel Kittel | Skil - Shimano | 36 | | 4 | Enrico Rossi | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 34 | | 5 | Mark Renshaw | HTC - Highroad | 19 |
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| 1 | Marcel Kittel | Skil - Shimano | 6h23'41 | | 2 | David Boily | Team SpiderTech powered by C10 | + 6 | | 3 | Remco Broers | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | + 8 | | 4 | Omar Lombardi | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 5 | Kirill Baranov | Itera - Katusha | + 10 |
| 1 | HTC - Highroad | 19h11'45 | | 2 | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | s.t. | | 3 | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 4 | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 5 | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 30-12-2012 14:18
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Another brilliant sprint |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 30-12-2012 14:22
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This is how we want to see Cav
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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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 30-12-2012 14:28
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Great win. |
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| tovhol |
Posted on 30-12-2012 14:32
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Great victories
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| rogvi97 |
Posted on 30-12-2012 14:35
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Cav comes again!! Great win
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