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| 547984 |
Posted on 07-01-2014 19:55
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Can't do much against both Costa and Quintana, 2nd is very good already! 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-01-2014 19:56
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It was a good race. Too bad about losing that win in the end but still a nice final result  |
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 07-01-2014 22:27
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jseadog1 - Well, small difference, but we tried everything and it was just impossible to get these 8 seconds. Anyway, 2nd is good result with this competition.
547984 - Exactly. Visconti was there aswell. Thanks!
Ian Butler - It was good one, indeed. Truth has been spoken! Thanks.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 07-01-2014 22:52
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I'm really happy for you admir that everything seems to be okay with your family and it's good to see that this story will continue.
Spilak's form is definitely showing up and I'm confident that he can impress in March at the big stage races. Losing by 8 seconds is just part of the sport. Still a great performance by the team in France.
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 08-01-2014 11:42
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All - From this moment, new system (only WT races) starts. And just for info, i won't do monthly rankings anymore (since there's no much races, so that means i would need to do them after only few reports), but maybe each 3 months or each 6 months. I really don't like doing them , but it won't hurt 4 or twice a year.
Shonak - Thanks so much, mate. I am happy as well.
Well , it's not like he's in form. If he was , he would easily get this. It's on 4 for him now, and that's not so impressive, tbh. But his result was great, altough daily form was against us, as well.
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 08-01-2014 20:19
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 Paris - Nice - Preview
It's time for the "race to the sun" ! As every year, PN starts with short prologue and has 8 stages. It's going to be perfect time for Rodriguez to get some kilometers before hilly classics and perfect chance for Spilak to go for GC win!
2 flat stages comes after a short prologue at the start of the race. And these 2 are only flat at this race. After that, real "race to the sun" starts. Firstly 2 hilly stages where we should expect first attacks and heating up and then 1 mountain and once again hilly stage, before last one, mountain ITT. It's definitely going to be hard as hell, but we have great team (check below) , so we're not afraid!
But like these stages aren't enough for great race, startlist is even better. It's full of some biggest names in cycling world like : Cancellara , Martin , Froome , Rodriguez , Sagan , Contador , Degenkolb , Voeckler , Sanchez ... Just awesome!
But it's not like we came here unprepared. Rodriguez, as the best guy in our team generally is our on-papre leader. Of course, he'll use this just to get his form right, so count on Spilak as real leader. Kristoff and Haller are guys for sprint. What can i say anymore? Just great squad.
So , that was all for preview of PN. See ya on race reports!
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| Selwink |
Posted on 08-01-2014 20:22
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Good luck in La Course au Soleil, Purito should be able to get a top-3, if not better.
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| 547984 |
Posted on 08-01-2014 22:10
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That's a loaded team Katusha is taking there. 
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 08-01-2014 23:05
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Spilak certainly put in a brave ride in the Mediterraneen and was so unlucky not to get the win  |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 09-01-2014 01:37
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The squad looks like you want to get some double victories here again, both in the hilly stages as well as in the flat stages. Go Purito & Spilak... and Haller!
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 09-01-2014 11:35
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Selwink - As i already said in preview, he is not in form and he is only on-paper leader, so Spilak is once again our leader. That might change if Purito gets form, but it's hard to believe in that.
547984 - Well, we want every single WT point, so team is pretty strong.
sutty68 - Indeed. We tried everything , but that didn't help. Costa was just unbeatable. 
Shonak - Haha , indeed. I will try to and i hopes so. And hey, don't forget Kristoff!
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| Shonak |
Posted on 09-01-2014 15:03
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About monthly rankings: I do them in Gora Euskadi after Tour de Romandie and after Tour de Pologne and one at the end of the year. I think that's enough and gives a good enough overview.
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 10-01-2014 11:42
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Shonak - So basically after GTs? Sounds good , might even use that idea (if you're okay with it, of course).
Paris - Nice - Stage 1
A short prologue opens Paris - Nice this year. With so great TT competition, we don't have anything to search here, but we'll try not to lose too much time.
Spilak was our first guy on starting ramp, and he disappointed. At that point, he was only 4th with 6 seconds behind leader. We definitely expected more from him here. No good result for our guys, except Kristoff who honestly surprised me with good result. He even was on podium for some time.
As i said , no noticable result for our guys, so we're going to focus on race and stage favourites now.
Chavanel was first favourite to start. He easily got first position. He can definitely hope for podium here.
Phinney started right after him. American youngster tried everything, but he was 2 seconds behind French ITT champion, at the end.
Froome, who was in Top3 favourites disappointed hardly. Of course, that was somehow expected, since his focus is TdF this year, and we're few months far away from it.
And now, it was time for 2 ITT legends, Cancellara and Martin. German started first and got first position without any problems. He's 7 seconds in front of Sylvain and that's impressive on 2km ITT.
And, the last guy on start was Spartacus. Nothing impressive for him , since he finished on 2nd place, 5 seconds behind Martin.
Nice win for Martin and disappoint' result from Katusha guys. That can be short highlight of this 1st stage.
| 1 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 3'43 | | 2 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Leopard | + 5 | | 3 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 7 | | 4 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 9 | | 5 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Procycling | + 10 | | 6 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Lars Boom | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | Michael Rogers | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 11 | | 10 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Richie Porte | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 12 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 13 | Peter Sagan | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 14 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 12 | | 15 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 16 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 17 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 18 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 19 | Luis León Sánchez | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 20 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 21 | Thomas Löfkvist | IAM Cycling | + 13 | | 22 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 23 | Andreas Klöden | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 24 | Gustav Erik Larsson | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 25 | Robert Gesink | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 26 | Patrick Gretsch | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 27 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 28 | Daniele Bennati | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 29 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 30 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 31 | David Zabriskie | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 32 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 14 | | 33 | Jérôme Coppel | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 34 | Stijn Devolder | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 35 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | + 15 | | 36 | Jonathan Hivert | Sojasun | s.t. | | 37 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 38 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 16 | | 39 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 40 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 41 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 42 | Daryl Impey | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 43 | Kristjan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 44 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 45 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 17 | | 46 | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 47 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 48 | Grégory Rast | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 49 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 50 | Chris Horner | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 51 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 52 | William Bonnet | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 53 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 54 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 55 | Rein Taaramäe | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 56 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 18 | | 57 | Christian Vande Velde | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 58 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 59 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 60 | Theo Bos | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 61 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 62 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 63 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 64 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 65 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica - GreenEdge | + 19 | | 66 | Marc Goos | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 67 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 68 | Dries Devenyns | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 69 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 70 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 71 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 72 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 20 | | 73 | Paul Poux | Sojasun | s.t. | | 74 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 75 | Brian Vandborg | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 76 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 77 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 78 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 79 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ.fr | + 21 | | 80 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 81 | José Serpa | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 82 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 83 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 84 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 85 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 86 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Leopard | + 22 | | 87 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 88 | Mark Renshaw | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 89 | Tomasz Marczynski | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 90 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 91 | Juan José Cobo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 92 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 93 | Sandy Casar | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 94 | Yoann Bagot | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 95 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 96 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 97 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 23 | | 98 | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 99 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 100 | Tim Wellens | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 101 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 102 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 103 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 104 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 105 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 106 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 107 | David Le Lay | Sojasun | s.t. | | 108 | Kristof Goddaert | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 109 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 110 | Steve Chainel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 111 | Juan José Lobato | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 112 | Luke Rowe | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 113 | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 114 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 115 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 116 | Eros Capecchi | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 117 | Perrig Quemeneur | Team Europcar | + 24 | | 118 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 119 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 120 | Andrey Kashechkin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 121 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 122 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 123 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 124 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 125 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 126 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 127 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 128 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 129 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 130 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 131 | Jan Polanc | Lampre - 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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 10-01-2014 12:20
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Rankings behind every GT might be a good idea
Katusha, not TT favorites |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 10-01-2014 12:24
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Of course, I wouldn't have said it otherwise. Basically 30th April, 31st August and the end of october. I feel like it gives a good overview of the season.
Not the best prologoue from the guys. It could be expected that Purito has no chance, but Spilak lost quite some time. I imagined him to be at least Top 20.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 10-01-2014 12:26
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Great report Admir. And a nice story you got here. Keep it up
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| VoetsT |
Posted on 10-01-2014 12:29
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Nice story you have here
Spilak will have a lot of work this week
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 10-01-2014 12:43
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The guys won't be too dis-heartened with there time trial displays |
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 10-01-2014 13:43
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All - I am now going to Bosnia&Herzegowina for 3 days and right after that going to Rome for 5 days again. So, no reports for 8 days, at least.
Ian Butler - Yeah, it really is great idea. Well, Katusha has some good TT guys (Spilak 76 , Chernetskiy 73, Belkov 74 etc.) , but we just failed here so hard. We'll try to correct that in next few stages!
Shonak - Oh , thanks. Yep, great idea indeed, especially for lazy asses like me. Yes, Spilak failed so hard. That's maybe because of his startlist number (don't forget he was the first Katusha's guy on start) , maybe because his form. We are definitely going to see that at rest of the race!
Jakstar22 - Thanks! I really love to report these ITT's and say each detail about them and that's probably why my TT reports are longer than usual. I am really enjoying the story at the moment and i hope i'll continue to write it much longer than any previous.
VoetsT - Thanks to you, as well! Well , not so much. He's "only" 17 seconds behind Martin and about 5-6 seconds behind some "serious" GT contenders. But still, we'll need to set up everything perfectly if we want a guy on podium.
sutty68 - Hah, indeed. Thanks God it was short prologue.
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| baia |
Posted on 10-01-2014 14:56
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Good Tour Méditerrainéen, R.Costa was stronger. The team is doing great even with this awfull start in PN... now someone will have to react.. good for the show.
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