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Quatre Jours de Dunkerque Discussion
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 03-08-2008 12:51
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Breakaways dominated the final GC in last years editon and Gianni Meersman took a valuable result for his team by winning, he returns this year to defend his title in a race of just 9 teams.
B&O will hope that the race wont have breakaways dominating this year since they have brought Norwegian champion Edvald Boasson Hagen to the race with support including Ivan Rovny and the winner of stage 1 last year, Jonas Aaen Jorgensen.
Benfica's squad is led by sprinter Javier Benitez while other than Meersman, IrnBru's squad includes Wes Sulzberger and Chris Sutton.
Pearl Jam will be aiming for the sprints with French duo Mondory and Sebastien Chavanel alongside Italian Biondo. Molteni dont have a sprinter but with the likes of Vandenbroeck, Mazzanti, and Landaluze, they have a strong team nonetheless.
Wiggle have almost become a team of breakaway specialists this season, both Cummings and Stamsnjider who ride here have scored a win from the break this season. The team also brings their hilly rider Bertagnolli.
Zenmind lay their hopes on Argentine sprinter Richeze, while the B teams of Magenta and Sony Ericsson also ride.
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| Cristi M |
Posted on 03-08-2008 13:11
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i hope my sprinters can take some points in this race...
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 03-08-2008 14:27
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Well, looking at the results last month, i wasn't too far off a possible 5% chance of promotion, but now i feel i need to win every jersey, every stage of this race to get me back up there. Pressure? Nah, the breakaways always succeed... right!?
I've, for some unknown reason, brought quite a British squad with me. McCallum, Cummings, Rowe (Luke), and Diggle. They're joined by team sprint leader Cadamuro, hilly rider Bertagnolli, and all rounder Stamsnijder.
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| niconico |
Posted on 03-08-2008 15:42
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Go Hagen!
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| niconico |
Posted on 03-08-2008 18:57
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Sprinting isn't exactly the strongest point of my team eventhough I hoped that Jørgensen could win a few for me, but he has been dissapointing so far. Hagen looks ready with a 9th place finish though 
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 03-08-2008 20:18
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Mmm, nice second place bythe B team.
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| Cristi M |
Posted on 04-08-2008 01:09
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great 10th overall for the magentas satellite team
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 04-08-2008 11:08
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The B team did great with Teruel's two stage second places and Mori 7th overall and Baños Ballester 12th overall.
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 04-08-2008 16:29
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Whoooo, Bertagnolli pulls a great result out the bag! Also a brilliant fall by some muppet to put him upto 2nd overall. What can be better?! Other than the win of course... but against B&O, what chance do you have...!?
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| niconico |
Posted on 04-08-2008 18:35
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First wins of the season for Hagen. I'm ecstatic with this result. My heart skipped a beat when he crashed on stage 5, but damn he was so strong in the finale. Also very nice rides by Rovny and Keinath
I still can't believe the succes my team is having after I finished 12th in the Rankings last year.
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 04-08-2008 23:08
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It's clearly due to those loaned riders that you have off me  hehe
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| stuartmcstuart |
Posted on 05-08-2008 12:14
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A_Schleck wrote:
First wins of the season for Hagen. I'm ecstatic with this result. My heart skipped a beat when he crashed on stage 5, but damn he was so strong in the finale. Also very nice rides by Rovny and Keinath
I still can't believe the succes my team is having after I finished 12th in the Rankings last year.
Really? Everyone else can 
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| SotD |
Posted on 06-08-2008 16:29
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Yeah your team is by far ready, and next year it will be even stronger with Boasson Hagen and Pliuchkin among the best in the pack.... |
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| dave92 |
Posted on 06-08-2008 18:34
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Schleck's building for the future has paid off very quickly
the squad you built is really quite impressive
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 06-08-2008 19:13
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Rankings Update
Individual
Hagen up to 4th, Bertagnolli up to 12th
1 Tom Danielson USA Fed-Ex 550
2 Juan José Haedo ARG Slipstream 341
3 Aleksandr Pluchkin MOL B&O 284
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR B&O 262
5 Ivan Seledkov RUS IrnBru - RBS 205
6 Wim van Huffel BEL LA/MSS/Pearl Jam 202
7 José Chacon VEN Champion 199
8 Aleksandr Efimkin RUS Champion 179
9 Manuel Medina VEN British Airways - Cyclingnews 177
10 Geraint Thomas GBR British Airways - Cyclingnews 176
11 Matti Breschel DEN B&O 168
12 Leonardo Bertagnolli ITA Wiggle - Premier Inn 159
13 Heinrich Haussler GER NVidia 149
14 Tadej Valjavec SLO Ernst & Young 145
15 Nuno Ribeiro POR Benfica 143
Teams
A strong performance sees B&O extend their lead at the top. The battle is hotting up behind though as just 44 points seperate 3rd and 7th. Wiggle are up to 3rd, IrnBru up to 4th as Slipstream slip to 5th. Pearl Jam are up to 6th as Champion slide to 7th.
Further down, Molteni pass Benfica for 12th, Zenmind pass Gatorade and Ernst for 16th, while Sony Ericsson B jump 10 places to 20th
1 B&O 1231
2 Fed-Ex 1028
3 Wiggle - Premier Inn 783
4 IrnBru - RBS 760
5 Slipstream 759
6 LA/MSS/Pearl Jam 742
7 Champion 739
8 White Bear Steyr 650
9 Procycling-BBC 618
10 British Airways - Cyclingnews 582
11 NVidia 484
12 Molteni 468
13 Benfica 463
14 Dasani - Hincapie Sportswear 363
15 Nippo Corporation 354
16 Zenmind-Evolution 280
17 Ernst and Young 262
18 Gatorade 228
19 Slipstream B 129
20 Sony Ericsson B 68
21 Virgin Media B 53
22 LA/MSS/Pearl Jam B 50
23 Nintendo B 48
24 Gatorade B 45
25 American Suzuki B 38
26 British Airways B 37
27 Magenta B 31
28 Fed-Ex B 28
29 IrnBru B 25
30 La Gazetta B 22
31 France Televisions B 8
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 06-08-2008 19:15
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Still tenth, still cant complain. I can still reach the top 5 im aiming for.
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 06-08-2008 19:17
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Well thats nice Still don't think i'll be up there by the end of the season. Which, on that topic, I've already been looking at what i'm going to do with my riders next year, and so far i've decided to swing away from what i've been doing this year. Here's to finding some quality rider for sale that i need.
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| niconico |
Posted on 06-08-2008 23:35
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dave92 wrote:
Schleck's building for the future has paid off very quickly
the squad you built is really quite impressive
I honestly didn't expect I would see these kind of results already. When I saw how Pluchkin and Hagen had developed over last season, I though they might do quite well, but I honestly thought there would be at least 3 teams that would beat me in the long run. But I'm quite okay with this anyhoo
And I like the new rankings
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| dave92 |
Posted on 07-08-2008 02:37
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Its probably best that B&O are promoted this year or Hagen and co. will make a mockery of the ct next year.
Interesting standings, 3-10 are all very good, but it will be very difficult to get into the top 2 with Fed-Ex and B&O. Its also hard to judge because some schedules are structured differently, meaning some teams like Gatorade will rely more on races later in the season. Gatorade actually have the two best riders from last year left(Pozzovivo in PT) and could do very well in the hilly classics with Wegmann and Vicioso.
Edit: and I just realized my B team hasnt scored at all 
Edited by dave92 on 07-08-2008 02:38
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