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| sutty68 |
Posted on 24-02-2013 20:19
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 24-02-2013 20:53
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tovhol: Thanks, hope you follow and good luck if you start a story!
sutty: They have started well, they are top of the CQ-ranking 
Étoiles de Besseges preview
 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
 Barry Markus
Nolan Hoffman
 Tsagbu Grmay
 Tarik Chaoufi
Marc Goos
We come here hoping for some high finishes in the sprints. Barry Markus will be at the back of our sprint train, riding his first race of the season.
Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg also rides here after impressing in San Luis. He hopes to help Markus in the sprints and ride a good TT.
The rest of our squad is built around a sprint train with Nolan Hoffman and Tarik Chaoufi being able to sprint as well.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 25-02-2013 08:16
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Good Luck in France |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 25-02-2013 08:18
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Another strong squad for this early season race. Hope not to see too many Pro Tour teams there! |
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 25-02-2013 20:28
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Seems like a nice squad for you! |
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 25-02-2013 20:42
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Etoiles de Besseges Stage 1
The first stage of The Etoile de Besseger 2013 is like the following three, flat. Lots of big sprinters have taken the trip to France and will be looking to get a good start to the race. The biggest names are John Degenkolb (Argos), Francisco Ventoso (Movistar) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky).
Our main sprinter Barry Markus is not on big form so today he will focus on putting Janse Van Rensburg in the best position possible while building up his form for the upcoming stages.
70kms to go
Today is looking like a strange stage with Argos – Shimano and FDJ not letting any breaks away. Bouhanni and Degenkolb must be feeling good. There are lots of attacks but none are given more than 1’20”.
We have passed through the day’s KoM sprint and an Intermediate sprint already today, but they were swept up by attacks that eventually failed. Dean (Orica) took the KoM sprint meaning he will take that jersey tomorrow. The intermediate sprint was also won by Dean.
50kms to go
Finally a break is formed. It contains Amorison (Crelan), Guillou (Bretagne), El Fares (Sojasun), Lemarchand (Cofidis) and Romero (Colombia). The French teams look keen to attack in their home race so their sponsors can have some camera time in front of the French audience.
40kms to go
Amorison easily wins the final Intermediate sprint followed by Guillou and Lemarchand. As they hit the finishing circuit the gap has grown to 2’35” over the peloton which is now controlled by Garmin, seemingly for South African champion Hunter.
8kms to go
Movistar makes the catch with their train in full flow for Ventoso. Markus and Janse Van Rensburg are on Ventoso’s wheel and FDJ also have a train going.
5kms to go
Argos – Shimano have now set up a train as well, but now FDJ have the strongest one. Markus and Janse Van Rensburg are still positioned well behind the Movistar train.
1km to go
Degenkolb is looking strong in the lead, with Turgot behind him. Bouhanni, Ventoso and Mondory are all positioned well also but a gap has appeared between them and the leading two. Markus and Van Rensburg look overwhelmed by the top class sprinters. Despite being very low on form Markus starts the final kilometer in 15th.
500m to go
Turgot has taken the lead from Degenkolb round the final corner. The home advantage seems to have given him a boost. Boasson Hagen is in third and coming strongly. Our two riders have faded and are outside the top 20. Not a good day for us.
Finish
Turgot raises his arms in celebration. A great win for him and Europcar which takes the leaders jersey ahead of tomorrow. Degenkolb takes second while Bole finishes a surprise third for Vacansoleil. Boasson Hagen and Bouhanni complete the top 5.
Further back Janse Van Rensburg finishes 21st. The sprints here are clearly a different class to the ones in San Luis so we may have to settle with minor placings ahead of the TT.
| 1 |  Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | 3h05'33" | | 2 |  John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 3 |  Grega Bole | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 |  Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 5 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ | s.t. | | 6 |  Greg Henderson | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 7 | André Schulze | Euskatel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 8 | Michel Kreder | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 9 |  Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar | s.t. | | 10 |  Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 1 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | 3h05'13" | | 2 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | + 8" | | 3 | Grega Bole | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 12" | | 4 |  Julian Dean | Orica - Greenedge | + 14" | | 5 |  Frédéric Amorison | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 6 |  Alexander Serebryakov | Euskatel - Euskadi | + 16" | | 7 | Florian Guillou | Bretagne - Séche Environnement | s.t. | | 8 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 18" | | 9 | Romain Lemarchand | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 10 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | + 20" |
| 1 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | 25pts | | 2 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | 20pts | | 3 | Grega Bole | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 16pts | | 4 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | 14pts | | 5 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ | 12pts |
| 1 | Julian Dean | Orica - Greenedge | 10pts | | 2 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 8pts | | 3 | Alexander Serebryakov | Euskatel - Euskadi | 6pts | | 4 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Sojasun | 4pts | | 5 | Stéphane Rossetto | BigMat - Auber 93 | 2pts |
| 1 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | 3h05'21" | | 2 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ | + 12" | | 3 | Gaetan Bille | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. |
| 1 | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 9h16'39" | | 2 |  Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 3 | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
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Posted on 25-02-2013 22:38
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A quiet start for the team, lets hope things get better |
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Posted on 25-02-2013 22:41
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Posted on 26-02-2013 08:57
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Maybe a surprise attack could work one of these days? |
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Indeed a quiet start for the team, agree with fcancellara: nice headers |
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sutty: As I said I do't expect it to get better but we'll see
fcancellara & ste: Thanks, they only took 2 mins
Ian: Maybe, but it will probably be hard to last in front of the strong trains
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Posted on 26-02-2013 21:25
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I did some quick reports as it was sure we were not going to achieve anything on these flat stages
Etoiles de Besseges - Stage 2
Today is a lot hillier than yesterday which may suit the more punchy sprinters like Degenkolb and Boasson Hagen. The stage is still ranked flat, and the stage does not finish on an uphill though so a bunch sprint is most likely. Janse Van Rensburg has a good chance today with him having a good hill stat.
On the downhill finish Boasson Hagen flies away to take a dominant victory for Sky. He even reached 71kph! Race leader Turgot takes second which keeps his leaders jersey and keeps the French fans. Bille, Marcato and Henderson complete the top 5 in 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively.
Janse Van Rensburg comes in 13th which is an improvement on yesterday’s 21st. He will hope to improve his position further tomorrow.
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | 3h40'35 | | 2 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 3 | Gaetan Bille | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 4 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol | s.t. |
Etoiles de Besseges - Stage 3
Stage 3 is a lot flatter than stage 2 so the Boasson Hagen’s of the peloton won’t have the advantage today. Expect a third consecutive bunch sprint with the usual suspects being the favourites like Degenkolb and Ventoso.
We have decided to ride for Markus today in the hope his form has improved.
Marcato takes the win today surprising many of the main sprinters in the bunch sprint, coming with incredible speed in the final 500m. Ventoso takes his first podium of the race in secondwhile Bole comes in third, making today is a Vacansoleil 1 – 3. German pair Degenkolb and Schulze round out the top 5 for Argos and Euskatel.
We make the mistake of riding for Markus and end up with a rather disappointing 26th. Tomorrow is a very similar stage so expect nothing before the TT.
| 1 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team | 4h00'50 | | 2 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar | s.t. | | 3 | Grega Bole | Vacansoleil – DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos – Shimano | s.t. | | 5 | André Schulze | Euskatel – Euskadi | s.t. |
Etoiles de Besseges - Stage 4
Stage 4 is the final sprint of the tour, before we head to the GC battle on the TT bikes after tomorrow. A replica of yesterday so maybe there will be another surprise winner today?
Kreder wins this one for Garmin, which seemed to surprise the main sprinters like yesterday. Blythe finished 2nd for BMC and Beletti takes 3rd for home team AG2R who haven’t done much in this race.
As for us Janse Van Rensburg finished 11th, which is his best placing so far. Now the race moves onto the GC challenge tomorrow with the TT. Good news for the riders hoping to do well tomorrow is that big favourite Boasson Hagen had to pull out injured which increases everyone else’s chances.
| 1 | Michel Kreder | Garmin – Sharp | 4h02'15 | | 2 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 3 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 5 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol | s.t. |
The GC before the final flat stage:
| 1 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | 14h58'27 | | 2 | Michel Kreder | Garmin - Sharp | + 12 | | 3 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Grega Bole | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 16 | | 5 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | + 20 | | 6 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | Alexander Serebryakov | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 22 | | 9 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 24 | | 10 | Gaetan Bille | Lotto Belisol | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 28 | | 12 | Jon Aberasturi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 30 | | 13 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol | + 32 | | 14 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 15 | Steve Chainel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 16 | André Schulze | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 17 | Kenny Van Hummel | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 18 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Standard Bank - Aegon | s.t. | | 19 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 20 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 21 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 22 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 23 | Sebastian Langeveld | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 24 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 25 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 26 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 27 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 28 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 29 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ | s.t. | | 30 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 31 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 32 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Sojasun | s.t. | | 33 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 34 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ | s.t. | | 35 | Barry Markus | Standard Bank - Aegon | s.t. | | 36 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 37 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 38 | Ioannis Tamouridis | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 39 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 40 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 41 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 42 | Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 43 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 44 | Yohan Offredo | FDJ | s.t. | | 45 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 46 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 47 | Zakkari Dempster | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 48 | Fabien Bacquet | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 49 | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 50 | Travis Meyer | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 51 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 52 | Roy Curvers | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 53 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 54 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 55 | Iván Gutiérrez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 56 | Stéphane Rossetto | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 57 | Yann Huguet | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 58 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 59 | Luke Rowe | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 60 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'42 | | 61 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'52 | | 62 | Florian Guillou | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 63 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 1'56 | | 64 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 65 | Bert Grabsch | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 66 | Danny Pate | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 67 | Paul Voss | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 68 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 69 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 70 | Nolan Hoffman | Standard Bank - Aegon | s.t. | | 71 | Boy Van Poppel | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 72 | Eloy Teruel | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 73 | Roger Kluge | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 74 | Julien Antomarchi | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 75 | Kevin Lalouette | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 76 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 77 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | + 4'15 | | 78 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 4'22 | | 79 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'30 | | 80 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 5'28 | | 81 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 82 | Luka Mezgec | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 83 | Natnael Berhane | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 84 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 85 | Jakob Rathe | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 86 | Tom Stamsnijder | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 87 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ | s.t. | | 88 | Jonathon McEvoy | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 89 | Martijn Maaskant | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 90 | Danny Van Poppel | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 91 | Warren Barguil | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 92 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | s.t. | | 93 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 94 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ | s.t. | | 95 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 96 | Giovanni Bernaudeau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 97 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 98 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 99 | Marc Goos | Standard Bank - Aegon | s.t. | | 100 | Juan José Lobato | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 101 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ | s.t. | | 102 | Benoit Drujon | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 103 | Gert Dockx | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 104 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto Belisol | + 5'39 | | 105 | Julian Dean | Orica - GreenEdge | + 6'32 | | 106 | Markus Eichler | Team NetApp - Endura | + 6'38 | | 107 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | + 6'44 | | 108 | Frédéric Amorison | Crelan - Euphony | + 6'46 | | 109 | Sven Nys | Crelan - Euphony | + 6'50 | | 110 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 111 | Romain Lemarchand | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 112 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 6'52 | | 113 | Danilo Napolitano | Accent Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | 114 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 115 | Franck Bouyer | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 116 | Kurt Hovelynck | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 117 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 118 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 119 | Maxime Daniel | Sojasun | s.t. | | 120 | Tsgabu Grmay | Standard Bank - Aegon | s.t. | | 121 | Jean-Luc Delpech | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 122 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Accent Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | 123 | Martyn Irvine | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 124 | Anthony Delaplace | Sojasun | s.t. | | 125 | Clément Koretzky | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 126 | Christophe Laborie | Sojasun | s.t. | | 127 | Benjamin Giraud | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 128 | Julien El Fares | Sojasun | s.t. | | 129 | Yannick Martinez | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 130 | Murilo Fischer | FDJ | s.t. | | 131 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 132 | Alexander Wetterhall | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 133 | Tristan Valentin | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 134 | Cheng Ji | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 135 | Kevin Claeys | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 136 | Luis Ángel Maté | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 137 | Andy Cappelle | Accent Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | 138 | Franck Vermeulen | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 139 | Carlos Quintero | Colombia | s.t. | | 140 | Jean-Lou Paiani | Sojasun | s.t. | | 141 | Robinson Chalapud | Colombia | s.t. | | 142 | Reinier Honig | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 143 | Juan Esteban Arango | Colombia | s.t. | | 144 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia | s.t. | | 145 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 146 | Wilson Marentes | Colombia | s.t. | | 147 | Daniel Summerhill | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 148 | Maxime Le Montagner | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 149 | Christopher Jennings | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 150 | Vincent Baestaens | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 151 | Boris Zimine | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 152 | Nicolas Bazin | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 153 | Andreas Klier | Garmin - Sharp | + 7'59 | | 154 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Sojasun | + 9'26 | | 155 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 10'12 | | 156 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Orica - GreenEdge | + 10'35 | | 157 | Daniel Schorn | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 158 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 159 | Etienne Tortelier | Sojasun | s.t. | | 160 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. | | 161 | Morgan Kneisky | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 162 | Alessandro Bazzana | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 163 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 164 | Andreas Schillinger | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 165 | Hugo Houle | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 166 | Stefan Van Dijk | Accent Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | 167 | Justin Jules | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 168 | Aldo Ino Ilesic | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 169 | Juan Pablo Valencia | Colombia | s.t. | | 170 | Roy Jans | Accent Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | 171 | Cyrille Patoux | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 172 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 173 | Steven Tronet | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 174 | Benjamin Le Montagner | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 175 | Flavien Dassonville | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 176 | Grégoire Tarride | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 177 | Jason Bakke | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 178 | Tarik Chaoufi | Standard Bank - Aegon | + 12'42 | | 179 | Nathan Haas | Garmin - Sharp | + 12'55 | | 180 | Yoann Paillot | La Pomme Marseille | + 14'26 | | 181 | Koen Barbé | Crelan - Euphony | + 16'38 | | 182 | Arnaud Labbe | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 183 | James Vanlandschoot | Accent Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | 184 | Edwin Ávila | Colombia | s.t. | | 185 | Jeffry Romero | Colombia | + 17'40 | | 186 | Grégory Habeaux | Accent Jobs - Wanty | + 25'11 |
Janse Van Rensburg is 32" behind Turgot, a gap he and the best time - triallists should be able to overturn. A GC podium is on maybe? Time will only tell.
Next stage will be up tomorrow night
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-02-2013 12:58
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At the end of the day its all about getting the fitness levels up |
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Posted on 27-02-2013 19:29
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Volta a Mallorca Preview
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Dennis Van Niekerk
John-Lee Augustyn
Jaques Janse Van Rensburg
 Adrien Niyonshuti
Joshua Edmonson
We come here hoping from a strong GC finish from Tiernan-Locke. He will hope to achieve on the two hilly finishes with support from Van Niekerk and Augustyn.
We don't bring any sprinters so it will be a couple of short reports before the Hills start and the TT in Besseges begins.
Edited by FroomeDog99 on 27-02-2013 19:31
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Vuelta a Mallorca Stage 1
The first stage of the Vuelta a Mallorca is flat and only 112kms which means this is a stage for the sprinters as the GC riders rest before the hills on the forthcoming stages. Favourites are Farrar, Bennati and Kristoff who will all hope to grab an early race lead.
We bring no sprinters so we expect nothing but our riders to sit safely in the pack.
Kristoff eventually took the stage for Katusha ahead of Bos and Bazayev. Our riders finished safely in the pack, and exactly will be the same is expected tomorrow:
| 1 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | 2h31'46 | | 2 | Theo Bos | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 |  Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | Vicente Reynès | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 5 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. |
Etoile de Besseges Stage 5
Today is a very short stage, only 69kms. The final chance for sprinters ahead of the GC deciding TT. The favourites are the riders who have done well on previous stages, like Degenkolb or Turgot.
Janse Van Rensburg is aparrently on good form ahead of the TT. We'll see what he can do.
Degenkolb takes his first win of the tour which also earns him the GC lead ahead of the TT tomorrow. Swift came 2nd and Bouhanni 3rd but where is Janse Van Rensburg? He finishes fourth in Degenkolb's wheel which proved to be a great tactic today! Does this mean he is on good form for the TT?
The only major change in terms of GC is Degenkolb taking the lead but it will all change tomorrow, that's for sure.
| 1 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos - Shimano | 1h33'55 | | 2 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 3 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ | s.t. | | 4 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Standard Bank - Aegon | s.t. | | 5 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. |
Edited by FroomeDog99 on 27-02-2013 22:06
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 27-02-2013 22:02
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Kristoff eventually took the stage for BMC ahead of Bos and Bazayev
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 27-02-2013 22:06
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
Kristoff eventually took the stage for BMC ahead of Bos and Bazayev
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 27-02-2013 22:11
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FroomeDog99 wrote:
SSJ2Luigi wrote:
Kristoff eventually took the stage for BMC ahead of Bos and Bazayev
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Fixed
what surprised me that it took over an hour for somebody to notice 
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 27-02-2013 22:11
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FroomeDog99 wrote:
SSJ2Luigi wrote:
Kristoff eventually took the stage for BMC ahead of Bos and Bazayev
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Fixed
what surprised me that it took over an hour for somebody to notice
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-02-2013 22:51
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