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| acornwell |
Posted on 02-04-2009 00:21
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Diving into the world of storywriting here. Going to run the team of Garmin-Slipstream. Comments, suggestions and ideas are always welcome.
Budget to start the season.
Was able to get some great sponsors on board for the next 2 years.
Key races for the sponsors.
Goals for the season.
 
Team roster.
Our main GC rider for the season.
Watch out for Dave in the time trials.
Ryder will get a few GC chances as well.
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Posted on 02-04-2009 00:37
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Christopher Sutton, Cameron Meyer, Trent Lowe
"Wow, Cadel is just that good" says Trent Lowe following the Australian ITT Championships. With a knock down performance Cadel showed today why he is the best time trialist in Australia. Our guys did all they could and came out with some respectable finishes against the countries best riders. Chris was just over 2 minutes back of the phenom and Trent and Cam were only about a minute behind him. The guys will take a couple days to recover and get back on the bike for the road race championship in three days. Look out for Trent to leave his mark on Australia.
Chris Sutton in the gate ready to start his day
Cameron Meyer giving it all he has on the downhill
Easy Win for Evans today
STAGE RESULTS
1 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 55'43
2 Luke Roberts Team Kuota - Indeland + 1'03
3 Michael Rogers Team Columbia - High Road + 1'06
4 Adam Hansen Team Columbia - High Road + 1'20
5 Brett Lancaster Cervélo Test Team + 1'46
6 Richard England Amore & Vita - McDonald's + 1'49
7 Stuart O'Grady Team Saxo Bank s.t.
8 Peter Latham Bissell Pro Cycling + 1'54
9 Baden Cooke Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team + 2'12
10 Simon Clarke Amica Chips - Knauf s.t.
11 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Slipstream + 2'17
25 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Slipstream + 3'17
31 Trent Lowe Garmin - Slipstream + 3'26
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Posted on 02-04-2009 00:38
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DB? difficulty?
good luck and much of patience with your story  |
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Posted on 02-04-2009 00:59
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Thanks, I am playing on Hard with the PCM09 DB. |
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Posted on 02-04-2009 03:25
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Christopher Sutton, Cameron Meyer, Trent Lowe
Pretty quiet early on today. In the picture above is Columbia - High Road's Adam Hansen being dropped after only 5km. A group of about 10 tried to get away about 20km into the race. They were quickly swallowed back up. Richard England (Amore & Vita - McDonald's) and Peter Latham (Bissell Pro Cycling) made a futile attempt to get away 15km later but they never got more than 30 seconds away and were caught rather quickly.
60km into the race Cadel Evans (Silence - Lotto), Matthew Lloyd (Silence - Lotto), and Simon Gerrens (Cervelo Test Team) made a move that caught us off guard and we could never recover. 7 more riders are dropped and with 40km to go the break is up 4'10".
Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank) and Rory Sutherland (OUCH p/b Maxxis) start to chase the leaders. Again, we are caught sitting back and Lowe is unable to join these two in their chase and has to begin chasing on his own. Sutherland gets popped, but O'Grady is able to catch the leaders with 18km to go. The break is not going to be caught by the pack. Trent has since broken off from the pack and is in no man's land between the leaders and the group. Just hope he holds on long enough.
In the sprint amongst the leaders Stuart O'Grady edges Cadel Evans preventing the sweep. Gerrans finishes a solid third.
Trent finishes ahead of the pack in 6th place. Impressive finish for the young rider that should boost his confidence for the season to come.
STAGE RESULTS
1 Stuart O'Grady Team Saxo Bank 4h23'21
2 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto s.t.
3 Simon Gerrans Cervélo Test Team s.t.
4 Matthew Lloyd Silence - Lotto s.t.
5 Rory Sutherland OUCH presented by Maxxis + 1'11
6 Trent Lowe Garmin - Slipstream + 2'19
7 Daniel Braunsteins Drapac Porsche Cycling + 3'45
8 Gene Bates Drapac Porsche Cycling s.t.
9 Allan Davis Quick·Step s.t.
10 Karl Menzies OUCH presented by Maxxis s.t.
19 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Slipstream + 5'03
26 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Slipstream + 7'19
Next up is the Cancer Council Classic at the Tour Down Under
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Posted on 02-04-2009 03:57
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A couple results from around the world of cycling
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Posted on 02-04-2009 03:57
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Oh my god o'grady actually won the NC.
Good story though.
Macquet wrote:
"We all know that wasn't the real footage of the Worlds anyway. That was just the staged footage to perpetuate the coverup that it was actually Vinokourov that won the race." |
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| chrica04 |
Posted on 02-04-2009 04:23
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Awesome start. Good luck! |
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Posted on 02-04-2009 05:56
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Julian Dean, Chris Sutton, Timmy Duggan, Christian Meier, Ryder Hesjedal, Trent Lowe, Cameron Meyer
Sergio De Lis (Euskaltel - Euskadi) wasted no time getting things started. He attacked 3km into the race. 11 other riders followed him including our own Cameron Meyer.
Cameron made the break and worked hard to help it get to a 2 minute lead with 35km remaining. At this point he sent word to the team car that he was gassed and had no more to keep the break moving.
Not wanting to have no representation in the break, we sent Ryder up to try and bridge the gap. 2 other riders came with him, Guennadi Mikhailov (Katusha) and Pedro Horillo (Rabobank). Pedro ended up falling and breaking his arm in the final 10km. Get well soon Pedro.
With 25km to go the chase group had caught the break and the peleton was not far behind.
Lars Boom (Rabobank) makes an attemt to get away in the final 12km but he is unable to fight the hard charging pack.
As the peleton turns for home, Julian has Chris' wheel and they have set themselves up nicely for the sprint.
Gorik Gardeyn (Silence - Lotto) gets the win over a hard charging Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia - High Road). Matthew Hayman (Rabobank) gets third.
Julian and Chris round out the top 5 in a gutsy performance.
Good day of racing by our guys. I was a little surprised to see the team set up the sprint so well this early in the year. Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come. The first stage of the Tour Down Under has some rolling hills throughout the first two thirds of the stage that flatten into a nice run into town for a mass sprint. Hopefully the guys learned something today and can get onto the podium in a couple days. For now, it's time to rest and recover. By the way, Cameron is fine, he just felt a little sick after working so hard for the break. He will be back to himself in no time.
STAGE RESULTS
1 Gorik Gardeyn Silence - Lotto 1h05'12
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Columbia - High Road s.t.
3 Matthew Hayman Rabobank s.t.
4 Julian Dean Garmin - Slipstream s.t.
5 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Slipstream s.t.
6 Matthew Goss Team Saxo Bank s.t.
7 Marcel Sieberg Team Columbia - High Road s.t.
8 Domenik Klemme Team Saxo Bank s.t.
9 Iván DomÃnguez Fuji - Servetto s.t.
10 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
72 Timothy Duggan Garmin - Slipstream s.t.
74 Christian Meier Garmin - Slipstream s.t.
115 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Slipstream s.t.
119 Trent Lowe Garmin - Slipstream s.t.
122 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Slipstream + 3'08
Next up...Tour Down Under Stage 1
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Posted on 02-04-2009 08:49
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TOUR DOWN UNDER - STAGE 1
Julian Dean, Timmy Duggan, Ryder Hesjedal, Trent Lowe, Christian Meier, Cameron Meyer, Christopher Sutton
The weather is clear as the peleton waits with great anticipation for the first race of the Pro Tour season.
Not much time to settle in as Lasse Bochman (Saxo Bank) and Valeri Dimitriev (Astana) attack shortly after the start. Must have been something in the water because 14 other riders join in the break attempt. The first break get 30" early but never can get away from a hard chasing peleton. They are caught after about 10km.
The next attack comes and we decide to get Trent Lowe in it. Trent and 14 other riders work hard and increase the gap to 1'30" after 20km and the peleton lays off and stores up for a long day.
With Lowe leading the way, the break builds its lead over the next 50km to as much as 3'45". With 14 riders in the group, Lowe is able to store up alot of energy and is starting to think about a stage win.
60km to go and Ricardo Serrano (Fuji - Servetto) and Jakob Fuglsang (Saxo Bank) go on the attack to bring in the leaders. 25km later and Fuglsang was caught and 12km after that Serrano was swallowed as well.
With only 19km remaining Trent felt that the time had come to make his move and try to win the stage. He got the green light from the team car and attacked what was left of the breakaway. Tristan Valentin (Cofidis) and Arnaud Coyot (Caisse d'Epargne) came with him. Coyot didn't have the legs and quickly fell back into the arms of the peleton.
With 5km remaining Coyot and Lowe were still ahead of the charging pack. Things were getting pretty intense in the peleton as Julian was trying to set up for a sprint if Lowe could not hang on.
A valient effort by both riders, but Trent is finally caught with only 1km to the finish. Julian had worked himself into a decent position to grab Fabian Cancellara's (Saxo Bank) wheel.
Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank) gets another victory. He looks good in his National Champ jersey doesn't he? Julian muscled his way into third behind Cancellara. Trent was able to hang onto a 15th place finish.
Again, we were close but just couldn't get the win. We are on the podium though. Julian sprinted strong at the finish and Trent showed great heart and determination with his ride today. He also won max mountain points so he will be wearing the climbers jersey. We are going to rest up tonight, talk a little strategy and get out there tomorrow and do our best to keep Julian up near the top of the GC. And if the situation allows we would like to keep the KOM jersey too!
STAGE RESULTS
1 Stuart O'Grady Team Saxo Bank3h31'34
2 Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank
3 Julian Dean Garmin - Slipstream
4 Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
5 Mark Cavendish Team Columbia - High Road
6 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi
7 Allan Davis Quick·Step
8 Jonas Ljungblad Silence - Lotto
9 Murilo Fischer Liquigas
10 Yukiya Arashiro Bbox Bouygues Télécom
15 Trent Lowe Garmin - Slipstream
80 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Slipstream
140 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Slipstream
149 Timothy Duggan Garmin - Slipstream
150 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Slipstream + 5'59
151 Christian Meier Garmin - Slipstream
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1 Stuart O'Grady Team Saxo Bank 3h31'28
2 Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank + 2
3 Evgeni Sokolov Bbox Bouygues Télécom
4 Peter Wrölich Team Milram + 3
5 Javier AramendÃa Euskaltel - Euskadi
6 Julian Dean Garmin - Slipstream + 4
7 Arnaud Coyot Caisse d'Epargne
8 Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne + 6
9 Mark Cavendish Team Columbia - High Road
10 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi
19 Trent Lowe Garmin - Slipstream
81 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Slipstream
140 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Slipstream
149 Timothy Duggan Garmin - Slipstream
150 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Slipstream + 6'05
151 Christian Meier Garmin - Slipstream
POINT STANDINGS
1 Stuart O'Grady Team Saxo Bank 25 25
2 Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank 22 22
3 Julian Dean Garmin - Slipstream 20 20
4 Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 18 18
5 Mark Cavendish Team Columbia - High Road 16 16
15 Trent Lowe Garmin - Slipstream 6 6
MOUNTAIN STANDINGS
1 Trent Lowe Garmin - Slipstream 4 4
2 Arnaud Coyot Caisse d'Epargne 2 2
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| baia |
Posted on 02-04-2009 18:29
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Nice results until now. |
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Posted on 02-04-2009 22:41
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Keep it up. I know Dean will get one! |
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| acornwell |
Posted on 03-04-2009 20:24
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Bear with me everyone who is folowing this story. It is not dead. I unfortunately had an issue with my install of PCM and had to reinstall. When I uninstalled it gave me a reactivation code, but upon installing it is telling me I have activated too many times with my serial number.
I have sent an email to support asking for a new serial number to get the game running again. As soon as I get it the story will resume. |
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Posted on 03-04-2009 21:22
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Hope you will keep it going, since it looks great already Good luck! |
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Posted on 03-04-2009 23:30
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acornwell wrote:
Bear with me everyone who is folowing this story. It is not dead. I unfortunately had an issue with my install of PCM and had to reinstall. When I uninstalled it gave me a reactivation code, but upon installing it is telling me I have activated too many times with my serial number.
I have sent an email to support asking for a new serial number to get the game running again. As soon as I get it the story will resume.
I've had that recently, they reset the activations for you, usually takes about a day, the first email they send u is a standard issue one so you have to reply to that |
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Posted on 07-04-2009 07:46
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TOUR DOWN UNDER - STAGE 2
Julian Dean, Timmy Duggan, Ryder Hesjedal, Trent Lowe, Christian Meier, Cameron Meyer, Christopher Sutton
With the starting line still in the background, Roman Kireyev (Astana Cycling Team) took off with a very early attack.
We had decided in the pre-race strategy that we would try to get Cameron Meyer in the break today so we decided to send him with the first attackers which also included Saïd Haddou (Bbox Bouygues Télécom), Tim Gudsell (Française des Jeux), Alex Rasmussen (Team Saxo Bank) and Markel Irizar (Euskaltel - Euskadi)
When 5 more riders tried to join the breakaway Saxo Bank would have no more. Cameron was able to get a little distance on the leaders before the peloton brought them back in which gave him a 15km solo ride in front by 40". Buffaz decided to bridge the gap and noone joined him. When he reached Meyer the lead was up to 1'13".
10 more riders decide to try and bridge the gap before the single KOM climb of the day. Massimilliano Mori (Lampre - N.G.C), Gene Bates (Drapac Porsche Cycling), Roman Kireyev (Astana Cycling Team), Damien Gaudin (Bbox Bouygues Télécom) and Wesley Sulzberger (Française des Jeux) all reach the two leaders with Markus Eichler (Team Milram) in the 2nd group 1'01" back and Markel Irizar (Euskaltel - Euskadi), Valeri Dimitriev (Astana Cycling Team) and Jesse Anthony (Team Type 1) in the 3rd group 1'24" behind them and 1'28" in front of the peloton with 95km to go.
Just after the group of ten got away an attack came from Fabian Cancellara. He rode hard for a few kilometers but then dropped back into the peloton and nothing really came of his effort. I am not sure if he was bored or just wanted to see what his fitness was like at this point in the race.
Saxo Bank kept the pace through most of the stage today. They never let the break get too far ahead. All an attempt to protect O'Grady and Cancellara's spot in the GC.
This is the group Saxo Bank is chasing. The gaps have remained steady for the last 20km or so. The gap from the leaders to the peloton is now about 3'25".
With 75km remaing the peloton has brought back in the third group and now has their sights set on Efimov. He is now about 45" ahead of the peloton and the leaders have about 2'10" on the main pack.
Working all by himself it didn't take long for Efimov to finally fall into the arms of the pack. With 50km remaining the leaders now have a dwindling 1'33" gap to the chasers.
At 23km remaining the pack has almost caught the leaders. Gaudin and Meyer feel as though they have a little left and make one last effort to stay away from the group.
Meyer was brought back in with 22km remaining. Good ride today by Cameron. He won an intermediate sprint and a KOM sprint. This means we will still be wearing the KOM jersey tomorrow.
And as we have seen so many times before, the pack has timed the catch to perfection and with 16km to go all leaders have been caught. Unfortunately for Garmin-Slipstream the hills in the latter parts of the stage have hurt Julian Dean too much to be able to compete in the sprint.
One of three crashes in the final 10km. Nobody from our team was involved in any but Sylvain Chavanel (Quick·Step) is shown here lying on the ground. Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis, le crédit en ligne) has broken his shin and will be out until March.
As the riders setup for the sprint the climb thins out the contenders. George Hincapie (Team Columbia - High Road), Lars Boom (Rabobank), Yuri Trofimov (Bbox Bouygues Télécom) and Stijn Devolder (Quick·Step) lead the way into the sprint.
With 1km remaining it is Trofimov followed by Devolder who is trailed by Boom.
The win goes to Trofimov. He held off Devolder and a fast finishing Boom, who almost got up for 2nd place, to take the stage win. José Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne) finished 3rd and these four were able to put a time gap on the rest of the field and take control of the leaders jersey.
This is probably the toughest stage to grind out in this years Tour Down Under. There was alot of work to be done to stay in the race. We really didn't use our team effectively to be sure Julian, Ryder or even Trent had enough energy at the end. We are going to chalk this one up to learning experience and hopefully will be better next time out. In the grand scheme of things we are still sitting with 2 riders in the top 20 and 3 riders within 17 seconds of the leader. Also, we are wearing the KOM jersey. Tomorrow's stage is a rolling stage with a good chance for Julian to grab a sprint at the end. Also, the end of the next stage will mark the halfway point of the tour.
STAGE 2 RESULTS
1 Yuri Trofimov Bbox Bouygues Télécom 3h53'25
2 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step
3 Lars Boom Rabobank
4 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne
5 Murilo Fischer Liquigas + 17
6 Andrea Noè Liquigas
7 Allan Davis Quick·Step
8 Jonas Ljungblad Silence - Lotto
9 George Hincapie Team Columbia - High Road
10 Anthony Geslin Française des Jeux
22 Trent Lowe Garmin - Slipstream
29 Julian Dean Garmin - Slipstream
35 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Slipstream
94 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Slipstream + 3'03
117 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Slipstream + 4'30
131 Timothy Duggan Garmin - Slipstream + 5'42
147 Christian Meier Garmin - Slipstream + 7'56
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step 7h24'59
2 Lars Boom Rabobank
3 Yuri Trofimov Bbox Bouygues Télécom
4 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne
5 Stuart O'GradyTeam Saxo Bank + 11
6 Fabian CancellaraTeam Saxo Bank + 13
7 Evgeni Sokolov Bbox Bouygues Télécom
8 Damien GaudinBbox Bouygues Télécom+ 14
9 Julian Dean Garmin - Slipstream + 15
10 Wesley Sulzberger Française des Jeux
20 Trent Lowe Garmin - Slipstream + 17
50 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Slipstream
126 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Slipstream + 4'30
129 Timothy Duggan Garmin - Slipstream + 5'42
144 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Slipstream + 8'59
149 Christian Meier Garmin - Slipstream + 13'55
POINTS STANDINGS
1 Stuart O'Grady Team Saxo Bank 0 25
2 Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank 0 22
3 Julian Dean Garmin - Slipstream 0 20
4 Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 0 18
5 Mark Cavendish Team Columbia - High Road 0 16
6 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi 0 15
7 Allan Davis Quick·Step 0 14
8 Jonas Ljungblad Silence - Lotto 0 13
9 Murilo Fischer Liquigas 0 12
10 Yukiya Arashiro Bbox Bouygues Télécom 0 11
15 Trent Lowe Garmin - Slipstream 0 6
19 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Slipstream 3 3
MOUNTAIN STANDINGS
1 Trent Lowe Garmin - Slipstream 0 4
2 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Slipstream 2 2
3 Arnaud Coyot Caisse d'Epargne 0 2
4 Mickael Buffaz Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 1 1
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| baia |
Posted on 07-04-2009 18:47
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That´s easy to see with that time gap from your riders,hard stage,but as you say,there is J.Dean with 15sec. delay,and 2 more with 17sec.,your team still has big chances to win the race.Good luck. |
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Posted on 07-04-2009 19:05
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Go ahead 15'' is nothing ;D
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Posted on 08-04-2009 00:54
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TOUR DOWN UNDER - STAGE 3
Julian Dean, Timmy Duggan, Ryder Hesjedal, Trent Lowe, Christian Meier, Cameron Meyer, Christopher Sutton
Today's strategy is to let the break go and work on recovering from yesterdays effort. As we near the final climb if Ryder or Trent are feeling good they will attack and go for the stage win and if not Julian will go for the sprint.
The first attack came at the start of the first climb about 7km into the stage. 10 riders tried to create a break but we caught by the time everyone had reached the bottom of the hill.
The second attack came as the terrain flattened out before the KOM climb. This time 11 riders were involved and quickly got away by about 45".
4 riders try to bridge the gap as this break looks like it's going to stick. 2 of these riders would make it up to the leaders and the other two would not have the legs and fall back into the pack.
At the head of the breakaway, Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis, le crédit en ligne) takes the 2 KOM points.
The break has been established and it includes Arnaud Coyot (Caisse d'Epargne), Frederic Guesdon and Tim Gudsell (Française des Jeux), Massimilliano Mori and Volodymyr Zagorodny (Lampre - N.G.C), Jesse Anthony (Team Type 1), Sergei Renev (Astana Cycling Team), José Luis Arrieta (AG2R La Mondiale), Paul Voss (Team Milram), Evgeni Sokolov (Bbox Bouygues Télécom), Javier AramendÃa (Euskaltel - Euskadi), Rhys Pollock (Drapac Porsche Cycling) and Buffaz. The max gap they put on a Quick-Step led peloton is 2'17".
Voss takes the first intermediate sprint followed by Aramendia and Gudsell.
The second sprint goes to Voss again. This time he is trailed by Arieta and Aramendia.
With 28km to go the pack has caught the leaders. As the pack approached the leaders Sokolov and Zagorodny made an attempt to stay out. We decided to send Lowe with them to try and take the mountain sprint a few kilometers up the road.
Trent was unable to stay away from the pack before the KOM points but did have some legs to make an attempt to grab the KOM in front of the peloton.
Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel - Euskadi) attacked before the KOM and took it easily. Lowe was just edged for the remaining point by Voss.
With the early catch, the peloton opend itself to another attack. This time Gert Steegmans (Team Katusha), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia - High Road), Stijn Devolder (Quick·Step), Aitor Galdos (Euskaltel - Euskadi) and Yuri Trofimov (Bbox Bouygues Télécom) attack with 17km remaining.
With 9km to the finish the chasers have reeled the attackers back in and a sprint is in order.
With 1km to the finish Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis, le crédit en ligne), Edvald Boasson Hagen and Murilo Fischer (Liquigas) are at the front.
As they cross the line Edvald Boasson Hagen shows his power as he is able to surge by Dumoulin to take the stage win. Fischer just held off Stuart O'Grady (Team Saxo Bank) for third.
A poor sprint setup cost us a better placing today. Julian Dean was feeling very good coming into the finish but a slip of the wheel cost him a good spot on the lead out. He was able to recover for a respectable 7th place finish ahead of names like Cancellara and Cavendish. We will be looking for a better effort tomorrow as sprint points are avalaible at the finish.
All told it was a good ride for the team today. We were able to recover some lost energy from yesterday and protect our GC contenders well. As was said earlier Julian was feeling very good and a small technical mistake may have cost him a podium spot. We will regroup again and start pedalling tomorrow in what will be a fairly flat stage with no real climbs at all.
STAGE 3 RESULTS
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Columbia - High Road 3h11'19
2 Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
3 Murilo Fischer Liquigas
4 Stuart O'Grady Team Saxo Bank
5 Allan Davis Quick·Step
6 Mark Renshaw Team Columbia - High Road
7 Julian Dean Garmin - Slipstream
8 Gert Steegmans Team Katusha
9 Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank
10 Mark Cavendish Team Columbia - High Road
18 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Slipstream
118 Trent Lowe Garmin - Slipstream
133 Timothy Duggan Garmin - Slipstream + 2'25
146 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Slipstream + 4'42
147 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Slipstream
150 Christian Meier Garmin - Slipstream + 5'39
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step 10h36'18
2 Yuri Trofimov Bbox Bouygues Télécom
3 Lars Boom Rabobank
4 Stuart O'Grady Team Saxo Bank + 11
5 Paul Voss Team Milram
6 Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank + 13
7 Evgeni Sokolov Bbox Bouygues Télécom
8 Damien Gaudin Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 14
9 Julian Dean Garmin - Slipstream + 15
10 Roman Kireyev Astana Cycling Team
30 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Slipstream + 17
60 Trent Lowe Garmin - Slipstream
136 Timothy Duggan Garmin - Slipstream + 8'07
141 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Slipstream + 9'12
144 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Slipstream + 13'41
147 Christian Meier Garmin - Slipstream + 19'34
POINT STANDINGS
1 Stuart O'Grady Team Saxo Bank 0 25
2 Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank 0 22
3 Julian Dean Garmin - Slipstream 0 20
4 Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 0 18
5 Mark Cavendish Team Columbia - High Road 0 16
6 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi 0 15
7 Allan Davis Quick·Step 0 14
8 Jonas Ljungblad Silence - Lotto 0 13
9 Murilo Fischer Liquigas 0 12
10 Yukiya Arashiro Bbox Bouygues Télécom 0 11
16 Trent Lowe Garmin - Slipstream 0 6
21 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Slipstream 0 3
MOUNTAIN STANDINGS
1 Trent Lowe Garmin - Slipstream 0 4
2 Mickael Buffaz Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 2 3
3 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Slipstream 0 2
4 Arnaud Coyot Caisse d'Epargne 0 2
5 Iñigo Landaluze Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 2
6 Jesse Anthony Team Type 1 1 1
7 Paul Voss Team Milram 1 1
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TOUR DOWN UNDER - STAGE 4/6
Julian Dean, Timmy Duggan, Ryder Hesjedal, Trent Lowe, Christian Meier, Cameron Meyer, Christopher Sutton
The tactics for today is to protect Julian and Ryder for the GC and Trent for the KOM. There are two KOM points available today and Trent has a 1 point lead. With the last final climbs tomorrow, we can wait until then to solidify our spot.
The first attack came 5km into the race from Javier AramendÃa (Euskaltel - Euskadi) who was joined by 6 other iders initially. 9 riders try to bridge the gap with 8 of them making it to the leaders.
With 108 kilometers remaining the pack is back together again.
Another attack is staged by Massimilliano Mori (Lampre - N.G.C) with 105 kilometers to go. 10 more riders try to join the break with 8 of them making it successfuly.
By the time Gene Bates (Drapac Porsche Cycling) wins the second sprint of the day, the leaders have a gap of 2'41". The gap never got above 3' the whole race.
With 55km remaining 4 riders try to bridge the 1'34" gap. When they reached the leaders the deficit had decreased to 45". Philippe Gilbert (Silence - Lotto) was one of the briders and he won the KOM. Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis, le crédit en ligne) took second and tied Trent for KOM jersey. Buffaz will wear jersey tomorrow.
Inevitably the group caught the leaders and the sprint was set up. Julian was not feeling well so he missed out on even participating in the sprint.
Gert Steegmans (Team Katusha) wins the stage with Allan Davis (Quick·Step) second and Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia - High Road) third.
Somewhat disappointing that we were unable to perform today. Ryder and Trent both fell out of GC contention. This will allow Trent to focus solely on KOM jersey tomorrow. Ryder will now be responsible for making sure Julian makes it to the finish tomorrow to be in good position for the final flat stage.
STAGE RESULTS
1 Gert Steegmans Team Katusha 3h17'08
2 Allan Davis Quick·Step
3 Mark Cavendish Team Columbia - High Road
4 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi
5 Yukiya Arashiro Bbox Bouygues Télécom
6 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step
7 George Hincapie Team Columbia - High Road
8 Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
9 Johan Van Summeren Silence - Lotto
10 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Columbia - High Road
51 Julian Dean Garmin - Slipstream
131 Trent Lowe Garmin - Slipstream + 3'45
140 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Slipstream + 4'38
151 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Slipstream + 8'11
153 Christian Meier Garmin - Slipstream + 9'25
154 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Slipstream
156 Timothy Duggan Garmin - Slipstream + 12'51
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1 Stijn Devolder Quick·Step 13h53'26
2 Lars Boom Rabobank
3 Yuri Trofimov Bbox Bouygues Télécom
4 Gert Steegmans Team Katusha
5 Stuart O'Grady Team Saxo Bank
6 Paul Voss Team Milram
7 Allan Davis Quick·Step + 13
8 Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank
9 Evgeni Sokolov Bbox Bouygues Télécom
10 Gene Bates Drapac Porsche Cycling
14 Julian Dean Garmin - Slipstream + 15
87 Trent Lowe Garmin - Slipstream + 4'02
115 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Slipstream + 4'55
142 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Slipstream + 17'23
144 Timothy Duggan Garmin - Slipstream + 20'58
146 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Slipstream + 23'06
150 Christian Meier Garmin - Slipstream + 28'59
POINT STANDINGS
1 Mark Cavendish Team Columbia - High Road 20 36
2 Allan Davis Quick·Step 22 36
3 Stuart O'Grady Team Saxo Bank 10 35
4 Gert Steegmans Team Katusha 25 35
5 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 33
6 Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 13 31
7 Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank 8 30
8 Yukiya Arashiro Bbox Bouygues Télécom 16 27
9 Julian Dean Garmin - Slipstream 0 20
10 Murilo Fischer Liquigas 3 15
22 Trent Lowe Garmin - Slipstream 0 6
33 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Slipstream 0 3
MOUNTAIN STANDINGS
1 Mickael Buffaz Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 1 4
2 Trent Lowe Garmin - Slipstream 0 4
3 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Slipstream 0 2
4 Arnaud Coyot Caisse d'Epargne 0 2
5 Iñigo Landaluze Euskaltel - Euskadi 0 2
6 Philippe Gilbert Silence - Lotto 2 2
7 Jesse Anthony Team Type 1 0 1
8 Paul Voss Team Milram 0 1
Edited by acornwell on 09-04-2009 04:20
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