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RDG - Crit Series
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 05-12-2008 22:14
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(Little surprise for you to keep you happy)
Hey welcome to the RDG Crit Series.
No points will be added to the overall season rankings but there will be a small league kept of all the crit results throughout the season. There will be 5 in total. Our first one takes place in sunny Netherlands. A small twisting loop around the town of Amsterdam other stops include, Birmingham, Madrid, Urbino plus more!
Our peleton lined up on the start and the sun was beating down. The season is starting to get into full swing now. The cobble classics behind and a number of tours on the way. Orignally the riders were only lining up with the leaders of the RDG season. However the organisers deemed this an impossible way of running the race. A lot of people started to comment on how dangerous it would be. Matt Booth commented “This is gonna get hairy! Its so tight on some of these corners and you cant see much when you come out of them. Still a small rider like myself should be able to slip through the bunch!”
Marc Nonsense was on the start today and he displayed his brand new RDG leaders jersey with pride. The organisers paid a lot to get him and he should be up for something today.
After a about 15 easy laps the bunch start to turn up the pace. CSC started the first switch and obviously someone from the camp was feeling good today.
But then it really did start to get “Hairy” we had some fallers and Marc Nonsense only narrowly avoided it!
But Michael Brown didn't he hit the deck really hard and was on the side of the road for sometime. He did eventually get up but it looked rather bad. The crash he was in contained around 20 riders and they eventually finshed over 3 minutes down on the winner.
This photo shows how bad the crash was.
The action at the front of the bunch started to heat up. Terejsen decided to give it a dig. It didnt really go far as the bunch were at full tilt.
On the same corner as Brown another crash occured! No-one big went down but Patrick Hughes decided to pull out. His injury from his latest crash was to high of a risk and another crash could do some serious harm
Final lap! CSC organised a really good train together. They must be leading out Booth as he was about 2 riders off CSC's last man
Here comes the sprint to the line! Its mass chaos at the moment and it's hard to see any of the riders!
Then we start to see some big guns! Matt Booth hits the front hard and gets into a good position for the final corner. Kuss is leading out Crommy really well but then...
Crommy hits the deck! If the pack doesnt avoid him there is going to be carnage!! That crash has got to hurt. It also looks like Crommy is staring right at Kuss because it looked like Kuss switched rather rapidly accidently taking out Crommy!
Luckily not many riders go down and crommy slides of and smacks into the crash barriers.
But don't forget the sprint is still on! Booth leads Kuss and Booth is pulling away!
Booth takes it all the way to the line and surprisingly doesnt celebrate! What an awesome win. But would Crommy have passed him if he hadn't crashed?
But for now Booth stands a top the podium. He told PCM.Monthly this after the race.
“Oh yeah! Its great to be coming back into form again. I know I might have got a bit lucky in that race. But I suppose that's what crits are made of...Cheers!”
Results
1 Matt Booth Team CSC Saxo Bank 1h06'34
2 Adrian Kuss Silence - Lotto s.t.
3 Euan Innes Lampre s.t.
4 Matthew Smith Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
5 Rafal Szurpicki Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
6 Mike Ø.K.Jensen Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
7 Marc Nonsense Barloworld s.t.
8 Nelson Oliveira Liberty Seguros s.t.
9 John Huff Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
10 Chris Froome Barloworld s.t.
11 Simone Tafi Liquigas s.t.
12 Tom Ceky ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
13 Even Emberland Team GLS s.t.
14 Joop Zoetemelk Rabobank s.t.
15 Filipe Cardoso Liberty Seguros s.t.
16 Alex Dekker Rabobank s.t.
17 Antonio Jesús Liberty Seguros s.t.
18 Miroslav Gordeyev Perutnina Ptuj s.t.
19 Bram De Groot Rabobank s.t.
20 Tyler Hamilton Rock Racing s.t.
21 Alexander Arekeev Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
22 Santiago Botero Rock Racing s.t.
23 Timothy Duggan Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
24 Christer Terjesen Rock Racing s.t.
25 Jason Donald Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
26 Theo Eltink Rabobank s.t.
27 Brock Curry Rock Racing s.t.
28 Gabriele Balducci Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
29 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto s.t.
30 Vasil Kiryienka Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
31 Mikaël Chérel Française des Jeux s.t.
32 Christian Jensen Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
33 Robert Hunter Barloworld s.t.
34 Héctor Guerra Liberty Seguros s.t.
35 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step s.t.
36 Robert Lauscha ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
37 Stefano Cavallari Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
38 Pavel Brutt Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
39 Luca Mazzanti Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
40 Jure Kocjan Perutnina Ptuj s.t.
41 Tom Danielson Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
42 Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto s.t.
43 Matti Breschel Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
44 Kristjan Fajt Perutnina Ptuj s.t.
45 Sébastien Chavanel Française des Jeux s.t.
46 Jérôme Coppel Française des Jeux s.t.
47 Matthew Lloyd Silence - Lotto s.t.
48 Alberto Loddo Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
49 Kristjan Koren Perutnina Ptuj s.t.
50 Thomas Dekker Rabobank s.t.
51 Christ Hamilton Lampre s.t.
52 Massimo Codol Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
53 Roy Hegreberg Team GLS s.t.
54 Gregor Gazvoda Perutnina Ptuj s.t.
55 Matija Kvasina Perutnina Ptuj s.t.
56 Franco Pellizotti Liquigas s.t.
57 Manuel Cardoso Liberty Seguros s.t.
58 Alessandro Donati Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
59 Steven Cummings Barloworld s.t.
60 Gustavo Gostoso Lampre s.t.
61 Peter Pichler ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
62 Josh Crommy Silence - Lotto s.t.
63 Fabian Cancellara Team CSC Saxo Bank s.t.
64 Matteo Bono Lampre s.t.
65 Mikhail Ignatiev Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
66 Glenn Bak Team GLS s.t.
67 Julian Dean Team Garmin - Chipotle powered by H30 s.t.
68 Santini Corleone Lampre s.t.
69 Grega Bole Adria Mobil s.t.
70 Salvatore Coppi Acqua e Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
71 Geraint Thomas Barloworld s.t.
72 Robbie McEwen Silence - Lotto s.t.
73 Filippo Pozzato Liquigas s.t.
74 Clemens Frankhauser ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
75 Kristoffer Nielsen Team GLS s.t.
76 Michael Creed Rock Racing s.t.
77 Roberto Petito Liquigas s.t.
78 Benjamin Cujnik Adria Mobil s.t.
79 Uros Murn Adria Mobil s.t.
80 Blaz Jarc Adria Mobil s.t.
81 Rok Grilc Adria Mobil + 1'25
82 Peter Riis Andersen Team GLS + 3'00
83 Michael Morkov Team GLS s.t.
84 Rémy Di Gregorio Française des Jeux s.t.
85 Leonardo Bertagnolli Liquigas + 3'50
86 Matteo Carrara Quick·Step s.t.
87 David Clinger Rock Racing s.t.
88 Paolo Bettini Quick·Step s.t.
89 Victor Cornejo ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
90 Carlos Barredo Quick·Step s.t.
91 Koldo Gil Liberty Seguros s.t.
92 Claudio Corioni Liquigas s.t.
93 Marc De Maar Rabobank s.t.
94 John-Lee Augustyn Barloworld s.t.
95 Tom Boonen Quick·Step s.t.
96 Pedro Filipe Française des Jeux s.t.
97 Mickael Delage Française des Jeux s.t.
98 Michael Brown Quick·Step s.t.
99 Wolfgang Murer ELK Haus - Simplon s.t.
100 Marko Kump Adria Mobil s.t. |
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 05-12-2008 22:15
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Oh Also - Credit goes to Jaap for creating the stage that i used. Thanks Jaap  |
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| Wiggo |
Posted on 05-12-2008 22:18
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F*ck. |
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| ember |
Posted on 05-12-2008 22:28
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To be honestly, I think it was a bad idea with Crits, especially if those riders that crashes is getting hurted for the real season and the real races, but that is my opinion, but anyway; great reporting |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 05-12-2008 22:29
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I'm not sure if we should post something here....
Maybe is just for the races
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 05-12-2008 22:29
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Nah no crashes are taken into account here. Nothing serious the crits. Just a bit of fun and light entertainment while we sort the training programs out |
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| ember |
Posted on 05-12-2008 22:33
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Then I think it was a good idea I would have felt really sorry for those riders that crashed it that counted for the real season
EDIT: Then I voted wrong
Edited by ember on 05-12-2008 22:33
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 05-12-2008 22:34
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Hehe, not to worry. I don't mind you guys posting here either. No problem really. Infact it will help to get onto pages so it doesn't take ages to load all the screens  |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 05-12-2008 22:41
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the screens will load easier if they are .jpg, at least that I know
*I'm saying that but I use the .png ones too
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 05-12-2008 22:43
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jpg loses too much quality in my opinion. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 05-12-2008 22:46
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not very much but enough that's probably why is loading faster
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| lagetcher |
Posted on 05-12-2008 22:57
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That was a crazy race. The pictures of the crashes are great |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 05-12-2008 23:30
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Awesome idea, and a good chance to see my leaders jersey with no threat of losing it |
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 05-12-2008 23:31
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I reackon you should give out PCM $ as prize money!! |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 06-12-2008 02:39
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Smoothie wrote:
I reackon you should give out PCM $ as prize money!!
Thats a great idea, as i am not going to win any from betting...
although I didn't win any here anyway.
 [url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 06-12-2008 07:41
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Hehe, not really fair as not everyone is in it Unlucky crit though MB you were favorite at the start too. |
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| Gutierrez |
Posted on 06-12-2008 07:48
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I think it looks cool |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 06-12-2008 08:34
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Smoothie wrote:
Hehe, not really fair as not everyone is in it Unlucky crit though MB you were favorite at the start too.
frustraiting, but i guess better to fall now than in the real races
[url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| Crommy |
Posted on 06-12-2008 11:20
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But would Crommy have passed him if he hadn't crashed?
Yes 
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| Smoothie |
Posted on 06-12-2008 11:32
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Unlucky - if you want someone to blame, blame Kuss |
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