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Quick Step Innergetic - Season 2006
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 28-03-2007 19:55
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Back in January 2006 i was made Manager of Quick Step. So far this season we've had some fanstastic races. We did well on the Tour of Australia and the Het Volk an we also lead most of the Kurne - Brussel - Kurne
But now the UCI pro tour has begun our luck isn't great in the Paris - Nice
However we are currently in stage 2 i the Torreno - Adriatico and Tom Boonen is in the Overall Leaders jersey.
The second stage is tomorrow. Race report then  |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 09-04-2007 19:27
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 10-04-2007 19:03
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sorry been away on Holiday. I got to the Milan - San Remo i believe. I'll do a report asap.
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 10-04-2007 19:33
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Ok, the Milan - San Remo results are in. And Quickstep did fantasticly. With 2 of our riders in the top 3!!! This also means that our sponsor target for 'In the top 3 in the Milano - San Remo' can be ticked off.
1 Tom Boonen QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 6h32'24
2 Erik Zabel TEAM MILRAM s.t.
3 Paolo Bettini QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
4 Robbie McEwen PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
5 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
6 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
7 Thor Hushovd CREDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
8 Magnus Backstedt LIQUIGAS s.t.
9 Oscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
10 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
11 Alberto Ongarato TEAM MILRAM s.t.
12 Max Van Heeswijk RABOBANK s.t.
13 Stefano Zanini PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
14 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC s.t.
15 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
16 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
17 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
18 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
19 Baden Cooke UNIBET.COM s.t.
20 Peter Wrölich GEROLSTEINER s.t.
21 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
22 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R PREVOYANCE s.t.
23 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PREVOYANCE s.t.
24 Fred Rodriguez PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
25 Marco Zanotti UNIBET.COM s.t.
26 Igor Astarloa TEAM MILRAM s.t.
27 Philippe Gilbert FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
28 Cristian Moreni COFIDIS, LE CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE s.t.
29 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
30 Lars Michaelsen TEAM CSC s.t.
31 Alexandre Usov AG2R PREVOYANCE s.t.
32 Fabio Baldato LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
33 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
34 Andreas Klier T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
35 Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER s.t.
36 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
37 Peter Van Petegem QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
38 Kevin Hulsmans QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
39 Juan Antonio Flecha RABOBANK s.t.
40 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 10-04-2007 22:13
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The Ronde Van Vlaanderan went well for Quickstep again with 3 riders in the top 10 and with Tom Boonen winning. Tom boonen was told to attack on the Oude Kwardemont and he did. It came upto a breakaway of two with Boonen and Hincapie. Tom Boonen won the sprint by 39 seconds (Hincapie is no match for Boonen )
Anyway the top 40 is below:
1 Tom Boonen QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 7h03'53
2 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 39
3 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC + 3'21
4 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 4'53
5 Paolo Bettini QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
6 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
7 Philippe Gilbert FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
8 Peter Van Petegem QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
9 Nick Nuyens COFIDIS, LE CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE s.t.
10 Juan Antonio Flecha RABOBANK + 5'33
11 Stijn Devolder DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 6'45
12 Michael Boogerd RABOBANK + 7'25
13 Andreas Klier T-MOBILE TEAM + 8'45
14 Erik Zabel TEAM MILRAM s.t.
15 Leif Hoste PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 9'25
16 Karsten Kroon TEAM CSC s.t.
17 Serguei Ivanov ASTANA + 10'29
18 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC + 12'45
19 Leon Van Bon RABOBANK + 13'49
20 Markus Zberg GEROLSTEINER + 14'13
21 Stefano Zanini PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 15'09
22 Frederic Guesdon FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
23 Frank Hoj COFIDIS, LE CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE s.t.
24 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
25 Matthew White DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
26 Roger Hammond T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
27 Magnus Backstedt LIQUIGAS + 16'29
28 Fabio Baldato LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 17'01
29 Servais Knaven T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
30 Steven De Jongh QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
31 Matti Breschel TEAM CSC s.t.
32 Gert Steegmans QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 18'53
33 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
34 Baden Cooke UNIBET.COM s.t.
35 Lars Michaelsen TEAM CSC + 20'37
36 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 21'41
37 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
38 Michael Blaudzun TEAM CSC s.t.
39 Oscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
40 Lander Aperribay EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
So far a fantastic season with Tom Boonen winning the Pro Tour.
Next report i'll do is for the Paris - Roubaix |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 11-04-2007 09:32
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Here's a long report.
I was going to report to you on the Paris - Roubaix but i forgot to export the results! so here's a quick rundown on the action. Cancellara won the Paris - Roubaix by a great victory in the Velodrome in Roubaix, however Quick Step did have a strong race, the Domestiques controlled the peloton from KM 0 to the final sprint. Tom Boonen and Paolo Bettini attacked after about 100KM however Bettini came back to the peloton inside the last 10km. Boonen however got a fantastic 3rd place after running out of energy as we entered the velodrome
The next race on our calendar was the Amstel gold race which was a disappointing race for Quick Step as we were expecting a podium place. However though a good race for Bettini showing true strength bridging a 2minute gap in the last 15km however this wasn't enough to get to the leader.
1 Michael Boogerd RABOBANK 6h31'17
2 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM + 1'02
3 Patrik Sinkewitz T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'22
4 Paolo Bettini QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
5 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
6 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER + 1'33
7 Matthias Kessler ASTANA + 1'45
8 Frank Schleck TEAM CSC + 2'03
9 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 4'57
10 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 6'08
Next up was la Fleche Wallonnie
This was another disappointing race with our best rider comming in at 23rd place about 8 minutes back. However he was in the breakaway groups (blame the slow moving peloton). Quick Step didn't try to control this race, however we were hoping for a slightly better result.
1 Axel Merckx T-MOBILE TEAM 5h22'16
2 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER + 1'03
3 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
4 Matthias Kessler ASTANA s.t.
5 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'43
6 Patrik Sinkewitz T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
7 Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS s.t.
8 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER + 1'59
9 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
10 Manuele Mori SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
Our final protour classic for April was the Liege - Bastogne - Liege which went dreadfully. Our best rider came in 33rd. Nothing more to say about this race really.
1 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER 7h07'11
2 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM + 55
3 Michael Boogerd RABOBANK + 1'13
4 Patrik Sinkewitz T-MOBILE TEAM + 2'10
5 Matthias Kessler ASTANA + 2'21
6 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 4'27
7 Serge Baguet QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 5'45
8 Frank Schleck TEAM CSC + 5'56
9 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
10 Philippe Gilbert FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
April has been a mixed month for Quick Step after a fantastic Ronde Van Vlaanderan and Ghent - Wevelgem. This weekend i've enrolled some of our riders into some Danish races to help me select my Giro squad and see who's fit enough to ride some of the tougher races comming up. I'll do a quick report on these danish races. (no pun intended) |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 11-04-2007 15:50
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And so onto our Danish race. I must say it went well for Quick Step. We got a win on the cobbled race Grand Prix Herning. It all came down to a final breakaway attempt by us in the final 10km to help secure a win. And it worked quite well
1 Wilfried Cretskens QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 5h39'26
2 Anders Lund TEAM CSC + 1'54
3 Geert Verheyen QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
4 Michael Blaudzun TEAM CSC s.t.
5 Dmitri Kozontchuk RABOBANK + 6'01
6 Andrea Tonti QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 7'05
7 Paolo Bettini QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
8 Jan Boven RABOBANK + 8'01
9 Robert Wagner TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
10 Bas Giling TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 8'57
11 Jörg Ludewig TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
12 Pedro Horrillo RABOBANK + 10'09
13 Mikhaylo Khalilov CERAMICA FLAMINIA s.t.
14 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 11'53
15 Simone Bruson OTC DOORS - LAURETANA + 12'49
16 Piergiorgio Camussa OTC DOORS - LAURETANA s.t.
17 Roberto Ferrari TENAX s.t.
18 Jan Hruska RELAX - GAM s.t.
19 Bram Tankink QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 14'01
20 Timothy Johnson HEALTH NET- PRESENTED BY MAXXIS + 15'45
Mind you though some of them continental teams need to up their game a little. Other than that we went into the Giro looking quite good. We knew nothing would happen for us in the Time Trial, but Time trials are so boring i simulated it, so here's your top 20 heading into the first road stage.
1 Samuel Sánchez G. EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 13'00
2 José Iván Gutierrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3
3 Thomas Lövkvist FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 5
4 Wim Vansevenant PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
5 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
6 David Millar SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 8
7 Vladimir Karpets CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 9
8 Serhiy Honchar T-MOBILE TEAM + 10
9 Marzio Bruseghin LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 12
10 Raivis Belohvosciks SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 13
11 Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS + 15
12 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 17
13 Dario Cioni PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 19
14 Victor Hugo Pena UNIBET.COM + 20
15 Koen De Kort ASTANA + 21
16 Ronny Scholz GEROLSTEINER + 22
17 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 23
18 Brian Vandborg DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
19 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS + 24
20 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 26
Sorry i accidently forgot to export stage 2, but an OK day for Quick Step.
Stage 3 report comming up from the guy who has waay to much time on his hands. |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 11-04-2007 16:06
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I've managed to get Paolo Bettini to write a quick entry to all readers of my reports (fake paolo ) and then week 1 Giro report.
Paolo Bettini after Stage 5 of the Giro
Well as my race programe has always said i wanted to do the Giro d'Italia and the manager obviously listened to my request as i'm in the Team for the Giro. The first time trial went quite good for me, it set me up with the possibility of been race leader for a day or so. My first few stages went great with me now been in 15th on GC and climibing that ranking everyday. We have some quite vital days comming up soon and i've got to have a rest now. Talk again in Milan (maybe!)
We'd like to thank Paolo for doing that for us. As Paolo said the first week has gone well for us, no stage wins yet (like our sponsor wants) but we've not got to our speciallity yet and with no Tom Boonen (he wants to do the Tour de Belgique) we don't have much hope in Sprints.
other than that we've started looking around Spain, France, The Benelux for some of next years riders. |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 11-04-2007 19:39
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Giro d'italia is over and i've got to Le Tour and i've finally caught up. The above was just from Memory
OK Bettini won stage 21 of the Giro in Milan which team manager doddy13 said 'Brilliant, words can't describe how happy we are to win this stage, this is perhaps the best stage to win in the Giro and we did it.' he went on to Joke 'Champ - Elyseeses in July'
Good results in the National Championships although not winning any of the races our riders were in the top 10 of every event so we were very happy about that.
Quick Step the sponsors of the team are very happy with the teams performance this season. |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 11-04-2007 20:04
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ok finally before we start real racing reports lets have a read of this EXCLUSIVE interview with Het Nieuwsblad
By the way please comment this report now, i'll do weekly TDF reports (game weekly, not real life weekly)
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Edited by doddy13 on 11-04-2007 20:04
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