2011 Tour of Qinghai Lake (2.HC) 1st July - 10th July

[Jamsque]

Ahahahaha whoops. I hit 'go to new post' and it took me to your top 10 so I missed the previous one.

Anyway, good for Modolo. I've been a casual fan of his ever since he got sixth at M-SR last year.

 

[TeoSheva]

Ahahahaha whoops. I hit 'go to new post' and it took me to your top 10 so I missed the previous one.

Anyway, good for Modolo. I've been a casual fan of his ever since he got sixth at M-SR last year.

don't warry..
and he got 4th at M-SR last year

 

[Jamsque]

I KNEW THAT! Why did I write sixth? This thread is messing with my mind. I'm gonna go post somewhere else until I regain the ability to think straight.

 

[Michele]

More pictures from today.

 

[Michele]

Nice photos there Michele. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers, but all the merit goes to the guys of QQride who does a great job covering some of the nicest races around China.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

why was mizbani disqualified andkicked out of the race??

 

[TeoSheva]

6th stage for Yuri Metlushenko, then Forster and Modolo. The old Yuri can still win!

 

[Michele]

why was mizbani disqualified andkicked out of the race??

Just asked to a chinese friend, and it seems Mizbani after 6kms into the stage was arguing/fighting with another rider (donno name).

 

[TeoSheva]

stage 6
1 Yuri METLUSHENKO UKR 2:13:03
2 Robert FöRSTER UHC 0
3 Sacha MODOLO COG 0
4 Boris SHPILEVSKY TPT 0
5 Alexey SHMIDT TT1 0
6 Paolo LOCATELLI COG 0
7 Ruslan TLEUBAYEV KAZ 0
8 Omar LOMBARDI COG 0
9 Ivan KOVALEV RUS 0
10 Alexei MARKOV RUS 0
11 Johnnie WALKER VAU 0
12 Kristijan DURASEK LOB 0
13 Blazej JANIACZYK CCC 0
14 Dene ROGERS GKT 0
15 Fabricio FERRARI CJR 0

 

[Michele]

Yuri comeback to victory.

 

[TeoSheva]

any news from the stage?

 

[Ruudz0r]

Sohrabi won

 

[TeoSheva]

1° Medhi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical)
2° Matija Kvasina (Loborika)
3° Estifanos Kebede Gebresilassie (Marco Polo)

 

[Michele]

Seems like it was a 4 men break.

 

[Michele]

Today's stage gallery.

 

[Clemson Cycling]

why don't Iranian riders ever get a chance to show what they can do on the Pro Tour?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

why don't Iranian riders ever get a chance to show what they can do on the Pro Tour?

because they don't have a pro tour license?

 

[craig1985]

It's also hard for them to get a visa to compete in Western Europe. I'm sure they could add a lot to races in France/Spain/Italy/Portugal, or if not, it would be a great learning curve for them.

 

[Fus087]

Tabriz Petrochemical was supposed to ride the Vuelta a los Pirineos/Tour des Pyrénées some years ago, but couldn't get visas. It really is a shame.

On the team website, TPT state they want to become a ProTour team someday. I'm afraid that's just what you write to please sponsors, but if they really aspire to go that way (and get the visa problems sorted out in some way), it would be great.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I'd love it if they could go ProConti like Scott-Marcondés César did a couple of years ago; get to ride some events like the Tour of Turkey at least.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Tabriz Petrochemical was supposed to ride the Vuelta a los Pirineos/Tour des Pyrénées some years ago, but couldn't get visas. It really is a shame.

On the team website, TPT state they want to become a ProTour team someday. I'm afraid that's just what you write to please sponsors, but if they really aspire to go that way (and get the visa problems sorted out in some way), it would be great.

they did ride circuito motnanes, mizbani was 5th I think. this was the queenstage, mountain top finish

1 141 PARDILLA BELLÓN, Sergio CARMIOORO - A STYLE ESP 3:43:40
2 181 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay RABOBANK USA +20
3 164 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS, Jonathan ORBEA ESP +25
4 136 VALLS FERRI, Rafael BURGOS MONUMENTAL - CASTILLA Y LEÓN ESP +02:18
5 183 KREDER, Michel RABOBANK NED +02:18
6 86 RODRÍGUEZ SEGARRA, Rafael SUPERMERCADOS FROIZ ESP +02:20
7 172 MIZBANI IRANAGH, Ghader PETROCHEMICAL TABRIZ CYCLING TEAM IRI +02:22
8 117 TALABARDON, Yannick BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN FRA +02:25
9 91 MERINO CRIADO, Pedro TRASMIERA FUJI ESP +02:30
10 87 OYARZUN GUIÑEZ, Carlos I SUPERMERCADOS FROIZ CHI +02:35
11 32 TORRELLA GÓMEZ, Francisco CCN VALENCIA TERRA Y MAR ESP +02:37
12 153 MIRONOV, Alexander KATYUSHA CONTINENTAL TEAM RUS +02:39
13 102 VALLEJO FERNÁNDEZ, Ángel ANDORRA - GRANDVALIRA ESP +02:44
14 167 SICARD, Romain ORBEA FRA +02:47
15 165 MINGUEZ AYALA, Miguel ORBEA ESP +02:58

 

[TeoSheva]

Modolo again! He wins also the point classification

 

[Fus087]

I'd love it if they could go ProConti like Scott-Marcondés César did a couple of years ago; get to ride some events like the Tour of Turkey at least.

Yes please!
But not in the way that Scott - Marcondes César did it (it was last year, by the way): They barely raced outside South America (I can only find results from he Tour of Turkey), and folded in August due to financial difficulties.
I'd rather have TPT find sufficient funds instead of making the second step before the first.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

tpt have incredible budget so that's not the problem.

 

[craig1985]

How on earth did Scott-Marcondés César ever get a Pro Continental licence? At least that CEP actually race in Europe and they get invites to WorldTour events like the Volta Catalunya and hopefully in the next year or two they are given a wildcard for the Giro or Vuelta. Hey if Skil Shimano can get a ride...