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UCI World Tour rankings riders (after Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco)
| 1 |  | Davide Rebellin | Movistar | 181.42 | | 2 |  | David López | Euskaltel | 154 | | 3 |  | Peter Sagan | Vacansoleil | 147.42 | | 4 |  | Denis Menchov | Quickstep | 144.12 | | 5 |  | Tony Gallopin | Quickstep | 138.12 | | 6 | | Mikel Nieve | Discovery | 101.9 | | 7 |  | Björn Leukemans | Lotto | 97.12 | | 8 |  | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack | 91.62 | | 9 |  | Bauke Mollema | Vacansoleil | 89.43 | | 10 |  | Marcel Kittel | Discovery | 82.62 | | 11 | | José Joaquin Rojas | HTC | 74.37 | | 12 | | Rob Ruijgh | Rabobank | 72.96 | | 13 | | Tom Boonen | Saxo Bank | 69.25 | | 14 | | Sacha Modolo | Euskaltel | 65 | | 15 |  | Geraint Thomas | BMC | 59.5 |
UCI World Tour rankings teams (after Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco)
| 1 | | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP | 388.5 | | 2 | | VACANSOLEIL-DMC | 253 | | 3 | | MOVISTAR TEAM | 230 | | 4 | | RABOBANK | 228 | | 5 | | EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI | 219 | | 6 |  | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | 196.1 | | 7 | | TEAM RADIOSHACK-NISSAN | 189 | | 8 |  | SAXO BANK | 167.75 | | 9 | | LOTTO-BELISOL | 165.6 | | 10 | | BMC RACING TEAM | 160.75 |
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Posted on 15-02-2013 19:09
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Paris - Roubaix
The first of only two monuments that we will enjoy this year has arrived. The Paris - Roubaix is the temple of the cobblers and the place where all of them want to win. This year's route is the same that saw Lieuwe Westra take a very surprising win two years ago. The Dutch has developed into a very complete rider and it wouldn't be as surprising seeing him among the top 10. The amount of cobbles surpasses the 50 kilometers mark in the 270 kilometers race, so stamina and flat will also play a big role.
The race has been really tight in the previous editions, but as riders specialize the selection that happens in the cobbles should be bigger this year. A rather big group sprint should not happen anymore. The control of the race should either fall into Lotto or Saxo Bank, as they got the latest wins in the cobbles, but maybe BMC is the only team with real strength to make a big selection of the race for Ballan.
Favorites:
- Bjorn Leukemans (Lotto - Belisol): Bjorn Leukemans comes as massive favorite for the Paris - Roubaix after narrowly missing the double in the Belgian cobbles races a couple of weeks ago. He is the best cobbler by far and the long distance of the race should also play in his favor. Leukemans is one of the few riders that could be able to power away from the bunch if he puts a high pace in a cobbled section.
- Johan van Summeren (Omega Pharma - Quickstep): Van Summeren showed his class in the E3, where he was 2nd, only to disappear in the Gent - Wevelgem 2 days later. He is capable of the best, like winning the Ronde, and the worst so it will all be down to how he feels.
- Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing): Alessandro Ballan is the leader of the cobbles powerhouse that BMC has built. The Italian will be able to rely on Bernhard Eisel and Geraint Thomas to go after the early attacks and they could even play some smart tactics (Ok, ok, I know this is "difficult" for an AI team...). The Italian was the only alternative to the huge Belgian dominance in the earlier cobbles races.
- Gregory Rast (Sky Procycling): Gregory Rast is the Sky hope to regain a place in the spotlight of World Tour cycling. The British team has undergone a hard time the last couple of year but seem determined of burying that into the past. The Swiss has focused his season on the run to the Paris - Roubaix and is determined to fight for a podium place in Roubaix. However, this is going to be a task only for himself as the rest of his teammates are next to useless in the cobbles.
Other notable riders that will take part in the race include the recent winner of the Gent - Wevelgem, Tom Boonen (Saxo Bank), Sylvain Chavanel (Ag2r), Bernhard Eisel and Geraint Thomas (BMC) and Oscar Freire and the defending champion, Lieuwe Westra, for Rabobank.
Previous winners
| First | Second | Third | | 2009 | Borut Bozic | Jakob Fuglsang | Simon Gerrans | | 2011 | Lieuwe Westra | Jose Joaquin Rojas | Miguel Angel Rubiano |
Startlist
Spoiler
LOTTO
1. B.Leukemans
2. A.Demare
3. A.Greipel
4. D.Martin
5. J.Roelandts
6. M.Rubiano
7. J.Van den Broeck
QUICKSTEP
11. J.Van Summeren
12. J.Degenkolb
13. T.Gallopin
14. C.Meyer
15. L.Mondory
16. L.Paolini
17. P.Weening
BMC
21. A.Ballan
22. T.Danielson
23. B.Eisel
24. D.Galimzyanov
25. G.Hincapie
26. G.Thomas
27. G.Visconti
SAXO BANK
31. T.Boonen
32. L.Boom
33. T.Farrar
34. M.Goss
35. J.Haedo
36. M.Rogers
37. C.Sørensen
SKY
41. G.Rast
42. M.Cavendish
43. S.Henao
44. P.Lastras
45. D.Millar
46. N.Quintana
47. B.Swift
AG2R
51. S.Chavanel
52. N.Bouhanni
53. J.Coppel
54. Y.Offredo
55. T.Pinot
56. J.Simon
57. M.Tjallingii
RABOBANK
61. O.Freire
62. T.Bos
63. W.Poels
64. J.Van Emden
65. K.Van Hummel
66. J.Van Leijen
67. L.Westra
ASTANA
71. F.Pozzato
72. E.Gasparotto
73. L.Gerdemann
74. M.Iglinskiy
75. R.McEwen
76. F.Pellizotti
77. A.Roux
LAMPRE
81. Y.Hutarovich
82. S.Garzelli
83. V.Nibali
84. D.Pozzovivo
85. N.Roche
86. M.Scarponi
87. E.Viviani
GARMIN
91. F.Cancellara
92. E.Boasson Hagen
93. S.Firsanov
94. M.Frank
95. T.Hushovd
96. R.Navardauskas
97. C.Sutton
DISCOVERY
101. H.Haussler
102. L.Durbridge
103. P.Gilbert
104. B.Hermans
105. M.Kittel
106. M.Renshaw
107. J.Rodriguez
EUSKALTEL
111. F.Ventoso
112. S.Dumolin
113. R.Feillu
114. F.Kessiakoff
115. A.Kristoff
116. S.Modolo
117. A.Valverde
VACANSOLEIL
121. G.Van Avermaet
122. C.Barredo
123. C.Betancur
124. J.Fuglsang
125. S.Langeveld
126. A.Petacchi
127. S.Van Dijk
LIQUIGAS
131. L.Bak
132. E.Capecchi
133. D.Di Luca
134. V.Kiryenka
135. M.Moser
136. N.Nuyens
137. J.Rujano
RADIOSHACK
141. D.Bennati
142. M.Albasini
143. I.Basso
144. D.Cunego
145. J.Peraud
146. R.Taaramae
147. A.Talansky
MOVISTAR
151. G.Bole
152. J.Castroviejo
153. A.Contador
154. J.Flecha
155. D.Moreno
156. N.Terpstra
157. T.Voeckler
HTC
161. J.Rojas
162. B.Bozic
163. S.Clarke
164. A.Klöden
165. T.Phinney
166. R.Porte
167. A.Schleck
KATUSHA
171. S.Schumacher
172. G.Ciolek
173. B.Intxausti
174. S.Ponzi
175. J.Serpa
176. K.Sivtsov
177. B.Wiggins
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Posted on 15-02-2013 19:15
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Posted on 15-02-2013 23:30
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Really looking forward to the clashes on the cobbles  |
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Posted on 16-02-2013 22:03
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Paris - Roubaix
Compiegne - Roubaix
This year's route of the Paris - Roubaix is the same that we had 2 years ago. The amount of cobbles is close to 60 kilometers in the 270 race. It has been reported that the weather will be miserable during the race, but at least not much wind is expected in the area. The key points of the race this year will be the Trouee d'Arenberg and the Carrefour de l'Arbre.
A group of 5 riders tried their luck through a break, but in reality they never had much hope of succeeding. The riders in it were Eros Capecchi (Liquigas), Chris Sutton (Garmin), Jos van Emden (Rabobank), Jose Rodolfo Serpa (Katusha) and Dani Moreno (Movistar). In the bunch, we had already seen punctures by Sylvain Chavanel and Fabian Cancellara. The gap of the break was only 4 minutes, as the pace in the cobbled sections increased in the bunch.
BMC and Lotto seemed to be the teams that wanted to make the race hard in the cobbled sections. Geraint Thomas, Bernhard Eisel and Jurgen Roelandts were the men responsible to do the main part of the pacing. However, the pace was somewhat inconsistent and the break still enjoyed a gap of 2' 20'' with 46 kilometers to go.
Chris Sutton attacked from the break and entered the last 20 kilometers on his own. He led Dani Moreno, Eros Capecchi and Jos van Emden by 25 seconds, while the main group of favorites was 1 minute behind. The favorites group has been reduced, but it is still quite big for the part of the race that we are in.
Sutton was caught by the favorites group with only 11 kilometers remaining in the race. Bernhard Eisel sets the pace in the bunch, but it is sad to see the Paris - Roubaix go without successful attacks in the cobbles. The main favorites seem content with a small group sprint.
Around 45 riders reach the final 4 kilometers at the head group. BMC is still doing the pace setting ahead of the final sprint. The chances of Tom Boonen have dramatically increased as he is probably the fastest cobbler along with Oscar Freire.
Johan van Summeren launches the sprint from far away to try to lure the purest sprinters out of it, but three riders follow him: Bjorn Leukemans, Oscar Freire and Tom Boonen. It looks like Alessandro Ballan didn't have the legs today, as he cannot follow them. All the hard work from BMC seems to be wasted.
Bjorn Leukemans wins in Roubaix! The Lotto rider had the best legs after 270 kilometers as neither Tom Boonen nor Oscar Freire could put pressure on him in the final sprint. Boonen claimed the second place ahead of Johan van Summeren in an all-Belgian podium. The first among the non Belgians was Oscar Freire, while Gregory Rast took the 5th place for Sky.
Leukemans made the predictions right, but we had expected to see a tougher battle in the cobbles. It looked like he was too strong and the rest of the riders were afraid to attack. In the end the gamble turned out well for the Lotto team but the feeling is that they could have settled the race earlier rather than waiting for a rather big sprint. The group had slightly more than 40 riders at the end of the race.
Today's Winner
Stage Results
| 1 | | Björn Leukemans | LOTTO-BELISOL | 7h55'39 | | 2 | | Tom Boonen | SAXO BANK - TINKOFF | s.t. | | 3 | | Johan Van Summeren | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP | s.t. | | 4 | | Oscar Freire | RABOBANK | s.t. | | 5 |  | Grégory Rast | SKY PROCYCLING | s.t. | | 6 | | Alessandro Ballan | BMC RACING TEAM | s.t. | | 7 | | Lloyd Mondory | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP | s.t. | | 8 | | Luca Paolini | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP | s.t. | | 9 | | Sylvain Chavanel | AG2R - LA MONDIALE | s.t. | | 10 | | Filippo Pozzato | ASTANA | s.t. |
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Posted on 16-02-2013 22:35
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Bjööööööööörn Leukemans |
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Posted on 16-02-2013 23:59
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The Rainbow jersey is certainly lucky for Leukemans  |
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Posted on 17-02-2013 10:31
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UCI World Tour rankings riders (after Paris - Roubaix)
| 1 | | Davide Rebellin | Movistar | 181.42 | | 2 | | Björn Leukemans | Lotto | 177.12 | | 3 | | David López | Euskaltel | 154 | | 4 | | Peter Sagan | Vacansoleil | 147.42 | | 5 | | Denis Menchov | Quickstep | 144.12 | | 6 | | Tony Gallopin | Quickstep | 138.12 | | 7 | | Tom Boonen | Saxo Bank | 129.25 | | 8 | | Mikel Nieve | Discovery | 101.9 | | 9 | | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack | 91.62 | | 10 | | Bauke Mollema | Vacansoleil | 89.43 | | 11 | | Johan Van Summeren | Quickstep | 83 | | 12 | | Marcel Kittel | Discovery | 82.62 | | 13 | | Alessandro Ballan | BMC | 76.25 | | 14 | | José Joaquin Rojas | HTC | 74.37 | | 15 | | Rob Ruijgh | Rabobank | 72.96 |
UCI World Tour rankings teams (after Paris - Roubaix)
| 1 | | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP | 463.5 | | 2 | | RABOBANK | 268 | | 3 | | VACANSOLEIL-DMC | 253 | | 4 | | LOTTO-BELISOL | 245.6 | | 5 | | MOVISTAR TEAM | 230 | | 6 | | SAXO BANK | 227.75 | | 7 | | EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI | 219 | | 8 | | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | 196.1 | | 9 | | TEAM RADIOSHACK-NISSAN | 189 | | 10 | | BMC RACING TEAM | 180.75 |
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Posted on 17-02-2013 10:33
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Tour de Romandie
The Tour de Romandie is the perfect preparation for the upcaoming Giro di Italia. This year the race will take place in the same route that saw Cameron Meyer take the overall win last year. The race is fairly biased towards the time trialist, as the fifth stage is a rather long time trial that is not really compensated by the amount of mountain. Therefore, time trialists are the best placed to get the win in Switzerland.
Favorites:
- Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing): Tejay is one of the best time trialists in the field, but he is also a more than capable rider in the mountains. The American was second last year, but that was only the main of many good results, such as a top 10 in the Tour de France. He has the ability to take the win in Switzerland.
- Cameron Meyer (Omega Pharma - Quickstep): Last year's winner will have massive support in the race this year, as he moved to the almighty Quickstep team. Meyer is probably the best time trialist in the World, but he lacks the class in the mountains and that could be a problem if BMC tries to make the race hard in the climbing.
- Marco Pinotti (BMC Racing): BMC has two solid bullets to target the GC at Romandie. Marco Pinotti is almost as good a time trialist as Van Garderen, so if the American runs into any trouble Marco will be there to show his talent.
- Chris Froome (HTC - Highroad): Chris Froome already won the Tour de Suisse last year by making an exhibition in the last time trial, so the route of the Tour de Romandie fits the British perfectly. He has already proven that he can take an overall win in a very demanding race, so it should be no surprise to see him in the podium.
Other notable riders in the race include Lieuwe Westra (Rabobank), Bauke Mollema (Vacansoleil - DMC), David Millar (Sky Procycling), Rigoberto Uran (Lotto - Belisol), Samuel Sanchez (Katusha) and Levi Leipheimer (HTC - Highroad).
Even though there will be not many days for the sprints, some of the best sprinters are in Switzerland, such as Tyler Farrar (Saxo Bank), Ben Swift (Sky Procycling), Sacha Modolo (Euskaltel), Simone Ponzi (Katusha), Lloyd Mondory and Tony Gallopin (Omega Pharma - Quickstep).
Previous winners
| First | Second | Third | | 2010 | Pieter Weening | Xavi Tondo | Mikel Nieve | | 2012 | Cameron Meyer | Tejay van Garderen | Peter Stetina |
Startlist
Spoiler
QUICKSTEP
1. C.Meyer
2. J.Degenkolb
3. D.Devenyns
4. T.Gallopin
5. L.Mondory
6. J.Van Summeren
7. P.Weening
BMC
11. T.Van Garderen
12. T.Danielson
13. B.Eisel
14. D.Galimzyanov
15. M.Pinotti
16. G.Thomas
17. G.Visconti
HTC
21. C.Froome
22. B.Bozic
23. A.Klöden
24. J.Kocjan
25. L.Leipheimer
26. T.Phinney
27. R.Porte
VACANSOLEIL
31. B.Mollema
32. R.Gesink
33. S.Langeveld
34. A.Petacchi
35. P.Sagan
36. G.Van Avermaet
37. S.Van Dijk
RABOBANK
41. L.Westra
42. I.Anton
43. T.Bos
44. H.Dupont
45. W.Poels
46. K.Van Hummel
47. J.Van Leijen
LOTTO
51. R.Uran
52. A.Demare
53. R.Kiserlovski
54. B.Leukemans
55. D.Martin
56. M.Rubiano
57. J.Vanendert
RADIOSHACK
61. R.Kreuziger
62. M.Albasini
63. S.Gerrans
64. J.Peraud
65. F.Schleck
66. R.Taaramae
67. A.Talansky
SKY
71. D.Millar
72. T.De Gendt
73. S.Henao
74. P.Lastras
75. N.Quintana
76. G.Rast
77. B.Swift
KATUSHA
81. S.Sánchez
82. G.Ciolek
83. B.Intxausti
84. R.Nocentini
85. S.Ponzi
86. J.Serpa
87. B.Wiggins
DISCOVERY
91. J.Brajkovic
92. L.Durbridge
93. C.Evans
94. P.Gilbert
95. B.Hermans
96. M.Nieve
97. M.Renshaw
EUSKALTEL
101. D.López
102. S.Dumolin
103. R.Feillu
104. F.Kessiakoff
105. A.Kristoff
106. S.Modolo
107. A.Valverde
ASTANA
111. A.Roux
112. E.Gasparotto
113. L.Gerdemann
114. R.Janse van Rensburg
115. F.Pellizotti
116. F.Pozzato
117. E.Sella
LAMPRE
121. B.De Clerq
122. S.Garzelli
123. Y.Hutarovich
124. V.Nibali
125. D.Pozzovivo
126. N.Roche
127. X.Tondo
SAXO BANK
131. T.Machado
132. T.Farrar
133. M.Goss
134. J.Haedo
135. C.Horner
136. M.Rogers
137. C.Sørensen
GARMIN
141. T.Hushovd
142. E.Boasson Hagen
143. F.Cancellara
144. M.Frank
145. M.Matthews
146. R.Navardauskas
147. O.Zaugg
MOVISTAR
151. S.Kruijswijk
152. G.Bole
153. A.Contador
154. J.Flecha
155. L.Leon Sanchez
156. N.Terpstra
157. T.Voeckler
AG2R
161. J.Simon
162. N.Bouhanni
163. J.Coppel
164. M.Monfort
165. L.Nordhaug
166. Y.Offredo
167. M.Tjallingii
LIQUIGAS
171. L.Ten Dam
172. L.Bak
173. E.Capecchi
174. D.Di Luca
175. M.Moser
176. G.Nizzolo
177. N.Nuyens
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Posted on 18-02-2013 09:48
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All your flags have decided to take a vacation  |
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Posted on 18-02-2013 11:06
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sutty68 wrote:
All your flags have decided to take a vacation
Yeah, I will progressively change them to my own server...
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Posted on 18-02-2013 12:28
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That was quick, the new flags look good |
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Posted on 19-02-2013 15:11
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Tour de Romandie
Stage 1: Martigny - Martigny (ITT)
The prologue in Martigny is tiny, at only 3 kilometers. Therefore, the time gaps that will open are not expected to be significant in the overall result of the race. The pure time trialists will be the favorites, as the route is very flat.
David Millar (Sky) was the first among the favorites to start today's stage. The British has got several time trials wins so far, as he won the two time trials in the Dauphine last year. He easily beat the best time so far, set by the local Fabian Cancellara, by 4 seconds.
Close behind Millar started Rigoberto Uran (Lotto). The Colombian arrived in Switzerland with high hopes of doing a good race and he started well today. Uran tied with David Millar's time to take the 2nd provisional best time.
The short distance means that everyone is very close and Samuel Sanchez (Katusha) showed it by tying with the two leaders. He got the 3rd place on the tenths of a second.
Marco Pinotti (BMC) would be the best reference for Tejay van Garderen, who would depart among the last in the stage. The Italian lived up to the expectations and was now the 4th rider to tie in the same time as David Millar. Such a short time trial makes it almost impossible to open up any gaps among the best.
Cameron Meyer (Quickstep) was the biggest favorite before the stage and he now had plenty of references from good time trialists. The Australian showed that he probably is the best time trialist in the world by taking the first place after setting a time 3 seconds faster than David Millar.
Once Millar's time was beaten the door seemed to have been opened, as Lieuwe Westra (Rabobank) got the second provisional time, 2 seconds behind Meyer. The Dutch is a very versatile rider that could do well in this Tour de Romandie.
Chris Froome (HTC) disappointed a little bit today, as he could only manage to be 5 seconds slower than Cameron Meyer. That puts the British in the 8th provisional time.
Tejay van Garderen (BMC) was one of the last men to start the time trial in Martigny. The American arrives in Switzerland willing to prove that he can win in a one-week race and things started well for him, as he matched Cameron Meyer's time and only lost in the tenths of a second.
Cameron Meyer therefore took the fifth win of the season for Quickstep and the leader's jersey. However, this is probably only anecdotic as tomorrow's hilltop finish in Leysin has the potential to mix the GC quite a bit. It is the stage that could turn things around for other riders, as otherwise the race will be settled in the long time trial.
Today's Winner
Stage Results
| 1 |  | Cameron Meyer | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP | 6'08 | | 2 | | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC RACING TEAM | s.t. | | 3 | | Lieuwe Westra | RABOBANK | + 2 | | 4 | | David Millar | SKY PROCYCLING | + 3 | | 5 |  | Rigoberto Uran | LOTTO-BELISOL | s.t. | | 6 | | Samuel Sánchez | KATUSHA TEAM | s.t. | | 7 | | Marco Pinotti | BMC RACING TEAM | s.t. | | 8 | | Bauke Mollema | VACANSOLEIL-DMC | + 4 | | 9 | | Luis Leon Sanchez | MOVISTAR TEAM | + 5 | | 10 | | Chris Froome | HTC - HIGH ROAD | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | | Cameron Meyer | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP | 25 | | 2 | | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC RACING TEAM | 20 | | 3 | | Lieuwe Westra | RABOBANK | 16 | | 4 | | David Millar | SKY PROCYCLING | 14 | | 5 | | Rigoberto Uran | LOTTO-BELISOL | 12 |
Young
| 1 | | Lieuwe Westra | RABOBANK | 6'10 | | 2 | | Anthony Roux | ASTANA | + 3 | | 3 | | Geraint Thomas | BMC RACING TEAM | + 5 | | 4 | | Thomas De Gendt | SKY PROCYCLING | s.t. | | 5 | | Juan Antonio Flecha | MOVISTAR TEAM | + 6 |
Teams
| 1 | | BMC RACING TEAM | 18'34 | | 2 | | HTC - HIGH ROAD | + 8 | | 3 | | SKY PROCYCLING | + 9 | | 4 | | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP | s.t. | | 5 | | TEAM RADIOSHACK-NISSAN | + 11 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 19-02-2013 17:21
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| mpardo |
Posted on 20-02-2013 14:37
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Tour de Romandie
Stage 2: Martigny - Leysin
The first proper stage of the Tour de Romandie is probably the only chance that the climbers have to put time on the time trial specialists. However, hills riders also have a chance as the climbs are not that hard. The final climb to Leysin is barely more than 6 kilometers long and will probably only allow for seconds among the favorites.
A group of 6 riders tried to take the stage win through a break. After the first intermediate sprint of the day they had 5' 30'' over a Quickstep led bunch. Among those in the break were John Degenkolb (Quickstep), Philippe Gilbert (Discovery), Stefano Garzelli (Lampre) and Julien Simon (Ag2r).
Dries Devenyns led the bunch through the Col de Pillon ahead of Bart de Clerq and David Lopez. The break had only 1 minute with 21 kilometers remaining, so it looks like the stage win will be in the bunch. Quickstep has been very keen on keeping a good pace to preserve Cameron Meyer's lead.
Bart de Clerq and Bauke Mollema are the first riders to attack in the final climb to Leysin. They are soon followed by the second in the GC, Tejay van Garderen. The climb to Leysin last year was very quiet, but it looks as serious attacks are happening this year.
Cameron Meyer is not reacting as a group of 14 riders is in the lead including most of the favorites for the overall win. Worse than that for Quickstep, no rider from the team is in that leading group. A time gap between this group and the main bunch seems unavoidable at 2 kilometers from the finish. In the favorites group Rigoberto Uran, Frank Schleck and Bauke Mollema are the riders showing the best legs today.
Tejay van Garderen and Bauke Mollema leave everyone else behind as they start the final sprint. Only Rigoberto Uran and Frank Schleck tried to follow, but they failed and will have to fight for third. The front group decreased to only 8 riders as they closed into the final kilometer and Cameron Meyer didn't give any signs of reacting.
Bauke Mollema wins in Leysin! The Dutch overtook Tejay van Garderen once the American had run out of gas to take his second win of the season. Bart de Clerq climbed to the third place in the late stages of the sprint, while Frank Schleck was fourth. A total of 8 riders arrived in the leading group, while another small group crossed the line 33 seconds later. This leaves the GC led by Tejay van Garderen, who has been second in both stages. Bauke Mollema is now tied with Tejay thanks to the bonus seconds, while Bart de Clerq is third.
The Quickstep team disappeared in the battle of the last climb. Cameron Meyer clearly didn't have the legs to compete with the best and has probably lost any chance of a good GC result, as he arrived 1' 13'' behind the winner. Another of the riders that had a chance of doing well in the GC, Janez Brajkovic, also was missing in action. Fortunately, Discovery put Nieve in the first group and Evans in the second.
Today's Winner
Stage Results
| 1 | | Bauke Mollema | VACANSOLEIL-DMC | 4h31'05 | | 2 | | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC RACING TEAM | s.t. | | 3 | | Bart De Clerq | LAMPRE - ISD | s.t. | | 4 | | Fränk Schleck | TEAM RADIOSHACK-NISSAN | s.t. | | 5 | | Mikel Nieve | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. | | 6 | | David López | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | s.t. | | 7 | | Rigoberto Uran | LOTTO-BELISOL | s.t. | | 8 | | Samuel Sánchez | KATUSHA TEAM | s.t. | | 9 | | Lieuwe Westra | RABOBANK | + 33 | | 10 | | Cadel Evans | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | s.t. |
General Classification
| 1 | | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC RACING TEAM | 4h37'07 | | 2 | | Bauke Mollema | VACANSOLEIL-DMC | s.t. | | 3 | | Bart De Clerq | LAMPRE - ISD | + 8 | | 4 | | Rigoberto Uran | LOTTO-BELISOL | + 9 | | 5 | | Samuel Sánchez | KATUSHA TEAM | s.t. | | 6 | | David López | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | + 15 | | 7 | | Fränk Schleck | TEAM RADIOSHACK-NISSAN | + 16 | | 8 | | Mikel Nieve | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | + 18 | | 9 | | Lieuwe Westra | RABOBANK | + 41 | | 10 | | David Millar | SKY PROCYCLING | + 42 |
Points
| 1 | | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC RACING TEAM | 40 | | 2 | | Bauke Mollema | VACANSOLEIL-DMC | 33 | | 3 | | Cameron Meyer | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP | 25 | | 4 | | Lieuwe Westra | RABOBANK | 23 | | 5 | | Rigoberto Uran | LOTTO-BELISOL | 21 |
Mountain
| 1 | | Julien Simon | AG2R - LA MONDIALE | 26 | | 2 | | Bauke Mollema | VACANSOLEIL-DMC | 16 | | 3 | | Philippe Gilbert | DISCOVERY CHANNEL | 15 | | 4 | | Stefano Garzelli | LAMPRE - ISD | 13 | | 5 | | John Degenkolb | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP | 13 |
Young
| 1 | | Lieuwe Westra | RABOBANK | 4h37'48 | | 2 | | Anthony Roux | ASTANA | + 43 | | 3 | | Geraint Thomas | BMC RACING TEAM | + 45 | | 4 | | Thomas De Gendt | SKY PROCYCLING | s.t. | | 5 | | Sergio Henao | SKY PROCYCLING | s.t. |
Teams
| 1 | | BMC RACING TEAM | 13h54'15 | | 2 | | TEAM RADIOSHACK-NISSAN | + 11 | | 3 | | LAMPRE - ISD | + 13 | | 4 | | LOTTO-BELISOL | s.t. | | 5 | | VACANSOLEIL-DMC | + 14 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-02-2013 16:57
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Two second places in a row for Tejay, third time lucky maybe |
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| mpardo |
Posted on 21-02-2013 10:39
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Featured Rider: Sacha Modolo
Today's featured rider will review the trajectory of the young Sacha Modolo. The Italian sprinter was one of the sensations last season and he looks ready to shine in his new team.
Sacha Modolo started his career two seasons ago in the BMC Racing team. He arrived at the team along another rookie, Denis Galimzyanov. The American team was built at the time around the Grand Tours, where George Hincapie and Mikel Nieve were meants to shine. All in all it was a good season for the team, as Mikel Nieve took a podium in the Giro d'Italia surpassing all the expectations. For Sacha Modolo it was a quiet year until the teams arrived in Beijing for the last race of the season.
The race in Beijing was supposed to be won by a time trialist, as there was no hills or mountains enough to gain time on them. However, a break managed to make it to the finish in the third stage and Sacha Modolo grabbed a third overall spot in the GC. This result brought the young Italian into the spotlight and gave him a much more important role in the team in the next year.
In 2012 Mikel Nieve left the team for Discovery, but even though BMC didn't have a clear leader there were several good riders that had the potential to achieve good results for the team. At the end of the year Sacha Modolo had been the best among them as BMC reached the 4th overall place in the World Tour. Modolo won 6 stages, 2 points jerseys and 2 podiums in GCs. The only bad race for him was probably the Tour de France, where he couldn't even contend for a stage win.
Modolo has now taken a change in his career, as he moved to the Spaniard Euskaltel squad. Euskaltel lacked a pure sprinter, as Fran Ventoso is more of a fighter type of sprinter, and Modolo fits in the place perfectly. He will share the leading role with David Lopez and up to now the combination has worked prefectly. Sacha Modolo already knows what is winning for his new team, as he took the third stage in the Tour Down Under.
Best results:
| Milano - Sanremo | 10th (2012) | | Tour de Suisse | 1 stage (2012) | | Tirreno - Adriatico | 1 stage (2012) | | Tour Down Under | 3rd (2012), 5th (2013), Points (2012), 2 stages (2012, 13) | | Tour de Pologne | 2nd (2012), Points (2012), 3 stages (2012) | | Tour of Beijing | 3rd (2011) |
UCI World Tour Rankings:
- 2011 BMC Racing Team: 39th (91.67 pts)
- 2012 BMC Racing Team: 13th (254.06 pts)
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