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Team HTC-Columbia - The End!
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 27-07-2010 11:01
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Well, at least you're leading the points classification.  |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 27-07-2010 11:02
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FreitasPCM wrote:
Well, at least you're leading the points classification.
Yep! And that´s the most important thing because this is our main goal there |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 27-07-2010 11:14
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The 7th stage is the last flat stage before we reach the first mountain stages! The stage finish is a bit harder than the last one. Maybe the perfect stage for the man in yellow..Cancellara..? or Voeckler?
After the break was caught by the peloton the stage was really boring! The sprint began without any sprint trains and Cavendish was far behind while Cancellara was in a great position just like Fedrigo
Within the last kilometre, Cancellara was able to take the lead while Chavanel and Ivanov were behind him..Cavendish was on the 5th or 6th position at this point but his speed was amazing
In the end it was an easy stage win for Cancellara! Chavanel takes the second place in another close decision against.....of course the unlucky Mark Cavendish! Mark isn´t really lucky in the last stages..hehe. Cancellara is the new main rival for Cav in the sprint competition while Bennati takes only 2 points today
Stage results
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 5h07'24 | | 2 | Sylvain Chavanel | Quick·Step | s.t. | | 3 | Mark Cavendish | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 4 | Sergueï Ivanov | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 5 | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | | 6 | José JoaquÃn Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 7 | José Iván Gutiérrez | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 8 | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | s.t. | | 9 | Sebastian Langeveld | Rabobank | s.t. | | 10 | Greg Van Avermaet | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 11 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Milram | s.t. | | 12 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 13 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 14 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 15 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 16 | Grega Bole | Lampre - Farnese Vini | s.t. | | 17 | Alejandro Valverde | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | | 18 | Lars Boom | Rabobank | s.t. | | 19 | Jürgen Roelandts | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 20 | Danilo Napolitano | Team Katusha | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 26h17'52 | | 2 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 6 | | 3 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 8 | | 4 | Thomas Lövkvist | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 9 | | 5 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 6 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 10 | | 7 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | + 12 | | 8 | Alberto Contador | Astana | s.t. | | 9 | Roman Kreuziger | Liquigas - Doimo | + 16 | | 10 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | + 17 | | 11 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 12 | Sylvain Chavanel | Quick·Step | + 18 | | 13 | Andreas Klöden | Team RadioShack | + 20 | | 14 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank | + 21 | | 15 | Sérgio Paulinho | Team RadioShack | + 22 |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Team HTC - Columbia | 146 | | 2 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 109 | | 3 | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Doimo | 100 |
KoM
| 1 | Manuel Quinziato | Liquigas - Doimo | 9 | | 2 | Grégory Rast | Team RadioShack | 6 | | 3 | Greg Van Avermaet | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 6 |
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| JayTheKid |
Posted on 27-07-2010 11:19
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you should positionate your main sprinters and lead out mans on the front of the peloton so you can make a train and win it. if you notice, in every flat stages columbia leads the peloton in the last kilometers. you can't be waiting the game to be realistic if you don't make it realistic 
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 27-07-2010 11:22
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JayTheKid wrote:
you should positionate your main sprinters and lead out mans on the front of the peloton so you can make a train and win it. if you notice, in every flat stages columbia leads the peloton in the last kilometers. you can't be waiting the game to be realistic if you don't make it realistic
You´re absolutely right but when your riders are not able to stay at the front because of their less power then you´re main sprinter has to go on his own. And when you take a look at other races our sprint trains worked brilliantly |
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| JayTheKid |
Posted on 27-07-2010 11:26
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oh, ok i haven't been following the storie from the beggining, so forgive me about that still, if you want to take a look : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pelALu...re=related hope you understand something
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 27-07-2010 11:28
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Don´t worry I´m always happy about your tips..thanks for the link |
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| JayTheKid |
Posted on 27-07-2010 11:34
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i'm waiting for the next stage
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 27-07-2010 11:35
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This stage reminded me of the Compiègne one back in 2007. |
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| hamilton162 |
Posted on 27-07-2010 17:05
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I've just read all 50 pages and i have to say what a great story, keep it up & hopefully Cav can win a few more stages to go with his load of 2nd places!  |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 27-07-2010 17:16
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hamilton162 wrote:
I've just read all 50 pages and i have to say what a great story, keep it up & hopefully Cav can win a few more stages to go with his load of 2nd places!
Great to hear that! Thanks a lot... I really hope he well win some more |
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| JayTheKid |
Posted on 28-07-2010 11:01
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so, when is the next stage coming?
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 28-07-2010 11:36
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JayTheKid wrote:
so, when is the next stage coming?
Maybe in a few minutes |
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| JayTheKid |
Posted on 28-07-2010 11:39
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nice, i'm sticking around here to see
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 28-07-2010 11:54
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JayTheKid wrote:
nice, i'm sticking around here to see
Ok, I will work something  |
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| JayTheKid |
Posted on 28-07-2010 12:01
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cmon, im waiting
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Posted on 28-07-2010 12:21
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The 8th stage is the first one for the GC contenders! Here we´re going to see Contador, Andy Schleck, Denis Menchov and many more..hopefully Monfort, too
The first serious move came from Levi Leipheimer which was really surprising while there were still 25 kilometres to go. For this moment the favorites let him go
With only 5 kilometres left, Bradley Wiggins decided to start an attack on the final climb. Leipheimer was in front after he could pass the breakaway
A few moments later it was Moreau who went after Wiggins. But he wasn´t the only one because Contador, Andy Schleck, Michael Rogers, Maxime Monfort, Samuel Sanchez and Van den Broeck also made their moves
When they reached the last kilometre, Leipheimer was caught by Contador and Andy Schleck! Just a few second behind them was Monfort in a group of 7 together with Rogers, Sanchez, Van den Broeck, Vladimir Efimkin, Moreau and Wiggins
The sprint began in the first group and Leipheimer was still in front while Contador came really fast from behind but there were only a few metres to race
In an exciting and close sprint finish Contador is the lucky one in the end. He takes the stage in front of Leipheimer and maybe his biggest rival Andy Schleck..So the last question for today is...where is Monfort and how many seconds is he loosing to Contador?
There he is, winning the sprint of the chasing group in front of Wiggins and Moreau! He lost 17 seconds to Contador, Leipheimer and A. Schleck which is a great result. That means Monfort improved his overall position...he´s 5th now and Leipheimer takes yellow
Stage results
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Astana | 4h08'19 | | 2 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 3 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 4 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | + 17 | | 5 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | + 26 | | 7 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 8 | Vladimir Efimkin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | Michael Rogers | Team HTC - Columbia | s.t. | | 10 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 11 | Denis Menchov | Rabobank | + 38 | | 12 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Transitions | s.t. | | 13 | Christophe Kern | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 14 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 1'03 | | 15 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'11 | | 16 | Christophe Le Mével | Française des Jeux | + 1'19 | | 17 | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 18 | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | + 1'27 | | 19 | Thomas Lövkvist | Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. | | 20 | Mathieu Sprick | Bbox Bouygues Télécom | s.t. |
Overall
| 1 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | 30h26'17 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Astana | + 6 | | 3 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 19 | | 4 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | + 24 | | 5 | Maxime Monfort | Team HTC - Columbia | + 28 | | 6 | Christophe Moreau | Caisse d'Epargne | + 32 | | 7 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Omega Pharma - Lotto | + 37 | | 8 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Transitions | + 41 | | 9 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 45 | | 10 | Vladimir Efimkin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'13 | | 11 | Christophe Kern | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'24 | | 12 | Thomas Lövkvist | Sky Professional Cycling Team | + 1'30 | | 13 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Doimo | + 1'31 | | 14 | Andreas Klöden | Team RadioShack | + 1'49 | | 15 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'53 |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Team HTC - Columbia | 146 | | 2 | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 109 | | 3 | Daniele Bennati | Liquigas - Doimo | 100 |
KoM
| 1 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | 20 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Astana | 20 | | 3 | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank | 16 |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 28-07-2010 12:22
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JayTheKid wrote:
cmon, im waiting
Here I am with a new post |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 28-07-2010 12:27
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This is the 1000th post!!!! 1000 posts!?...This is just incredible and really crazy for me as story writer!
At this point I would like to thank everybody who supported me with this story...that means everyone who´s reading it all the time..Thank you very much it means a lot to me
When I started with this "new" story I was really frustrated because of my crashed Katusha story.....so my goal was to get another story..but I´ve never thought about 50 pages and 1000 posts!
So thanks a lot to all of you...hope this story is still good enough for you..I really enjoyed your posts and your support and of course the whole work...so I hope you enjoyed that,too... |
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| JayTheKid |
Posted on 28-07-2010 14:54
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pretty nice, GO LEVI
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