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Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Dust it off. You're racing Le Samyn and Three Days of West Flanders next week
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Clasica de Almeria
Team: Jamee Gray, Mat Mitchell, George Roberts, David Arroyo, David Millar, Amets Txurruka, Bradley Wiggins
A not particularly important race in Spain, mainly for race practice.
Mat Mitchell joined the early break with Ruiz from Andalucia, but they were caught shortly after the final climb, despite at one point having a lead of 11'30.
Gray went in two breaks; one over the final hill with Posthuma, Muravjev and Lastras, which was quickly squandered, but with 15 km to go Gray attempted to leave the group again. Pieter Weening (orange, Rabobank) and Riccardo Riccó (yellow, Saunier Duval) joined him.
Break forming
Riccó then left again with eight km to go. Gray countered, and a tentative truce was agreed in the final kilometres, as the three tried to keep the peloton at bay; with 600 metres it seemed like a good choice, as Gray passed Riccó through the middle.
However, the attack came too early, as his legs suddenly stopped working and Riccó and Weening came back to pip him to the win.
Stage result:
1 Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 4h33'47
2 Pieter Weening RABOBANK s.t.
3 Jamee Gray TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
4 Gianpaolo Caruso LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 20
5 Erwin Thijs UNIBET.COM s.t.
6 Victor Hugo Peña UNIBET.COM s.t.
7 Paolo Fornaciari LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
8 Luis Pasamontes UNIBET.COM s.t.
9 Bradley Wiggins TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
10 Manuele Mori SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
14 David Millar TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
21 David Arroyo TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
22 George Roberts TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
24 Amets Txurruka TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
88 Mathew Mitchell TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 5'16
Team: Jamee Gray, Mat Mitchell, George Roberts, David Arroyo, David Millar, Amets Txurruka, Bradley Wiggins
A not particularly important race in Spain, mainly for race practice.
Mat Mitchell joined the early break with Ruiz from Andalucia, but they were caught shortly after the final climb, despite at one point having a lead of 11'30.
Gray went in two breaks; one over the final hill with Posthuma, Muravjev and Lastras, which was quickly squandered, but with 15 km to go Gray attempted to leave the group again. Pieter Weening (orange, Rabobank) and Riccardo Riccó (yellow, Saunier Duval) joined him.
Break forming
Riccó then left again with eight km to go. Gray countered, and a tentative truce was agreed in the final kilometres, as the three tried to keep the peloton at bay; with 600 metres it seemed like a good choice, as Gray passed Riccó through the middle.
However, the attack came too early, as his legs suddenly stopped working and Riccó and Weening came back to pip him to the win.
Stage result:
1 Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 4h33'47
2 Pieter Weening RABOBANK s.t.
3 Jamee Gray TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
4 Gianpaolo Caruso LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 20
5 Erwin Thijs UNIBET.COM s.t.
6 Victor Hugo Peña UNIBET.COM s.t.
7 Paolo Fornaciari LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
8 Luis Pasamontes UNIBET.COM s.t.
9 Bradley Wiggins TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
10 Manuele Mori SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
14 David Millar TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
21 David Arroyo TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
22 George Roberts TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
24 Amets Txurruka TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
88 Mathew Mitchell TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 5'16
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Le Samyn
Frameries - Dour, 189 km
Past winners of this race include Robbie McEwen (2004), Magnus Bäckstedt, José Samyn (the first winner, whom the race was later named for after his untimely death)
Team: Chris Dwyer, Jamee Gray, Nathan Hoy, David Kennett, Bugs Malone, Håkon Mørk, Bradley Wiggins, Steffen Wesemann
Other contenders: Axel Merckx (T-Mobile), David Moncoutié (Cofidis), Sergei Kolesnikov (Unibet), Simon Gerrans (AG2R)
An early break got away, but Casson Dairy started the work early in order to shatter the field on the hills. Eventually, Gerrans started an attempted for a long breakaway, and Jamee Gray joined him, only for the peloton to set a huge pace. 36 men remained after a frantic period.
50 km remained on the last serious climb, and Mørk joined Mario Aerts of Predictor-Lotto in another breakaway. They got a 40 second gap, but Merckx broke loose on the next, shorter climb, and joined the two. Wesemann, Gray and Dwyer managed to join Merckx, but Dwyer struggled downhill and on the flat, and fell off the group.
In the finish, Casson Dairy opted for a tactic of wearing out Merckx, rather than attacking and forcing him to counter. It was not very successful; Gray, already tired from the efforts in Spain, fell off with a couple kilometres to go, and Merckx sprinted from Wesemann's wheel to take another early-season win and confirm form ahead of Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Yet another podium it is.
Final result:
1 Axel Merckx T-MOBILE TEAM 4h43'15
2 Steffen Wesemann TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
3 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 52
4 Simon Gerrans AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
5 Bram Tankink QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
6 Kevin Seeldraeyers QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
7 Jurgen Vandenbroeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
8 Nathan Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
9 Wim Van Huffel PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
10 Sylvain Calzati AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
11 Bugs Malone TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
16 Jamee Gray TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
17 David Kennett TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
18 Chris Dwyer TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
19 Håkon Mørk TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 2'02
37 Bradley Wiggins TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 7'23
Frameries - Dour, 189 km
Past winners of this race include Robbie McEwen (2004), Magnus Bäckstedt, José Samyn (the first winner, whom the race was later named for after his untimely death)
Team: Chris Dwyer, Jamee Gray, Nathan Hoy, David Kennett, Bugs Malone, Håkon Mørk, Bradley Wiggins, Steffen Wesemann
Other contenders: Axel Merckx (T-Mobile), David Moncoutié (Cofidis), Sergei Kolesnikov (Unibet), Simon Gerrans (AG2R)
An early break got away, but Casson Dairy started the work early in order to shatter the field on the hills. Eventually, Gerrans started an attempted for a long breakaway, and Jamee Gray joined him, only for the peloton to set a huge pace. 36 men remained after a frantic period.
50 km remained on the last serious climb, and Mørk joined Mario Aerts of Predictor-Lotto in another breakaway. They got a 40 second gap, but Merckx broke loose on the next, shorter climb, and joined the two. Wesemann, Gray and Dwyer managed to join Merckx, but Dwyer struggled downhill and on the flat, and fell off the group.
In the finish, Casson Dairy opted for a tactic of wearing out Merckx, rather than attacking and forcing him to counter. It was not very successful; Gray, already tired from the efforts in Spain, fell off with a couple kilometres to go, and Merckx sprinted from Wesemann's wheel to take another early-season win and confirm form ahead of Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Yet another podium it is.
Final result:
1 Axel Merckx T-MOBILE TEAM 4h43'15
2 Steffen Wesemann TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
3 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 52
4 Simon Gerrans AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
5 Bram Tankink QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
6 Kevin Seeldraeyers QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
7 Jurgen Vandenbroeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
8 Nathan Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
9 Wim Van Huffel PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
10 Sylvain Calzati AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
11 Bugs Malone TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
16 Jamee Gray TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
17 David Kennett TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
18 Chris Dwyer TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
19 Håkon Mørk TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 2'02
37 Bradley Wiggins TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 7'23
Kweek
Cricketer Of The Year
Name:Tarick Weber
Date of Birth: 22/05/1986
Cycling nation: The Netherlands
Specialist (One of the following five: Time Trialler, Climber, GC Rider, Sprinter, Breakaway Rider):Climber
Goal races (name up to three): Dauphiné Libéré, Tour de France, Tour of Germany
Domestique (professional rider who has not appeared in top six of a Grand Tour general classification, won a points jersey in a Grand Tour, or a World title, to strengthen the side):
Michael Boogard
Details (can be omitted, will be adapted to each position)
Enter values from 50 to 85 in each of these 12 parameters
Flat:73
Mountain: 80
Hills: 73
Downhill: 73
Time Trial:50
Stamina:72
Resistance: 70
Recovery:70
Cobblestones:79
Fighter:60
Sprint:55
Acceleration:65
Date of Birth: 22/05/1986
Cycling nation: The Netherlands
Specialist (One of the following five: Time Trialler, Climber, GC Rider, Sprinter, Breakaway Rider):Climber
Goal races (name up to three): Dauphiné Libéré, Tour de France, Tour of Germany
Domestique (professional rider who has not appeared in top six of a Grand Tour general classification, won a points jersey in a Grand Tour, or a World title, to strengthen the side):
Michael Boogard
Details (can be omitted, will be adapted to each position)
Enter values from 50 to 85 in each of these 12 parameters
Flat:73
Mountain: 80
Hills: 73
Downhill: 73
Time Trial:50
Stamina:72
Resistance: 70
Recovery:70
Cobblestones:79
Fighter:60
Sprint:55
Acceleration:65
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Giro del Capo (Tour of the Cape)
Team: Fensome, Forner, Kearsley, Pares, Reddlapalli, Chris Hoy.
A team that should, in all honesty, dominate. A very weak startfield around here, largely only including the best South African riders - in Barloworld - and Jelle Vanendert, a Belgian who rides for Chocolade Jacques.
Prologue, 7 km ITT, Paarl
Reddlapalli set a top time early on. No one really challenged.
Stage result:
1 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY 9'55
2 Diego Caccia BARLOWORLD + 5
3 James Lewis Perry BARLOWORLD + 6
4 Martin Riska TEAM SWIAG TEKA + 9
5 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 10
12 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 16
31 Chris Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 25
34 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 27
48 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 32
74 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 41
Stage One, Paarl - Tokara, 129 km
A gravel road climb finish, which hampers Fensome the least. Pares joined the breakaway, a 11-man monster, and earned some intermediate points and seconds, but Chocolade Jacques set up a huge pace on the 8 km second-climb to set off literally everyone. It had six riders up front with 4 km to go of the climb. Only Forner and Fensome managed to follow, and by the top the situation was:
11-man group with Pares
Chocolade Jacques + Forner & Fensome @ 2'56
Peloton 1 with Barloworld and Wiesenhof riders, + Reddlapalli @ 4'08
Peloton 2 with Caccia (Barloworld) and Kearsley @ 5'18
Look at all those red/whites...
Chocolade Jacques continued to pull away on the flat against disorganised groups behind, while our two leaders were thankfully tagging along. So, however, was Chocolade Jacques' leader, Jelle Vanendert, who didn't have to share any work with his dedicated team-mates.
By the top of the second-to-last-climb, and 30 km remaining, the Pares group had been eaten and left. The situation was now as follows:
Stubbe, Vanendert, Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques), Forner, Fensome
Various remnants of the breakaway (Pares @ 1'32)
The two earlier pelotons, now merged, @ 4'32
Forner knew he'd be weakened on the gravel road, and banked everything on attack 10 km before the finish. The Belgians were worn out with effort, and Vanendert wanted to save himself for the final climb, leaving Forner with a precarious 40 second lead with 5 km to go. As expected, though, the gravel got too tough for Forner and Vanendert stole the victory on the line.
Stage result:
1 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 3h19'28
2 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
3 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 10
4 Tom Stubbe CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 50
5 Serge Pauwels CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
23 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 4'23
24 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
36 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
83 Chris Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 9'56
General classification:
1 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 3h29'13
2 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 39
3 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
4 Serge Pauwels CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 1'14
5 Tom Stubbe CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 1'20
8 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 4'37
12 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 4'47
48 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 5'09
73 Chris Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 10'31
Points classification:
1 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 37
2 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY 25
3 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY 20
8 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 16
11 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY 10
Mountains classification:
1 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY 18
2 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 14
3 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 14
Team classification:
1 CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 10h30'33"
2 TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 2'54
3 TEAM SWIAG TEKA + 10'27
Stage Two, Stellenbosch
A moderately difficult circuit, with two hills in the 20 km lap to be done six times. Kearsley, then Reddlapalli went into breaks, as we wanted to put pressure on Chocolade Jacques so they worked themselves out again; four laps into the race Vanendert simply pushed away with a couple of Barloworld guys, and Casson Dairy desperately clung on with Forner and Fensome. Forner never gained quite the impressive Langkawi form, and was set off despite a good effort, but Fensome realised something had to be done when the group caught Kearsley's small group, and when Vanendert attacked, the Zimbabwean countered. He then sped from his wheel, and as they passed the top and gained mountain points at the penultimate top, Fensome had a good minute.
This lead was easily held stable through the final kilometres; the first breakaway was gathered in by the peloton, who still lost four minutes, while Forner rallied to third place.
Stage result:
1 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 3h13'15
2 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 1'07
3 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 1'48
4 John-Lee Augustyn BARLOWORLD + 2'26
5 Dimitri Claeys DAVITAMON - WIN FOR LIFE - JONG VLAANDEREN + 3'56
7 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
41 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 10'13
56 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
84 Chris Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 22'11
General classification:
1 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 6h42'47
2 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 36
3 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 2'00
4 Serge Pauwels CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 4'51
5 Tom Stubbe CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 4'57
9 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 8'14
Points classification:
1 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 57
2 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 41
3 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY 36
4 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY 34
Mountain classification:
1 Simon Kelly MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY 30
2 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 24
3 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 18
With another time trial, double the length, Fensome will look to gain some time in Bloemendaal tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Weber will be added to the team soonish.
Team: Fensome, Forner, Kearsley, Pares, Reddlapalli, Chris Hoy.
A team that should, in all honesty, dominate. A very weak startfield around here, largely only including the best South African riders - in Barloworld - and Jelle Vanendert, a Belgian who rides for Chocolade Jacques.
Prologue, 7 km ITT, Paarl
Reddlapalli set a top time early on. No one really challenged.
Stage result:
1 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY 9'55
2 Diego Caccia BARLOWORLD + 5
3 James Lewis Perry BARLOWORLD + 6
4 Martin Riska TEAM SWIAG TEKA + 9
5 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 10
12 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 16
31 Chris Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 25
34 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 27
48 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 32
74 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 41
Stage One, Paarl - Tokara, 129 km
A gravel road climb finish, which hampers Fensome the least. Pares joined the breakaway, a 11-man monster, and earned some intermediate points and seconds, but Chocolade Jacques set up a huge pace on the 8 km second-climb to set off literally everyone. It had six riders up front with 4 km to go of the climb. Only Forner and Fensome managed to follow, and by the top the situation was:
11-man group with Pares
Chocolade Jacques + Forner & Fensome @ 2'56
Peloton 1 with Barloworld and Wiesenhof riders, + Reddlapalli @ 4'08
Peloton 2 with Caccia (Barloworld) and Kearsley @ 5'18
Look at all those red/whites...
Chocolade Jacques continued to pull away on the flat against disorganised groups behind, while our two leaders were thankfully tagging along. So, however, was Chocolade Jacques' leader, Jelle Vanendert, who didn't have to share any work with his dedicated team-mates.
By the top of the second-to-last-climb, and 30 km remaining, the Pares group had been eaten and left. The situation was now as follows:
Stubbe, Vanendert, Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques), Forner, Fensome
Various remnants of the breakaway (Pares @ 1'32)
The two earlier pelotons, now merged, @ 4'32
Forner knew he'd be weakened on the gravel road, and banked everything on attack 10 km before the finish. The Belgians were worn out with effort, and Vanendert wanted to save himself for the final climb, leaving Forner with a precarious 40 second lead with 5 km to go. As expected, though, the gravel got too tough for Forner and Vanendert stole the victory on the line.
Stage result:
1 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 3h19'28
2 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
3 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 10
4 Tom Stubbe CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 50
5 Serge Pauwels CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
23 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 4'23
24 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
36 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
83 Chris Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 9'56
General classification:
1 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 3h29'13
2 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 39
3 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
4 Serge Pauwels CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 1'14
5 Tom Stubbe CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 1'20
8 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 4'37
12 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 4'47
48 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 5'09
73 Chris Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 10'31
Points classification:
1 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 37
2 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY 25
3 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY 20
8 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 16
11 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY 10
Mountains classification:
1 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY 18
2 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 14
3 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 14
Team classification:
1 CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 10h30'33"
2 TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 2'54
3 TEAM SWIAG TEKA + 10'27
Stage Two, Stellenbosch
A moderately difficult circuit, with two hills in the 20 km lap to be done six times. Kearsley, then Reddlapalli went into breaks, as we wanted to put pressure on Chocolade Jacques so they worked themselves out again; four laps into the race Vanendert simply pushed away with a couple of Barloworld guys, and Casson Dairy desperately clung on with Forner and Fensome. Forner never gained quite the impressive Langkawi form, and was set off despite a good effort, but Fensome realised something had to be done when the group caught Kearsley's small group, and when Vanendert attacked, the Zimbabwean countered. He then sped from his wheel, and as they passed the top and gained mountain points at the penultimate top, Fensome had a good minute.
This lead was easily held stable through the final kilometres; the first breakaway was gathered in by the peloton, who still lost four minutes, while Forner rallied to third place.
Stage result:
1 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 3h13'15
2 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 1'07
3 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 1'48
4 John-Lee Augustyn BARLOWORLD + 2'26
5 Dimitri Claeys DAVITAMON - WIN FOR LIFE - JONG VLAANDEREN + 3'56
7 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
41 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 10'13
56 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
84 Chris Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 22'11
General classification:
1 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 6h42'47
2 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 36
3 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 2'00
4 Serge Pauwels CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 4'51
5 Tom Stubbe CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 4'57
9 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 8'14
Points classification:
1 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 57
2 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 41
3 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY 36
4 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY 34
Mountain classification:
1 Simon Kelly MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY 30
2 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 24
3 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 18
With another time trial, double the length, Fensome will look to gain some time in Bloemendaal tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Weber will be added to the team soonish.
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my effort so far has been a bit dissapointing especially as i did so well on my debut - hopefully the ground will flatten out and my sprinting instincts will step in...
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
Stage 1, Kortrijk - Bellegem
Team: N Hoy, Gelman, Read, Steegmans, Thomas, Vasseur, Weber
Flatter than a pancake, yet wind threatened to split the peloton apart after attacks rained on the first sprint. However, no one wanted to keep the pace up, so the peloton gathered together again, with Gelman in a quite strong 6-man break with mainly continental tour riders.
The break got five minutes, but cooperation was awful, making it an easy task for Discovery and T-Mobile to hunt it down.
With 48 km to go, an interesting group containing Aerts, Peña and Cretskens decided to leave the pack, but Casson Dairy chose to sit tight with our main breakaway rider, Hoy,
already spent and Weber resting for the hills on stage three.
However, it showed that the riders weren't on top form. Facci simply sped from Read on his wheel, and Read finished seventh in a very disappointing sprint, before Baumann came on the left to pip Facci; earlier Steegmans had wasted himself pulling out for Read, who had seemed on better form in the bunch. Steegmans will get the sprinting job tomorrow though.
As an added disappointment, everyone except Read and Steegmans lost time in the overall, due to lacking sprinting capabilities. Among the time-gainers were the inimitable Axel Merckx.
Time to change the aims to a stage win.
Stage result:
1 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM 3h57'15
2 Mauro Facci QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
3 Benoît Sinner AGRITUBEL s.t.
4 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
5 Artur Gajek TEAM WIESENHOF - FELT s.t.
7 Ben Read TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
19 Gert Steegmans TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
25 Geraint Thomas TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 50
29 Nathan Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
41 Cédric Vasseur TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
94 Tarick Weber TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
105 Zac Gelman TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
General classification:
1 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM 3h56'55
2 Mauro Facci QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 8
3 Benoît Sinner AGRITUBEL s.t.
4 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 14
5 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM + 18
8 Ben Read TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 20
Points classification:
1 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM 25
2 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM 20
3 Benoît Sinner AGRITUBEL 20
4 Mauro Facci QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 20
9 Ben Read TEAM CASSON DAIRY 9
Mountain classification:
1 Zac Gelman TEAM CASSON DAIRY 6
2 Mario Ickx JARTAZI PROMO FASHION CONTINENTAL CYCLING TEAM 4
3 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL 2
Stage 1, Kortrijk - Bellegem
Team: N Hoy, Gelman, Read, Steegmans, Thomas, Vasseur, Weber
Flatter than a pancake, yet wind threatened to split the peloton apart after attacks rained on the first sprint. However, no one wanted to keep the pace up, so the peloton gathered together again, with Gelman in a quite strong 6-man break with mainly continental tour riders.
The break got five minutes, but cooperation was awful, making it an easy task for Discovery and T-Mobile to hunt it down.
With 48 km to go, an interesting group containing Aerts, Peña and Cretskens decided to leave the pack, but Casson Dairy chose to sit tight with our main breakaway rider, Hoy,
already spent and Weber resting for the hills on stage three.
However, it showed that the riders weren't on top form. Facci simply sped from Read on his wheel, and Read finished seventh in a very disappointing sprint, before Baumann came on the left to pip Facci; earlier Steegmans had wasted himself pulling out for Read, who had seemed on better form in the bunch. Steegmans will get the sprinting job tomorrow though.
As an added disappointment, everyone except Read and Steegmans lost time in the overall, due to lacking sprinting capabilities. Among the time-gainers were the inimitable Axel Merckx.
Time to change the aims to a stage win.
Stage result:
1 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM 3h57'15
2 Mauro Facci QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
3 Benoît Sinner AGRITUBEL s.t.
4 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
5 Artur Gajek TEAM WIESENHOF - FELT s.t.
7 Ben Read TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
19 Gert Steegmans TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
25 Geraint Thomas TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 50
29 Nathan Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
41 Cédric Vasseur TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
94 Tarick Weber TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
105 Zac Gelman TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
General classification:
1 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM 3h56'55
2 Mauro Facci QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 8
3 Benoît Sinner AGRITUBEL s.t.
4 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 14
5 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM + 18
8 Ben Read TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 20
Points classification:
1 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM 25
2 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM 20
3 Benoît Sinner AGRITUBEL 20
4 Mauro Facci QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 20
9 Ben Read TEAM CASSON DAIRY 9
Mountain classification:
1 Zac Gelman TEAM CASSON DAIRY 6
2 Mario Ickx JARTAZI PROMO FASHION CONTINENTAL CYCLING TEAM 4
3 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL 2
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Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Giro del Capo
Stage 3, Bloemendal
A considerable 5-km climb ends this stage, and Fensome looked to attack. However, Pares was the one to break away, and Wesley van der Linden eventually joined him in a long break. The group was not interested in chasing, Casson Dairy eventually regretting their decision not to increase the pace before the final hill, as Fensome had to increase the pace himself. He attacked too early, and Vanendert could counter and pass Fensome easily; despite a late rally, Fensome lost 32 seconds to the Belgian, who goes into the fifth stage as favourite.
Stage result:
1 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY 3h23'50
2 Wesley Van der Linden CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
3 Travis Allen TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 2'20
4 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 2'30
5 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 3'02
7 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 3'59
14 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
54 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
84 Chris Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 5'59
General classification:
1 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 10h09'39
2 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 4
3 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 2'57
9 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 9'11
40 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 11'09
51 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 16'00
83 Chris Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 35'20
Points classification:
1 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 71
2 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 53
3 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY 45
4 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY 45
5 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY 36
Mountain classification:
1 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 32
2 Simon Kelly MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY 30
3 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY 22
Milano - Torino, 199 km
Team: Kennett, Malone, Mørk, Roberts, Gr Thomas, Voigt, Walsh, Wesemann
A 9-man group went away, before they were joined at 60 km by a bunch of climbers, including Alex Efimkin (Barloworld), Gorazd Stangelj (Lampre), Fränk Schleck (CSC), Julio Perez, Domenico Pozzovivo (Panaria), George Roberts (Casson Dairy), to join Andrea Tonti (QuickStep), Walter Pedraza (Selle Italia) and José Gutierrez Cataluña (LPR) in the breakaway. The 18-man group worked well together, though Roberts did little work and bade his time for the mountain.
It didn't help much. He was not strong enough to pull away over the top, where a 7-man group remained after hard pulling by Schleck and Pozzovivo.
Roberts was the weakest in the sprint on the flat, where the former Phonak rider José Enrique Gutiérrez, now on LPR, who took second in Giro d'Italia last year, now took his first serious one-day win. From the main bunch, Wesemann and Walsh got up to the remnants of the breakaway, and sprinted to respectable 16th and 21st respectively.
Final results:
1 José Enrique Gutiérrez Cataluña TEAM LPR 4h54'46
2 Andrea Tonti QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
3 Domenico Pozzovivo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
4 Aleksandr Efimkin BARLOWORLD s.t.
5 Frank Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
6 Guido Trentin SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
7 George Roberts TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
8 Gorazd Stangelj LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'03
9 Walter Pedraza SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA + 1'26
10 Hugo Sabido BARLOWORLD + 1'56
16 Steffen Wesemann TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 1'56
21 Craig Walsh TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
34 Jens Voigt TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 4'27
46 Bugs Malone TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
47 Håkon Mørk TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
57 Greg Thomas TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
59 David Kennett TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
Stage 3, Bloemendal
A considerable 5-km climb ends this stage, and Fensome looked to attack. However, Pares was the one to break away, and Wesley van der Linden eventually joined him in a long break. The group was not interested in chasing, Casson Dairy eventually regretting their decision not to increase the pace before the final hill, as Fensome had to increase the pace himself. He attacked too early, and Vanendert could counter and pass Fensome easily; despite a late rally, Fensome lost 32 seconds to the Belgian, who goes into the fifth stage as favourite.
Stage result:
1 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY 3h23'50
2 Wesley Van der Linden CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
3 Travis Allen TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 2'20
4 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 2'30
5 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 3'02
7 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 3'59
14 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
54 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
84 Chris Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 5'59
General classification:
1 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 10h09'39
2 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 4
3 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 2'57
9 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 9'11
40 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 11'09
51 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 16'00
83 Chris Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 35'20
Points classification:
1 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 71
2 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 53
3 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY 45
4 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY 45
5 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY 36
Mountain classification:
1 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 32
2 Simon Kelly MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY 30
3 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY 22
Milano - Torino, 199 km
Team: Kennett, Malone, Mørk, Roberts, Gr Thomas, Voigt, Walsh, Wesemann
A 9-man group went away, before they were joined at 60 km by a bunch of climbers, including Alex Efimkin (Barloworld), Gorazd Stangelj (Lampre), Fränk Schleck (CSC), Julio Perez, Domenico Pozzovivo (Panaria), George Roberts (Casson Dairy), to join Andrea Tonti (QuickStep), Walter Pedraza (Selle Italia) and José Gutierrez Cataluña (LPR) in the breakaway. The 18-man group worked well together, though Roberts did little work and bade his time for the mountain.
It didn't help much. He was not strong enough to pull away over the top, where a 7-man group remained after hard pulling by Schleck and Pozzovivo.
Roberts was the weakest in the sprint on the flat, where the former Phonak rider José Enrique Gutiérrez, now on LPR, who took second in Giro d'Italia last year, now took his first serious one-day win. From the main bunch, Wesemann and Walsh got up to the remnants of the breakaway, and sprinted to respectable 16th and 21st respectively.
Final results:
1 José Enrique Gutiérrez Cataluña TEAM LPR 4h54'46
2 Andrea Tonti QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
3 Domenico Pozzovivo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
4 Aleksandr Efimkin BARLOWORLD s.t.
5 Frank Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
6 Guido Trentin SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
7 George Roberts TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
8 Gorazd Stangelj LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'03
9 Walter Pedraza SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA + 1'26
10 Hugo Sabido BARLOWORLD + 1'56
16 Steffen Wesemann TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 1'56
21 Craig Walsh TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
34 Jens Voigt TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 4'27
46 Bugs Malone TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
47 Håkon Mørk TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
57 Greg Thomas TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
59 David Kennett TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.