Selwink wrote:
Ciolek is frustrating. I dont think he is good enough for the Old Helshoogte Pas, so theres your chance. Take a lot of time of him. Groenewegen had the same scenario and eventually won.
Yepp,my tactic is to send 1 rider in early breakaway,1 rider when they catch breakaway (if they) , if that fails , 1 rider just before finish,and save Reihs for sprint. Weird ,ha? Haha,thanks anyway!
Not weird at all, it worked for me with an even weaker team
Ian Butler
Exactly! Although we didn't expect too much from this race,we got some nice results. Thanks for support! Selwin
We will see will that works,if yes,you're getting box of cookies
Well,this is maybe biggest one until now (and will probably be),but,at the end of the season,IAM and Cult is becaming - IAM - Cult Energy Cycling . Team will be in 2nd division,Continental division. All our actual riders will stay in that team + Nicki Sorensen. IAM will be halved,its on riders to decide will they stay or go. Thats what we have to say, tommorow reports and slightly moving to March. See ya!
Well,this is maybe biggest one until now (and will probably be),but,at the end of the season,IAM and Cult is becaming - IAM - Cult Energy Cycling . Team will be in 2nd division,Continental division. All our actual riders will stay in that team + Nicki Sorensen. IAM will be halved,its on riders to decide will they stay or go. Thats what we have to say, tommorow reports and slightly moving to March. See ya!
Jakstar22
Thats something we call "rumours" , most of them are true at the end of the season. And IAM said that they're interested in getting secondary sponsor due to losing of it. (USE SOME IMAGINATION MATE! )
Selwink
Yupp,it will be great to see how can our riders take Pro Continental races and how much will they develop there.
A bit hilly/sprinting stage,not really enough for serious attacks.
Almost exactly at the start of the stage breakaway got created,and they kept gap until 20kms to go,so we will skip 'till that part.
Some hills at the end of stage made it much more exciting to watch. P almost got E1 but they were struggling.
They're finally at last climb,peloton got almost every rider from breakaway group,i said ALMOST,Sacha Weber attacked and decided to go on himself,that was pretty good move because it was downhill almost till the last 100meters.
Big surprise that he was keeping 30" gap whole the time,can he get it?
Group decided to finish this in group sprint and let Weber win this stage,Andre Steensen just couldn't agree with that and he attacked!
5kms to go,E1 is still 30" in front of peloton,Steensen got Weber,can they reach finish in front of group?
Knowing that they're not sprinters both of them used tactics and waited for another one to start sprint,that opened doors to peloton who got them fastly,what a bad tactic!
Steensen is caught exactly where downhill stops,100 meters before finish. But who will win this? Our riders are again at bad positions. Baggio clued on Cioleks wheel,aaaaand,this is first time this year that someone beat Ciolek,congratulations Baggio!
Nothing important to say,except that we lost big chance to win stage there,maybe we can still get it.
Stage results
Rank
Name
Team
Time
Player
1
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
4h12'57
2
Gerald Ciolek
MTN - Qhubeka
s.t.
3
Tino Thömel
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
4
Jiri Hudecek
Bauknecht - Author
s.t.
5
Simon Holt
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
6
Andreas Stauff
MTN - Qhubeka
s.t.
7
Vytautas Kaupas
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
8
Matvey Zubov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
9
Martin Wesemann
MTN - Qhubeka
s.t.
10
Florian Monreal
Team Quantec - Indeland
s.t.
...
11
Niki Østergaard
Team Cult Energy
s.t.
TTspecialist
12
Michael Reihs
Team Cult Energy
s.t.
TTspecialist
...
14
André Steensen
Team Cult Energy
s.t.
TTspecialist
4th stage
Really hilly profile,but when you look at it , it's actually flat stage. Its great chance for Jorgensen to get polka dot again (he lost it yesterday by 1 point).
So,he attacked at first hill,right after start!
And he kept gap,taking mountain sprintS.
Weber is again at the front,but they lost some time to Jorgensen and he is now getting most of this mountain sprints,getting polka dot again.
20kms to go,group is not far behind,this is going to finish in mass sprint , most likely.
At 12 kms to go,Hansen saw that Jorgensen does not have any chances for win today so he attacked,this is very active race to us.
5kms to go,group got Jorgensen,but can they get Hansen,he still has 15" gap.
Sprint started,he was at the front still,at last corner,they got him,but what can rest of our riders do there?
Ciolek won,but Reihs was 6th,and Ostergaard 4th ,great result there!
Also, Jorgensen got huuge advantage in fight for KoM jersey.
This stage was supposed to be sprinting one,but it wasnt like that,you will see why.
Small breakaway created at start of the stage,gap was widening until they touched 8 minutes of advantage.
At first intermediate sprint,Paajanen outsprinted Polnicky for 5 points.
No action at mountain pass today,Paajanen got it again.
As 2 sprints before,Finish riders continue his domination and taking the 2nd intermediate sprint
After reaching 8 minutes,peloton got organized and gap was smaller,and smaller . At 20KM banner,E1 still had 1'28" advantage.
10 kms passed,they're now at 10kms banner,they almost got them!
7 kms to go,there is only 1 group right now,but,Andre Steensen,probably the most explosive guy at this race decided that this is finally his chance to attack and take win!
He passed 5km banner,but where's peloton???
Everything seems like this is going to be win from breakaway,he started sprint but group is just too far!!!
Aaaaaaand he got it,first win for our team this season goes to Andre Steensens hands! Awesome!!!
What a great win,wow,just wow!
Lets bring on results and see what can we do tommorow,at last hilly stage at ToSA.
Stage results
Rank
Name
Team
Time
Player
1
André Steensen
Team Cult Energy
4h23'23
TTspecialist
2
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
3
Gerald Ciolek
MTN - Qhubeka
s.t.
4
Jiri Hudecek
Bauknecht - Author
s.t.
5
Youcef Reguigui
MTN - Qhubeka
s.t.
6
Andreas Stauff
MTN - Qhubeka
s.t.
7
Tino Thömel
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
8
Matvey Zubov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
9
Davide Mucelli
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
10
Thomas Bonnin
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
General Classification
Rank
Name
Team
Time
Player
1
Gerald Ciolek
MTN - Qhubeka
20h38'25
2
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 12
3
André Steensen
Team Cult Energy
+ 1'00
TTspecialist
4
Tino Thömel
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
5
Paavo Paajanen
Team Differdange - Losch
+ 1'08
6
Jiri Polnicky
Bauknecht - Author
s.t.
7
Andreas Stauff
MTN - Qhubeka
+ 1'12
8
Frantisek Padour
Bauknecht - Author
s.t.
9
Sascha Weber
Team Differdange - Losch
s.t.
10
Martin Wesemann
MTN - Qhubeka
+ 1'20
With this position,we will definitely attack on that hills tommorow,but will ride safely at the same time,because we don't want to lose podium!
See ya!
Edited by TTspecialist on 15-04-2013 12:49
Its decisive day for us and other teams,who will get ToSA today?
Hilly stage with mountain finish suits perfectly for Steensen so he is our 1st card for today.
Lets start report,
Early breakaway created by Nikolaev (Itera) and Muhlenberg (Tirol) seems like going okay,and gap is bigger and bigger!
At 1st Mountain pass Muhlenberg got win without action ,so no SS for that.
Right after it,Reschtke attacked.
This picture was at both next KoM passes so i will not show anymore it to you.
Gap is about 6' , everything seems like this is going to be exciting race.
20 kms to go,they almost got 1st group,everything is ready,whats going to happen today?
And right after group got breakaway riders, Jure Golcer (Tirol) and Andre Steensen (CULT) attacked,it was obviously attack on GC.
There are now 3 groups, Andre Steensen at 1st, 25" ahead of Golcers group which is 20" ahead of Cioleks one,seems like we're on good way to get yellow there!
And yes,this is dream coming true for us,Steensen won 1 more stage,but can he get yellow jersey and enough advantage to keep it after tommorows stage? Unbeliavable however!
Stage results
Rank
Name
Team
Time
Player
1
André Steensen
Team Cult Energy
3h41'24
TTspecialist
2
Jure Golcer
Tirol Cycling Team
+ 16
3
Thomas Bonnin
Team NSP - Ghost
+ 35
4
Gerald Ciolek
MTN - Qhubeka
+ 49
5
Ivan Rovny
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
6
Frantisek Padour
Bauknecht - Author
+ 1'07
7
Martin Wesemann
MTN - Qhubeka
s.t.
8
Sven Forberger
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
9
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
10
Davide Mucelli
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
General Classification
Rank
Name
Team
Time
Player
1
André Steensen
Team Cult Energy
24h20'29
TTspecialist
2
Gerald Ciolek
MTN - Qhubeka
+ 9
3
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 39
4
Jure Golcer
Tirol Cycling Team
+ 44
5
Thomas Bonnin
Team NSP - Ghost
+ 1'07
6
Tino Thömel
Team NSP - Ghost
+ 1'27
7
Ivan Rovny
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
+ 1'29
8
Paavo Paajanen
Team Differdange - Losch
+ 1'35
9
Jiri Polnicky
Bauknecht - Author
s.t.
10
Andreas Stauff
MTN - Qhubeka
+ 1'39
Thats some bad news,only 9" ahead of Cioleks,some miracle has to happen for us to win GC. Lets hope something strange can happen,anyway,as i said,this is dream coming true!
Weird ,ha? 
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