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issoisso said:
BBox extends sponsorship.

HIP HIP....\o/

It would of been outrageous if the team had folded. They win two stages, plus the KOM at the Tour, win a stage at the Giro, and Arashiro finished 3rd in a break, plus stage wins at Paris - Nice, top ten at RVV and so.
 
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BMC's Steve Morabito won the third stage of the Tour de L'Ain, apart from the bit where he took a short-cut. AG2R complained, Morabito got relegated.

1. [FRA] BOUET Maxime ALM
2. [BEL] VAN AVERMAET Greg OLO
3. [FRA] GALLOPIN Tony COF
4. [FRA] HARDY Romain BSC
5. [FRA] LE MEVEL Christophe FDJ
6. [FRA] JEANNESSON Arnold GCE
7. [FRA] HUPOND Thierry SKS
8. [FRA] JEANDESBOZ Fabrice SAU
 
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craig1985 said:
By the sounds of things, Morabito was given some wrong directions since he was following a motorbike.

Motorbikes don't give directions, so that's bull. Maybe an official sent him the wrong way, that wouldn't be the first time, but he shouldn't blindly follow a motorbike.
 
I am shocked that ACF has failed to comment on this news.
Obviously the French have the hate down on Morobito, as he used to ride for that other guy.
BMC don't need to lose races on a technicality.
They have been very successful at losing races, all season, without resorting to cheating.;)
 
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Motorbikes don't give directions, so that's bull. Maybe an official sent him the wrong way, that wouldn't be the first time, but he shouldn't blindly follow a motorbike.

TBF, unlike Belgium, we don't get as much cycling coverage, so I haven't seen anything from the race, so I was merely speculating. I know in the last km, teams cars pull off the course, so maybe that is what happened?
 
craig1985 said:
TBF, unlike Belgium, we don't get as much cycling coverage, so I haven't seen anything from the race, so I was merely speculating. I know in the last km, teams cars pull off the course, so maybe that is what happened?
No, he just took a roundabout the wrong way, that's all there's to it. BTW, there's no coverage whatsoever for this race, not even a ticker, so Aussie, Belgian, or Dutch, we're all equal right now ;)
 
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in the dark

It seems like things are in flux, and a lot of teams are looking beyond this season. Others are holding their cards, and not letting on their plans to salvage what's left of the season.

This seems to imply that it is hard to find out what particular riders are doing. I mean, what does Boassen-Hagen have planned?

A glance at the Vattenfall start list shows his name...and that there are a tremendous number of very strong teams. And Sagan is back in the game, as well as last year's winner - Tyler Farrar. And look out for Saxo Bank to at least do some serious damage.

The list of past winners is pretty impressive, check it out.

The USPRO seems to be generating very little interest, perhaps because it is a very domestic affair, relative to past years...
 
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theyoungest said:
No, he just took a roundabout the wrong way, that's all there's to it. BTW, there's no coverage whatsoever for this race, not even a ticker, so Aussie, Belgian, or Dutch, we're all equal right now ;)

No coverage or anything here either. Morabito just uses that as an excuse, that he followed the motorbikes, but he shouldn't have. It's an easy mistake to make if the roads weren't closed of on one side of the roundabout, but he shouldn't have been looking at the motorbike for directions, but at the officials.
 
And Zubeldia finalizes his "statement": he wins the Tour de l'Ain. In the same time as Wout Poels, goddammit. Special mention for 19-year-old Wilco Kelderman, 14th on the stage and 12th on GC.

Stage:
1 POELS Wouter VAC NED les 126.1 km 03h15'39''00 (moy. 38,67 km/h) 10''
2 5 FRA19750430 MONCOUTIE David COF FRA 03h15'39''00 6''
3 16 FRA19900529 * PINOT Thibaut FDJ FRA 03h15'39''00 4''
4 66 ESP19770401 ZUBELDIA Haimar RSH ESP 03h15'39''00
5 84 FRA19841204 JEANDESBOZ Fabrice SAU FRA 03h15'42''00 03''

GC:
1 ZUBELDIA Haimar RSH USA les 572.3 km en 13h44'32'' (moy. 41.65km/h)
2 116 NED19871001 POELS Wouter VAC NED 13h44'32''
3 5 FRA19750430 MONCOUTIE David COF FRA 13h44'37'' 05''
4 36 USA19880812 * VAN GARDEREN Tejay THR USA 13h44'39'' 07''
5 16 FRA19900529 * PINOT Thibaut FDJ FRA 13h44'42'' 10''
 
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theyoungest said:
And Zubeldia finalizes his "statement": he wins the Tour de l'Ain. In the same time as Wout Poels, goddammit.

Oh, I bet Unipublic are cursing themselves for not having invited him and his team. Winning the Tour de l'Ain really brings home how awesome they are.