Lesser known race results 2012

[Christian]

so Casper fails to score the first win for Ag2R this year. After winning the race for 4 times in the past i guess.

No one from that team has come even close to winning something except for Cherel in Catalunya. Not even in the small French races. Cofidis, FDJ and Europcar pick up the good ones and all AG2R can do is Casper

 

[roundabout]

They have Gadret. I've heard that he alone is worth a whole team...

 

[Fetisoff]

Ag2R is the only team without a win this year still, correct?

 

[roundabout]

Correct. But I always think of them as a "placement" team. But now it seems that they can't even win the **** small races with people like Ravard and Mondory like they usually could.

 

[will10]

Ag2R is the only team without a win this year still, correct?

Only WT team, yes.

 

[CraZyCaLL]

No one from that team has come even close to winning something except for Cherel in Catalunya. Not even in the small French races. Cofidis, FDJ and Europcar pick up the good ones and all AG2R can do is Casper

Nocentini was very close in Criterium International

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

great win by jj. he should be given more support by saxo, now that contador is gone. he can win stages in gt's

 

[Cimber]

great win by jj. he should be given more support by saxo, now that contador is gone. he can win stages in gt's

As far as I have understood that is indeed the plan. They are planning to make a real train for him with cantwell, Lucas and Morkov as main leadouts. Sadly Cantwells injury will probably rule him out for the Giro and after a tough spring campain Morkov is not scheduled for the Giro either. But I am sure JJ and Saxo will be super motivated for the 1st flat stages in Denmark.

 

[nobilis]

No one from that team has come even close to winning something except for Cherel in Catalunya. Not even in the small French races. Cofidis, FDJ and Europcar pick up the good ones and all AG2R can do is Casper

Saur is having a good season as well. Better than cofidis and ag2r and maybe europcar too.
For ag2r, if you look at the 2012 team cqranking, they are well placed, better than many other WT teams that have already won, because it's the team that usually targets GC in stage races.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Tour du Finistère, 1.1

1. Julien Simon (SAU)
2. Samuel Dumoulin (COF)
3. Jonathan McEvoy (EDR)

Break got caught with 900m to go. Excellent form for Simon at the moment.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Le Tour de Filipinas
UCI 2.2, Tappa 1, 155,75 km, Santa Ana – Tuguegarao
1. RENDOLE Oscar (PHI – Mail and More) 03:44’40 (41,594 km/h)
2. KERS Koos Jeroen (NED – Global Cycling) +1″
3. SCHOLZ Timo (GER – Ccn Cycling Team) +1″
4. ROQUE Rudy (PHI – American Vinyl LPGMA) +1″
5. WILLIAMSON James (NZL – Pure Black Racing) +1″
6. LOH Sea Keong (MAS – OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team) +6″
7. RAVINA Baler (PHI – GO21) +20″
8. HALL Bradeley (AUS – Plan B Racing Team) +21″
9. TURAEV Azamat (UZB – Uzbekistan Suren Team) +21″
10. RASTRA Patria (INA – Colossi Mich Racing Team) +23″

Leader:
RENDOLE Oscar.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Michael Andersen Valgren of Glud & Marstrand won LBL u23

 

[theyoungest]

The Norwegians keep on going

 

[Netserk]

The Norwegians keep on going

He is a Dane

 

[theyoungest]

He is a Dane

Makes sense, he rides for a Danish team after all

 

[analo69]

A Dane won u19 Paris - Roubaix and another won u23 LBL. Fantastic. Now we just have to wait 5 years to see if will be good pros.

 

[nobilis]

Tour du Finistère, 1.1

1. Julien Simon (SAU)
2. Samuel Dumoulin (COF)
3. Jonathan McEvoy (EDR)

Break got caught with 900m to go. Excellent form for Simon at the moment.

That's very good for Simon. He'sa very promising talent. He got his confidence back in the Volta.

 

[Bala Verde]

Michael Andersen Valgren of Glud & Marstrand won LBL u23

Write up on feltet.dk
http://www.feltet.dk/nyheder/valgren_vandt_u23_liege-bastogne-liege/

Top 3 (komplet resultat senere)
1 Michael Valgren -** Glud & Marstrand-LRØ
2 Ian Boswell - Bontrager - Livestrong Team
3 Joshua Berry - Chipotle Development Team

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

A Dane won u19 Paris - Roubaix and another won u23 LBL. Fantastic. Now we just have to wait 5 years to see if will be good pros.

Danes have been great as juniors and U23 riders for a decade without ever breaking through as pros. Remember Martin Pedersen, Rasmus Guldhammer (both former winners of LBL U23), Thomas Vedel Kvist etc. - they never really got off the ground on the pro circuit.

 

[Christian]

4th Stage Tour du Loir et Cher:

1. Jérémy Fabio (Team Martigues SC-Vivelo)
2. Eugenio Alafaci (LEOPARD TREK CT)

Overall:

1. Andrei Solomennikov (Itera-Katusha)
2. Julian Kern (LEOPARD TREK CT)

 

[Christian]

5th stage Tour du Loir et Cher:

1 VON HOFF Steele Chipotle - First Solar Team
2 SKJERPING Kristoffer Joker - Merida
3 ALAFACI Eugénio Leopard - Trek CT


Andrei Solomennikov of Itera-Katusha wins the overall

 

[Fetisoff]

Vuelta a la Rioja Category 1.1

1. Evgeni Shalunov (Lokomotiv)
2. URTASUN PEREZ Pablo (Euskaltel) +28
3. Mihail Antonov (Lokomotiv) +28

 

[Michele]

Richeze wins the 1st stage of Tour de Korea 2012.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

big mauro _O_

maxi and mauro are in great shape so far this year

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Gediminas Bagdonas (An Post Sean Kelly) won the Ronde van Noord-Holland (1.2). He broke away from a select group with 19km to go and rode home solo. He's had some podium finishes recently, most notably in the Rund um Koln, but this is his first win of the season. Jeff Vermeulen (Metec Continental) won the sprint for second, with Sam Bennett (An Post) in third.

I gather that there were high winds and the An Post, Metec and Rabo CT teams between them smashed up the peloton early. Those three teams had eleven men in the select group of 22.