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Team Sprint - Qualifier + Heats
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 14-03-2008 18:32
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Qualifier
Well theres 25 teams, 24 teams would be perfect but not 25, so ill be doing a 3 way qualifier with 3 of the weaker teams to decide who gets the final two spots.
Molteni bring Bongiorno, Van Heeswjk and Cappelle. Bongiorno is great with 80 sprint but Van Heeswijk is aged and not good any more and Cappelle... well he cant even sprint. Why Galdos wasnt chosen, I dont know.
Then theres Gatorade. Anastapoulos, Rollin and Flickinger - nothing special, the greek is the best and he only has 74 sprint.
The likely favourites of the Qualifier is Procycling, with Swift, Russ Downing and Gaywood.
A horrible start came for Molteni, as with Cappelle so eager to begin, the other 2 lost his wheel. Bongirono got back on but Van Heeswijk is a little way back. As predicted though Cappelle leaves them a long way back anyway as Gaywood leads at the first switch.
Swift keeps the momentum going for Procycling as Bongiorno fails to close the gap left by Cappelle for Molteni
Downing seals the win with Flickinger taking 2nd, Molteni are eliminated.
Heat 1
Accumalux, American Suzuki and British Airways.
Chris Hoy gave British Airways a strong lead as he easily beat the two weaker components of the other teams, Sijmens and De Ketele.
Manan kep them in the front as Freire pulled away from Bettini
And Samai secured the win, with Hunter holding off Borghesi. American Suzuki are out!
Heat 2
A very tight heat as Perez Arrieta gives Champion an early lead over Credit Lyonnais and Erste
Disaster struck for Credit Lyonnais though as Bozic completely failed to get going (I have no idea why), forcing Docker to go early. Amazingly, theyre still in contention though as Casper puts Champion in a strong position while Cooke appears to struggle.
Loddo dramatically picked up the pace for Erste though and its all level as the line close in
Loddo wins it, Docker is 2nd, Vanderaerden just cant yet compete with the stronger sprinters and Champion goes out.
Heat 3
Why Eurosport brought Kessler here, I dont know - Luke Roberts would have been a much better choice, but with Kessler Eurosport are the definate underdogs against Festina and Fed-Ex.
Former Discovery teammates Hushovd and Davis go head to head in the first leg and Hushovd is clearly the stronger while Reynes keeps Eurosport close.
Kessler was so slow that Cavendish actually left him behind - despite still following him, keeping them in the hunt as Festina's weakest link Bileka comfortably maintains the lead.
Bonsergent completes the victory while Siedler, with the advantage of sprinting half the distance of Cavendish, is able to secure 2nd thus eliminating Eurosport.
Heat 4
With Gatorade having the 3 weakest sprinters in this heat, there should be no contest - although they keep close to France Televisions to start with.
LA/MSS/Pearl Jam are well placed and Chavanel leads them to victory, holding off the charge from Tyler Farrar. Gatorade are eliminated
Heat 5
Heat 6
Nintendo, Nippo, NVidia
Heat 7
Philips, Procycling, Slipstream
Heat 8
Sony Ericsson, White Bear Steyr, Wiggle
Edited by SportingNonsense on 31-03-2008 12:34
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| mrlol |
Posted on 14-03-2008 18:45
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is it ok to discuss here???
if so, I hope (and think) gazetta is gonna win  |
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Posted on 28-11-2024 09:44
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| Cristi M |
Posted on 14-03-2008 18:48
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grrrrrrrr i'm in the same heat as gazzetta 
we will outsprint them !
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| Crommy |
Posted on 14-03-2008 18:54
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Nippo will be a tough team to beat in my heat. So will Nvidia.
Go Theo Bos B)
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 14-03-2008 18:54
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Hopefully, Petacchi can do something here B) |
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| matt493 |
Posted on 14-03-2008 19:03
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Wooooh i didn't come in last.
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 14-03-2008 23:38
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I think Slipstream might be fucked
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| SotD |
Posted on 16-03-2008 08:35
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I have no idea if my competitor are any good, but I'm not so if I go through it's all thanks to Hushovd  |
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| Cristi M |
Posted on 16-03-2008 14:09
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when will continue the sprint thing?
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| TheSky |
Posted on 17-03-2008 11:28
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yes when is this going to continue?
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 17-03-2008 21:41
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Heats 2 and 3 posted
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 17-03-2008 22:12
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keep em comin' SN
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 18-03-2008 10:06
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Yeah, we still need to see Petacchi winning  |
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| TheSky |
Posted on 18-03-2008 10:20
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im just waiting for my heat. want to see how Haussler are going to do
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| SotD |
Posted on 18-03-2008 15:54
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Nice, we won the first heat, and I thought we were among the weakest... |
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| stuartmcstuart |
Posted on 19-03-2008 09:58
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Whats happened to Irn Bru SN? We were drafted into heat 4 but have now been replaced by some cheap alternative drink-sponsored team
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 19-03-2008 10:52
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I guess I got IrnBru muddled with LA/MSS
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| p3druh |
Posted on 19-03-2008 12:11
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Oh good... My first win is already filled with controversy...
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| TheSky |
Posted on 19-03-2008 12:37
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when wil you post the next two heats SN?
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 19-03-2008 15:16
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I cant wait for Nippo to crush the opposition with Nazon, Vaitkus and AbakoumovB)
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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