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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 24-02-2013 09:28
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Well, the KoM is something 
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 24-02-2013 10:19
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It wasn't too bad a result with six of our riders finishing only 34s off the win 
And congrats to Alex for winning the Mountains jersey |
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 24-02-2013 21:36
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Race Preview
 Halfords Tour Series
The Halfords Tour Series started in 2009 and is run every summer all around the UK. The eleven rounds are all criteriums in tight urban environments, starting in Kirkcaldy, Scotland and finishing in mid June in Woking. Most of the rounds are on flat courses but there are some hills which will allow punchers a chance to get away and fight for victory. The final race in Woking has cobbles aswell, really giving this year's edition some variety. None of the rounds are longer than 100km, making the racing extremely hectic, especially with narrow town centre roads and tight corners to navigate. You have to be lucky as well as good to win these races.
*For Rounds 1 and 2
Our team for the first two rounds is led by Hammarling, who has been showing improvements in training and we hope he can have a very strong series. Droochit gets another chance to race in Scotland but these races don't really suit him. The second round in Durham is very difficult with an uphill finish, so Gilbert and Jones will be leading the charge there. Of course, with these races being so close and unpredictable, anything could happen and we have to field a team with numerous options and we feel we have that. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 25-02-2013 08:13
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Lets hope the guys perform well in the Series |
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 26-02-2013 16:42
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Race Report
Halfords Tour Series Round 1
A flat start to the series in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. It should end, like most rounds, in a mass sprint but with the races being so short, you never know if a strong attacker will be able to stay away. The competition is primarily based on teamwork, with a prize on offer at each round for the team with the highest placed finish for their top three riders, so it's important for everyone to ride as hard as they can.
The last time we raced in Scotland, we caught a glimpse of the mythical sun, but not today. It was back to more typical Scottish weather with the rain lashing down all day. It didn't make the riders nervous though, with loads of attacks at the start, including Bakker (seen here on the front of the peloton after being caught) and Hoogenboom. None of these got away because An Post were keeping the pace very high.
In the end, the whole field was still together and we only had twenty kilometres to go, so Oget decided to take it on himself to make the race a bit interesting. The American obviously never had much of a chance of succeeding but he quickly gained a minute on the peloton, which was having a brief rest. Maxime was hoping for some assistance with such a long way to go but, despite an attempt from Mombaerts to join him, he was all alone now.
Then, the inevitable happened, the only surprising thing was that it took so long to happen. Wet roads, tight corners and unforgiving barriers took out eighteen riders. The two biggest teams here, An Post and Endura, were badly affected, with the likes of Bellis, Eeckhout, McEvoy, Voss, Thwaites and Blain all coming down or being held up by the crash. Clancy also hit the deck, while Endura suffered a massive blow with Ian Bibby badly injuring himself, ending his entire domestic campaign.
Unfortunately, this chaos didn't cause the peloton to slow with IG Sigma Sport taking over the pace making with the two big teams out of the way. With Oget being reeled in quickly, Sky got to work with a short train of Gilbert, Huigsloot and Hammarling as they hoped for a top result. It was always going to be a tough ask for Johan against the top sprinters on show here, but with some of the best ones out the back, he did at least have a chance.
But it was Bagdonas who took the win, remarkable considering most of his leadout was ten minutes behind! Stauff took second ahead of Franzoi, with Hammarling finishing strongly to take fourth, the line coming just too soon to climb on to the podium. Dean Downing was fifth, with Ian Wilkinson, in eighth, the only Endura rider inside the top 90! In the teams' standings, with Huigsloot 12th and Gilbert 20th, we win the first round! Great ride by the whole team.
| 1 |  Gediminas Bagdonas | An Post - Sean Kelly | 1h52'31 | | 2 |  Andreas Stauff | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 3 |  Enrico Franzoï | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 4 | Johan Hammarling | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 5 | Dean Downing | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 6 | Marco Frapporti | Team Idea | s.t. | | 7 |  Arran Brown | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 8 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 9 |  Samuel Caldeira | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 10 |  Steven Tronet | Auber 93 - BigMat | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Michele Merlo | Team WIT | s.t. | | 12 | Abel Huigsloot | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 13 | Stuart Shaw | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 14 | Nicolas Rousseau | Auber 93 - BigMat | s.t. | | 15 | Philip Lavery | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | | 16 | Daniel Lloyd | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 17 | Chris Opie | UK Youth Cycling | s.t. | | 18 | James Stewart | UK Youth Cycling | s.t. | | 19 | Daniel Mestre | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 20 | Jey Gilbert | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 21 | Mark McNally | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 22 | Calvin Beneke | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 23 | Wouter Sybrandy | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 24 | Eddie Droochit | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 25 | Timothy Jones | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 26 | Graham Briggs | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 27 | Cristiano Fumagalli | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 28 | Jonathan Bakker | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 29 | Ian Moir | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 30 | Johan Mombaerts | Auber 93 - BigMat | s.t. | | 31 | Steven Lampier | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 32 | Eric Young | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 33 | Thomas Soladay | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 34 | Enrico Montanari | Team WIT | s.t. | | 35 | Andrea Palini | Team Idea | s.t. | | 36 | Wesley Hoogenboom | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 37 | Songezo Jim | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 38 | Aristide Ratti | Team Idea | s.t. | | 39 | Steven Burke | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 40 | Nicola Dal Santo | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 41 | Jani Tewelde Weldegaber | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 42 | Mac Brennan | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 43 | Fabien Bacquet | Auber 93 - BigMat | s.t. | | 44 | Freqalsi Debesay | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 45 | Yanto Barker | UK Youth Cycling | s.t. | | 46 | Maxime Oget | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 47 | Tesfay Abraha Habtemariam | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 48 | Simon Gaywood | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 49 | Célio Sousa | Onda | s.t. | | 50 | Bradley Potgieter | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 51 | Scott Zwizanski | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 52 | Peter Hawkins | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 53 | Jamie Sparling | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 54 | Tobyn Horton | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 55 | David McGowan | UK Youth Cycling | s.t. | | 56 | Patrick Bevin | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 57 | Leopoldo Rocchetti | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 58 | Alex Candelario | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 59 | Bruno Lima | Onda | s.t. | | 60 | Giuseppe Di Salvo | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 61 | Giuseppe De Maria | Team Idea | s.t. | | 62 | Alessandro Malaguti | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 63 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 64 | Luca Barla | Team Idea | s.t. | | 65 | Frank Pipp | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 66 | Nicolas Bazin | Auber 93 - BigMat | s.t. | | 67 | Tom Scully | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 68 | Joseph Schmalz | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 69 | Kieran Frend | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | | 70 | Ronan Racault | Auber 93 - BigMat | s.t. | | 71 | Luca Zanasca | Team WIT | s.t. | | 72 | Isaac Howe | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 73 | Tyron Giorgieri | Team WIT | s.t. | | 74 | Fredrik Johansson | UK Youth Cycling | s.t. | | 75 | Evan Oliphant | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 76 | Kirk Carlsen | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 77 | Robert Sweeting | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 78 | Ronan McLaughlin | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 79 | Andrew Magnier | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | | 80 | David Clarke | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | | 81 | Amir Rusli | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 82 | Luis Silva | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 83 | Logan Loader | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 84 | Malcom Rudolph | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 85 | James Sampson | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | | 86 | Roman Kilun | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 87 | Valter Pereira | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 88 | Andzs Flaksis | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 89 | Alessandro Bisolti | Team Idea | s.t. | | 90 | Rhys Pollock | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 91 | Diego Tamayo | Team WIT | s.t. | | 92 | Phillip Gaimon | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 93 | Ben Chaddock | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 94 | Joren Segers | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 95 | Cheyne Hoag | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 96 | Kristian House | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 97 | Robert Retschke | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 98 | Daniel Summerhill | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 99 | Alexander Wetterhall | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 100 | Gruff Lewis | UK Youth Cycling | s.t. | | 101 | Andrew Tennant | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 102 | Sam Johnson | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 103 | Andrei Krasilnikau | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 104 | Jeremy Vennell | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 105 | Quinn Keogh | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 106 | Sebastian Salas | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 107 | Luca Damiani | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 108 | Andy Baker | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 109 | Matthew Holmes | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 110 | Robbie Squire | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 111 | Richard Lang | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 112 | James McCallum | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 113 | Adam Phelan | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 114 | Joaquim Durant | Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team | s.t. | | 115 | Chad Hartley | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 116 | Chase Pinkham | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 117 | Gabriele Pizzaballa | Team WIT | s.t. | | 118 | Brennan Townshend | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 119 | Michael Kurth | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 120 | Adam Leibovitz | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 121 | Christopher Parrish | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 122 | Lachlan Morton | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 123 | Andy Jacques-Maynes | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 124 | Amaro Antunes | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 125 | Daniel Silva | Onda | s.t. | | 126 | Noe Gianetti | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 127 | Faustino Alzate | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 128 | Kevin Van Hoovels | Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team | s.t. | | 129 | Kevin Mullervy | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 130 | Arnaud Van den Abeele | Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team | s.t. | | 131 | Pieter Van Herck | Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team | s.t. | | 132 | Lachlan Norris | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 133 | Reid Mumford | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | + 3'32 | | 134 | Tomas Swift Metcalfe | Carmim - Prio | + 4'08 | | 135 | Alexandre Blain | Endura Racing | + 8'42 | | 136 | Scott Thwaites | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 137 | Jonathon McEvoy | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 138 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 139 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 140 | Ed Clancy | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 141 | Greg Brandt | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 142 | Oliver Rossi | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 143 | James Moss | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | | 144 | Daniel Westmattelmann | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 145 | Michael Cuming | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 146 | Kim-Simon Nottebohm | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 10'50 | | 147 | Matthias Bertling | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 148 | Erick Rowsell | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 149 | Mark Christian | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 150 | Niels Wytinck | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 151 | Jonathan Bellis | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. |
Team Classification
| 1 | Sky Development Squad | 5h37'33 | | 2 | Auber 93 - BigMat | s.t. | | 3 | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 4 | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 5 | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 6 | Team Idea | s.t. | | 7 | UK Youth Cycling | s.t. | | 8 |  An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 9 | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | 10 |  Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. |
Overall Standings
| 1 | Sky Development Squad | 10 | | 2 | Auber 93 - BigMat | 9 | | 3 | MTN - Qhubeka | 8 | | 4 | Miche - Guerciotti | 7 | | 5 | Team IG - Sigma Sport | 6 | | 6 | Team Idea | 5 | | 7 | UK Youth Cycling | 4 | | 8 | An Post - Sean Kelly | 3 | | 9 | Carmim - Prio | 2 | | 10 | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 1 |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 26-02-2013 16:48
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Hammarling with a nice sprint.
Hope Endura racing didn't lose too many riders! |
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 26-02-2013 16:49
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Nice Top 5 for Johan, fortunately nobody of the team has been involved in the crash |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 26-02-2013 16:50
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That crash had some major names in it!
Nice start to the Tour Series, and nice to see you using the actual method of scoring.
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 26-02-2013 18:24
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Race Report
Halfords Tour Series Round 2
The riders head straight off to Durham in the North East of England now for the first hilly test of the Tour Series. The main climb is a brute, with the lower sections of it at well over 10% gradients. On the final lap, this climb finishes just 600 metres from the line, so it will clearly be a puncher who wins today. Can anyone stop Bagdonas from making it two out of two?
Unlike the first round, the breakaway was formed very early today as three riders were allowed to build an advantage. They were Keogh (Exergy), Fonte (Efapel) and Retschke (Indeland). Of the three, Retschke was clearly the best over the hills and the others were hanging on. Behind, Gottfried of Nutrixxion had managed to crash on the first lap but he seemed okay.
After a while, Bakker used his time trialling ability to bridge the gap to the front three and, even though he was the worst climber in there, he immediately lifted the pace, and the gap back to the peloton was soon at four minutes. With fifty kilometres to go, An Post and Endura got on the front and started to bring the gap down pretty quickly.
But this high pace didn't put off the attackers as five riders managed to escape and bridge the ever-decreasing gap to the leaders. Pinto and Salgueiro of LA were probably the best riders, joined by Colex (Amore & Vita), Gutierrez (Onda) and Holmes of Raleigh. This group of nine was, predictably, all over the place, with none of the original four wanting to help these fresher, stronger riders, so Bakker bid farewell and disappeared up the road, taking Keogh with him.
Despite a mammoth effort that Keogh couldn't live with, Bakker just didn't have enough and was caught with six kilometres to go as Gottfried, who at the start of the day was kissing the tarmac, put in an attack, which would come to nought. Gilbert was being kept out of trouble right at the front as thoughts turned to the final climb. Jones, Oget and Hammarling were all ready to pounce aswell, while Droochit was feeling amazing today and would certainly be hoping to show his climbing ability on the run to the line.
But none of them, nor indeed any other team, could stop the Lithuanian powerhouse as Bagdonas cruised to the line, never challenged on the final ascent. Two out of two for him and if he does all of the rounds, I wouldn't put it past him to win them all. Gilbert looked like he might get second but faded as Dirk Muller held on for second. But the surprise of the day easily goes to Eddie Droochit, the Scottish climber coming from nowhere to beat Gilbert on the line for a visit to the podium. Oget, Hammarling and Jones completed an amazing day for the team as we extend our lead in the overall standings.
| 1 | Gediminas Bagdonas | An Post - Sean Kelly | 2h21'41 | | 2 | Dirk Müller | Nutrixxion Abus | s.t. | | 3 | Eddie Droochit | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 4 | Jey Gilbert | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 5 | Maxime Oget | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 6 | Johan Hammarling | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 7 | Timothy Jones | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 8 | Alexander Gottfried | Nutrixxion Abus | s.t. | | 9 | Scott Thwaites | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 10 |  Vladislav Borisov | Amore & Vita | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 12 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 13 | Kristian House | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 14 | João Cabreira | Onda | + 33 | | 15 | Nick Van der Lijke | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 16 | Jani Tewelde Weldegaber | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 17 | Sergey Rudaskov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 18 | Bernardo Colex | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 19 | David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez | Onda | s.t. | | 20 | Mark McNally | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 21 | Quinn Keogh | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 22 | Freqalsi Debesay | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 23 | Robert Retschke | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 24 | Matthew Holmes | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 25 | Abel Huigsloot | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 26 | Edgar Pinto | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 27 | Mark Christian | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 28 | Cesar Fonte | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 29 | Alexander Wetterhall | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 30 | Kirk Carlsen | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 31 | Jonathan Bakker | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 32 | Yovcho Yovchev | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 33 | Enrique Salgueiro | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 34 | Enrico Franzoï | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 35 | Dean Downing | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 36 | Wesley Hoogenboom | Sky Development Squad | s.t. | | 37 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 38 | Sam Bennett | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 39 | René Mandri | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 40 | Tom Vermeer | Nutrixxion Abus | s.t. | | 41 | Arran Brown | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 42 | Sebastian Körber | Nutrixxion Abus | s.t. | | 43 | Alexandre Blain | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 44 | Songezo Jim | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 45 | Marc Reynès | Nutrixxion Abus | + 2'11 | | 46 | Andrey Solomennikov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 47 | Niels Wytinck | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 48 | Tesfay Abraha Habtemariam | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 49 | Daniel Lloyd | Team IG - Sigma Sport | + 2'52 | | 50 | Jay McCarthy | Team Jayco - AIS | s.t. | | 51 | Marc Goos | Rabobank Continental Team | + 3'04 | | 52 | Dan Craven | Team IG - Sigma Sport | + 3'29 | | 53 | Jeremy Vennell | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 54 | Yanto Barker | UK Youth Cycling | s.t. | | 55 | Hélder Oliveira | Onda | s.t. | | 56 | Enrico Peruffo | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 57 | Anton Vorobyev | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 58 | Scott Zwizanski | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 59 | Damien Howson | Team Jayco - AIS | s.t. | | 60 | Marino Palandri | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 61 | Patrick Lane | Team Jayco - AIS | s.t. | | 62 | Jenning Huizenga | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 63 | Michael Cuming | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 64 | Rohan Dennis | Team Jayco - AIS | s.t. | | 65 | Vincenzo Garofalo | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 66 | Hugo Sancho | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 67 | Erick Rowsell | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 68 | Nuno Ribeiro | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 69 | Ed Clancy | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 70 | Andrei Krasilnikau | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | + 7'04 | | 71 | Mac Brennan | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 72 | Rick Zabel | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 73 | Dmitry Mokrov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 74 | Tom Last | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 75 | Phillip Gaimon | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 76 | Roman Kilun | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 77 | Evan Oliphant | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 78 | Frank Pipp | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 79 | Cristiano Fumagalli | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 80 | Domingos Gonçalves | Onda | s.t. | | 81 | Lachlan Morton | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 82 | Delio Fernández | Onda | s.t. | | 83 | Niv Libner | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 84 | Melvin Boskamp | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 85 | Martijn Tusveld | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 86 | Sam Johnson | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 87 | Jamie Sparling | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 88 | Meron Russom | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 89 | Leopoldo Rocchetti | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 90 | Maxim Pokidov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 91 | Patrick Bevin | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 92 | Robert Sweeting | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 93 | Logan Loader | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 94 | Gianluca Randazzo | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 95 | Fortunato Baliani | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 96 | Giuseppe Di Salvo | Miche - Guerciotti | s.t. | | 97 | Tomohiro Hayakawa | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 98 | Mauro Abel Richeze | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 99 | Rico Dene Rogers | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | | 100 | Ruben Zepuntke | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 101 | Faustino Alzate | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 102 | Marcin Bialoblocki | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | | 103 | Tobyn Horton | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 104 | Ryohei Komori | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 105 | Sergei Pomoshnikov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 106 | Hugo Sabido | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 107 | David Blanco | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 108 | Bruno Sancho | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 109 | Andy Jacques-Maynes | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 110 | Bradley Potgieter | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 111 | Joseph Schmalz | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 112 | James McCallum | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 113 | Patrik Moren | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 114 | Filipe Cardoso | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 115 | Alexander Schmitt | Nutrixxion Abus | s.t. | | 116 | Thomas Soladay | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 117 | Reid Mumford | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 118 | Daniel Summerhill | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 119 | Chase Pinkham | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 120 | Luke Grivell-Mellor | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 121 | Andzs Flaksis | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 122 | Alexander Foliforov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 123 | Ronan McLaughlin | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 124 | Maksim Razumov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | 125 | Thomas Murray | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 126 | Nicholas Francesconi | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 127 | Luca Damiani | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 128 | Sandro Pinto | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 129 | Tom Scully | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 130 | Richard Handley | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 131 | Matthias Bertling | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 132 | Chad Hartley | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 133 | Isaac Howe | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 134 | Eric Young | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 135 | Patrick Bercz | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 136 | Matthew Higgins | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | | 137 | Bruno Lima | Onda | s.t. | | 138 | Marco Minnaard | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 139 | Bruno Silva | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | 140 | Sebastian Salas | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 141 | Ben Chaddock | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 142 | David Clarke | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | | 143 | Jake Hales | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 144 | Alexander Nordhoff | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 145 | Artem Tesler | Amore & Vita | s.t. | | 146 | Calvin Watson | Team Jayco - AIS | s.t. | | 147 | Marsh Cooper | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 148 | Zakkari Dempster | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 149 | Dean Windsor | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 150 | Joop De Gans | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 151 | Michael Freiberg | Team Jayco - AIS | s.t. | | 152 | Adam Leibovitz | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 153 | Kevin Mullervy | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 154 | Alex Candelario | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 155 | Liam Holohan | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 156 | Robbie Squire | Chipotle - First Solar Development Team | s.t. | | 157 | Antonio Filipe Oliveira Amorim | Efapel - Glassdrive | s.t. | | 158 | Andy Baker | Bissell Cycling | s.t. | | 159 | Steven Burke | Team IG - Sigma Sport | s.t. | | 160 | Chris Opie | UK Youth Cycling | s.t. | | 161 | James Sampson | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | | 162 | Ian Moir | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 163 | Daniel Westmattelmann | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 164 | Noe Gianetti | Team Exergy | s.t. | | 165 | Greg Brandt | Kenda - 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team | s.t. | | 166 | Richard Tanguy | UK Youth Cycling | s.t. | | 167 | Andrew Magnier | Node 4 - Giordana Racing Team | s.t. | | 168 | Fredrik Johansson | UK Youth Cycling | s.t. | | 169 | Christopher Parrish | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | 170 | Jonathan Bellis | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 171 | Magnus Bäckstedt | UK Youth Cycling | s.t. | | 172 | Junya Sano | Team Nippo | s.t. | | 173 | Felix English | Rapha Condor - Sharp | s.t. | | 174 | Russell Hampton | Team Raleigh - GAC | s.t. | | 175 | Niklas Gustavsson | UK Youth Cycling | + 10'22 |
Team Classification
| 1 | Sky Development Squad | 7h05'03 | 10 | | 2 | Nutrixxion Abus | + 33 | 9 | | 3 | Endura Racing | s.t. | 8 | | 4 | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 1'06 | 7 | | 5 | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | 6 | | 6 |  Amore & Vita | s.t. | 5 | | 7 | Rapha Condor - Sharp | + 4'02 | 4 | | 8 | Onda | + 4'35 | 3 | | 9 | LA - Antarte | s.t. | 2 | | 10 | Itera - Katusha | + 6'13 | 1 |
Overall Standings
| 1 | Sky Development Squad | 20 | | 2 | MTN - Qhubeka | 14 | | 3 | An Post - Sean Kelly | 10 | | 4 | Auber 93 - BigMat | 9 | | 5 | Nutrixxion Abus | 9 | | 6 | Endura Racing | 8 | | 7 | Miche - Guerciotti | 7 | | 8 | Team IG - Sigma Sport | 6 | | 9 | Team Idea | 5 | | 10 | Amore & Vita | 5 |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 26-02-2013 18:33
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Stage wins are obviously not our best thing, let's just try to win that team ranking!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 26-02-2013 18:37
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Wow, we're doing great on the team ranking!
And nice to see that Wesley 'consistently' keeps finishing 36th 
Feyenoord(football) and Kelderman fanboy
PCMdaily Awards: 12x nomination, 9x runner-up, 0x win.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 26-02-2013 18:44
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Good job Wesley |
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 26-02-2013 18:52
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Ha, I hadn't noticed that. It takes a special sort of rider to be able to pick where he wants to finish.  |
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| Mordekaiser |
Posted on 26-02-2013 19:59
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We're bossing it. It appears I am strong but not as strong as the others when it comes to a sprint like in Lincold GP 
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 26-02-2013 21:30
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Race Preview
 An Post Ras
The team now travel across the Irish Sea for the eight-day An Post Ras. It is the joint longest race the team will take part in this year, the same as the Tour de Normandie. Unlike Normandie this race actually has some climbing in it, with lots of typical, short, sharp Irish climbs throughout the race. Every stage has at least one categorised climb in it, with a few of them being near the end of the stage, making the racing frantic. The key stage is stage five to Seskin Hill, the final climb being a pretty nasty one. Stages six and seven are also potentially decisive if raced hard enough, with tricky climbs coming thick and fast near the end.
The team here, as usual, has no out and out leader, but a variety of riders who could do well on any given day depending on their form on the day. Jaquin is the team's sprinter and should cope with the hills no problem, whilst Fischer will have his eyes on the tougher stages. Thompson has improved a lot of late but he'll have a problem finding a mountain in Ireland! Bracco will also hope to go well on the tougher stages, and everyone else will hopefully get a chance to go on the attack at some point in the race. |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 26-02-2013 21:37
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hopefully it will be better in Ierland than in France
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 26-02-2013 21:59
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Thompson is just impressive!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 27-02-2013 05:46
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He sure is KIWI POWER!!!!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-02-2013 09:37
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Thompson is turning into a beast  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-02-2013 12:57
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Nice to see the squad take both rounds in the Tour Series
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