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| SilasColdfire |
Posted on 17-01-2014 23:23
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ROSTER
Leaders
 Vincenzo Nibali
Enrico Gasparotto
 Maxim Iglinskiy
Protected
 Janez Brajkovic
 Jakob Fuglsang
Andrea Guardini
 Tanel Kangert
Rest of the Squad
Valerio Agnoli
Fabio Aru
Assan Bazayev
Borut Bozic
Alexsandr Dyachenko
Francesco Gavazzi
 Andriy Grivko
Dimitriy Gruzdev
Jacopo Guarnieri
 Evan Huffman
Andrey Kashechkin
Arman Kamyshev
 Fredrik Keissakoff
Alexey Lutsenko
Dimitriy Muravyev
Simone Ponzi
 Kevin Seeldraeyers
 Egor Silin
Paolo Tiralongo
Ruslan Tleubayev
Alessandro Vanotti
Andrey Zeits
ASTANA CALENDAR [SEASON PART 2]
WT.1 Ronde van Vlaanderen [31 March]
WT.4  Pais Vasco [1-6 April]
WT.1  Paris-Roubaix [7 April]
CT.4 Brabantse Pijl [10 April]
WT.2  Amstel Gold Race [14 April]
CT.6 Giro del Trentino [16-19 April]
WT.2 La Fleche Wallone [17 April]
WT.1 Liege-Bastogne-Liege [20 April]
WT.4  Tour de Romandie [23-28 April]
WT.2 Giro d'Italia [2-26 May]
CT.5 Tour of California [12-19 May]
CT.6  Bayern Rundfahrt [22-26 May]
WT.3 Criterium du Dauphine [2-9 June]
WT.3 Tour de Suisse [8-16 June]
CT.6  Tour de Luxembourg [12-16 June]
GOALS
Easy: Top 5 GC Bayern-Rundfahrt
Easy: Top 10 Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Medium: Win a stage Tour of California
Medium: Win GC Giro del Trentino
Hard: Win a stage Tour de Suisse
Hard: Win GC Giro d'Italia
PALMARES
VICTORIES
Grand Prix la Marseillaise
Alexandr Dyachenko
 Le Tour de Langkawi
Stage 10 - Andrea Guardini
 Volta ao Algarve
Stage 1 - Francesco Gavazzi
Tirreno - Adriatico
Stage 5 - Vicnenzo Nibali
Volta Limburg Classic
Maxim Iglinskiy
 Tour of Oman
Stage 3 - Alexey Lutsenko
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Further Successes
 Tropical Amissa Bongo
Stage 1 - 2. Francesco Gavazzi
Stage 2 - 2. Francesco Gavazzi
Stage 5 - 3. Francesco Gavazzi
GC - 2. Francesco Gavazzi
 Tour Down Under
Stage 5 - 2. Enrico Gasparotto
Team Classification - 3. Team Astana
 Tour de San Luis
Stage 4 - 3. Tanel Kangert
Stage 5 - 2. Tanel Kangert
GC - 2. Tanel Kangert
Le Tour de Langkawi
Stage 4 - 3. Andrea Guardini
Tirreno - Adriatico
GC - 2. Vicnenzo Nibali
Gent - Wevelgem
4. Maxim Iglinskiy
 Gran Premio Miguel Indurain
4. Jakob Fuglsang
Volta a Catalunya
Stage 7 - 2. Fredrik Keissakoff
Driedaagse de Panne-Koksijde
Stage 3 - 2. Andrea Guardini
Edited by SilasColdfire on 02-02-2014 18:49
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-01-2014 23:55
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Welcome aboard mate  |
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| SilasColdfire |
Posted on 18-01-2014 00:24
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Thanks! Lucky that such an interesting team was free to grab  |
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 18-01-2014 08:01
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I feel kind of sorry for you if you want to do reviews of all races so far.
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| SilasColdfire |
Posted on 18-01-2014 11:05
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Oh you know I don't live in the past too much, I'll focus on the future 
I'll just overview the season so far a bit
Edited by SilasColdfire on 18-01-2014 11:09
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 18-01-2014 11:19
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Good luck, and you can check the EPIC thread in the story section and the Tracker in my own HQ to find out what's been happening so far.
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 18-01-2014 11:30
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Yeah, the EPIC thread in the story section is a nice way to catch up, just a few pages with a summary of the most important races
Feyenoord(football) and Kelderman fanboy
PCMdaily Awards: 12x nomination, 9x runner-up, 0x win.
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| SilasColdfire |
Posted on 18-01-2014 11:43
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Will go through it soon. By the way Dippofix, the tracker is fantastic!
Wildcard applications have already been sent. |
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| SilasColdfire |
Posted on 18-01-2014 22:56
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Under new management
Although it may seem unusual, Astana Cycling has changed its management in the middle of the season. Silas Coldfire (Germany) will be in charge for the rest of the 2013 season with the option of contract extension to 2014, which will be discussed in the off-season. Here is what he said in his first official Astana interview:
"In this part of the season, our main interests will be the Giro d'Italia of course, a race in which many others may see us among the favourites, as well as the classics triple of Amstel, Flèche Wallone and L-B-L. I hope we can get some results to gain confidence before Le Tour in July."
However, Astana has not been the only World Tour team to change the management, Russian/Spanish outfit Katusha named Yuri Vodkakov to be their new manager.
Interesting developments in the season break, we all will be curious how successful - or not - these projects will turn out to be.
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| SilasColdfire |
Posted on 19-01-2014 13:57
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Gran Premio Miguel Indurain
The Spanish stars were the favourites for this race, and they played their role well. But so did Jakob Fuglsang, finishing 4th, missing the podium by only half a bike length. Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) took the win in a photofinish against Alejandro Valverde (Movistar).
It was this close that Jakob was beaten by Gárate (Belkin)
Many different riders were very active, trying their luck like Oliver Kaisen (Lotto) or Alexandre Pliuschin (IAM) who rewarded himself for his effort with the 10th place.
Jakob attacked together with Vavlerde, Edet (Cofidis) and Belkin's Slagter, while Igor Antón didn't move and let his team do the job. Now we know that was the right decision.
Here are our full results:
1 Igor Antón (Euskaltel)
2 Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
3 Juan Manuel Gárate (Belkin)
4 Jakob Fuglsang +29"
5 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Belkin)
6 Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha)
7 Nicolas Edet (Cofidis)
8 Jelle Vanendert (Lotto Belisol)
9  Thabo Jango Sithembile (Sky)
10  Alexandre Pliuschin (IAM)
30 Fabio Aru +6'43"
39 Valerio Agnoli s.t.
46 Paolo Tiralongo s.t.
51 Alessandro Vanotti +8'09"
70 Borut Bozic +8'58"
Edited by SilasColdfire on 19-01-2014 13:57
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 19-01-2014 14:21
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It's nice that you want to do reports, but they won't earn you anything until part 2 starts
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 19-01-2014 14:22
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Ollfardh wrote:
It's nice that you want to do reports, but they won't earn you anything until part 2 starts
Not a bad thing either though.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 19-01-2014 14:30
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Nope, definitely appreciated. Just don't want to give any hopes
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| SilasColdfire |
Posted on 19-01-2014 14:37
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Ollfardh wrote:
Nope, definitely appreciated. Just don't want to give any hopes
No it's okay, I didn't even know one gets rewards for reports. I just thought I need all the practice I can get |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 19-01-2014 14:49
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You don't get rewards for "reports". You get more stat points for having an up to date HQ with bits and pieces in it. The better the HQ the more stat points you get during the breaks
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| SilasColdfire |
Posted on 19-01-2014 15:03
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Ah okay, thanks. Stat points is also a sort of reward  Then I guess I will be OK
Edited by SilasColdfire on 19-01-2014 15:03
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| SilasColdfire |
Posted on 19-01-2014 21:49
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Updated Astana's palmares so far by browsing through 90 pages
Start of the season was pretty good, second part wasn't.
Edited by SilasColdfire on 19-01-2014 21:51
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| SilasColdfire |
Posted on 21-01-2014 23:12
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Good news for all Astana fans, all of our wildcard applications have been successful!
Additionally to the WT races, Astana will be present in the following CT races:
CT.4 Brabantse Pijl [10 April]
CT.6 Giro del Trentino [16-19 April]
CT.5 Tour of California [12-19 May]
CT.6 Bayern Rundfahrt [22-26 May]
CT.6 Tour de Luxembourg [12-16 June]
Please see our full calendar on page 1
We will now go on by naming our goals for the second part of the season! |
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| SilasColdfire |
Posted on 21-01-2014 23:20
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Our goals for part 2 of the season are:
Easy: Top 10 Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Medium: Win GC Giro del Trentino
Hard: Win GC Giro d'Italia
We are now curious which goals the race director will add to the list!
Edited by SilasColdfire on 21-01-2014 23:23
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 21-01-2014 23:31
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Those are some difficult goals, but possible with Astana.
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