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George and Hayden-The NZ Duo
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 12-09-2012 04:03
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Hi guys.
I am Goerge Bennet and that is Hayden Roulston. We are on team RadioShack-Nissan-Trek. We have decided to right a blog together and share a life in the day of a veteran and a newcomer. We will give a preview of ourselves on the next post and the team and goals after that.
Bye for now
Goerge and Hayden
Edited by Jakstar22 on 15-09-2012 09:30
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 12-09-2012 04:54
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did you get the idea from the tale of 2? |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 12-09-2012 04:59
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maxime86 wrote:
did you get the idea from the tale of 2?
I did. I love Ian's story.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 12-09-2012 08:09
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Our Preview.
 George Bennett
I am one of the youngest riders in the professional peloton. I am Riding with team RadioShack-Nissan-Trek which is a great team. I am best in the mountains and I hope to improve a lot there. I also want to improve my time trialing if I want to do well in star races. I am only 20 years of age so I still have a lot of riding to come.
Hayden Roulston
I am Hayden Roulston. I am a classics rider that can also sprint quite well. I am 29 years of age. I want to improve a little on my cobble riding and sprinting. I want to do well in a few races this year but I will tell you that later on. Someday I want to win Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne and maybe even Gent Wevelgem but for now I will focus on the smaller cobble races.
We will post the goals and schedules and the full team in the next few posts.
Thanks
George and Hayden
Edited by Jakstar22 on 15-09-2012 06:08
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 12-09-2012 12:28
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Good Luck Jakstar 
Hope you don't forget about Wiggins though  |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 12-09-2012 12:34
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sutty68 wrote:
Good Luck Jakstar
Hope you don't forget about Wiggins though
Don't worry Sutty. Wiggins is my main priority. I just wanna see how this one is. I mean I am kiwi and I love RNT so. It kinda works.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 14-09-2012 12:11
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Sorry about the wait guys. The proper previews and goals and all that should be up tomorrow. I will let you know when they are up.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 15-09-2012 01:18
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New Preview is now up.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 15-09-2012 06:07
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Our Schedules
George Bennett
 Tour of Malaysia | | | 23-Jan-01-Jan | |  GP Mediteraneen | | | 09-Feb-13-Feb | |  Giro di Laigueglia | | | 19-Feb | |  GP Insurbia | | | 26-Feb | |  GP de Almeria | | | 27-Feb | | | Veulta a Murcia | | | 04-Mar-06-Mar | | | Criterium International | | | 25-Mar-27-Mar | | | GP del Navarra | | | 2-Apr | | | Circuit del Trentino | | | 19-Apr-22-Apr | |  Tour of Turkey | | | 24-Apr-1-May | | | Giro d'Italia | | | 07-May-29-May | |  Tour of Slovenia | | | 16-Jun-19-Jun | | | | | | | | Break Thru July | | | | | | | | |  Dutch Valley Food Classic | | | 19-Aug | | | Vuelta a Espana | | | 20-Aug-11-Sep | |  World Champs (if I can get an NZ team in there) | | | | | | Time Trial | | | 21-Sep | | | Road Race | | | 25-Sep | | | Paris Tours | | | 9-Oct | |  Japan Cup | | | 16-Oct |
End of Season= 86 Race Days
Hayden Roulston
| Tour of Malaysia | | 23-Jan-01-Jan | | | GP Mediteraneen | | 09-Feb-13-Feb | | | Giro di Laigueglia | | 19-Feb | |  Gent-Lokeran | | 26-Feb | | | Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne | | 27-Feb | | GP Van Nokere | | 16-Mar | | | Kortrijk-Waregem | | 23-Mar | | | G3 Harelbeke | | 26-Mar | | | Gent-Wevelgem | | 27-Mar | | | GP Van Vlaanderan | | 3-Apr | | | Paris Roubaix | | 10-Apr | | | Circuit del Trentino | | 19-Apr-22-Apr | | | Tour of Turkey | | 24-Apr-1-May | | | 5 Jours de Dunkerque | | 04-May-08-May | |  Bayern Tour | | 25-May-29-May | | | GP Gippingen | | 6-Jun | | | | | | | Break Thru July | | | | | | | | | Dutch Valley Food Classic | | 19-Aug | | Overjise Classic | | 24-Aug | |  GP Quebec | | 10-Sep | | | GP Montreal | | 11-Sep | | | World Champs (if I can get an NZ team in there) | | | | | Time Trial | | 21-Sep | | Road Race | | 25-Sep | | Paris Tours | | 9-Oct | | Japan Cup | | 16-Oct |
End of Season=56 Race Days
Edited by Jakstar22 on 15-09-2012 06:23
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 15-09-2012 07:07
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Sponsor Objectives
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Trek
On our involvement with the team.
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Trek Madone 6.9 SSL
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Operating with more than 248,000 employees globally, Nissan provided customers with more than 4.1 million vehicles in 2010, generating revenue of 8.77 trillion yen ($102.37 billion U.S.). With a strong commitment to developing
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LEOPARD s.a. is the managing company behind the RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK WorldTour cycling team. Mr Flavio Becca, a Luxembourg entrepeneur of many successful companies, most notably in real estate, owns the company. The company holds the UCI WorldTour licence and was started in the course of 2010, to become active at the start of the 2011 cycling season and promote and develop Luxembourg cycling in the world.
LEOPARD s.a. is proud of its Luxembourg roots and has met the growing popularity of cycling in its home country with the parellel creation of a continental cycling team, called LEOPARD TREK, in an attempt to structurally search for talent, provide experience and training to young and promising athletes.
Shimano
Over the past 90 years, Shimano have established themselves as the world’s leading manufacturer of bike components thanks to their record for outstanding innovation and reliability in all conditions. Their aerodynamically-shaped components offer the perfect balance between lightness and rigidity. Shimano will contribute to the successes of RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK by providing the best quality of pedaling, shifting and braking.
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For more than thirty years, Craft has been providing optimal performance through functional sportswear. A decade ago they turned their focus to road cycling, and in the process they soon came to love the sport. Now they live cycling every day all year round and design bike wear for demanding riders on all levels. They are extremely proud to be a part of RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK.
The Team
The Tour of Malaysia preview is coming up next
Thanks
George and Hayden
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 11:35
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George Bennett
The Squad
Start List
Spoiler Saxo - Tinkoff
1. C.A.Sørensen
2. C.Juul.J
3. A.Lund
4. M.Mørkøv
5. D.Navarro.G
6. S.Paulinho
7. B.Pires
8. N.Sørensen
RadioShack
11. Y.Popovych
12. J.Bakelants
13. G.Bennett
14. J.Fuglsang
15. M.Irizar
16. B.King
17. G.Rast
18. H.Roulston
BMC
21. A.Moinard
22. A.Blythe
23. S.Cummings
24. M.Kohlrt
25. S.Morabito
26. M.Santambrogio
27. M.Schär
28. J.Tschopp
Team Type 1
31. A.Efimkin
32. R.Bertogliati
33. L.Bodrogi
34. A.Bowden
35. D.Callegarin
36. W.Dugan
37. O.Kerkhof
38. V.Kobzarenko
Flandres
41. D.Carnu
42. J.Buugnies
43. G.Jaseph
44. S.Jeseph
45. T.Mortens
46. S.Niirynck
47. G.Stuurs
48. S.Ven Vooren
Glud & M
51. T.V.Kvist
52. L.Bøchman
53. D.Foder
54. K.Jebjerg
55. J.Nielsen
56. M.Valgren
CCC Popol
61. T.Koendys
62. D.Botek
63. L.Budnar
64. A.Hankisz
65. S.Jeniszewski
66. J.Mindes
67. A.Schelze
68. T.Smulen
PSK
71. S.Kozubek
72. P.BencÃk
73. T.Buchácek
74. V.Dlouhý
75. J.Hosek
76. F.Padour
Bretagne
81. S.Calzati
82. E.Berthou
83. R.Dion
84. S.Duret
85. F.Guillou
86. M.Halleguen
87. J.Le Bon
88. F.Vachon
UnitedHealthcare
91. C.Wegelius
92. D.Frattini
93. A.Hegyvari
94. M.Jenkins
95. C.Jones
96. M.Schmitt
97. B.Van.P
98. B.White
Endura Racing
101. R.Mandri
102. J.Anderson
103. D.Clarke
104. M.De.J
105. R.Partridge
106. S.Thwaites
107. P.Voss
108. A.Wetterhall
NetApp
111. B.Huzarski
112. J.Barta
113. E.Baumann
114. D.Claeys
115. A.Gottfried
116. R.Retschke
117. M.Schwarzmann
118. T.Seubert
Bigmat
121. M.Méderel
122. F.Bacquet
123. N.Bazin
124. J.Mombaerts
125. R.Racault
126. N.Rousseau
Dre Prosa
131. P.Boiletti
132. S.Berchi
133. O.Bordos
134. F.Buggio
135. S.LuganÃ
136. G.Moggiore
137. F.Pascopiello
138. F.Rucchetti
Farnese Vini
141. E.Vona
142. A.Bisolti
143. F.Failli
144. E.Favilli
145. O.Gatto
146. L.Giordani
147. A.Guardini
148. D.Ricci.B
Merckx Indeland
151. D.Kopp
152. S.Ganser
153. L.Hagenaars
154. F.Monreal
155. A.Schmitt
156. M.Van Ruitenbeek
Drapac
161. S.Shaw
162. F.Goesinnen
163. L.Norris
164. M.A.Othman
165. R.Pollock
166. A.Rusli
Ana Pest
171. P.Ghyllobert
172. B.Brims
173. M.Cussidy
174. M.Dobusschere
175. B.Du Schrooder
176. N.Eackhout
177. R.McLeughlin
178. M.McNully
Trak
181. G.Munnion
182. I.Biswell
183. J.Dambrowski
184. R.Eckminn
185. C.Junes
186. D.Pirker
SpiderTech
191. L.Euser
192. R.Anderson
193. G.Boivin
194. K.Lacombe
195. B.Langlois
196. R.Roth
197. W.Routley
198. C.Vives
Stage 1
The Race
The first and only thing I did all day was get on the front. Here I am only 5km from the start.
Suddenly Roulston got on my wheel with 18km to go. I didn’t know what was going on until he yelled out leadout. He wanted me to lead him out.
Hayden Roulston
I was under the protection of Irizar for the day.
Because I was the leader for the day I called the shots. I told Popovych and Bakelants to get on the front and smash it to catch the break. So they did.
I decided to sprint as we had just caught the break away. I got maximum points.
I didn’t sprint the 2nd time to try and conserve energy for the finish.
With 20 km to go the break was almost caught thanks largely to Popovych and Bakelants.
The last breakaway rider was caught with 14km to go. I had the team in position.
With only 7km to go there were a few attacks so I said for Fuglsang to get on the front.
With 5km to go the gap was down to nothing and it was almost time for Bennett to start.
With 2.5km to go Bennett took over. He did a great job to keep me in a good position. Then with 1.5km to go I went.
Unfortunately I couldn’t do as well as I had hoped and Blythe took the win ahead of Mandri and Eackhout. I had to settle for 6th place.
Results
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 19-09-2012 13:15
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Just found this  Good luck with it (a bit late but still  ) |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 13:49
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Great start from Hayden grabbing sixth place on the line |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 20-09-2012 12:50
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@Ian Butler- only a tad late Ian
@Sutty68- do you follow every story?
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-09-2012 12:53
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Jakstar22 wrote:
@Ian Butler- only a tad late Ian
@Sutty68- do you follow every story?
More or less, i am plucking up the courage to start my own |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 20-09-2012 12:56
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You should start your own. I am sure it would be amazing since you would have many idea beacayse you read most stories
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 20-09-2012 16:31
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Everyone would read sutty's story |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-09-2012 17:56
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I have a few idea's rolling around in my head, so i am just waiting for that right moment to let it all out and start |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 20-09-2012 21:53
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Well tell me when you start
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