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Dominik Nerz: The Next Level
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 05-02-2012 13:44
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@ sutty: I was a bit surprised he still had so much power after the Tour, but he was just better than everyone else...
@ Freitas: I think so, too. Especially for Dominik, the 14th is more than I could expect.
@johannes-w: Yes, Dom leads a small squad there, he's with Tiziano Dall'Antonia and Damiano Caruso there (and 3 others of course  )
But before we see how he did in France:
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 05-02-2012 13:45
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August 8, 2011
Hey folks!
I'm back from Poland again and I think I can say that it was another satisfying race for me as for the team. It was my first Top 15 overall in a World Tour race and Sylvester Szmyd achieved a Top 10 in his home race. While he accompanies Vincenzo Nibali in the Eneco Tour now, I'll lead a squad in France at the Tour de l'Ain starting tomorrow.
But first, I'd like to present you the team's next two transfers:
Riders Out:
Paolo Longo Borghini had two very successful years in our team. He especially had a good run at the Tour de Slovenie, where he won a stage both this and last year. Plus, he won Le Samyn and Strade Bianche last year. But the DS obviously thought that he is past his best and decided not to extend his contract. He already found a new team in Quick·Step, where he signed a two years contract.
Maciej Paterski is a very fast young rider with still quite some potential left and we are convinced that he will have a nice development in the future. He has just the bad luck that our sprinting squad is extremely dense at that our management decided to lower the amount of sprinters in the team. Paterski will return to his home country Poland, where he'll join the Bank BGZ équipe.
Rider In:
You may remember our first new signing, Markus Eibegger. The next two riders I'd like to present you are from the German speaking area as well, one German and one Austrian. Both are neo pros who will tackle their first season at a professional cycling team.
The first neo pro is no one less than the leader of the U23 ranking: Bastian Grünwald. He started the season with a stage win and the third overall at the GP de Portugal and continued with another stage win and the second place overall at the Giro della Regioni. After a decent 12th spot at LBL des espoirs, he took his first overall win: The Ronde de l'Isard, along with two stage wins at the most demanding stages. We didn't hesitate long to sign him.
Our second signing from the U23s is the Austrian Marco Morgenthaler, seventh of the ranking. He won the Grand Prix de Portugal and Liège-Bastogne-Liège des espoirs which makes him one of the most promising talents for hilly races.
With those two young guns, our team not only strengthens its German and Austrian amount, it also made fantastic signings for the future. Both look very promising and I look forward to riding with them a lot!
So far from the transfer front, I'll write again from France!
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 07-02-2012 11:05
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August 9, 2011
Helllo dear readers,
I have now arrived at the team hotel here in France. We just got briefed about the race and boy, that is one tough start list. I'll try to get a preview done by tonight.
But first I have to tell you: My performance in Poland really gave me a boost! I feel stronger than ever! On every terrain! I can't wait for the Vuelta that starts in almost two weeks!
Stay tuned,
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 07-02-2012 15:44
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 August 9, 2012 – Tour de l'Ain
Preview
The race through the French département Ain is one of the many short continental stage races in France. It's a relatively young race, firstly held in 1989, and since 2005, it's part of the UCI Europe Tour. French riders did dominate the race in the past but recent winners also included the likes of Linus Gerdemann or Rein Taaramäe.
The course is very varied. A short prologue is followed by a flat stage. The more serious business begins on stage three, which offers some small hills towards the end. Stage four is much more challenging with more and tougher hills but GC eventually should be decided on the last stage, which ends with a mountain top finish on the Grand Colombier.
| 1 | Arnold Jeanneson | FDJ | | 2 | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | | 3 |  Richie Porte | Saxo Bank - Sungard | | 4 | Christophe Kern | Europcar | | 5 |  Stefano Garzelli | Acqua & Sapone |
 Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) , John Gadret (Saur)
 Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma)
David Moncoutié (Cofidis) , Sandy Casar (FDJ)
 Matthias Frank (BMC)
 Simon Spilak (Lampre) ,  Dominik Nerz (Liquigas)
Danilo Di Luca (Lampre)
Complete Startlist
Spoiler AG2R La Mondiale
1. N.Roche
2. Y.Arnaud
3. M.Bouet
4. M.Elmiger
5. M.Langlais
6. R.Nocentini
7. M.Perget
8. C.Riblon
Lampre
11. S.Spilak
12. V.Buts
13. M.Cattaneo
14. D.Di Luca
15. A.Kashechkin
16. A.Malori
17. G.Marangoni
18. D.Pietropolli
FDJ
21. S.Casar
22. A.Courteille
23. M.Ladagnous
24. G.Meersman
25. F.Mourey
26. R.Pauriol
27. C.Pineau
28. G.Soupe
Omega Pharma
31. J.Vanendert
32. J.Bakelants
33. B.De Clercq
34. F.De Greef
35. G.Dockx
36. V.Ortiz
37. W.Stroetinga
38. J.Van de Walle
Saur
41. J.Gadret
42. C.Cuvillier
43. J.Galland
44. A.Geslin
45. F.Jeandesboz
46. S.Joly
47. L.Mangel
48. Y.Talabardon
Liquigas
51. D.Nerz
52. D.Caruso
53. T.Dall'Antonia
54. T.Duggan
55. C. Favini
56. D.Oss
BMC
61. M.Frank
62. C.Butler
63. M.Gerber
64. S.Morabito
65. M.Santambrogio
66. I.Santaromita
67. M.Schär
68. F.Stalder
Cofidis
71. D.Moncoutié
72. R.Cusin
73. J.Demaret
74. L.Duque
75. C.Martin
76. L.Á.Maté
77. D.Monier
78. T.Valentin
Type 1
81. A.Efimkin
82. W.Dugan
83. K.Reijnen
84. R.Sarti
Colombia es Pasión
91. S.Henao
92. J.Martinez
93. C.Martínez
94. W.Pedraza
95. M.Pérez
Bretagne
101. J.Le Bon
102. G.Blot
103. S.Calzati
104. A.Fonseca
105. R.Hardy
106. L.Pichon
Europcar
111. A.Charteau
112. F.Bouyer
113. B.Ducret
114. Y.Gène
115. Y.Le Boulanger
116. K.Reza
Roubaix Lille Métropole
121. L.Lefèvre
122. J.Bar
123. M.Boulo
124. R.Bourg
125. L.Desriac
126. J.Guay
127. F.Le Corre
128. C.Lhotellerie
Wallonie Bruxelles
131. J.Bauer
132. W.Goossens
133. P.Legrand
134. O.Pardini
135. J.Peeters
136. F.Polazzi
137. C.Premont
138. R.Steenuit
Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
141. D.R.Díaz
142. M.Delaroziere
143. T.Flaksis
144. A.Kurbatskis
145. P.McDonald
146. T.Skujins
Dirk Grepdon Wanzele
151. J.Venter
152. F.Amorison
153. S.Caethoven
154. A.Van Groen
155. L.Verweij
Big Mat
161. J.Mazet
162. M.Claude
163. F.Dassonville
164. M.Drujon
165. S.Georges
166. J.Jules
167. D.Le Boulch
168. M.Méderel
Colnago
171. M.Caddeo
172. A.Piechele
Landbouwkrediet
181. G.Verheyen
182. K.Barbé
183. J.Breyne
184. H.Dekkers
185. B.Dockx
186. E.Juodvalkis
187. J.Stallaert
Although it lacks of a real top star, the start list is packed with some of the strongest continental riders as well as some super domestiques from the World Tour teams. Top favorite for the overall is Nicolas Roche, who has to be considered the strongest climber. Gadret and Vanendert should be his main contenders while Lampre could deal some damage with their strong team around the duo lead Spilak and Di Luca. Main contender for the young riders jersey is Dominik Nerz, but he has to pay attention on the hilly stages, which aren't his strong points. The same applies for Matthias Frank.
I am our clear leader for the overall here and I have high hopes! I most probably won't be able to compete for the overall win but I'm in great shape so a Top 5 and the young riders jersey should be possible. A Top 10 finish overall is the minimum I want to achieve. In Damiano Caruso, I have a top domestique, especially for the last stage.
Tiziano Dall'Antonia will try his luck in the sprints (if there are more than one) while the rest of the team will get their chances in breakaways, especially on the two hilly stages. But we have to consider that except for me and Damiano Caruso, all our riders lack of decent shape.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 07-02-2012 15:46
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Hope your feeling up to the challenge Dominik |
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Posted on 07-02-2012 16:25
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Going to be tough race for Dominik to win, but should be very intresting. Good form should helo a lot, good luck 
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Posted on 07-02-2012 20:36
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Nice blog dom is really becoming a good stage racer especially his weaknesses like the flat stat really improved thats great and his rec is impressing for his age!
I like the preview and hope you get a really good overall although it will be difficult - good luck!!!
And i like the signings of the young riders great choice hopefully they have a good potential and nice for dom to have someone speaking his language
Edited by johannes-w on 07-02-2012 20:44
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 07-02-2012 20:41
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As always, some nice updates/blogs! Those two signings look indeed promising, and Dominik's also developing well Hope you won't lose too much time on Tour l'Ain's hilly stages. You will be a strong GC-contender if you hit the final mountain-stage within reach of the race-leader! Good luck!
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Posted on 07-02-2012 20:45
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76 MO, looks good!
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Posted on 07-02-2012 22:12
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Nice development in the mountain stat, which makes Dominik another rider to watch out for in this race. It's a tough field, so good luck. |
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Posted on 08-02-2012 10:23
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@ sutty68: Well, he is in great shape, so yeah, I think he fells up to the challenge
@ Alakagom: Honestly, I don't target a win here. Don't think that's possible. But as you said, a great form helps, so maybe a Top 5...
@ johannes-w: Thank you! Dominik indeed continues to improve on every terrain, although, as you mentioned, especially his rec and of course his mountain stat are very nice. And yep, the signings look very promising although I didn't look up their potentials.
@ tsmoha: Thanks I hope so, too. The performances in Poland give me hope for the hilly stages there.
@ fcancellara: It does, doesn't it
@ FreitasPCM: Thank you! I hope you're right!
Here's the first stage:
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Posted on 08-02-2012 10:23
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August 9, 2012
The prologue is very short but also a bit hilly. Big time gaps aren't expected but it should be a good indication for the rider's shapes.
Dominik's Pre-Race Comment
I am among the better prologue riders here so I hope for a nice stage result. But on such a short course, with small time gaps, it's all about luck and daily shape.
|  | 13:15: | Jurgen Van de Walle (Omega Pharma) sets a frist decent time. | | 5'12 | | . | |  | 13:28: | Christophe Riblon (Ag2r) could have ambitions himself here, but he'll probably has to work for his leader, Nicolas Roche. For now, he sets the best time. | | 5'09 | | . | |  | 13:44: | French TT Champion Damier Monier puts things into perspective! He crushes all former times. | | 5'01 | | . | 13:56: | Daniel Oss is Liquigas' first rider today. He rides decently good, + 22. | | 5'23 | | . | |  | 14:02: | Adriano Malori is the big favorite for today. But the young Italian can't deliver. He's slower than Monier. | | 5'06 | | . | 14:21: | His best times are behind him, yet Andrey Kashechkin (Lampre) sets a nice time here. | | 5'09 | | . | |  | 14:50: | Tiziano Dall'Antonia is a good prologue rider but lacks a bit of shape. Still, he finishes provisional 11th. | | 5'15 | | . | 14:59: | Mathieu Ladagnous (FDJ) surprises everyone. He's the only one coming close to Monier so far, 3 seconds down. | | 5'04 | | . | |  | 15:38: | The overall contenders are on the road now. David Moncoutié is the first one who has real chances for the overall win. He sets a decent time for his means. | | 5'15 | | . | 15:40: | Matthias Frank (BMC) had a great development recently, today he finishes one second faster than the Frenchman before him. | | 5'14 | | . | |  | 15:42: | Young gun Dominik Nerz convinced with a 14th spot in Poland. He has to be considered in the overall fight here as well, as he obviously is in fantastic shape: Fourth spot for now! | | 5'06 | | . | |  | 15:44: | Saur's captain John Gadret is not known for his time trialing skills. He can't prove us wrong today. | | 5'22 | | . | 15:46: | Jelle Vanendert has a similar problem. The time gaps aren't fatal though. | | 5'22 | | . | |  | 15:48: | Sandy Casar is a better time trialist. He can't touch Nerz, though. Provisional 11th, 10 seconds down. | | 5'11 | | . | 15:50: | Simon Spilak, Lampre's leader, comes closer to Nerz. He's the second best among the overall favorites so far, two seconds slower. | | 5'08 | | . | |  | 15:52: | Nicolas Roche is by far the top favorite for this race. And he obviously is in top shape as well: He is faster than almost everyone, finishing third today. | | 5'05 |
| 1 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 5'01 | | 2 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ | + 3 | | 3 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4 | | 4 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - ISD | + 5 | | 5 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 6 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - ISD | + 7 | | 7 |  Andrey Kashechkin | Lampre - ISD | + 8 | | 8 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 9 | Rémy Cusin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 10 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Jack Bauer | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 9 | | 12 | Kiel Reijnen | Team Type 1 | + 10 | | 13 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | s.t. | | 14 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 11 | | 15 | Laurent Mangel | Saur - Sojasun | + 12 | | 16 | Mattia Cattaneo | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 17 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 18 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | + 13 | | 19 | Sébastien Joly | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 20 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 21 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 22 | Gianni Meersman | FDJ | + 14 | | 23 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 24 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 25 | Johan Le Bon | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 26 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 27 | Luis Ángel Maté | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 15 | | 28 | Danilo Di Luca | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 29 | Wim Stroetinga | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 16 | | 30 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 31 | Marlón Pérez | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | s.t. | | 32 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 33 | Tristan Valentin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 34 | Jonathan Breyne | Landbouwkrediet | + 17 | | 35 | Carlos Martínez | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | s.t. | | 36 | Bart De Clercq | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 37 | Vitaliy Buts | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 38 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | + 18 | | 39 | Sylvain Georges | Big Mat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 40 | Gert Dockx | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 41 | Guillaume Blot | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 42 | Daniel Ricardo Díaz | Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 43 | Sergio Henao | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | s.t. | | 44 | Mauro Santambrogio | BMC Racing Team | + 19 | | 45 | Arnoud Van Groen | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent | s.t. | | 46 | Francis De Greef | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 47 | Jocelyn Bar | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 48 | Laurent Lefèvre | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 49 | Florian Stalder | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 50 | Justin Jules | Big Mat - Auber 93 | + 20 | | 51 | Toms Skujins | Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 52 | Yoann Le Boulanger | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 53 | Frédéric Amorison | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent | s.t. | | 54 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 55 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 56 | Yannick Talabardon | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 57 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 58 | Rémi Pauriol | FDJ | + 21 | | 59 | Peter McDonald | Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 60 | Anthony Geslin | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 61 | Jérémie Galland | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 62 | Koen Barbé | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 63 | Christopher Butler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 64 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 65 | Jacobus Venter | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent | s.t. | | 66 | Alexander Efimkin | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 67 | John Gadret | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 68 | Jelle Vanendert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 69 | Dimitri Le Boulch | Big Mat - Auber 93 | + 22 | | 70 | Daniel Oss | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 71 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 72 | Timothy Duggan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 73 | John Martinez | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | s.t. | | 74 | Laurent Pichon | Bretagne - Schuller | + 23 | | 75 | Luc Verweij | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent | s.t. | | 76 | Cyrille Martin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 77 | Francis Mourey | FDJ | s.t. | | 78 | Hans Dekkers | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 79 | Franck Bouyer | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 80 | Julien Mazet | Big Mat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 81 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ | s.t. | | 82 | Joeri Stallaert | Landbouwkrediet | + 24 | | 83 | Jean-Eudes Demaret | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 84 | William Dugan | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 85 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ | + 25 | | 86 | Fabio Polazzi | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 87 | Aleksandrs Kurbatskis | Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 88 | Toms Flaksis | Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 89 | Marcus Gerber | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 90 | Olivier Pardini | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 91 | Maxime Méderel | Big Mat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 92 | Mathieu Claude | Big Mat - Auber 93 | + 26 | | 93 | Arnaud Courteille | FDJ | s.t. | | 94 | Florian Le Corre | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 27 | | 95 | Mathieu Perget | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 96 | Romain Hardy | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 97 | Mateo Langlais | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 98 | Sylvain Calzati | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 99 | Wouter Goossens | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 100 | Loïc Desriac | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 28 | | 101 | Julien Guay | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 29 | | 102 | Ivan Santaromita | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 103 | Bart Dockx | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 104 | Armindo Fonseca | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 105 | Bryan Ducret | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 106 | Manuele Caddeo | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 107 | Walter Pedraza | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | + 30 | | 108 | Flavien Dassonville | Big Mat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 109 | Mathieu Delaroziere | Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 110 | Clément Lhotellerie | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 111 | Christophe Premont | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 31 | | 112 | Giovanni Marangoni | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 113 | Mathieu Drujon | Big Mat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 114 | Matthieu Boulo | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 115 | Steven Caethoven | Dirk Grepdon Wanzele - Accent | + 32 | | 116 | Andrea Piechele | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 117 | Cyrille Cuvillier | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 118 | Yvan Arnaud | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 119 | Geert Verheyen | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 120 | Robin Steenuit | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 121 | Victór Ortiz | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 33 | | 122 | Jef Peeters | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 123 | Philippe Legrand | Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 124 | Renaud Bourg | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 125 | Egidijus Juodvalkis | Landbouwkrediet | + 34 | | 126 | Raffaele Sarti | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 127 | Carlo Favini | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 36 |
Overall
Identical with the result.
Points
| 1 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 25 | | 2 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ | 20 | | 3 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | 16 | | 4 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - ISD | 14 | | 5 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas - Cannondale | 12 |
Young Riders
| 1 | Adriano Malori | Lampre - ISD | 5'06 | | 2 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 3 | Mattia Cattaneo | Lampre - ISD | + 7 | | 4 | Johan Le Bon | Bretagne - Schuller | + 9 | | 5 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 11 |
Teams
| 1 | Lampre - ISD | 15'23 | | 2 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2 | | 3 | AG2R La Mondiale | + 5 | | 4 | FDJ | + 7 | | 5 | BMC Racing Team | + 14 |
A very pleasing result for us today. I rode to my full potential today and to finish within the same as Adriano Malori, who is easily among the 15 best time trialists in the world, is a great feeling. I think I created a good basis for the next stages.
The others did well, too. Tiziano's 24th is promising for the next stage. Regarding the others, well, they just aren't time trialists, so the result today didn't matter at all.
Tomorrow is the first road stage, almost completely flat. So stay tuned!
Edited by cunego59 on 08-02-2012 10:25
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Posted on 08-02-2012 10:29
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Nice start with Nerz. There are some really big names for the MTF, but hopefully Nerz can hang on to them. |
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Posted on 08-02-2012 10:30
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A great ride for Dom, but Roche looks like he could be the winner here. I also love the final pic of Roche, really beautiful.
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| dienblad |
Posted on 08-02-2012 10:51
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Good start. A GC-podium is possible here!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 08-02-2012 11:52
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Nice TT, Great start |
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| rorzcp |
Posted on 08-02-2012 12:38
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Probably been 3 or 4 months(real time) since i checked in on this thread(or pcm-daily for that matter)
I am impressed with Dominik's attributes and his results, great work in the Lankawi race!
Edited by rorzcp on 08-02-2012 13:04
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| johannes-w |
Posted on 08-02-2012 12:43
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very good start - hopefully at least the same result in the end of the race i think you re able to do it! |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 08-02-2012 17:00
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It's a really great start, Dominik has really big chances to get a positive result, if nothing happens until the end of the race. |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 08-02-2012 17:29
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Good prologue! He should be able to keep that 5th spot, at least!
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