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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 07-02-2013 18:56
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Wait, Romandie is Swiss too? (i guess, could be wrong) 
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 07-02-2013 19:00
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Marcovdw wrote:
Wait, Romandie is Swiss too? (i guess, could be wrong)
It is. My god, you didn't know that? |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 07-02-2013 19:01
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Nice looking team you are sending to Switzerland |
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Posted on 07-02-2013 19:17
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No Wilco  Can't you just send him to every stage-race on the calendar? 
No, seriously, a very strong team. Gesink's form isn't ideal, but I think it's good enough. A top 3 should be realistic.
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| dienblad |
Posted on 07-02-2013 19:32
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Romandie.......... oops 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-02-2013 21:18
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Now I know why Wilco won the Dauphiné, everyone's starting here  |
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Posted on 07-02-2013 21:57
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Can Gesink what Wilco can? I hope so 
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 07-02-2013 22:48
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If Gesink wants to be good in the Tou,r he'd better not show Wilco's level yet. |
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Posted on 08-02-2013 10:11
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Don't think Gesink can win the Tour de Suisse. He starts with a fitness off 81, and that is too low to beat Contador and Schleck, and perhaps even De Gendt and WIggins. All he needs to do is to shine in the Tour!
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| dienblad |
Posted on 08-02-2013 16:23
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Stage 1
The first stage of the Tour de Suisse is a 7.0km prologue in Lugano. It's a very hilly prologue, as it contains 140 height metres.
Thomas Dekker rides a very, very fast prologue. He crushes the best time so far set by Roman Kreuziger by 10 seconds. The time to beat is 12'10.
At the summit of the Via S. Giorgio, TT world champion Fabian Cancellara is 4 seconds slower than Dekker. But in the descend back to the Lago di Lugano he takes a massive amount of risk. And it pays off, as he crosses the finish line 1 second faster than Dekker....
Tony Martin won the ITT in the Bayern Rundfahrt, but apparantly isn't in his best form yet. Der Panzerwagen is 2 seconds slower than Cancellara, and ties with Alejandro Valverde in 3rd place.
The GC-favourites have started, and Robert Gesink has the goal of not loosing time. He takes the 11th place, at '10. He is faster than Kreuziger ('1), Froome ('2), Contador ('6) and Wiggins ('12), but slower than De Gendt and .... ANdy Schleck (both '2). Not a bad start at all!
Results
| 1 |  Fabian Cancellara | Sky ProCycling | 12'09 | | 2 |  Thomas Dekker | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 1 | | 3 |  Alejandro Valverde | Dexia | + 2 | | 4 |  Tony Martin | Red Bull - Cervélo | s.t. | | 5 |  Chris Anker Sørensen | BMC Racing Team | + 7 | | 6 |  Franco Pellizotti | Lampre - Alitalia | + 8 | | 7 |  Thomas De Gendt | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 8 |  Andy Schleck | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 9 |  Sandy Casar | FDJ | + 9 | | 10 |  Edvald Boasson Hagen | Dexia | + 10 |
Today's Winner
Word from the DS
Aaaagggghhhhh, so close......... Poor Thomas, I'd thought he had Cancellara in the back at the summit, but Spartacus must have taken some enormous risks in the descend....
Edited by dienblad on 08-02-2013 18:01
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-02-2013 16:25
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Damn, so close to the win
Gesink with a good start, too! |
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| Csabi13 |
Posted on 08-02-2013 16:44
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Who is the Leader on Tour? |
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| baggieboys32 |
Posted on 08-02-2013 16:44
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I think you mean 1405 height feet earlier!
Otherwise the entire prologue would be at a gradient of about 1in5!
Good result for Gesink though, nice ride to start his attack on Suisse
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| dienblad |
Posted on 08-02-2013 18:00
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Stage 2
The 2nd stage in this Tour de Suisse is classified as a mountain stage. Only reason is the Simplonpass (20km at 6.6%, alt 2005m). After the summit, 80 kilometres remain, so even the sprinters can come back in the peloton.
80km to go
The pace of the peloton in the long ascend of the Simplonpass is pretty slow. No attacks occur, and even nobody sprints for the KOTM-points. Consequently, Sky's Michel Kreder takes the points (and the KOTM-jersey) and 153 riders can join him.
14km to go
No attacks occur, untill the hill 14km before the finish. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Alitalia) and Kim Kirchen (Sony Ericsson) are the first ones to attack, and they will be followed by, well, half of the peloton?
Finish
A small group of 7 riders manages to create a margin to the peloton, and will sprint for the win. Surprisingly, all the sprinters in the peloton, such as Boasson Hagen, Cavendish and Kittel all have no energy left to sprint.
Nicholas Roche (Radio Shack) is the fastest of the 7 and wins the 2nd stage, his first win for his new team. Franco Pellizotti takes the 2nd place, and Dario Cataldo the 3rd.
Results
| 1 |  Nicolas Roche | Radio Shack - Nissan | 4h24'42 | | 2 | Franco Pellizotti | Lampre - Alitalia | s.t. | | 3 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 4 |  Roman Kreuziger | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 5 | Tony Martin | Red Bull - Cervélo | s.t. | | 6 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | s.t. | | 7 | Chris Anker Sørensen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | Fabian Cancellara | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 9 | Linus Gerdemann | Red Bull - Cervélo | s.t. | | 10 |  Marek Rutkiewicz | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Sky ProCycling | 4h36'51 | | 2 | Thomas Dekker | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 1 | | 3 | Franco Pellizotti | Lampre - Alitalia | + 2 | | 4 | Tony Martin | Red Bull - Cervélo | s.t. | | 5 | Alejandro Valverde | Dexia | s.t. | | 6 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 7 | | 7 | Chris Anker Sørensen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | Nicolas Roche | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 8 | | 9 | Andy Schleck | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 10 | Thomas De Gendt | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Franco Pellizotti | Lampre - Alitalia | 27 | | 2 | Nicolas Roche | Radio Shack - Nissan | 25 | | 3 | Fabian Cancellara | Sky ProCycling | 23 | | 4 | Tony Martin | Red Bull - Cervélo | 20 | | 5 | Chris Anker Sørensen | BMC Racing Team | 17 |
KOTM
| 1 | Michel Kreder | Sky ProCycling | 12 | | 2 | Francis De Greef | Petronas - Monster Energy | 8 | | 3 | Jelle Vanendert | Petronas - Monster Energy | 6 | | 4 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Alitalia | 5 | | 5 | Rob Ruijgh | Petronas - Monster Energy | 4 |
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Word from the DS
What a strange stage. First, even all the sprinters arrive at the summit of the Simplonpass in the peloton, without problems. Then, at a small hill, attacks all over the place that none of our riders could counter. And the sprinters suddenly ran out of energy and all finished outside the top 20..... Oh well, never mind.
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| dienblad |
Posted on 08-02-2013 18:02
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@ Csabi13: Gesink will be our leader here, but Dekker will have a protected role by now. And when Gesink can't follow and Dekekr can, Dekker will be the leader.
@ baggieboys32: 140 it is... Mistyped.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-02-2013 18:05
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That's odd. Surviving mountains but no speedbumps |
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Posted on 08-02-2013 18:15
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Too bad that Thomas didn't won the TT.
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 08-02-2013 19:26
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A nice steady start from Thomas  |
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| krisa |
Posted on 08-02-2013 21:26
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do you wan KoM jersey |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 09-02-2013 12:39
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Stage 3
Almost 200 kilometres await the riders. After the start in Sierre, the Col des Mosses (18.5km at 5.6%) has to be ascended. In the last part of the race there is only 1 categorized climb (Kalchstätten, 27km before the finish), but a lot of smaller hills before the finish.
83km to go
7 riders form the BOTD: Bibby (Qantas), Frank (Red Bull), Honig (Rabobank), Fischer (Sony Ericsson), Demaret (Europcar), Galland (FDJ) and Reda (Alitalia). Surprisingly, the best climber on paper, Matthias Frank, has the most problems in following the pace when the road is ascending. They have a margin of 7'24 to the peloton.
28km to go
Frank gets dropped in the ascend of the Kalchstätten, and the 6 arrive at the summit with a margin of 1'36 to JoaquÃm RodrÃguez, who has attacked out of the peloton. The peloton follows at 2'11.
5km to go
The BOTD gets caught, and at one of the many short hills before the finish, RodrÃguez attacks again. Purito must have super legs today. Only Rémy Pauriol, Chris Anker Sorensen and Alejandro Valverde try to follow him.
Finish
Although he isn't the climber and puncheur he was 2-3 years ago (hey, he's 35 now...), RodrÃguez shows today that he is still one of the better puncheurs. He takes the stage win, his 2nd win of the season, and also the GC-lead. Alejandro Valverde finishes in 2nd at '12 and Sorensen in 3rd at '23. Robert Gesink takes a nice 7th place.
Results
| 1 | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Katusha Team | 5h04'24 | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Dexia | + 12 | | 3 | Chris Anker Sørensen | BMC Racing Team | + 23 | | 4 | Rémi Pauriol | FDJ | s.t. | | 5 | Fabian Cancellara | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 6 | Robert Gesink | Petronas - Monster Energy | s.t. | | 7 | Nicolas Roche | Radio Shack - Nissan | s.t. | | 8 | Francesco Gavazzi | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Franco Pellizotti | Lampre - Alitalia | s.t. | | 10 | Sebastian Langeveld | Qantas Airways | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Katusha Team | 9h41'11 | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Dexia | + 6 | | 3 | Chris Anker Sørensen | BMC Racing Team | + 26 | | 4 | Fabian Cancellara | Sky ProCycling | + 27 | | 5 | Thomas Dekker | Petronas - Monster Energy | + 28 | | 6 | Franco Pellizotti | Lampre - Alitalia | + 29 | | 7 | Tony Martin | Red Bull - Cervélo | s.t. | | 8 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 34 | | 9 | Nicolas Roche | Radio Shack - Nissan | + 35 | | 10 | Andy Schleck | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Sky ProCycling | 35 | | 2 | Nicolas Roche | Radio Shack - Nissan | 34 | | 3 | Franco Pellizotti | Lampre - Alitalia | 34 | | 4 | Chris Anker Sørensen | BMC Racing Team | 33 | | 5 | Alejandro Valverde | Dexia | 30 |
KOTM
| 1 | Jérémie Galland | FDJ | 13 | | 2 |  Murilo Fischer | Sony Ericsson | 13 | | 3 | Michel Kreder | Sky ProCycling | 12 | | 4 |  Ian Bibby | Qantas Airways | 9 | | 5 | Francis De Greef | Petronas - Monster Energy | 8 |
Today's Winner
Word from the DS
This was a difficult stage, considering the amount of hills in the final 15 kilometres and the numerous attacks. Dekker and Gesink are still within the first 15 of the GC.
Edited by dienblad on 09-02-2013 12:40
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