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Petronas - Monster Energy; The end of an era
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| dienblad |
Posted on 27-12-2012 16:42
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Stage 1
Our "old" Belgian Sébastien Rosseler is the first rider to set a really fast time in the streets of Porrentruy. He needs 5'37 for the 4.3 kilometres.
But that time ain't good enough for the win, as Saxo's Lasse Bochman sets a surprisingly fast 5'36, 1 single second faster.
An other Scandinavian rider that finishes in 5'36. But Thomas Löfkvist (Sony Ericsson) is a few tenths of a second slower than Bochman and has to settle with the 2nd time.
This year, Wilco Kelderman will be the leader of the team in a GT for the first time in his career. He has showed already numerous times in smaller World Tour stage races that he can ride a very good GC, like 5th in Paris - Nice and 1st in the Volta a Catalunya this year. The road to glory in the Giro starts in the Tour de Romandie, as the 23-year-old Dutch allrounder is 1 second faster than Bochman: 5'35!
The last rider to start is Alberto Contador. ALthough being a great time trialist, 4.3 kilometres is too short for El Pistolero. Nevertheless, he sets the 6th time of the day, only 2 seconds slower than Kelderman, who wins the opening stage.
Results & GC
| 1 |  Wilco Kelderman | Petronas - Monster Energy | 5'35 | | 2 |  Lasse Bøchman | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 1 | | 3 |  Thomas Löfkvist | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 4 |  Sébastien Rosseler | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 2 | | 5 |  Edvald Boasson Hagen | Dexia | s.t. | | 6 |  Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 |  Christian Knees | Sky ProCycling | + 4 | | 8 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 |  Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 6 | | 10 | Brent Bookwalter | Sony Ericsson | s.t. |
Today's Winner
Word from the DS
Well, all I can say is that it is a perfect start of the Tour de Romandie for the team! STill, we don't know if we want to defend the leaders jersey already...
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-12-2012 17:05
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One goal already achieved here, excellent  |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 27-12-2012 17:27
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Good stage win their. |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 27-12-2012 19:32
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@ Ian Butler: And I've got the feeling, the other one will be succeeded as well, looking at Kelderman's fitness and skills.
@ Miguel98: Thanks. I Don't win that many prologues, so I'm happy with it.
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| Daggen |
Posted on 27-12-2012 21:44
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Great result!  |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 27-12-2012 22:14
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Stage 2
34km to go
The 2nd stage from Porrentruy to Fleurier is a difficult one, as it features 3 categorized climbs, 2 of them 1st category and the last one 2nd category. That last summit, of the Mont de Buttes, is located 34km before the finish.
The BOTD, consisiting of 10 riders, arrives at the KOTM-sprint with a margin of 3'17 to the peloton. Jérôme Baugnies (Vacansoleil) wins the sprint, thus secures himself of the KOTM-jersey. Other "known" riders in this BOTD are Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma), Mauricio Ardila (Radio Shack) and Sébastien Minard (Garmin).
22km to go
The gap to the 10 leaders is decreasing (down to 2'29), when Alberto Contador attacks on a ascending part of the road. Wout Poels and Daniel Martin try to counter, while we are just continuing a high pace.
10km to go
Contador and friends get caught. Next to try to attack is Christophe Le Mével (Europcar), shortly before the descend towards Fleurier begins. The 10 leaders still have a margin of 48 seconds, to Le Mével, who gets countered by Contador and Fabio Duarte.
Finish
Le Mével and Contador manage to bridge the gap to the 10 leaders, before the sprint in Fleurier starts. Czech national champion Zdenek Stybar wins the sprint, in front of Le Mével and Minard. The peloton finishes in the same time, with Peter Sagan in 14th and Wilco Kelderman in 15th.
Results
| 1 |  Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 4h27'32 | | 2 |  Christophe Le Mével | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 3 | Sébastien Minard | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 4 |  Alessandro Proni | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 5 |  Dale Appleby | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 6 | Matteo Busato | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 7 | Jérôme Baugnies | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | George Hincapie | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 9 |  Walter Pedraza | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | s.t. | | 10 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | s.t. | | ... | | 14 |  Peter Sagan | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Wilco Kelderman | Petronas - Monster Energy | 4h33'07 | | 2 | Lasse Bøchman | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 1 | | 3 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 4 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | + 2 | | 5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Dexia | s.t. | | 6 | Christian Knees | Sky ProCycling | + 4 | | 7 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | George Hincapie | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 5 | | 9 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 6 | | 10 |  Janez Brajkovic | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
Today's Winner
Word from the DS
Attempt 1 to kick Kelderman out of the leaders jersey has failed. But still, we stick to the plan of not defending the jersey to all costs. We don't want to waste the energy we need for the 3 weeks in Italy.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 27-12-2012 22:18
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You kept the GC lead, so that's a good stage for the team. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-12-2012 23:09
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Nice start from Kelderman in Switzerland |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 28-12-2012 08:42
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Good for Stybar, actually 
It's wise not to defend the jersey at all costs. Though let's hope you can keep it anyway! |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 28-12-2012 10:56
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Good start so far.  |
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| Daggen |
Posted on 28-12-2012 11:07
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WOOO STYBAR!!! |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 28-12-2012 12:55
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Stage 3
34km to go
It is certain pretty soon after the BOTD has created a gap of a few minutes to the peloton, that they'll battle for the win today. We approve their attack, knowing that Kelderman will loose the GC-lead for now. And the other teams don't want to chase them, so the 8 leaders create a maximum margin of 11 minutes. This is the point we say that it is enough, and start to chase them a bit.
But Mauro Facci (Acqua et Sapone, best classified of the 8 at 2'23), Kim Kirchen (Sony Ericsson), Luis Felipe Laverde (Colombia), David Loosli (Lampre), Freddy Montaña (Colombia), Luca Pierfelici (Androni), Mark Renshaw (Rabobank) and Sébastien Turgot (Europcar) have a margin of 8'11 while ascending La Lorette for the 2nd time. Halfway the kilometre-long hill, Swiss David Loosli attacks.
Finish
Loosli is looking to win the stage, creating a maximum margin of 40 seconds. But the 7 cooperate pretty well, and the margin is decreasing when they approach the finish line in Fribourg.
Loosli starts to celebrate the win 100 metres before the finish, but realizes he has made a huge mistake, as het gets Zabel'd by both Mark Renshaw and Kim Kirchen. The Australian champ takes the win, already his 4th of the season, and poor/stupid Loosli finishes in 4th. Facci finishes in 6th and will take over the GC-lead!
A big crash occurs in the peloton 6km before the finish. You can see Janez Brajkovic his bikes in the air in the middle of the screen. Besides Brajkovic, also Intxausti, Kiryienka, Duarte and Van den Broeck loose some time (2'05) because of the crash.
The peloton finishes at 5'22, with Haussler beating Boasson Hagen, Rojas and Sagan in the sprint.
Results
| 1 |  Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | 4h19'01 | | 2 |  Kim Kirchen | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 3 |  David Loosli | Lampre - Alitalia | s.t. | | 4 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 5 | Luis Felipe Laverde | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | s.t. | | 6 | Mauro Facci | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 7 | Luca Pierfelici | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 8 | Freddy Montaña | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | s.t. | | 9 | Heinrich Haussler | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 5'22 | | 10 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Dexia | s.t. | | ... | | 12 | Peter Sagan | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Mauro Facci | Acqua & Sapone | 8h54'19 | | 2 | Luca Pierfelici | Androni Giocattoli | + 23 | | 3 | Luis Felipe Laverde | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | s.t. | | 4 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | + 1'17 | | 5 | Kim Kirchen | Sony Ericsson | + 1'23 | | 6 | David Loosli | Lampre - Alitalia | + 2'46 | | 7 | Wilco Kelderman | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 3'11 | | 8 | Lasse Bøchman | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 3'12 | | 9 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sony Ericsson | s.t. | | 10 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Dexia | + 3'13 |
Points
| 1 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 31 | | 2 | Kim Kirchen | Sony Ericsson | 25 | | 3 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | 25 | | 4 | Mauro Facci | Acqua & Sapone | 22 | | 5 | Christophe Le Mével | Team Europcar | 20 |
KOTM
| 1 | David Loosli | Lampre - Alitalia | 24 | | 2 | Jérôme Baugnies | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 22 | | 3 | Alessandro Proni | Androni Giocattoli | 19 | | 4 | Dale Appleby | Sky ProCycling | 18 | | 5 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 12 |
Today's Winner
Word from the DS
So, we've lost the leaders jersey. But the time gap won't be a real problem, with the 23km ITT coming up, as well as 2 mountain stages.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 28-12-2012 12:56
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With the TT, Kelderman should easilly step up back to the GC lead. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 28-12-2012 13:06
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Loving the crash pic  |
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| Maddrengen |
Posted on 28-12-2012 13:07
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You guys really think he'll gain 3 minutes on 23 kms?
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| Daggen |
Posted on 28-12-2012 13:44
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Maddrengen wrote:
You guys really think he'll gain 3 minutes on 23 kms?
Looking at the TT stats it's not impossible |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 28-12-2012 13:49
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Excellent, only lesser riders passed him in the GC! |
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Posted on 28-12-2012 14:02
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Not sure about how he will have developed, but is Kirchen not quite a major threat?
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| dienblad |
Posted on 28-12-2012 15:38
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@ all: It's not only the ITT, but also the 2 mountainous stage. Probably the first 6 in the GC will loose the 3 minutes there. And Kirchen has weakend, I believe about 72-73 in Mo and TT
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| dienblad |
Posted on 29-12-2012 10:47
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Stage 4
The first of 3 decisive stages is a 23km ITT with start and finish in Moudon. It features a climb with a height difference of 300 metres in the first kilometres, what probably will be the decisive part of the route.
Movistar's Belarusian Kanstantsin Siutsou is the first to set a time that van bring him in the top 5. He's '28 faster than the best time so far set by Andreas Klöden: 33'43.
Janez Brajkovic was aiming for a Top 3 in the GC, but a crash yesterday made him forget these plans. Still, he rides a very good ITT, being '4 faster than Siutsou. New best time: 33'39.
All the GC-contenders have passed the first split time:
1. Kelderman 16'14; 2. Contador +25; 3. EB Hagen +30; 4. Bochman +45; 5. Knees +45.
Alberto Contador has saved some energy in the first part of the race, and accelerates when the road gets flat. He arrives at the finish with a new best time of 32'58!
Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen was 5 seconds slower than Contador in the first part of the race. In the second part, he looses another 10, thus setting the 2nd time so far at '15.
Sony Ericsson's leader Thomas Löfkvist rides a pretty decent ITT, 6th time so far at '54.
The 3rd Scandinavian rider in a row, this time a Dane. Lasse Bochman (Saxo Bank) rides a good ITT, 3rd time so far at '36.
Wilco Kelderman did set the fastest split time at the first sector. We decided that he'd start pretty fast, seeing how long he could keep the pace high. Unfortunately, he falls back in the 2nd part of the race, having a bad day (daily form -2). He sets the 3rd time of the day, '16 slower than Contador, meaning he has lost '41 in the 2nd part.
GC-leader Mauro Facci sets the 62nd time of the day, 1'59 slower than Contador. He manages to stay in the GC-lead.
Results
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | 32'58 | | 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Dexia | + 15 | | 3 | Wilco Kelderman | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 16 | | 4 | Lasse Bøchman | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 36 | | 5 | Janez Brajkovic | Sky ProCycling | + 41 | | 6 |  Kanstantsin Siutsou | Movistar Team | + 45 | | 7 | Christian Knees | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 8 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sony Ericsson | + 54 | | 9 | Beñat Intxausti | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 56 | | 10 |  Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 1'02 |
GC
| 1 | Mauro Facci | Acqua & Sapone | 9h29'16 | | 2 | Luis Felipe Laverde | Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia | + 58 | | 3 | Kim Kirchen | Sony Ericsson | + 59 | | 4 | Luca Pierfelici | Androni Giocattoli | + 1'08 | | 5 | Alberto Contador | Movistar Team | + 1'14 | | 6 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | + 1'16 | | 7 | Wilco Kelderman | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 1'28 | | 8 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Dexia | + 1'29 | | 9 | Lasse Bøchman | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 1'49 | | 10 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sony Ericsson | + 2'07 |
Today's Winner
Word from the DS
In these races, it is good to try different strategies. And now we know that, unless Kelderman is having a great daily form, we can better start the ITT a bit on reserve....
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