Both - Yeah,we are leading Teams classifications. Seems everything is under control. Our only threath is Cancellara ,since he has same time as Vincenzo. But we hope Nibali will gain some time in mountain/hills. I am going to try to get stage win,or at least to stay in same rank as main guys,and,with some luck,to beat them in TT.
Haha! Cancellara on top with Nibbles?
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Both - Yeah,we are leading Teams classifications. Seems everything is under control. Our only threath is Cancellara ,since he has same time as Vincenzo. But we hope Nibali will gain some time in mountain/hills. I am going to try to get stage win,or at least to stay in same rank as main guys,and,with some luck,to beat them in TT.
Haha! Cancellara on top with Nibbles?
Well,he was doing really,really good so far. I am sure he will drop in some moment,especially at 6th stage.
But,for TT , he seems like only one that is there and that can beat us.
Really good slick story layout mate.
Great win for Ponzi ..with time gaps!, I love it when time gaps like that happen separating almost everyone in the top 10.
Early breakaway was successful and these guys : Hayman (Sky) , Taborre (Vini) , Graziato (Lampre) , De Kort (Argos), Boaro (Saxo) , Maes (OPQS) were in it.
No attacks,nothing really interesting except sprint.
3 trains were created,Cannondale's, Lotto's and OPQS's.
Most successful was definitely Lotto's one , since Ande Greipel took this,in-front of Demare,Goss,Sagan and Boonen.
Bad result from our sprinters,but that's not what we came for here!
No results since i forgot to export them. But , as said, nothing changed. Really sorry!
Post-stage comment
I've felt great today! Hope that will stay for at least 3 more days. Next 2 stages are hard,and than TT. We'll see what we can do there.
First of 2 decisive days,might be one to gain some time there. Not sure how Vincenzo feels,so,we'll check that in-peloton. Nothing sure,yet.
Report
As all other days,great day for ride. We've already came to Cote d'Azur and sea was there.
At the start of the stage,some pretty great names were in attack,names such as: Ratto (Cannondale) , Zabriskie (Garmin) , Hesjedal (Garmin) , De Gendt (Vacansoleil) , Albasini (Orica) , Roeledants (Lotto) , Perez (Euskaltel) , Parisien (Argos).
57kms to go: Gap is now about 8 minutes and we decided that it's too much,so Paolo , Fabio and me decided to take everything under control,and chase this. Gap started to fall enormnously,of course.
Group caught guys at front about 8kms before finish line. Only 20 guys in peloton. De Gendt tried attack but he was just too tired from breakaway.
3kms to go: Vincenzo attacked on that climb and none was actually able to follow him. Cancellara tried something but he sat after few seconds.
And Vincenzo took this! But how much time he gained?
I almost dropped at the end,but managed to somehow stay with front group. It was really the hardest day this season.
Stage results
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Vincenzo Nibali
Astana Pro Team
4h53'28
2
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 14
3
Sandy Casar
FDJ
s.t.
4
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky Procycling
s.t.
5
Ryder Hesjedal
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
6
JoaquÃm RodrÃguez
Katusha Team
s.t.
7
Peter Velits
Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
8
Giampaolo Caruso
Katusha Team
s.t.
9
Giovanni Visconti
Movistar Team
s.t.
10
David Zabriskie
Garmin - Sharp
s.t.
...
18
TanelKangert
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
General Classification
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
24h06'04
2
Sandy Casar
FDJ
+ 14
3
Vincenzo Nibali
Astana Pro Team
+ 17
4
Peter Sagan
Cannondale Pro Cycling
+ 21
5
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky Procycling
+ 31
6
Fabian Cancellara
RadioShack - Leopard
s.t.
7
Giovanni Visconti
Movistar Team
s.t.
8
Ion Izagirre
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
9
Moreno Moser
Cannondale Pro Cycling
s.t.
10
Laurens Ten Dam
Blanco Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
...
11
TanelKangert
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
Post-race comment
Just one more day for me! Hope Vincenzo can get win and i can enter TOP10.
See ya soon!
Sincerely , Tanel.
Edited by admirschleck on 16-05-2013 12:39
Thanks everyone for support. I am going to report next 2 stages right now,and maybe presentation of Setimana Coppi Bartali (that is going to be my first and only race this season,to be leader).
I am not sure Tirreno will be finished here,but some things will be decided, such as KoM winner or some guys dropping.
Report
Decisive day! Win from breakaway is almost impossible,but these guys decided to break rules and try it.
Names are: Gavazzi (Astana) , Cataldo (Sky) , Taborre (Vini) , Santaromita (BMC) , Popovych (RadioShack) , Talansky (Garmin) , Palini (Lampre) and Lund (Saxo).
With all of these hills,someone could fight for KoM jersey. Main guys for it was Cataldo , Santaromita and our guy, Gavazzi.
After all of these hills,only me and Vincenzo didn't drop,so,it was clear that i'm going to cover him,and that killed every hope in me! I hate this,but,that's what i have to do.
And after peloton successfuly caught guys in-front , Vincenzo decided that it is right time,on last hill, to attack.
His attack was easily followed by Boasson Hagen (Sky) , Nocentini (Ag2r) and most surprisingly , by Cancellara (RadioShack).
Nothing happened on downhill,since Vincenzo was tired. At the final sprint,as expected, Boasson Hagen won this , in-front of Nibali.
I was so angry and tired,but at the end i finished in Joaquim's group. That was 2nd group to pass finish line.
I will now show you result,i am definitely having something to be proud of!
Stage results
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky Procycling
6h20'54
2
Vincenzo Nibali
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
3
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
4
Fabian Cancellara
RadioShack - Leopard
s.t.
5
Giovanni Visconti
Movistar Team
s.t.
6
Ion Izagirre
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
7
Roman Kreuziger
Team Saxo - Tinkoff
s.t.
8
Peter Sagan
Cannondale Pro Cycling
s.t.
9
Laurens Ten Dam
Blanco Pro Cycling Team
+ 1'03
10
JoaquÃm RodrÃguez
Katusha Team
s.t.
...
15
TanelKangert
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
General Classification
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
30h26'58
2
Vincenzo Nibali
Astana Pro Team
+ 17
3
Peter Sagan
Cannondale Pro Cycling
+ 21
4
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Sky Procycling
+ 31
5
Fabian Cancellara
RadioShack - Leopard
s.t.
6
Giovanni Visconti
Movistar Team
s.t.
7
Ion Izagirre
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
8
Sandy Casar
FDJ
+ 1'17
9
Laurens Ten Dam
Blanco Pro Cycling Team
+ 1'34
10
TanelKangert
Astana Pro Team
s.t.
Post-race comment
I am happy by getting TOP10,but this must have end.I had huge capacity for that last hill,but helping Nibali just destroyed me. I am not trying to say that i don't want that role,but let me go if i am stronger!
Stage 7
Pre-stage comment
Getting deeper in TOP10 is my goal. Will see what Vincenzo can do,it is going to be hard.
Report
As always,TT was boring for you. I disappointed myself when i saw that i am coming across the finish line with 23" behind Phinney.
Vincenzo started as next-to-last guy. Already,in that time, Cancellara set best time. It was unrealistic to search stage winner in Vincenzo,but can he win GC?
16" behind Cancellara. Huhu,this is going to be tight!
Let's bring on result,to check winner of this race.
Guys, i just played 1st stage of Setimanna Coppi e Bartali and Tanel got injured. That wasn't so bad ,but when i checked editor,it is worst injury there with 180max days. I really don't want to skip season so i am thinking of changing rider (something like Tanels young cousin with 68-70 stats and about 20 years) or (same situation and twins) , or something else? Can someone give me idea what to do now, btw minimum days to wait are 120 , and only Tanel and 1 polish guy has it right now. What a bad luck,i wanted to continue , but i don't want to wait and then gain form again.
Anyone with any other solution? Thansk so much
admirschleck wrote:
Anyone got idea what should i do,since i dont want this finishin so early as my Adria story.
You should edit your savefile to "delete" the injury and keep playing. Unless you want to keep playing without him. Use something like Lachi's editor and edit DYN_cyclist under cyclist_state change it to something else other than injured.
And form is editable too, you know.
Edited by 547984 on 16-05-2013 23:52
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Play out the season as another Astana rider, and then once he's better pick up with Kangert again, or alternatively swap the injury for a much more minor one, putting him out for just a month or so?
Huh,after few days,i decided to write you about my injury.
That was awful,just awful fall. It was first stage of Settimana Coppi e Bartali,where i was team leader. First stage was mainly flat and for some hilly sprinters. In last few laps,there was cobbled section. My tire suddenly stucked between 2 parts of cobblestones and boom. It just catapulted me and i just felt strong pain,about minute later.
Doctors said that i lost memory for some time , but i will be okay. By the way,i broke my left hand, 2 ribs and clavicle didn't totally cracked,but only damaged.
Anyway, i will be able to back on roads before Giro,about my recovery,you will read below.
Recovery update
Well,i am really thankful for Astana guys and doctors. They did great job,but without my practising,nothing could be done. I am now in full shape and ready for the Giro,to help Vincenzo.
Rollers,of course,helped me out to get form again.
I am really angry on myself,but somehow,to be honest,team did pretty bad job. In first part of season i am not satisfied with their work,since i did great and they showed only some respect. This need changes,but it is still early. I will try to rest now and to write preview of Giro.
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