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Staying in the World Tour - Argos Shimano - season start
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| harry |
Posted on 21-04-2013 12:30
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2013 is not going to be an easy year for the Argos - Shimano team. It is our goal to maintain our position in the World Tour. This will be a serious challenge as our team is mostly specialized in sprinting and this is not the area where most points can be won. We estimate that 500 points should be sufficient which mostly must be won by winning flat stages of the grand tours and the smaller tours and the relatively flat classics that finish in a mass sprint.
Jonas Ahlstrand
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
No race results yet:
Nikias Arndt
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
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Bert de Backer
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
No race results yet:
Warren Barguil
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
No race results yet:
Will Clarke
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
Abandoned in the Australian National Championships
29th in the Australian National ITT Championships
61st in the 1st stage of the Santos Tour Down Under
59th in the 2nd stage of the Santos Tour Down Under
Roy Curvers
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
No race results yet:
Thomas Damuseau
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
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John Degenkolb
Victories: 0
World Tour: 2 pts (5th)
CQ Tour: 15 pts (27th)
3rd in the 1st stage of the Santos Tour Down Under
11th in the 2nd stage of the Santos Tour Down Under
Tom Dumoulin
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
50th in the 1st stage of the Santos Tour Down Under
58th in the 2nd stage of the Santos Tour Down Under
Johannes Fröhlinger
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
No race results yet:
Simon Geschke
Victories: 0
World Tour: 4 pts (4th)
CQ Tour: 25 pts (19th)
40th in the 1st stage of the Santos Tour Down Under
2nd in the 2nd stage of the Santos Tour Down Under
Patrick Gretsch
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
No race results yet:
Yann Huguet
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
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Thierry Hupond
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
No race results yet:
Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
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Cheng Ji
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
31st in the 1st stage of the Santos Tour Down Under
126th in the 2nd stage of the Santos Tour Down Under
Marcel Kittel
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
No race results yet:
Koen de Kort
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 3 pts (48th)
35th in the 1st stage of the Santos Tour Down Under
6th in the 2nd stage of the Santos Tour Down Under
Luka Mezgec
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
No race results yet:
Tobias Ludvigsson
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
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François Parisien
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
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Tom Peterson
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
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Georg Preidler
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
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Ramon Sinkeldam
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
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Mattieu Sprick
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
No race results yet:
Tom Stamsnijder
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
27th in the 1st stage of the Santos Tour Down Under
65th in the 2nd stage of the Santos Tour Down Under
Albert Timmer
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
No race results yet:
Tom Veelers
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
No race results yet:
Yan Dong Xing
Victories: 0
World Tour: 0
CQ Tour: 0
No race results yet:
Edited by harry on 25-04-2013 22:38
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 21-04-2013 12:35
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Nice idea. Do you want to reserve some posts or can I post?
Good luck!
Feyenoord(football) and Kelderman fanboy
PCMdaily Awards: 12x nomination, 9x runner-up, 0x win.
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| TTtheGladiator |
Posted on 21-04-2013 12:40
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You've already posted  I love the idea and layout so far of this story. I've just started getting into these stories, and this looks to be a great start! I can't wait to see some racing! 
When you can't decide between two options, flip a coin. Not because the result of the coin will choose for you, but because, in that split second before the coin lands, you'll know what side you want it to fall on. |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 21-04-2013 12:41
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you can delete post you know 
good luck, dutch teams always have my interest
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 21-04-2013 12:43
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Best of luck! Degenkolb will be important in the cobbled classics and Amstel for points!
San Remo should be a gift for Argos, though |
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| harry |
Posted on 21-04-2013 21:08
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The Australian National Championships
Buninyong - Buninyong 196 km
 Will Clarke
As expected Orica Greenedge took control of the race as they had several candidates for the victory in their squad. They allowed breakaways but kept the gap between the breakaway and the pack relatively short.
During sudden heavy rains McCarthy, Clarke, Dennis, Lloyd and Wurf managed to increase the gap with the pack where the riders were struggling and barely managed to stay on their bikes on the slippery roads. Greenedge completely dropped the pace and soon the lead of the escapies was more than 30 minutes.
In the heavy storm Lloyd suprised his fellow escapies and eventually arrived at the finish alone in this bizare race. He is the new Australian Champion! Behind him Wurf sprinted to the second place before Clarke, Dennis and McCarthy. The riders in the pack did not make it to the finish as the storm was getting worse by the minute.
Full race results:
| 1 | | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre - Merida | 5h16'15 | | 2 | | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 26 | | 3 | | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | | Rohan Dennis | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 5 | | Jay McCarthy | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. |
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| harry |
Posted on 21-04-2013 21:13
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Thanks guys. You can go ahead and post. This was my first race on PCM12 and one of the most bizare ones ever. Greenedge didn't seem to be interested in the victory once it started to rain. And only 5 riders made it to the finish. I hope the other races will give somewhat more realistic results. Anyway, it was a fun race... |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 21-04-2013 21:13
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Very good introduction and a nice, neat reporting style!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 21-04-2013 21:18
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The Australian National Championships are always a bizarre race |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 21-04-2013 22:53
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harry - Good Luck, hope you enjoy yourself |
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| wogsrus |
Posted on 22-04-2013 01:40
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Should be interesting to see how you fare against the other WT teams this year. Good luck. |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 22-04-2013 02:32
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Good Luck with this. The intro looks good and the reporting style is very nice. Hope Argos can stay in the World Tour 
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| alex344 |
Posted on 22-04-2013 03:39
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Good luck with the career. And hope you can stay within the UCI World Tour.
Just a quick question what are your sponsor goals for the season?
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| TTtheGladiator |
Posted on 22-04-2013 04:40
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
you can delete post you know
I do now...
When you can't decide between two options, flip a coin. Not because the result of the coin will choose for you, but because, in that split second before the coin lands, you'll know what side you want it to fall on. |
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| harry |
Posted on 22-04-2013 21:07
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The Australian National ITT Championships
Balarat - Balarat 37 km
Will Clarke
Things were looking excellent for Orica - Greenedge as Durbridge, O'Grady and Meyer put excellent times on the clock, while Evans, Bobridge and Rogers didn't perform well. Only Porte managed to make it to the podium on the first two sectors. But in the most difficult and slight uphill last section Porte was very quick and eventually managed to put the fastest time on the clock. He is the new Australian National ITT Championship.
Full race results:
| 1 | | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | 52'58 | | 2 | | Luke Durbridge | Orica - GreenEdge | + 5 | | 3 | | Stuart O'Grady | Orica - GreenEdge | + 19 | | 4 | | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | + 23 | | 5 | | Michael Rogers | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 26 | | 6 | | Jack Bobridge | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 31 | | 8 | | Michael Hepburn | Orica - GreenEdge | + 43 | | 9 | | Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEdge | + 48 | | 10 | | Zakkari Dempster | Team NetApp - Endura | + 50 | | 11 | | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 54 | | 12 | | Rory Sutherland | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1'02 | | 13 | | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol | + 1'06 | | 14 | | Travis Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'08 | | 15 | | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'17 | | 16 | | Rohan Dennis | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'19 | | 17 | | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'25 | | 18 | | Nathan Haas | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'36 | | 19 | | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 20 | | Jay McCarthy | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1'45 | | 21 | | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | + 1'50 | | 22 | | Mitchell Lovelock-Fay | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 23 | | Glenn O'Shea | An Post - Chainreaction | + 1'54 | | 24 | | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre - Merida | + 2'02 | | 25 | | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2'15 |
Edited by harry on 25-04-2013 19:12
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| Daggen |
Posted on 22-04-2013 22:25
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If you don't want to show the whole results you can put a spoiler from the tenth and down .
Overall very good so far. Keep it up. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 22-04-2013 23:08
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Agree with Daggen, everything is looking Good so far |
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| harry |
Posted on 24-04-2013 22:42
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Santos Tour Down Under
Stage 1: Prospect - Lobethal 133 km
 John Degenkolb - Will Clarke -  Tom Dumoulin - Simon Geschke -  Cheng Ji - Koen de Kort - Tom Stamsnijder
There was immediate action at the start of the first stage of the Tour Down Under. Several riders tried to get into the breakaway, but despite sprinters as Goss, Cavendish and Greipel weren't present, the pack didn't want to let anybody go and force the stage into a mass sprint. Eventually, Ponzi, Geslin and Lloyd in his newly acquired Australian National jersey were allowed to breakaway from the pack.
Geslin showed that he was the strongest rider of the breakaway. He arrived first on top of the Skoda King of the Mountain sprint on Checkers Hill Road before Ponzi and Lloyd. He also took the first two Jayco sprints at Onkaparinga Valley road before Lloyd and Ponzi and Ponzi and Lloyd. The riders never got more than four minutes. And at the end of the race the pack slowly brought back the escapies to well before the finish. To secure the third intermediate sprint Geslin left the others behind.
Despite his attempt Geslin wasn't able to make it to the finish alone and due to work of Argos - Shimano and AG2R the pack steamed to the finish. Eventually it was Gallopin who was positioned perfectly behind Degenkolb and beat him just before the finishline.
Full race results:
| 1 |  | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Leopard | 3h26'05 | | 2 |  | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 3 | | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 4 |  | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 5 | | André Schulze | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 6 |  | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 |  | Lucas Haedo | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 8 | | Mark Renshaw | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10 |  | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 11 | | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 12 | | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 13 |  | Kris Boeckmans | Vacansoleil | s.t. | | 14 | | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 15 | | Juan José Lobato | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 16 |  | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma | s.t. | | 17 | | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 18 |  | Miguel Ubeto | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 19 | | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 20 | | Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 21 | | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 22 |  | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 23 | | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 24 | | Maarten Neyens | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 25 | | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |
General Standings:
| 1 | | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Leopard | 3h25'55 | | 2 | | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | + 1 | | 3 | | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | + 4 | | 4 | | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | + 5 | | 5 | | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | + 6 | | 6 | | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 7 | | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | + 10 | | 8 | | André Schulze | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 9 | | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | | Lucas Haedo | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 11 | | Mark Renshaw | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 13 | | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 14 | | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 15 | | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 16 | | Kris Boeckmans | Vacansoleil | s.t. | | 17 | | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 18 | | Juan José Lobato | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 19 | | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma | s.t. | | 20 | | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 21 | | Miguel Ubeto | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 22 | | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 23 | | Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 24 | | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 25 | | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | s.t. |
Point Standings:
| 1 | | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | 18 | | 2 | | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | 10 | | 3 | | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre - Merida | 8 | | 4 | | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Leopard | 8 | | 5 | | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | 6 | | 6 | | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | 4 |
Mountain Standings:
| 1 | | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | 16 | | 2 | | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | 12 | | 3 | | Matthew Lloyd | Lampre - Merida | 8 | | 4 | | Jérémy Roy | FDJ | 6 | | 5 | | Nathan Haas | Garmin - Sharp | 4 |
Edited by harry on 25-04-2013 19:18
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 24-04-2013 23:28
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Nice sprinting from Degenkolb |
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 25-04-2013 00:21
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Nice reports so far but you should really put the results except for the Top 10, maybe Top 20, in a spoiler
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