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| fcancellara |
Posted on 06-03-2013 18:20
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Good result!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-03-2013 23:14
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Henao was so close to the win today 
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@fcancellara - Thanks, just one more place to go up!
@sutty - Indeed and thanks!
Didn't have time today, so the next stage comes up on saturday! 
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Good luck in the next stage |
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@Ian Butler - Thanks!
It's time trial day here in Argentina, let's get ready for some man to man battle throughout the 19.2 kilometer long course. Let's get too it!
My bet: Phinney
The first bigger name out in the saddle was Great Britain's TT Champion, Alex Dowsett, who is Movistar's new addition for the season. He was struggling a bit during his run, but still managed to get the lead with the clock stopping at 27'10.
Next favorite out there was stage 2 winner Taylor Phinney, who was considered as the best time-trialer of the race before the stage. Well, he lived up to the expectations, blewing Dowsett's time out of the water! The american got to the line in just 26'00! Amazing ride!
We slowly got to the top 10, where the best ITT rider was arguably the dutch champion, Lieuwe Westra. He did the course pretty fast, but was it enough? No, as was 33 seconds off, but that was still enough for the 2nd! That really shows you how dominant Phinney was for BMC.
The GC 3rd pre-stage, Sergio Henao was the 3rd last to start, only Poels and Favili were going after him. Let's get back to our colombian though! He just surprised the experts with a nice ride, which took 26'44. That was eventually enough for him to get 5th, which is a really result for him, I believe.
The leaders jersey! Here is italian talent, Elia Favili in the orange! Is he a good enought TTer to keep his jersey? It seems unlikely nonetheless. He wasn't going to pacey, finishing way down, so that means, Taylor Phinney takes the stage, that's his second, and is going to wear the orange on the next stage!
 | 1 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | 26'00 |  | 2 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 33 |  | 3 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 40 | | 4 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | + 44 |  | 5 | Sergio Henao | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | s.t. | | 6 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | + 52 |  | 7 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 53 |  | 8 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 54 |  | 9 | Gatis Smukulis | Katusha Team | + 55 |  | 10 | Alexander Wetterhall | Team NetApp - Endura | + 56 |
Spoiler | 11 | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar | + 1'01 | | 12 | Mads Christensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1'05 | | 13 | Joseph Dombrowski | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | + 1'06 | | 14 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'07 | | 15 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 16 | Fabio Duarte | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | + 1'08 | | 17 | Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'09 | | 18 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 19 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | + 1'10 | | 20 | Romain Lemarchand | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1'12 | | 21 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 1'13 | | 22 | Franco Pellizotti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 23 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 1'15 | | 24 | Danilo Di Luca | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | + 1'16 | | 25 | Jan Ghyselinck | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 26 | José Mendes | Team NetApp - Endura | + 1'17 | | 27 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 1'20 | | 28 | Karsten Kroon | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1'21 | | 29 | Danny Van Poppel | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 30 | Stefano Garzelli | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | + 1'24 | | 31 | Marko Kump | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1'25 | | 32 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'26 | | 33 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'27 | | 34 | Xavier Florencio | Katusha Team | + 1'29 | | 35 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1'31 | | 36 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | + 1'32 | | 37 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 38 | André Cardoso | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | + 1'34 | | 39 | Oscar Gatto | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 40 | Karol Domagalski | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 41 | Tomás Gil | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1'35 | | 42 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 43 | Fabio Taborre | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | + 1'36 | | 44 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | + 1'37 | | 45 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | + 1'38 | | 46 | Andreas Klier | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'39 | | 47 | Martijn Maaskant | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 48 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 49 | Elia Favilli | Lampre - Merida | + 1'40 | | 50 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 51 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'41 | | 52 | Miguel Rubiano | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1'43 | | 53 | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'44 | | 54 | Josué Moyano | Caja Rural | + 1'45 | | 55 | Wesley Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 56 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 57 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 58 | David De la Cruz | Team NetApp - Endura | + 1'46 | | 59 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 60 | Daniel Navarro | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 61 | José Serpa | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 62 | Yelko Gomez | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 63 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'47 | | 64 | Leonardo Duque | Colombia | + 1'49 | | 65 | Russell Downing | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 66 | Benjamín Noval | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1'51 | | 67 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1'52 | | 68 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 69 | Takashi Miyazawa | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1'54 | | 70 | Francesco Lasca | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 71 | Jeffry Romero | Colombia | s.t. | | 72 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1'55 | | 73 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | + 1'56 | | 74 | Frederik Veuchelen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 75 | Jakob Rathe | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | s.t. | | 76 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Lampre - Merida | + 1'57 | | 77 | Alessandro Malaguti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 1'58 | | 78 | Michael Schwarzmann | Team NetApp - Endura | + 1'59 | | 79 | Marco Frapporti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 2'00 | | 80 | Dalivier Ospina | Colombia | + 2'02 | | 81 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | + 2'03 | | 82 | Manuel Cardoso | Caja Rural | + 2'04 | | 83 | Kevin Hulsmans | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | + 2'05 | | 84 | Mattia Gavazzi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 2'06 | | 85 | Juan Pablo Valencia | Colombia | s.t. | | 86 | Wilson Marentes | Colombia | + 2'07 | | 87 | Luis Ángel Maté | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 88 | Guillaume Boivin | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | s.t. | | 89 | Alexander Porsev | Katusha Team | + 2'08 | | 90 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 91 | Francisco Javier Moreno | Caja Rural | + 2'09 | | 92 | Giovanni Bernaudeau | Team Europcar | + 2'12 | | 93 | Duber Quintero | Colombia | + 2'13 | | 94 | Julien Fouchard | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 95 | Daniel Schorn | Team NetApp - Endura | + 2'27 | | 96 | Rafael de Mattos Andriato | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 1 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | 13h08'20 | | 2 | Sergio Henao | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | + 16 | | 3 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 17 | | 4 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 30 | | 5 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 31 | | 6 | Mads Christensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 49 | | 7 | Fabio Duarte | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | + 52 | | 8 | Franco Pellizotti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 57 | | 9 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 1'00 | | 10 | Danilo Di Luca | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 1 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | | 64 | | 2 | Elia Favilli | Lampre - Merida | | 45 | | 3 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | | 34 |
| 1 | Manuel Cardoso | Caja Rural | | 15 | | 2 | Russell Downing | Team NetApp - Endura | | 14 | | 3 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | | 10 |
Nice stage for us, Henao was terrific and he jumped up a place in the GC, so he is 2nd right now. Dombrowski and Duarte were also well above their expected results, so I'm really glad about the teams' performace overall.
Can't wait for tomorrow's mountain stage too, it suits us nicely! |
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Posted on 09-03-2013 23:10
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Nice time trialling from Sergio |
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Posted on 10-03-2013 10:14
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Seems your bet was right |
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Posted on 10-03-2013 20:47
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@sutty - Thanks, it was surprising to me too.
@Ian Butler - It seemed evident with those stats.
The first mountain stage of the year! Although it's not an MTF, but it still "offers" some struggle to the riders. As for my bet, I'll go for more of a hilly guy, who has a good sprint. If he can hang on, the stage might be his.
My bet: Visconti
Today's stage kicked off with some heavy attacks, but most of the better climbers were reeled in by BMC and Vacansoleil. After many tries a 14-man break broke through, headlined by Manuel Cardoso and Robbie Hunter.
Let's jump to the climb, where several attacks happened, but none of them were too serious. Well, at least they managed to make the peloton work, resulting in the catch of the escapees. And now, join our live coverage!
Wout Poels with the attack! Right at the steepest section, the dutchman accelerated, nobody seems to be able to follow him! Can he go on? The pace changes signifcantly at the back, it's now Andre Cardoso and Joe Dombrowski pacing. They're keeping Poels at around 30 seconds, when Henao launches his attack!
The colombaian joins the Vacansoleil rider upfront, and they're able to create a gap of a minute approx. At that moment the pace in the peloton is iniciated by Katusha and BMC, but none of those teams are able to make a significant change of the gap. Now the mountain is over, the question is: Can the leading two keep the gap on the flats?
Well, it seems like only one of them can! Henao drops Poels. who is slowly sliding back into the pack! What a surprise, as the dutchman is considered as the better rouler than the little colombian.
Just one kilometer left for Sergio Henao, the difference in time is still over a minute, it's over! It's going to be an easy one from now on! It can be a big day in his career!
Here is he, crossing the line with a solid celebration! Henao takes the win with a really nice solo! Can he take over the GC with that performance? The clock is ticking...
Here is the bunch, who gets second? It's Duarte! That makes it a 1-2 for US Postal! This season starts nicely for the reborn team! Westra gets 3rd today, the peloton's time is 1'13 slower than Henao's, so it's now official. Sergio Henao is the race leader from now on! Let's how he handles the responsabilities coming with the orange...
| 1 | Sergio Henao | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | 4h10'12 | | 2 | Fabio Duarte | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | + 1'13 | | 3 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 5 | Franco Pellizotti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. |  | 6 | Rafael de Mattos Andriato | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 7 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | Oscar Gatto | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. |  | 9 | Xavier Florencio | Katusha Team | s.t. |  | 10 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. |
| 1 | Sergio Henao | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | 17h18'28 | | 2 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 1'17 | | 3 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'26 | | 4 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 1'47 | | 5 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'48 | | 6 | Fabio Duarte | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | + 1'57 | | 7 | Mads Christensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2'06 | | 8 | Franco Pellizotti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 2'14 | | 9 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 2'17 | | 10 | Danilo Di Luca | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 1 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | | 73 | | 2 | Sergio Henao | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | | 57 | | 3 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | | 50 |
| 1 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | | 20 | | 2 | Manuel Cardoso | Caja Rural | | 20 | | 3 | Sergio Henao | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | | 16 |
What an incredible stage! A 1-2! It seems like our early season peaks are going to bring some nice results! Just can't say anything right now, I'm speechless!
Finally I can start that Victories column in the reserves! |
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Posted on 10-03-2013 21:15
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What a win! Must be a nice present for your birthday
How about linking the Victories column to the actual reports of the stages? Do you know what I mean?
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Posted on 10-03-2013 21:32
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fcancellara wrote:
What a win! Must be a nice present for your birthday
How about linking the Victories column to the actual reports of the stages? Do you know what I mean?
Yeah I know, but how can I link it?
btw. Thanks for the avatar, it looks great! |
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Posted on 10-03-2013 21:36
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fcancellara wrote:
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Thanks, I'll work it out! :)
EDIT: Done!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-03-2013 09:45
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Wow, Columbian power! |
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Posted on 11-03-2013 12:57
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A Brilliant 1-2 for the team and now Sergio in a strong position on the GC  |
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@Ian Butler -
@sutty68 - Thanks, it's indeed looking great for us.
The MTF will probably be up today evening, so stay tuned! |
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The first Mountain top finish of the year! Everybody in the team is eager to see Sergio on his favourite terrain, hopefully he can keep his lead. Our plan is to control the break, and then let Henao battle it out head to head against the other favorites.
My bet: Henao
Today was like just another day, the start... And of course the breakaway. This time, it was a 5-men group headlined by the same names as in stage 3! It was Manuel Cardoso and Gatis Smukulis again, joined by riders such as Leigh Howard.
While the breakaway was cruising at the front with a comfortable lead around 6 minutes, BMC and US Postal were the ones carrying the pace back behind. Eventually, these two managed to reel the escapees back in, and the pack is just about at the climb right now. Let's get to our live coverage!
As we're nearing the climb, Visconti and Westra are trying to get away from the pack, but BMC is relentlessly pushing the pace, not letting them go anywhere. Now the climb starts to get steeper and steeper, the peloton really hits the high percentages, as Andre Cardoso paces the peloton.
Several attacks at the front, it's Thomas Dekker and Visconti now, who are trying to get away! The GC leader is controlling things from the right, supported by Cardoso. The pace is really high, it's really hard to attack, and succeed, it might just come down to a mass sprint!
There goes the polka! Wout Poels is on the attack, nobody is reacting! He opens up a gap, we're nearing the last kilometer, can he get even further? Henao takes over in the peloton, he is going after Poels!
We're now under the Flamme Rouge, it's still Poels upfront, followed by his teammate Westra, and Henao! US Postal's other columbian, Duarte is also coming through, this quartet creates a gap!
We're in the last 500 meters, Henao caught Poels and he is clearly going faster! This duo opens up a gap, that's for sure, but who is going to take it all? Henao gains ground...
...and takes it! Sensational ride by Sergio Henao, controlling the race nicely, beating Poels and Westra! The wonderkid takes his 2nd win of the season! To make things even better for US Postal, the 4th and the 5th are captured by Duarte and Dombrowski respectively!
| 1 | Sergio Henao | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | 4h04'36 | | 2 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 18 | | 3 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 27 | | 4 | Fabio Duarte | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | s.t. | | 5 | Joseph Dombrowski | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | + 50 | | 6 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 7 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 8 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. |  | 10 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. |
| 1 | Sergio Henao | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | 21h22'44 | | 2 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'05 | | 3 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'14 | | 4 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 2'27 | | 5 | Fabio Duarte | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | + 2'44 | | 6 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 2'57 | | 7 | Mads Christensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 3'16 | | 8 | Franco Pellizotti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | + 3'24 | | 9 | Danilo Di Luca | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | + 3'27 | | 10 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. |
| 1 | Sergio Henao | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | | 82 | | 2 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | | 73 | | 3 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | | 66 |
| 1 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | | 28 | | 2 | Sergio Henao | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | | 26 | | 3 | Manuel Cardoso | Caja Rural | | 23 |
What a stage again! I'm really proud of Sergio, showing his nice form, and demonstrating power, while also deciding the GC! We couldn't have had a better first race than that! Not to mention Duarte and Dombro...
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Posted on 11-03-2013 20:12
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Well, clearly Henao was a league of his own 
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Posted on 12-03-2013 06:27
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He's really done that stylishly |
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Posted on 12-03-2013 12:13
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Sergio is looking awesome in the mountains |
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@fcancellara - Indeed, by far the strongest.
@Ian Butler - Easy breezy.
@sutty68 . I really hope to see it that way the whole year.
Sorry for the lack of updates, the concluding stage comes on Friday or Saturday!
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