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Rather Mad Witch
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Driedaagse van west-Vlaanderen
Stage Two, Torhout - Handzame, 175 km
Uphill sprint, and some short climbs scattered. Gelman went in an early break of eight and seemed the strongest, but those guys were caught by the field with 20 km to go; in the mass sprint Baumann took his second win in March. A mass fall sent Read hobbling, and he might struggle with fitness for a while. Steegmans took Baumann's wheel but was unable to accelerate from it.
Stage result:
1 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM 3h49'33
2 Gert Steegmans TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
3 Andre Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
4 Mauro Facci QUICK-STEP INNERGETIC s.t.
5 Uros Murn DISCOVERY CHANNEL CYCLING TEAM s.t.
[color]25 Nathan Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
53 Zac Gelman TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
82 Cédric Vasseur TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 1'54
90 Ben Read TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
98 Geraint Thomas TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 5'12 (punctured)
104 Tarick Weber TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 8'48 (severly short of race fitness.)
General classification:
1 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM 7h46'8
2 Mauro Facci QUICK-STEP INNERGETIC + 28
3 Gert Steegmans TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
4 Benoît Sinner AGRITUBEL s.t.
16 Axel Merckx T-MOBILE TEAM + 40
19 Nathan Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 1'30
51 Zac Gelman TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
55 Ben Read TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 2'34
65 Steffen Wesemann TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 3'24
97 Geraint Thomas TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 6'42
101 Tarick Weber TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 10'18
Giro del Capo
Signal Hill, uphill time trial
A disappointing race. Reddlapalli was pipped to the stage win by James Perry of Barloworld, who rode fantastically, while Fensome, despite finishing a creditable 14th, lost ten seconds to Vanendert and remains six seconds behind.
Stage result:
1 James Lewis Perry BARLOWORLD 6'45
2 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 7
3 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 8
4 Torsten Schmidt TEAM WIESENHOF - FELT + 9
5 Martin Riska TEAM SWIAG TEKA + 10
6 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 12
14 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 18
34 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 26
56 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 28
59 Chris Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 29
General classification:
1 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 10h16'36
2 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 6
3 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 3'13
4 Serge Pauwels CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 5'51
5 Tom Stubbe CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 5'58
10 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 9'06
40 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 11'09
48 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 16'14
83 Chris Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 35'37
Points classification:
1 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 87
2 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY 56
3 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY 55
4 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 55
5 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY 45
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Two ProTour stage races next week. Josh Forner rests as he's already raced plenty this season. Here is a preview:
The 64th Paris - Nice; 11-18 March
Race to the Sun
8 Stages; 1 ITT prologue, a few mountainous stages, though no big climbs.
2006 winner: Floyd Landis, USA
Most wins: Séan Kelly, IRL, 7 times
Other winners: Jacques Anquetil (5), Eddy Merckx (3), Joop Zoetemelk (3), Laurent Jalabert (3), Alexander Vinokourov (2), Tom Simpson (1, 1967)
Team:
Jamee Gray qualified on basis of solid one-day results.
Bugs Malone qualified on basis of Australian results, plus that the time trial won't be as decisive here.
Neil Pickup as warmup for Milano - San Remo
Heath Davis as second sprinter
Mathew Mitchell to aim for yellow jersey on day 1
Jens Voigt for an outside chance at the overall win
Steffen Wesemann as domestique
Håkon Mørk as domestique
The 41st Tirreno - Adriatico; 14-20 March
Race of Two Seas
7 stages, from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Adriatic Sea, through the Appenines. Only one stage with a serious mountain, though, and the 20 km time trial might be decisive.
2006 winner: Thomas Dekker, NED
Most wins: Roger de Vlaeminck, BEL, 6 times
Other winners: Tony Rominger (2), Rolf Sørensen (2), Francesco Moser (2), Knut Knudsen (1), Paolo Bettini (1), Filippo Pozzato (1), Óscar Freire (1)
Team:
Alex Fensome qualified after good results in South Africa.
Nathan Hoy races as warm-up for the spring classics.
Craig Walsh to start the season
George Roberts to start the season
Manjunath Reddlapalli after solid results in South Africa, for stage win on time trial, plus
David Pares as team sprinter if wins in South Africa - otherwise Ryan Dunn
David Kennett
Gert Steegmans to keep form before more Belgian classics
The 64th Paris - Nice; 11-18 March
Race to the Sun
8 Stages; 1 ITT prologue, a few mountainous stages, though no big climbs.
2006 winner: Floyd Landis, USA
Most wins: Séan Kelly, IRL, 7 times
Other winners: Jacques Anquetil (5), Eddy Merckx (3), Joop Zoetemelk (3), Laurent Jalabert (3), Alexander Vinokourov (2), Tom Simpson (1, 1967)
Team:
Jamee Gray qualified on basis of solid one-day results.
Bugs Malone qualified on basis of Australian results, plus that the time trial won't be as decisive here.
Neil Pickup as warmup for Milano - San Remo
Heath Davis as second sprinter
Mathew Mitchell to aim for yellow jersey on day 1
Jens Voigt for an outside chance at the overall win
Steffen Wesemann as domestique
Håkon Mørk as domestique
The 41st Tirreno - Adriatico; 14-20 March
Race of Two Seas
7 stages, from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Adriatic Sea, through the Appenines. Only one stage with a serious mountain, though, and the 20 km time trial might be decisive.
2006 winner: Thomas Dekker, NED
Most wins: Roger de Vlaeminck, BEL, 6 times
Other winners: Tony Rominger (2), Rolf Sørensen (2), Francesco Moser (2), Knut Knudsen (1), Paolo Bettini (1), Filippo Pozzato (1), Óscar Freire (1)
Team:
Alex Fensome qualified after good results in South Africa.
Nathan Hoy races as warm-up for the spring classics.
Craig Walsh to start the season
George Roberts to start the season
Manjunath Reddlapalli after solid results in South Africa, for stage win on time trial, plus
David Pares as team sprinter if wins in South Africa - otherwise Ryan Dunn
David Kennett
Gert Steegmans to keep form before more Belgian classics
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
11 March
A packed racing day. Three races.
Paris - Nice
Prologue, Issy-les-Molinaux, 6 km with a 1 km climb of 9 %
The midway climb made the prologue tricky to negotiate, and none of the Casson Dairy riders managed top ten. Fabian Cancellara set an early dominating time, and though both Mørk and Mitchell were competitive up to the top, they fell down the rungs downhill.
Stage result:
1 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM 8'00
2 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC + 1
3 Bradley McGee FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 8
4 Rik Verbrugghe COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
5 David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
6 Sérgio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 9
7 Stijn Devolder DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 10
8 Koos Moerenhout RABOBANK s.t.
9 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
10 Marc De Maar RABOBANK + 11
11 Jens Voigt TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
15 Mathew Mitchell TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 12
20 Håkon Mørk TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 14
61 Jamee Gray TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 24
77 Steffen Wesemann TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 27
143 Bugs Malone TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 39
153 Heath Te-Ihi-O-Te-Rangi Davis TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 41
157 Neil Pickup TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 43
165 starters
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
Stage Three, Ichtegem
Merckx a clear favourite. Hoy to stay around him and wait for an opportunity.
However, things didn't quite pan out that way. A frantic chase from T-Mobile to an early break including Gelman, Thomas and van De Walle (Quick Step) only meant that their riders were all tired out, and unable to defend Baumann's jersey in any case. At 15 km, Merckx began a high pace and easily caught Gelman's group; however, van de Walle stayed alone in front with a gap of 40 seconds. Hoy waited, but clung on over the top of the hill, while Gelman set himself in front and slowed the pace enough for Hoy to rejoin. In the group were also Brandt, Vandenbroeck, Aerts (Predictor), Tankink, Facci (Quick Step), Lowe (Discovery) and Merckx, Guerini (T-Mobile). Of those, only Facci and Merckx had avoided the split peloton on day 1.
Vandenbroeck and Merckx had done their bit of the work, though, and fell off in the downhill. This left an eight-man group chasing Van De Walle; Lloyd (Predictor) also managed to rejoin the group. Up the next hill, a 17 % spike, Brandt attacked and Hoy followed him, and it seemed as though only Lowe and Tankink had to give up.
Hoy trailing two Belgians
The 7 men came together again in the downhill, though, where Brandt's long sprint was enough to beat a rallying Facci; Hoy tired in the final 100 metres and fell down to fourth behind Tankink, which meant sixth in the overall, pipped by Baumann and Van De Walle's bonus seconds.
Stage result:
1 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO 4h10'17
2 Mauro Facci QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
3 Bram Tankink QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
4 Nathan Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
5 Giuseppe Guerini T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
6 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
7 Jürgen Van de Walle QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
12 Gert Steegmans TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 1'28
30 Zac Gelman TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
38 Cédric Vasseur TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
81 Geraint Thomas TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 9'49
110 Tarick Weber TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 18'09
111 Ben Read TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
Final standings:
1 Mauro Facci QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 11h56'41
2 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 54
3 Bram Tankink QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 1'06
4 Jürgen Van de Walle QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 1'12
5 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
6 Nathan Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 1'14
7 Giuseppe Guerini T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
8 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
9 Gert Steegmans TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 1'40
10 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 1'46
25 Zac Gelman TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 2'42
36 Cédric Vasseur TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 4'36
83 Geraint Thomas TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 16'15
101 Ben Read TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 20'27
108 Tarick Weber TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 28'11
111 starters
Points classification:
1 Mauro Facci QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 54
2 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM 50
3 Benoît Sinner AGRITUBEL 30
7 Gert Steegmans TEAM CASSON DAIRY 24
Mountains classification (Gelman won this yesterday):
1 Zac Gelman TEAM CASSON DAIRY 28
2 Pavel Padrnos DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM 10
3 Bas Giling TEAM WIESENHOF - FELT 7
Giro del Capo
Stage 5, mostly flat, Cape Town
There is, however, a rather steep climb with 15 km to go. There's no bonus seconds, but Fensome's last chance to win is an attack there. Forner, Pares and Reddlapalli did a cracking work in tearing up the pace before the last 20 km.
The final, short 2 km climb was enough for Fensome to attack and go first over the hill. Vanendert would have caught him if the hill was 500 meters longer; instead Fensome got away over the top and rode solo the final 15 km.
Vanendert seeing the gap grow
A stunning victory to steal Vanendert's thunder on the final day. Including the 8 bonus seconds, Fensome won the race by just over half a minute.
Stage result:
1 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 2h38'22
2 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 42
3 Morgan Fox MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY + 1'12
4 Dimitri Claeys DAVITAMON - WIN FOR LIFE - JONG VLAANDEREN s.t.
5 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
19 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 2'24
48 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
53 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
83 Chris Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 11'59
Final general classification:
1 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 12h54'44
2 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 44
3 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 4'39
4 Serge Pauwels CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 8'29
5 Tom Stubbe CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 8'36
6 John-Lee Augustyn BARLOWORLD + 9'28
7 Jürgen Pauritsch TEAM SWIAG TEKA + 10'56
8 Morgan Fox MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY + 11'06
9 Timothy Cassidy MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY + 11'15
10 Dimitri Claeys DAVITAMON - WIN FOR LIFE - JONG VLAANDEREN s.t.
13 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 11'44
40 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 13'47
47 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 18'52
84 Chris Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 47'50
84 riders
Vanendert wins points classification ahead of Fensome
Fensome wins mountains classification.
Team:
1 TEAM CASSON DAIRY 38h57'01
2 CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 1'45
3 BARLOWORLD + 20'19
Summary: 4 of 6 stages, general classification, mountains classification and team classification all won. Not too shabby. Our sprinters were sacrificed in the final stage, but overall I think it was worth it.
A packed racing day. Three races.
Paris - Nice
Prologue, Issy-les-Molinaux, 6 km with a 1 km climb of 9 %
The midway climb made the prologue tricky to negotiate, and none of the Casson Dairy riders managed top ten. Fabian Cancellara set an early dominating time, and though both Mørk and Mitchell were competitive up to the top, they fell down the rungs downhill.
Stage result:
1 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM 8'00
2 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC + 1
3 Bradley McGee FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 8
4 Rik Verbrugghe COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
5 David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
6 Sérgio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 9
7 Stijn Devolder DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 10
8 Koos Moerenhout RABOBANK s.t.
9 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
10 Marc De Maar RABOBANK + 11
11 Jens Voigt TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
15 Mathew Mitchell TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 12
20 Håkon Mørk TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 14
61 Jamee Gray TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 24
77 Steffen Wesemann TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 27
143 Bugs Malone TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 39
153 Heath Te-Ihi-O-Te-Rangi Davis TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 41
157 Neil Pickup TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 43
165 starters
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
Stage Three, Ichtegem
Merckx a clear favourite. Hoy to stay around him and wait for an opportunity.
However, things didn't quite pan out that way. A frantic chase from T-Mobile to an early break including Gelman, Thomas and van De Walle (Quick Step) only meant that their riders were all tired out, and unable to defend Baumann's jersey in any case. At 15 km, Merckx began a high pace and easily caught Gelman's group; however, van de Walle stayed alone in front with a gap of 40 seconds. Hoy waited, but clung on over the top of the hill, while Gelman set himself in front and slowed the pace enough for Hoy to rejoin. In the group were also Brandt, Vandenbroeck, Aerts (Predictor), Tankink, Facci (Quick Step), Lowe (Discovery) and Merckx, Guerini (T-Mobile). Of those, only Facci and Merckx had avoided the split peloton on day 1.
Vandenbroeck and Merckx had done their bit of the work, though, and fell off in the downhill. This left an eight-man group chasing Van De Walle; Lloyd (Predictor) also managed to rejoin the group. Up the next hill, a 17 % spike, Brandt attacked and Hoy followed him, and it seemed as though only Lowe and Tankink had to give up.
Hoy trailing two Belgians
The 7 men came together again in the downhill, though, where Brandt's long sprint was enough to beat a rallying Facci; Hoy tired in the final 100 metres and fell down to fourth behind Tankink, which meant sixth in the overall, pipped by Baumann and Van De Walle's bonus seconds.
Stage result:
1 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO 4h10'17
2 Mauro Facci QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
3 Bram Tankink QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
4 Nathan Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
5 Giuseppe Guerini T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
6 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
7 Jürgen Van de Walle QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
12 Gert Steegmans TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 1'28
30 Zac Gelman TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
38 Cédric Vasseur TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
81 Geraint Thomas TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 9'49
110 Tarick Weber TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 18'09
111 Ben Read TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
Final standings:
1 Mauro Facci QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 11h56'41
2 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 54
3 Bram Tankink QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 1'06
4 Jürgen Van de Walle QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 1'12
5 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
6 Nathan Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 1'14
7 Giuseppe Guerini T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
8 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
9 Gert Steegmans TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 1'40
10 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 1'46
25 Zac Gelman TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 2'42
36 Cédric Vasseur TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 4'36
83 Geraint Thomas TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 16'15
101 Ben Read TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 20'27
108 Tarick Weber TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 28'11
111 starters
Points classification:
1 Mauro Facci QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 54
2 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM 50
3 Benoît Sinner AGRITUBEL 30
7 Gert Steegmans TEAM CASSON DAIRY 24
Mountains classification (Gelman won this yesterday):
1 Zac Gelman TEAM CASSON DAIRY 28
2 Pavel Padrnos DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM 10
3 Bas Giling TEAM WIESENHOF - FELT 7
Giro del Capo
Stage 5, mostly flat, Cape Town
There is, however, a rather steep climb with 15 km to go. There's no bonus seconds, but Fensome's last chance to win is an attack there. Forner, Pares and Reddlapalli did a cracking work in tearing up the pace before the last 20 km.
The final, short 2 km climb was enough for Fensome to attack and go first over the hill. Vanendert would have caught him if the hill was 500 meters longer; instead Fensome got away over the top and rode solo the final 15 km.
Vanendert seeing the gap grow
A stunning victory to steal Vanendert's thunder on the final day. Including the 8 bonus seconds, Fensome won the race by just over half a minute.
Stage result:
1 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 2h38'22
2 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 42
3 Morgan Fox MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY + 1'12
4 Dimitri Claeys DAVITAMON - WIN FOR LIFE - JONG VLAANDEREN s.t.
5 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
19 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 2'24
48 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
53 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY s.t.
83 Chris Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 11'59
Final general classification:
1 Alex Fensome TEAM CASSON DAIRY 12h54'44
2 Jelle Vanendert CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 44
3 Josh Forner TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 4'39
4 Serge Pauwels CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 8'29
5 Tom Stubbe CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 8'36
6 John-Lee Augustyn BARLOWORLD + 9'28
7 Jürgen Pauritsch TEAM SWIAG TEKA + 10'56
8 Morgan Fox MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY + 11'06
9 Timothy Cassidy MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY + 11'15
10 Dimitri Claeys DAVITAMON - WIN FOR LIFE - JONG VLAANDEREN s.t.
13 Manjunath Reddlapalli TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 11'44
40 David Pares TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 13'47
47 David Kearsley TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 18'52
84 Chris Hoy TEAM CASSON DAIRY + 47'50
84 riders
Vanendert wins points classification ahead of Fensome
Fensome wins mountains classification.
Team:
1 TEAM CASSON DAIRY 38h57'01
2 CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 1'45
3 BARLOWORLD + 20'19
Summary: 4 of 6 stages, general classification, mountains classification and team classification all won. Not too shabby. Our sprinters were sacrificed in the final stage, but overall I think it was worth it.
davidpares
School Boy/Girl Captain
the pressure on needing to win it to makwe the next race got to me - where did i finish in the end?
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
53rd, a couple minutes down.
Tbf, I had to change the goals when I realised there was a hill where Fensome could win the overall, and in order to do that the pace had to be kept high over the hill, which shook off pretty much every sprinter. Kears far down too. That's always going to be more important than stage wins for sprinters, I'm afraid.
Certainly a good performance, if not resulting in something for you personally.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Nah. I did that.
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Cricket Web Content Updater
Top stuff.
Anyway once again Mørk, awesome work.
Anyway once again Mørk, awesome work.
