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Posted on 03-10-2012 19:49
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@Daggen: thanks man, I appreciate it! Yeah, I thought it would be more realistic if I put some real life trainers in the story. Might put the other trainers on a race as manager aswell .
@Ian: Voeckler is a great rider but his behaviour... I don't really like the show he makes of it.
@Aidan: Thanks man, hope I can use your NC jerseys at the end of the season aswell!

Stage 4: 05/02 – 08/02 - - Vuelta a Mallorca
Some of our riders had to leave the Vuelta a Mallorca. Along with a huge group of other riders! This shows how hard the stage of yesterday was! Somehow we lost Roulston, Dumoulin and Penning. But it doesn’t really matter as we merely needed them to help Bos in the sprints.

Pff my PC crashed while I was in the screenshots folder, deleted all my screens… I only managed to retrieve the startlist.
But it was a boring stage anyway. It was quite hilly aswell today, we got a 12 man BOTD:
L. Boom
M. Montaguti
P. Bailetti
D. Menchov
J. Brajkovic
G. Thomas
J. Pantano
J. van de Walle
B. Huzarski
A. Talansky
Y. Popovych
J. Sanchez Pimienta
Pantano took most of the KOTM. But with 24 points it’s not enough to steal the jersey from Cobo, whom has 30 points. Capecchi tried to wait for as long as possible and on the last hill he tried to join the attack! In the very last descent he tried to go again but he couldn’t get away. He was totally out of energy so he couldn’t sprint anymore. He finishes in 26th. But with yesterday’s number 2, Rubén Plaza, losing 2 minutes today he jumps to the 9th place in the GC. Not a bad result considering his fitness!
Talansky starts the sprint really early and surprises the other ones. With 250 meters to go he already starts to wave his hands in the air! But he does not notice L.P. Nordhaug coming with a huge power burst! Nordhaug takes the stage and Talansky looks like a complete idiot!
With this result Nordhaug wins this year’s Vuelta a Mallorca. Voeckler finishes in 2nd position and the 3rd place goes to Lövkvist who did a great job aswell!

Comment from Abdoujaparov: “well, nothing much to say. Capecchi with bad fitness taking 9th in the GC is a good result for us. I feel bad for Talansky but I must say it was extremely funny, hahaha, onto the next race!”
Top 10 GC:
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky Pro Cycling | 15h03'31 | | | 2 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | + 4 | | | 3 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky Pro Cycling | + 10 | | | 4 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin - Sharp | + 14 | | | 5 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 7 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 8 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Eros Capecchi | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | + 1'00 | TimoMennen | | 10 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 1'26 |
Results:
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky Pro Cycling | 4h17'25 | | | 2 | Andrew Talansky | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 3 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 4 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 5 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 6 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 7 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Laurens Ten Dam | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 10 | Christian Vande Velde | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 11 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 12 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 13 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 14 | Danilo Di Luca | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 15 | John Atapuma | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | | 16 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | | 17 | Francesco Masciarelli | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 18 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 19 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 20 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 21 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 22 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 23 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | | 24 | Robert Kiserlovski | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 25 | Hubert Dupont | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 26 | Eros Capecchi | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 27 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 28 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 29 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 30 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 31 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 32 | Julián Sánchez Pimienta | Caja Rural | s.t. | | | 33 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 34 | Denis Menchov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 35 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 36 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 37 | Daniel Navarro | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | | | 38 | Paolo Bailetti | Utensilnord - Named | + 1'26 | | | 39 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | + 2'22 | | | 40 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 41 | Marzio Bruseghin | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 42 | Brice Feillu | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 43 | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 44 | Juan José Cobo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 45 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 46 | Jonathan Hivert | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 47 | Fränk Schleck | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 48 | Esteban Chavez | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | | 49 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | + 4'16 | | | 50 | Ricardo García | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 51 | Yaroslav Popovych | RadioShack Nissan Trek | + 5'38 | | | 52 | Cyril Lemoine | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 53 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 54 | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 55 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 56 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 57 | Xabier Zandio | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 58 | Gabriele Bosisio | Utensilnord - Named | s.t. | | | 59 | Víctor Hugo Peña | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | | 60 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | | 61 | Timothy Duggan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 62 | Haimar Zubeldia | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 63 | Ivan Basso | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 64 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 65 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 66 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 67 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 68 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 69 | Johan Vansummeren | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 70 | Carlos Betancur | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 71 | Joan Horrach | Katusha Team | + 7'55 | | | 72 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 73 | David Arroyo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 74 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 9'09 | | | 75 | Robinson Chalapud | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | | 76 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 77 | Matteo Trentin | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 78 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin - Sharp | + 10'03 | | | 79 | Francisco Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 80 | Bram Tankink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 81 | Karsten Kroon | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | + 11'21 | TimoMennen | | 82 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 83 | Andrey Kashechkin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 84 | Oliver Zaugg | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 85 | Aitor Galdos | Caja Rural | s.t. | | | 86 | Danail Petrov | Caja Rural | s.t. | | | 87 | Linus Gerdemann | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 88 | Sébastien Hinault | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 89 | Manuel Cardoso | Caja Rural | s.t. | | | 90 | Alexander Efimkin | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 91 | Patxi Vila | Utensilnord - Named | s.t. | | | 92 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 93 | Simone Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 94 | Matthew Busche | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 95 | Javier Megías | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 96 | Luis Felipe Laverde | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | | 97 | George Preidler | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 98 | Julien Simon | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 99 | Maarten Wynants | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 100 | Gianluca Maggiore | Utensilnord - Named | s.t. | | | 101 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 102 | Dalivier Ospina | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | | 103 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 104 | Massimo Codol | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 105 | Mathieu Perget | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 106 | Taylor Phinney | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 107 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 108 | Troels Ronning Vinther | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | + 14'29 | | | 109 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | | | 110 | Benjamín Noval | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | | | 111 | Jesús Hernández | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | | | 112 | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | | | 113 | Xavier Florencio | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 114 | Ben Swift | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 115 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 116 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | | | 117 | Vladimir Miholjevic | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 118 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 119 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 15'40 | | | 120 | Adrián Palomares | Andalucía | s.t. | | | 121 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | s.t. | | | 122 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 123 | Daniel Mestre | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | | 124 | Andreas Schillinger | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 125 | Jérôme Baugnies | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 126 | Jesús Rosendo | Andalucía | s.t. | | | 127 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 128 | Davide Appollonio | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 129 | Alejandro Porto | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | | 130 | Nelson Vitorino | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | | 131 | Manuel Belletti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 132 | André Cardoso | Caja Rural | s.t. | | | 133 | Matthias Brändle | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 134 | Mahdi Sohrabi | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | | 135 | Blaz Jarc | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 136 | Mathieu Claude | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 137 | Carlos Quintero | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | | 138 | Josué Moyano | Caja Rural | s.t. | | | 139 | Paul Poux | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 140 | Igor Merino | Orbea Continental | s.t. | | | 141 | Francesco Lasca | Caja Rural | s.t. | | | 142 | Amaro Antunes | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | | 143 | Jack Bauer | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 144 | Alessandro Bazzana | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 145 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 146 | Theo Bos | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 147 | Danilo Napolitano | Acqua & Sapone | + 17'27 | | | 148 | Aldo Ino Ilesic | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 149 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | | 150 | Vicente Reynès | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | | 151 | Etienne Tortelier | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 152 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 153 | Gregor Gazvoda | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 154 | Jon Aberasturi | Orbea Continental | s.t. | | | 155 | Marco Zanotti | Utensilnord - Named | s.t. | | | 156 | Juan José Lobato | Andalucía | s.t. | | | 157 | Javier Chacón | Andalucía | s.t. | | | 158 | Fabio Taborre | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 159 | Grischa Janorschke | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 160 | Filippo Baggio | Utensilnord - Named | s.t. | | | 161 | Gert Dockx | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | | 162 | Eloy Ruiz | Andalucía | s.t. | | | 163 | Andreas Dietziker | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 164 | Frederik Willems | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | | 165 | Alex Bowden | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 166 | Carlos Barbero | Orbea Continental | s.t. | | | 167 | Oscar Santamaria | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | | 168 | Javier Francisco Aramendia | Caja Rural | s.t. | | | 169 | Nicolas Cardepuy | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | | 170 | Pablo Torres | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | | 171 | Fabio Piscopiello | Utensilnord - Named | s.t. | | | 172 | José Luis Cano | Andalucía | s.t. | | | 173 | Timon Seubert | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 174 | Efren Carazo | Burgos BH - Castilla y León | s.t. | | | 175 | Olivier Kaisen | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | | 176 | Henrique Casimiro | Carmim - Prio | s.t. | | | 177 | Kiel Reijnen | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 178 | Michael Barry | Sky Pro Cycling | + 23'03 |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-10-2012 20:06
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Very unfortunate for Talansky 
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Posted on 03-10-2012 23:34
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Posted on 04-10-2012 17:07
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Thanks for the support guys, appreciate it!

Stage 1: 09/02 – 12/02 - - Tour Méditerranéen
Stageprofile:

Our startlist:

As you can see the landscape here is beautiful. The peleton seems to be enjoying it aswell!

Our first stage in Tour Méditerranéen! In the beginning of the stage Vaitkus tried to get away a couple of times but he didn’t succeed.
Finally a BOTD forms after a lot of attacks. Names:
J. Guay
P. Perichon
P. Cazaux
N. Rousseau
A. Coyot
D. Veilleux

They survive for a long time, but when the penultimate climb starts Seeldraayers attacks out of the peloton! He quickly takes a nice gap and starts chasing the breakaway.

He reaches them at the end of the last climb. He quickly drops all of them with 30kms to go. Coyot was the last one to try to join him but he knows the attempt is fruitless and lets himself fall back to the peleton. Still a nice present for Cazaux, he’s taking the KOTM-jersey for tomorrow.
Seeldraayers is all alone now with 30kms to go and the peleton is chasing him! He has about 2 minutes left but he won’t make it. The pace of the peleton is just too much.
In the sprint our train gets completely derailed and FDJ is way in front. We try to get back but it’s too late. A 16th place for Nizzolo and 18th place for Westra. A major setback for our team!
Bouhanni takes the win by a huge margin. But tomorrow we’ll see!

Comment from Honda: “after being back from the Besseges this is not a nice result to start with of course. But we’ll do everything in our power to win next stage!”
Results:
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ - BigMat | 3h17'33 | | | 2 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 3 | René Mandri | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 4 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 5 | Russell Downing | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 6 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 7 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 8 | Davy Commeyne | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 9 | Kurt Hovelynck | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 10 | Giairo Ermeti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 11 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 12 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 13 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 14 | Alexandre Blain | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 15 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 16 | Giacomo Nizzolo | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 17 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 18 | Lieuwe Westra | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 19 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 20 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 21 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 22 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 23 | Sergio Henao | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 24 | Michał Gołaś | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 25 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 26 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 27 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 28 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 29 | John Gadret | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 30 | José Serpa | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 31 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 32 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 33 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 34 | David Le Lay | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 35 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 36 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 37 | Marcus Burghardt | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 38 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 39 | Rémi Pauriol | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 40 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 41 | Tomasz Marczyński | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 42 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 43 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 44 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 45 | Jean-Eudes Demaret | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 46 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 47 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 48 | Nikita Novikov | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 49 | Tomas Vaitkus | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 50 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 51 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 52 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 53 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 54 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 55 | Mickaël Buffaz | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 56 | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 57 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 58 | Robert Partridge | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 59 | Kevin De Weert | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 60 | Fabien Bacquet | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 61 | Ian Stannard | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 62 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 63 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 64 | Eros Capecchi | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 65 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 66 | Rein Taaramäe | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 67 | Sébastien Delfosse | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 68 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 69 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 70 | Laurent Mangel | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 71 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 72 | Blel Kadri | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 73 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 74 | Giovanni Bernaudeau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 75 | Julien Bérard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 76 | Freddy Bichot | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 77 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 78 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 79 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 80 | Johan Le Bon | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 81 | Laurent Pichon | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 82 | Ion Izaguirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 83 | Luis Ángel Maté | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 84 | Gaël Malacarne | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 85 | Rob Ruijgh | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 86 | Reinier Honig | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 87 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 88 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 89 | Sven Nys | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 90 | Florian Le Corre | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 91 | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 92 | Jean-Marc Marino | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 93 | Jimmy Casper | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 94 | Nicolas Bazin | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 95 | Sylvain Georges | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 96 | Miguel Ubeto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 97 | Jonathon McEvoy | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 98 | Alex Dowsett | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 99 | Saïd Haddou | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 100 | Thomas Vaubourzeix | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 101 | Edward King | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 102 | Sergey Renev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 103 | Alan Marangoni | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 104 | Benoit Jarrier | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 105 | Kristjan Koren | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 106 | Arnaud Labbe | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 107 | Thomas Bonnin | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 108 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 109 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 110 | Sergio Pardilla | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 111 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 112 | Jérémie Galland | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 113 | Alessandro De Marchi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 114 | Sébastien Duret | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 115 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 116 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 117 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 118 | Florian Guillou | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 119 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 120 | Albert Timmer | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 121 | Jean-Luc Delpech | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 122 | Franck Vermeulen | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 123 | Franck Bouyer | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 124 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 125 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 126 | Steve Houanard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 127 | Javier Moreno | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 128 | Arnaud Molmy | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 129 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 130 | Boris Zimine | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 131 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 132 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 133 | Gabriel Rasch | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 134 | Thomas Damuseau | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 135 | Pierre Drancourt | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 136 | Patrick Gretsch | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 137 | Evgeni Petrov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 138 | Carlos José Ochoa | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 139 | Nicolas Rousseau | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 140 | Fabio Calabria | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 141 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 142 | Joey Rosskopf | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 143 | Guillaume Faucon | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 144 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 145 | Filippo Fortin | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 146 | Ronan Racault | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 147 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 148 | Pierre Cazaux | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 149 | Clément Koretzky | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 150 | Baptiste Planckaert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 151 | Wilco Kelderman | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 152 | Tomasz Olejnik | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 153 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 154 | Arnaud Coyot | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 155 | Cristiano Salerno | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 156 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 157 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 158 | Joe Eldridge | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 159 | Romain Bacon | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 160 | Armindo Fonseca | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 161 | Amid Zargari | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 162 | Fabien Schmidt | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 163 | Evaldas Siskevicius | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 164 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 165 | Pierre-Luc Perichon | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 166 | Yohan Cauquil | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 167 | Julien Guay | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 168 | Mathieu Drouilly | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 4'19 | | | 169 | Gaylord Cumont | Véranda Rideau - 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Stage 2: 09/02 – 12/02 - - Tour Méditerranéen
Stageprofile:

Our Startlist:

With the deception of yesterday, the whole team wanted to get a good result today! Same old story today… BOTD gets away and we don’t participate. We know they’re gonna get caught so we don’t see the point. Names:
K. Koren
M. Buffaz
F. Schmidt
I. Konovalovas

As we predicted they get caught with 10kms to go. We try a different tactic today. We are putting Nizzolo in the wheel of yesterday’s winner, Nacer Bouhanni, and putting Vaitkus in Nizzolo’s wheel. It proves to be a way better tactic as Nizzolo has the chance to win the sprint today! It’s going to be a drag race!

Can you tell who’s winning? It’s hard to tell but in the end it’s Steegmans who takes it home! Jimmy Casper finishes in 2nd place and Nizzolo finishes in 3rd place! The margins are very small, this gives us hope for the upcoming stage! Vaitkus also does a good job and finishes in 9th place!
Comment from Honda: “Our tactic today proved to be a lot better, but it still shows we have to improve at forming trains. Sometimes it works perfectly, but too many times it flaws. Nevertheless, I’m really happy with the result today! Nizzolo did a great job and we’re confident for tomorrow!”
Results:
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 3h10'44 | | | 2 | Jimmy Casper | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 3 | Giacomo Nizzolo | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 4 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 5 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 6 | Davy Commeyne | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 7 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 9 | Tomas Vaitkus | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 10 | Russell Downing | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 11 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 12 | Alexandre Blain | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 13 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 14 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 15 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 16 | Miguel Ubeto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 17 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 18 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 19 | René Mandri | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 20 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 21 | Arnaud Coyot | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 22 | Lieuwe Westra | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 23 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 24 | Michał Gołaś | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 25 | Jérémie Galland | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 26 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 27 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 28 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 29 | Sergio Henao | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 30 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 31 | Alex Dowsett | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 32 | John Gadret | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 33 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 34 | José Serpa | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 35 | David Le Lay | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 36 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 37 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 38 | Kurt Hovelynck | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 39 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 40 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 41 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 42 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 43 | Nikita Novikov | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 44 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 45 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 46 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 47 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 48 | Pierre Cazaux | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 49 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 50 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 51 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 52 | Benoit Jarrier | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 53 | Reinier Honig | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 54 | Jean-Eudes Demaret | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 55 | Tomasz Marczyński | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 56 | Rémi Pauriol | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 57 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 58 | Wilco Kelderman | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 59 | Sven Nys | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 60 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 61 | Sébastien Delfosse | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 62 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 63 | Luis Ángel Maté | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 64 | Fabien Bacquet | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 65 | Arnaud Labbe | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 66 | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 67 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 68 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 69 | Giovanni Bernaudeau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 70 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 71 | Eros Capecchi | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 72 | Jean-Luc Delpech | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 73 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 74 | Amid Zargari | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 75 | Saïd Haddou | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 76 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 77 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 78 | Giairo Ermeti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 79 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 80 | Carlos José Ochoa | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 81 | Johan Le Bon | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 82 | Mickaël Buffaz | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 83 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 84 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 85 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 86 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 87 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 88 | Kevin De Weert | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 89 | Albert Timmer | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 90 | Laurent Pichon | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 91 | Rein Taaramäe | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 92 | Rob Ruijgh | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 93 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 94 | Nicolas Rousseau | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 95 | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 96 | Filippo Fortin | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 97 | Ronan Racault | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 98 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 99 | Ion Izaguirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 100 | Joey Rosskopf | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 101 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 102 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 103 | Florian Guillou | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 104 | Franck Bouyer | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 105 | Thomas Bonnin | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 106 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 107 | Gaël Malacarne | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 108 | Arnaud Molmy | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 109 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 110 | Laurent Mangel | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 111 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 112 | Fabio Calabria | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 113 | Marcus Burghardt | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 114 | Robert Partridge | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 115 | Freddy Bichot | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 116 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 117 | Florian Le Corre | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 118 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 119 | William Dugan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 120 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 121 | Guillaume Faucon | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 122 | Blel Kadri | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 123 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 124 | Jonathon McEvoy | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 125 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 126 | Ian Stannard | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 127 | Sergio Pardilla | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 128 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 129 | Joe Eldridge | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 130 | Boris Zimine | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 131 | Jean-Marc Marino | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 132 | Gaylord Cumont | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 133 | Julien Guay | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 134 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 135 | Pierre Drancourt | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 136 | Thomas Vaubourzeix | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 137 | Mathieu Drouilly | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 138 | Julien Bérard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 139 | Yohan Cauquil | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 140 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 141 | Evaldas Siskevicius | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 142 | Javier Moreno | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 143 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 144 | Gabriel Rasch | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 145 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 146 | Pierre-Luc Perichon | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 147 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 148 | Thomas Damuseau | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 149 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 150 | Edward King | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 151 | Steve Houanard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 152 | Sergey Renev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 153 | Sébastien Duret | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 154 | Alessandro De Marchi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 155 | Alan Marangoni | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 156 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 157 | Armindo Fonseca | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 158 | Evgeni Petrov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 159 | Romain Bacon | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 160 | Sylvain Georges | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 161 | Cristiano Salerno | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 162 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 163 | Patrick Gretsch | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 164 | Kristjan Koren | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 165 | Baptiste Planckaert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 166 | Tomasz Olejnik | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 167 | Clément Koretzky | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 168 | Franck Vermeulen | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 169 | Nicolas Bazin | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 170 | Fabien Schmidt | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | |
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Posted on 04-10-2012 18:28
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That was literally close.
Edited by FreitasPCM on 04-10-2012 18:29
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Stage 3: 09/02 – 12/02 - - Tour Méditerranéen
Stageprofile:

Our startlist:

Today will be the last sprint stage of this race! The last chance for Nizzolo to take a win home! Same old story again, but this time we sent Kelderman in the break!

You never know right? It’s a tough stage so, what the heck? Let’s just try! His companions are:
Bérard
Mangel
Renev
Amador
Cauqil
Demaret
Zimine
At the start of the penultimate climb they still have 2 minutes. It’s not much as the pace behind them is really high.

At this climb Zimine and Cauquil, the weakest riders of the group, get dropped. Kelderman takes the mountain points.
But the pace of the peleton is just too much! Casper, the number two of yesterday’s stage gets dropped by the way! Nizzolo is having problems staying well positioned. The breakaway is caught after the last climb. Nizzolo takes the wheel of Bouhanni. Vaitkus, our sprinter with the most energy left, puts himself behind Ferrari.
When the sprint comes it’s Endura Racing that is leading with two riders! They are the smartest of the pack today, as they start the sprint early and surprise the others. Nizzolo is too far positioned and Vaitkus does everything he can but it’s not enough…
A 1-2 for Endura Racing!! They took all sprinters by surprise today!
René Mandri wins it and Russel Downing takes second. Poulhies takes 3rd by a little margin on Vaitkus, who takes 4th place! Nizzolo is disappointing and finishes in 9th place. As the pace was so high the peleton split in pieces! After the 40th place there is a gap of 1:30 minutes.
Lost the screen, sorry:

Comment from Honda: “wow, how can they call this stage flat?? This was an extremely tough stage for us. Too bad we didn’t make the podium today, but we were a bit unlucky. If Vaitkus had started the sprint earlier we might have won. But hey, with Capecchi in the first group we can start thinking about tomorrow again, the last stage!”
Results:
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | René Mandri | Endura Racing | 2h56'12 | | | 2 | Russell Downing | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 3 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 4 | Tomas Vaitkus | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 5 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 6 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 7 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 8 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 9 | Giacomo Nizzolo | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 10 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 11 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 12 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 13 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 14 | Davy Commeyne | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 15 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 16 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 17 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 18 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 19 | John Gadret | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 20 | David Le Lay | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 21 | Miguel Ubeto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 22 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 23 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 24 | Sergio Henao | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 25 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 26 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 27 | Kristjan Koren | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 28 | Kevin De Weert | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 29 | Kurt Hovelynck | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 30 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 31 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 32 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 33 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 34 | Eros Capecchi | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 35 | Pierre Cazaux | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 36 | Tomasz Marczyński | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 37 | José Serpa | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 38 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 39 | Nikita Novikov | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 40 | Alexandre Blain | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 41 | Giairo Ermeti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 42 | Lieuwe Westra | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | + 1'29 | TimoMennen | | 43 | Marcus Burghardt | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 44 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 45 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 46 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 47 | Wilco Kelderman | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 48 | Jonathon McEvoy | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 49 | Evgeni Petrov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 50 | Rein Taaramäe | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 51 | Sven Nys | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 52 | Gabriel Rasch | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 53 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 54 | Franck Bouyer | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 55 | Julien Bérard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 56 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 57 | Laurent Pichon | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 58 | Jean-Eudes Demaret | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 59 | Arnaud Coyot | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 60 | Nicolas Rousseau | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 61 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 62 | Mickaël Buffaz | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 63 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 64 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 65 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 66 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 67 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 68 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 69 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 70 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 71 | Thomas Bonnin | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 72 | Jérémie Galland | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 73 | Alan Marangoni | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 74 | Jean-Marc Marino | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 75 | Robert Partridge | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 76 | Giovanni Bernaudeau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 77 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 78 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 79 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 80 | Michał Gołaś | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 81 | Guillaume Faucon | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 82 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | + 3'50 | TimoMennen | | 83 | Benoit Jarrier | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 84 | Edward King | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 85 | Saïd Haddou | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 86 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 87 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 88 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 89 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 90 | Reinier Honig | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 91 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 92 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 93 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 94 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 95 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 96 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 97 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 98 | Gaël Malacarne | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 99 | Luis Ángel Maté | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 100 | Jean-Luc Delpech | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 101 | Rémi Pauriol | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 102 | Ronan Racault | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 103 | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 104 | Arnaud Labbe | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 105 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 106 | Albert Timmer | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 107 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 108 | Freddy Bichot | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 109 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 110 | Ion Izaguirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 111 | Laurent Mangel | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 112 | Florian Le Corre | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 113 | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 114 | Javier Moreno | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 115 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 116 | Sergio Pardilla | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 117 | Johan Le Bon | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 118 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 119 | Alex Dowsett | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 120 | Rob Ruijgh | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 121 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 122 | Cristiano Salerno | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 123 | Florian Guillou | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 124 | Boris Zimine | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 125 | Patrick Gretsch | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 126 | Sébastien Delfosse | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 127 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 128 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 129 | Sergey Renev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 130 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 131 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 132 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 133 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 134 | Carlos José Ochoa | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 135 | Fabien Schmidt | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 136 | Ian Stannard | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 137 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'05 | | | 138 | Amid Zargari | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 139 | Franck Vermeulen | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 140 | Fabio Calabria | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 141 | Thomas Damuseau | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 142 | Pierre Drancourt | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 143 | Sébastien Duret | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 144 | Baptiste Planckaert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 145 | Thomas Vaubourzeix | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 146 | Julien Guay | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 147 | Fabien Bacquet | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 148 | Pierre-Luc Perichon | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 149 | Armindo Fonseca | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 150 | Nicolas Bazin | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 151 | Alessandro De Marchi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 152 | Blel Kadri | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 6'38 | | | 153 | Sylvain Georges | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 154 | Yohan Cauquil | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 155 | Steve Houanard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 156 | Tomasz Olejnik | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 157 | Evaldas Siskevicius | La Pomme Marseille | + 7'23 | | | 158 | William Dugan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 8'00 | | | 159 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 160 | Gaylord Cumont | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 161 | Mathieu Drouilly | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 162 | Filippo Fortin | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 163 | Joey Rosskopf | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 164 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 165 | Romain Bacon | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 166 | Jimmy Casper | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 167 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 168 | Arnaud Molmy | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 169 | Clément Koretzky | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 170 | Joe Eldridge | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 9'38 | |
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Stage 4: 09/02 – 12/02 - - Tour Méditerranéen
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Today is the last stage of Tour Méditerranéen. Finally an uphill finish, which will suit our riders very well! Capecchi is still good in the GC, so we will try to get him a top 10 in the GC. Right after the start today, René Mandri is showing off his yellow jersey. Will he keep it today?

Wow,the pace and attacks at the first of the race are so high that the group breaks! 10 riders ride away. Burghardt and Kelderman are in this group as Burghardt was helping Kelderman getting to the the front of the peleton. We continued and this lead to a BOTD of 10 riders!
D. Veilleux
W. Kelderman
M. Burghardt
E. Petrov
S. Denifl
S. Delfosse
T. Bonnin
F. le Corre
L. Mangel
N. Edet

As we are cruising towards the last climbs the group is almost caught. Only Kelderman and Burghardt are in front when they start the last descent before the final climb. But as the peleton increases the pace they get caught just after the start of the final climb. Capecchi is placed well and when Wout Poels attacks he quickly joins. They get a small gap of about 20 seconds!

Seeing this, John Gadret goes into the attack aswell and he joins the two up front. They start riding together to get rid of Mandri, who’s riding surprisingly well. Henao sees the danger and attacks aswell, Mandri is trying to hang on and keep his jersey!

The three up front are preparing themselves for the sprint! Let’s see who has the most energy left! Capecchi didn’t lose a lot of energy attacking as he countered Poels. And when I hear Honda screaming in the earphones I just know he will win this! He seems so strong (I‘m watching TV in the back of the car), this is amazing! Poels has lost a lot of energy with his attack and Gadret had to come back aswell!
And YES! Capecchi does it! He’s definitely the strongest today!! With a fierce display of power he takes the stage and the GC!

Gadret finishes in 2nd place, with 8 seconds behind the winner. Poels gets the same time as Henao; 17 seconds behind. René Mandri comes in 5th together with Serpa. He has 43 seconds behind, so it’s official: Capecchi wins this year’s Tour Méditerranéen! Succes again for VVV-Venlo Pro Cycling! Kelderman takes 9th place today.



Comment from Honda: “Wow! I’m overwhelmed by this! After we had a quite bad race this makes up for it totally!! A brilliant display of Eros. But I have to say Lieuwe Westra was really important aswell. He rode his ass off for Eros on the last climb. When he started to sprint I just screamed on the top of my lungs to make him win! I’m really proud of him and the team, as we take the team GC aswell!”
Top 10 GC (Final):
1 Eros Capecchi VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING 12h39'23 TimoMennen
2 John Gadret Ag2r - La Mondiale + 12
3 Wout Poels Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 23
4 Sergio Henao Sky Pro Cycling + 27
5 René Mandri Endura Racing + 39
6 José Serpa Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela + 53
7 Nacer Bouhanni FDJ - BigMat + 1'11
8 Russell Downing Endura Racing + 1'15
9 Pierre Cazaux Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'17
10 Tiziano Dall'Antonia Liquigas - Cannondale + 1'21
Results:
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Eros Capecchi | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | 3h15'04 | TimoMennen | | 2 | John Gadret | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 8 | | | 3 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 17 | | | 4 | Sergio Henao | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 5 | René Mandri | Endura Racing | + 43 | | | 6 | José Serpa | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 7 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'11 | | | 8 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Wilco Kelderman | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 10 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 11 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 12 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 13 | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 14 | Kevin De Weert | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 15 | Sandy Casar | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 16 | Tomasz Marczyński | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 17 | Lieuwe Westra | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 18 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 19 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 20 | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 21 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 22 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 23 | Nikita Novikov | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 24 | Rémi Pauriol | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 25 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 26 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 27 | Russell Downing | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 28 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 29 | Pierre Cazaux | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 30 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 31 | Miguel Ubeto | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 32 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 2'08 | | | 33 | Marcus Burghardt | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 34 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2'36 | | | 35 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 36 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 37 | Ian Wilkinson | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 38 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 39 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 40 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 41 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 42 | Rein Taaramäe | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 43 | Kristjan Koren | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 3'05 | | | 44 | Alexandre Blain | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 45 | Giairo Ermeti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 46 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ - BigMat | + 3'27 | | | 47 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | + 3'56 | | | 48 | Michał Gołaś | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 49 | Robert Partridge | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 50 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ - BigMat | + 4'10 | | | 51 | Tomas Vaitkus | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 52 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 53 | Florian Le Corre | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 4'31 | | | 54 | David Le Lay | Saur - Sojasun | + 4'49 | | | 55 | Stefan Denifl | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 56 | Laurent Mangel | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 57 | Ion Izaguirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 58 | Thomas Bonnin | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 59 | Enrique Sanz | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 60 | Javier Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 61 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 62 | Jonathon McEvoy | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | [/b]63 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 64 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 65 | Julien Bérard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 66 | Evgeni Petrov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 67 | Davy Commeyne | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 68 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 69 | Damien Monier | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 70 | Jérémie Galland | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 71 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 72 | Franck Bouyer | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 73 | Mickaël Buffaz | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 74 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 75 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 76 | Ian Bibby | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 77 | Carlos José Ochoa | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 78 | Jean-Marc Marino | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 79 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 80 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 81 | Sergey Renev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 82 | Reinier Honig | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 83 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 84 | Arnaud Coyot | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 85 | Sébastien Delfosse | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 86 | Nicolas Rousseau | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 87 | Cristiano Salerno | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 6'21 | | | 88 | Salvatore Puccio | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 89 | Rob Ruijgh | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 90 | Roberto Ferrari | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 91 | Alan Marangoni | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 92 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 93 | Javier Moreno | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 94 | Edward King | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 95 | Kurt Hovelynck | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 96 | Mirko Selvaggi | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 97 | Laurent Pichon | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 98 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 99 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 100 | Matthew Hayman | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 101 | Alex Dowsett | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 102 | Gabriel Rasch | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | | 103 | Jean-Eudes Demaret | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 104 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 105 | Luis Ángel Maté | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 106 | Pierre-Luc Perichon | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 107 | Blel Kadri | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 7'04 | | | 108 | Roger Kluge | Team Argos - Shimano | + 7'44 | | | 109 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Movistar Team | + 7'55 | | | 110 | Giacomo Nizzolo | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 111 | Sven Nys | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | | 112 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | | 113 | Guillaume Faucon | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 114 | Sergey Lagutin | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 115 | Julien Guay | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 116 | Clément Koretzky | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 117 | Fabien Schmidt | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 118 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 11'08 | | | 119 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos - Shimano | + 11'47 | | | 120 | Steve Houanard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 12'10 | | | 121 | Giovanni Bernaudeau | Team Europcar | + 12'33 | | | 122 | Ian Stannard | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 123 | Gaël Malacarne | Bretagne - Schuller | + 12'50 | | | 124 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 125 | Saïd Haddou | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 126 | Benoit Jarrier | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 127 | Mark Renshaw | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 128 | Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 129 | Arnaud Labbe | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 130 | Franck Vermeulen | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 131 | Freddy Bichot | Véranda Rideau - Super U | s.t. | | | 132 | Sergio Pardilla | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 133 | Johan Le Bon | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 134 | Boris Zimine | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 135 | Jimmy Casper | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 136 | Nicolas Bazin | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 137 | Thomas Vaubourzeix | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | | 138 | Alessandro De Marchi | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 139 | Fabien Bacquet | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 140 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 141 | Joey Rosskopf | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 142 | Ronan Racault | Auber 93 | s.t. | | | 143 | Jean-Luc Delpech | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | | 144 | Pierre Drancourt | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | | 145 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 146 | Fabio Calabria | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 147 | Sylvain Georges | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 148 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | | 149 | Thomas Damuseau | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | | 150 | Miguel Mínguez | Euskaltel - 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Posted on 04-10-2012 19:48
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 04-10-2012 22:55
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Posted on 04-10-2012 22:58
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Posted on 05-10-2012 10:58
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Thanks guys, will try to keep this up! |
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Posted on 05-10-2012 11:16
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A bit late but...GO LÖVKVIST!!! |
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Posted on 05-10-2012 18:00
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New contracts for VVV-Venlo Pro Cycling riders!
Today VVV-Venlo Pro Cycling owner Timo Mennen called a press conference, as he had big news for us! Well soon enough we found out he has managed to prolong a lot of contracts. All these contracts of the riders were ending in the end of 2012, so the team for next year will be almost complete this soon in the season!
In a statement Mennen says he’s very confident in all of these riders and he wants to keep them from going to bigger teams. He says only Vaitkus did not want to prolong his contract, so there’s room for one replacement and maybe some youngsters from the scouting team!
Prolonged contracts:

Of course the other trainers are very happy with this aswell. They have been working with these riders for the past couple of weeks now, and they probably advised Mennen to prolong their contracts. Especially the renewing of Marc Goos's, Gijs Pennings and Sander Bos' contracts is really important for the trainers. These are all great talents and now they have the time to develop their talents properly!
Honda is also happy with this news: “I’m very happy Timo decided to prolong the expiring contracts. I now know that I can build on these riders as they will stay with us for a longer time! I’m certain that we can achieve big things if we keep on building!”
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Posted on 05-10-2012 18:13
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Good news! |
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Posted on 05-10-2012 18:37
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Stage 1: Tour of Oman
Stageprofile:

Our startlist:

Same old story of the Tour of Oman again. I really don’t like these stages, quite boring. A Botd formed quite early on. Names:
C.Haga
T. Valentin
M. Mortensen
R. Abello
Of course they get caught, because the peleton with Sky and Liquigas chasing is unforgivable. When we go into the sprint Cavendish is already way in front, he has such a great team to lead him out and maintain a crazy pace… Bos does very well this stage! He takes the 2nd behind Cavendish. But Cavendish wins by a really big margin! Forgot to take screen, sorry! Elia Viviani takes the 3rd place today!
Honda will give his comment at the end of this race as there’s not much to discuss with these flat stages.
Results:
Spoiler | Rank | Name | Team | Time | Player | | 1 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | 3h38'52 | | | 2 | Theo Bos | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 3 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 4 | Robert Hunter | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 5 | Daniele Bennati | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 6 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 7 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Jakob Rathe | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 9 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 10 | Allan Davis | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 11 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 12 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 13 | Daniel Oss | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 14 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 15 | Héctor Aguilar | Funvic - Pindamonhangaba | s.t. | | | 16 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 17 | Taylor Phinney | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 18 | Antonino Parrinello | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 19 | Jens Voigt | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 20 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 21 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 22 | Jackson Rodríguez | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 23 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 24 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 25 | Miguel Rubiano | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 26 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 27 | Yaroslav Popovych | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 28 | Raymond Kreder | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 29 | Jonathan Monsalve | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 30 | Kevin Van Impe | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 31 | Davide Appollonio | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 32 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 33 | Andreas Klöden | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 34 | Malcom Rudolph | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | | 35 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 36 | Ben Hermans | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 37 | Stijn Devolder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 38 | Rubén Plaza | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 39 | Xabier Zandio | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 40 | Maciej Bodnar | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 41 | Wesley Sulzberger | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 42 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 43 | Jacek Morajko | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 44 | Christian Vande Velde | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 45 | Ken Hanson | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | | 46 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 47 | Francisco Colorado | EPM - UNE | s.t. | | | 48 | Aidis Kruopis | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 49 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 50 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 51 | Ian Moir | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | | 52 | Martijn Keizer | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 53 | Martin Mortensen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 54 | Matt Green | Marco Polo Cycling - Donckers Koffie | s.t. | | | 55 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 56 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 57 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 58 | Jack Bobridge | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 59 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 60 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 61 | Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 62 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 63 | Tomás Gil | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 64 | Matthew Wilson | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 65 | Omar Bertazzo | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 66 | Hayden Roulston | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 67 | Andreas Klier | Team Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | | 68 | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 69 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 70 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 71 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 72 | Kalle Kriit | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 73 | Markel Irizar | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 74 | Daniele Ratto | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | | 75 | Antonio Santoro | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | | 76 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 77 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 78 | Rudy Molard | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | + 1'28 | | | 79 | Tristan Valentin | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 80 | Tom Dumoulin | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 81 | Otavio Bulgarelli | Funvic - Pindamonhangaba | s.t. | | | 82 | Wilson Rincon | EPM - UNE | s.t. | | | 83 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 84 | Yong Li Ng | Azad University Cross Team | s.t. | | | 85 | Rodrigo Nascimento | Funvic - Pindamonhangaba | s.t. | | | 86 | Magno Nazaret | Funvic - Pindamonhangaba | s.t. | | | 87 | Miguel Niño Corredor | Azad University Cross Team | s.t. | | | 88 | Kbrom Giday | Marco Polo Cycling - Donckers Koffie | s.t. | | | 89 | Adam Phelan | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | | 90 | Gregory Panizo | Funvic - Pindamonhangaba | s.t. | | | 91 | Edward Greene | Marco Polo Cycling - Donckers Koffie | s.t. | | | 92 | Fredy Gonzalez | Azad University Cross Team | s.t. | | | 93 | Andrew Bajadali | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | | 94 | Estifanos Gebresilassie | Marco Polo Cycling - Donckers Koffie | s.t. | | | 95 | Ivan Parra | EPM - UNE | s.t. | | | 96 | Thomas Palmer | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | | 97 | Eduard Beltran | EPM - UNE | s.t. | | | 98 | Floris Goesinnen | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | | 99 | Matthias Van Mechelen | Marco Polo Cycling - Donckers Koffie | s.t. | | | 100 | Camilo Suárez | EPM - UNE | s.t. | | | 101 | Cheyne Hoag | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | | 102 | Javier Gomez | EPM - UNE | s.t. | | | 103 | Chad Haga | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | | 104 | Tom Soladay | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | | 105 | Yirga Kinfe | Marco Polo Cycling - Donckers Koffie | s.t. | | | 106 | Matteo Trentin | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | s.t. | TimoMennen | | 107 | Lachlan Norris | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | | 108 | David López | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 109 | Sebastian Salas | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | | 110 | Rafael Infantino | EPM - UNE | s.t. | | | 111 | Daniel Abraham | Marco Polo Cycling - Donckers Koffie | s.t. | | | 112 | Isaac Bolivar | EPM - UNE | s.t. | | | 113 | Ruben Abello | Marco Polo Cycling - Donckers Koffie | s.t. | | | 114 | Victor Niño Corredor | Azad University Cross Team | s.t. | | | 115 | Michael Creed | Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | s.t. | | | 116 | Jani Tewelde | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | + 4'36 | TimoMennen | | 117 | Gijs Penning | VVV-VENLO PRO CYCLING | + 6'37 | TimoMennen |
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Posted on 05-10-2012 20:21
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Posted on 05-10-2012 20:42
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The prolonged contracts are from good cyclers! Good job! |
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Posted on 05-10-2012 23:34
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So close for Theo  |
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