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Rabobank 2011 - Tirreno-Adriatico
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| Tombola |
Posted on 10-06-2011 17:46
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Database: PCM Daily 2011 (no changes made)
Patch: 1.0.4.2
Race Difficulty: Hard
Management Difficulty: Hard
Team: Rabobank
UCI Code: RAB
Country: Netherlands
Since: 1996
Competition: Pro Tour
Bicycles: Giant
Parts: Shimano
Director: Harold Knebel
Team Manager: Erik Breukink
Directeur Sportif: Erik Dekker, Adri van Houwelingen, Frans Maassen, Nico Verhoeven, Tom Boveree
Legenda
GC : General Classification
MC : Mountain Classification
PC : Points Classification
YC : U25/Youth Classification
HISTORY
RABOBANK
Victories
2011
Vuelta a Andalucía / Prologue – Lars Boom
MC – Santos Tour Down Under – Stef Clement
Vuelta a Andalucía / Stage 2 – Juan Manuel Garate
YC – Santos Tour Down Under – Michael Matthews
YC - Vuelta a Andalucía – Bauke Mollema
YC – Paris–Nice – Bauke Mollema
MC – Paris-Nice – Robert Gesink
Important Results
Spoiler 2nd Australian Championships Road Race – Michael Matthews
2nd Santos Tour Down Under / Stage 1 – Graeme Brown
2nd Santos Tour Down Under / Stage 6 – Michael Matthews
2nd Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne – Coen Vermeltfoort
2nd GC - Vuelta a Andalucía – Juan Manuel Garate
2nd Paris-Nice / Stage 3 – Matti Breschel
2nd Paris-Nice / Stage 7 - Robert Gesink
3rd Santos Tour Down Under / Stage 4 – Coen Vermeltfoort
3rd Santos Tour Down Under / Stage 5 – Michael Matthews
3rd Santos Tour Down Under / Stage 6 – Coen Vermeltfoort
3rd GC - Santos Tour Down Under – Michael Matthews
3rd Omloop het Nieuwsblad – Coen Vermeltfoort
3rd GC - Vuelta a Andalucía – Lars Boom
3rd Paris-Nice / Stage 1 – Matti Breschel
3rd Tirreno-Adriatico / Stage 2 – Juan Manuel Garate
5th GC – Santos Tour Down Under – Coen Vermeltfoort
10th GC – Paris-Nice – Bauke Mollema
Giro d'Italia
Spoiler Ciao, Giro d'Italia non è ancora cavalcato.
Tour de France
Spoiler Bonjour, le Tour de France n'a pas encore monté.
Vuelta a Espana
Spoiler Hola, la Vuelta a España aún no ha montado todavía.
World Championships
Spoiler Hello, the World Championships are not held yet.
Pro Tour
Santos Tour Down Under
Spoiler
2011
1. Daniele Bennati - LEO
2. Mark Cavendish - HTC
3. Michael Matthews - RAB
S Daniele Bennati - LEO
M Stef Clement - RAB
U25 Michael Matthews - RAB
Spoiler
2011
1. Jens Voigt - LEO
2. Vladimir Gusev - KAT
3. Samuel Sànchez - EUS
10. Bauke Mollema - RAB
S Samuel Dumoulin - COF
M Robert Gesink - RAB
U25 Bauke Mollema - RAB
Edited by Tombola on 21-06-2011 19:17
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| VladuuTs |
Posted on 10-06-2011 17:48
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nice choice  rabobank is one of my favourite teams, so i will certainly follow it  |
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| tovhol |
Posted on 10-06-2011 17:49
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Nice with a Rabobank story again |
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 10-06-2011 17:49
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Nice team, good luck. But are you going with patch 1.0.4.2? Sprints are bugged in it.
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| BikeRoel |
Posted on 10-06-2011 17:56
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nice team choice (because I come from the netherlands), and good luck
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| ricotero_uy |
Posted on 10-06-2011 18:52
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I'm in! Good luck with the dutch team... I'm willing to know which will be your goal this season? GT, Classics, WC? |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 10-06-2011 19:12
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Nice to see you back writing stories, Tombola. Good luck.  |
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| Tombola |
Posted on 10-06-2011 19:25
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lluuiiggii wrote:
Nice team, good luck. But are you going with patch 1.0.4.2? Sprints are bugged in it.
I already played a season with Farnese (bankrupt ) and also with 1.0.4.1 the sprints were verry weird... Maybe i'll try it again with the .1 patch.
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| stef98 |
Posted on 10-06-2011 19:25
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I gonna follow this, good luck |
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| I_Mayo |
Posted on 10-06-2011 19:49
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Good Luck, Tom!
Maybe one day team Rabobank won't be just a PCM story, but a story in real life. |
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 10-06-2011 19:58
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Tombola wrote:
lluuiiggii wrote:
Nice team, good luck. But are you going with patch 1.0.4.2? Sprints are bugged in it.
I already played a season with Farnese (bankrupt ) and also with 1.0.4.1 the sprints were verry weird... Maybe i'll try it again with the .1 patch.
Well, better buggy sprints than sprints were the sprinter never overtakes the lead out.. isn't it?
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| chrica04 |
Posted on 10-06-2011 20:14
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Hope this goes a long way! Good luck! |
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| Tombola |
Posted on 10-06-2011 22:26
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lluuiiggii wrote:
Tombola wrote:
lluuiiggii wrote:
Nice team, good luck. But are you going with patch 1.0.4.2? Sprints are bugged in it.
I already played a season with Farnese (bankrupt ) and also with 1.0.4.1 the sprints were verry weird... Maybe i'll try it again with the .1 patch.
Well, better buggy sprints than sprints were the sprinter never overtakes the lead out.. isn't it?
That's true! I put on 1.0.4.1 so will see!
I_Mayo wrote:
Good Luck, Tom!
Maybe one day team Rabobank won't be just a PCM story, but a story in real life.
Those day's are long and gone unfortunatly
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| Tombola |
Posted on 11-06-2011 08:35
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Our goals from the sponsors for this season;
Top 3 - Milan-San Remo
Top 3 - Tour of Flanders
Top 10 - Paris-Roubaix
Top 5 - Tour the France
Top 10 - Giro di Lombardia
Top 10 - Liege-Bastogne-Liege
As you can see those are some pretty hard goals, especially the first two are going to be some difficulties. Paris-Roubaix should be possible with Breschel, Boom or Langeveld, Tour the France will be for Gesink and Lombardia should be doable by a better climber in a great shape. For L-B-L we hope to get the result with Martens, he was already planning for a top 10 in all the triple Ardennes classics. We just hope for the best!
Edited by Tombola on 11-06-2011 14:30
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| VladuuTs |
Posted on 11-06-2011 08:37
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I think Lombardia suits C. Barredo |
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| Tombola |
Posted on 11-06-2011 08:46
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Carlos Barredo
Climber
Goals: With Flecha he’s one of the few Spaniards who love the cobbles, also this year he is going to aim for a nice result in the Tour of Flanders. But he’s knows that the younger Breschel, Boom and Langeveld will probably do better, so his real aim is the Vuelta Castilla y León.
Lars Boom
Northern Classics
Goals: This young talent is already for several years a rider of the Dutch equipe. His not so Dutch character and abilities for almost every course makes him a popular rider by the true cycling fans. This year he’s going to aim for the KBC Driedaagse van de Panne-Koksijde and he will help Breschel and Langeveld in the other Northern Classics. He might ride the Tour de France but his second goal are the World Championships on the road and the time trial, this year it should be possible to do the double!
Theo Bos
Sprinter
Goals: Has his first peak in the end of March and April, but Theo still has to learn a lot so he will compete in the minor classics this year. At the end of the year he might ride the Vuelta if the World Championships are an option.
Matti Breschel
Northern Classics
Goals: Of course the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, like Boom he also wants to ride the Tour but it’s not necessary. The second half of his year will have the World Championships as the mayor goal.
Graeme Brown
Sprinter
Goals: We don’t really know what to expect of him this year, had some good results in the past but last year it didn’t worked out that well. Like Oscar Freire he will be a tutor for Matthews and Vermeltfoort. His mayor goal is the Giro this year, I don’t know why because there is almost no flat stage.
Stef Clement
Timetrials
Goals: Will be a great helper for the Tour and Vuelta the upcoming season, his own goals are the long time trials in the Grand Tours and the Dutch championships of course. But he has to show some skill of course before riding the Tour or Vuelta.
Laurens ten Dam
Climber
Goals: Like Barredo will Laurens lay his first peak around the Vuelta Castilla y León, afterwards he will take some rest to be as fit as possible for the Tour de France. Because of the “easy” world championship course he might also ride the Vuelta instead, depending on his form.
Jos van Emden
Timetrials
Goals: This Dutch time trial champion did a great job last year by helping Menchov to his Giro win. Also this year he will go to the Giro but with a whole other goal. We will probably go to the first big tour of the season with a team of youngsters and puncheurs. His own goals are the mayor timetrials in the Giro and maybe the Vuelta.
Rick Flens
Timetrials
Goals: We don’t really know what to expect of him, in our meetings he told me that he will mainly focus on July, so it looks like he is preparing for the Tour. But I don’t know if he is able to handle the high level in France. Personally I think it’s better to ride the minor northern classics.
Óscar Freire
Sprinter
Goals: Do I need you guys to tell something about this riding legend? His focus will be on the Tour of Flanders, a race he still wants to win. We had a little argue about it because I would like to see him win in San Remo, I think he has a better shot of winning there. But will see, he has done a lot for us so I don’t blame him. The next goal will be the green jersey in the Tour de France, but with riders as Cavendish, Hushovd, Haussler, Petacchi and Farrar it will be a tough one. But like Hushovd once said, “I’m not be the fastest sprinter, but the best sprinter, that’s why I wear this green jersey”. Oscar has to grab some points in the stages which are a bit tougher with uphill sections.
Juan Manuel Gárate
Climber
Goals: Another great help for the Tour. There for he suggest to make himself completely ready for Paris – Nice. That’s okay with us because we need a strong rider who is able to take the lead in our squad in such races, races like Paris – Nice, Tirreno, Dauphine and Suisse are going to be hard to ride for results because our best candidates will mainly focus on the Tour and the Vuelta.
Robert Gesink
Grand Tour
Goals: Dutch hope in cold days! But it looks like those cold days are over with Boom and Langeveld for the classics, Mollema and Gesink for the grand tours and after last year we can’t wait to see what Kruijskwijk is up to! Of course Robert is going for the podium at the Tour de France, thé goal of the season. With a 6th place behind Jurgen Vandenbroeck last year he felt that he should be able to do that. With his better time trial and his character we are 100% behind him!
Steven Kruijswijk
Climber
Goals: The young Dutchmen seem to surprise everybody last year’s Giro, a really strong performance from the first years professional. He is still improving and for this year he came up with the following idea to become a legend. In the interview at our trainings camp we laughed about it a few times but now it is serious, Steven is going to win the mountain jersey in all three of the grand tours. But of course, as a manager I have to take the decision of who’s going to ride what grand tour. So he should be fit because when I see the rider is to fatigue I don’t let him ride for his own protection.
Sebastian Langeveld
Northern Classics
Goals: Time for the breakthrough this year! Sebastian want’s to shine in Roubaix, don’t know if that’s possible with all the mud but will see! We know he is capable of riding good results, we already saw glimpse of his talents like he showed us in the Omloop het Nieuwsblad of last year were he became second after Flecha. His next mayor goal are the world championships, with the not so steep hill he and Boom good be perfect partners in the rainbow race.
Tom Leezer
Sprinter
Goals: Like with Flens we don’t really know where to let him ride, of course he wants to go to the Tour but who doesn’t? I might be better to ride the smaller Benelux classics and the Vuelta, but when he is in tiptop condition he could be a great lead out for Freire in the Tour so will see about that.
Paul Martens
Hills
Goals: After Gesink choosing for the Tour de France, Martens is one of our few hopes for the Ardennes classics. These are the races he wants to be at his best, his own goal is to ride top 10 in the Amstel Gold Race, Le Fleche Wallonië and Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Afterwards he will rest to ride the Tour or the late classic season, depending on his fatigue.
Michael Matthews
Sprinter
Goals: Michael “Bling” Matthews, what a bloke it is. With his shiny earrings and great laugh he is a true completion for the team. Last year he became World Champion U23 in his “own” Geelong, that’s not the only reason why we see the next Oscar Freire in him. He is not only a great sprinter but is also able to follow the peloton on hills and some tougher terrain. Michael is ready for the month of April and the Vuelta.
Bauke Mollema
Grand Tour
Goals: Bauke has one mayor goal, the white jersey in the Giro d’Italia. This year he’s getting every chance to develop himself because we don’t have a big “leader” for this year’s Giro. With Bauke and also Steven the Giro could get a nice Dutch twist this year. Further on in the season Mollema will ride the classics and other races in August.
Grischa Niermann
Climber
Goals: Great helper for the Tour and the Vuelta, but we already have a lot of helpers so it’s a matter of fatigue and results which riders will be in this year’s Tour and Vuelta for Rabobank.
Luis León Sánchez
Grand Tour
Goals: We probably won’t see him a lot before the real sun starts to shine, he totally prepares for the Vuelta in his home country. But first he’s going to be the mayor helper for Robert in the Tour, but Luis León will not be at his very best there. A podium spot at the Vuelta is his main goal.
Tom-Jelte Slagter
Puncheur
Goals: Really young so we don’t really have a clue from what he’s up to. We might see him in the Giro or Vuelta but that’s all depending on how he will develop in the pro peloton. His goal is to ride a good Tour de Suisse, but we think that the level might be a little bit too high for him yet.
Bram Tankink
Hills
Goals: A great help for Martens in the April classics and for Gesink in the Tour, also a rider who is able to attack and has a chance of winning a stage. Bram is a real loyal helper.
Maarten Tjallingii
Hills
Goals: For Tjallingii counts the same, but he focuses more on the late season with the Vuelta.
Coen Vermeltfoort
Sprinter
Goals: Coen is going to be a rider for the classics and a true sprinter. The upcoming to seasons he has to prove if he’s going to be a luxury helper or a leader himself. We know that Coen has the skills to do so but we will see if he is going to show these quality’s. He will ride the minor classics in March and June as main goals, maybe a bigger race when the opportunity comes by.
Pieter Weening
Climber
Goals: Like Maarten and Bram also Pieter is a loyal helper, with probably a free role the upcoming Giro we will have a nice team of puncheurs which could be able to surprise the Italian. After looking for his own success in the Giro he should be able to be a great helper for the Tour.
Dennis van Winden
Puncheur
Goals: Like Vermeltfoort he’s going for the classic season too. Dennis is more the guy for the long attacks and should be a great help in the northern classics, but watch out! When he’s able to stay ahead of the favorite’s with a small group he is very quick.
Maarten Wynants
Northern Classics
Goals: Is really going for the northern classics this year, with Boom and Langeveld on his side it could also be a great chance for him. Getting away with a small group of riders and let fait decide what happends next. Maarten is just a great guy with a lot of humor and a great help during several races. After the northern classics he will prepare for the late season and Vuelta.
Next will be the Santos Tour Down Under!
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Edited by Tombola on 14-06-2011 13:28
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| Tombola |
Posted on 11-06-2011 08:47
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VladuuTs wrote:
I think Lombardia suits C. Barredo
It will depend on their form who will be the leader of the squad in the Italian classic, but it takes a while before the race is so...
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| BikeRoel |
Posted on 11-06-2011 08:58
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nice preview of your team and good luck whit the tour down under
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 11-06-2011 08:59
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Very nice preview, like BikeRoel already said 
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| VladuuTs |
Posted on 11-06-2011 09:17
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great preview! good luck in the new season |
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