Lesser known race results 2012

[Mikel Landa]

Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid, 1.Stage ITT (7,8 km):

1. Jonathan Castroviejo SPA Movistar 9'38''
2. Artem Ovechkin RUS RusVelo 16''
3. Sergey Firsanov RUS RusVelo 24''
4. Angel Madrazo SPA Movistar 24''
5. José Ivan Gutierrez SPA Movistar 27''
6. Gustavo César Veloso SPA Andalucía 28''
7. Kirill Sveshnikov RUS Lokosphinx 29''
8. Alexey Kunshin RUS Lokosphinx 30''
9. David De La Cruz SPA Caja Rural 33''
10. Alejandro Marque SPA Carmim - Prio 35''

 

[Mikel Landa]

Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid, 1.Stage ITT (7,8 km):

1. Jonathan Castroviejo SPA Movistar 9'38''
2. Artem Ovechkin RUS RusVelo 16''
3. Sergey Firsanov RUS RusVelo 24''
4. Angel Madrazo SPA Movistar 24''
5. José Ivan Gutierrez SPA Movistar 27''
6. Gustavo César Veloso SPA Andalucía 28''
7. Kirill Sveshnikov RUS Lokosphinx 29''
8. Alexey Kunshin RUS Lokosphinx 30''
9. David De La Cruz SPA Caja Rural 33''
10. Alejandro Marque SPA Carmim - Prio 35''

 

[Duartista]

Looking forward to the Quintana vs JTL rematch tomorrow.

 

[Lupetto]

1 Firsanov (RVL)
2 Quintana (MOV)
3 Belda (ESP)
4 Landa (EUS)
5 Di Gregorio (COF)

Firsanov takes GC.

 

[jens_attacks]

the russian teaching them a little bit of climbing...good

too bad the JTL age is over

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

idiot unzue for not taking quintana to the giro :L

btw how did this come about? firsanov dropped quintana? sprint? was a very hard stage

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

2ª etapa
Colmenar Viejo-La Morcuera, 182 km
1º Sergey Firsanov (Russvelo) 4:39:59
2º Nairo Quintana (Movistar) a 1:51
3º José Belda (Selección Española) a 1:59
4º Mikel Landa (Euskaltel-Euskadi) a 2:07
5º Remy Di Gregorio (Cofidis) a 2:09
6º Ivan R. Parra (EPM-UNE) a 2:29
7º David Moncoutie (Cofidis) a 2:40
8º Francisco Jarley Colorado (EMP-UNE) a 2:46
9º David Livramento (Carmim-Prio-Tavira) a 2:59
10º David de la Cruz (Caja Rural) a 3:10
11º Jonathan Castroviejo (Movistar) a 3:10
12º Rubén Plaza (Movistar) a 3:10
13º Mikhail Antonov (Lokosphinx) a 3:44
14º Alejandro Marque (Carmin-Prio-Tavira) a 3:45


most likely a long break of at least firsanov

 

[Lupetto]

Firsanov came in solo.

http://twitpic.com/9i1nb2
http://twitpic.com/9i1nb3

 

[jens_attacks]

2ª etapa
Colmenar Viejo-La Morcuera, 182 km
1º Sergey Firsanov (Russvelo) 4:39:59
2º Nairo Quintana (Movistar) a 1:51
3º José Belda (Selección Española) a 1:59
4º Mikel Landa (Euskaltel-Euskadi) a 2:07
5º Remy Di Gregorio (Cofidis) a 2:09
6º Ivan R. Parra (EPM-UNE) a 2:29
7º David Moncoutie (Cofidis) a 2:40
8º Francisco Jarley Colorado (EMP-UNE) a 2:46
9º David Livramento (Carmim-Prio-Tavira) a 2:59
10º David de la Cruz (Caja Rural) a 3:10
11º Jonathan Castroviejo (Movistar) a 3:10
12º Rubén Plaza (Movistar) a 3:10
13º Mikhail Antonov (Lokosphinx) a 3:44
14º Alejandro Marque (Carmin-Prio-Tavira) a 3:45


most likely a long break of at least firsanov

nope. he attacked the fav group,caught landa and won a la gabrovski

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

who were in the break?

 

[Duartista]

nope. he attacked the fav group,caught landa and won a la gabrovski

According to Movistar's twitter, Firsanov was in the break which started the last climb 1min ahead. He and Landa attacked at the foot of the last climb. Quintana and Di Gregorio attacked from the peloton with around 4km left, by which time Firsanov had already dropped Landa. I think the time gaps they were giving must have been wrong though.

Correction: Firsanov was not in the original break, he attacked on the last descent and caught them before the final climb.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

According to Movistar's twitter, Firsanov was in the break which started the last climb 1min ahead. He and Landa attacked at the foot of the last climb. Quintana and Di Gregorio attacked from the peloton with around 4km left, by which time Firsanov had already dropped Landa. I think the time gaps they were giving must have been wrong though.

that sounds a lot more plausible. firsanov could never ride away from quintana.

 

[jens_attacks]

According to Movistar's twitter, Firsanov was in the break which started the last climb 1min ahead. He and Landa attacked at the foot of the last climb. Quintana and Di Gregorio attacked from the peloton with around 4km left, by which time Firsanov had already dropped Landa. I think the time gaps they were giving must have been wrong though.

it makes more sense.still to drop landa like that,firsanov might have the new JTL-gabrovski hype here on the forums.

 

[hrotha]

From what I gather, Firsanov did put time on everybody, including Quintana, on the final climb, but as Ryo says the gaps only make sense if Firsanov got on a motorbike for the last few kms.

 

[will10]

that sounds a lot more plausible. firsanov could never ride away from quintana.

Well he rode the final climb around 1 minute faster than Quintana.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

yes but that was easy part of climb. quintana only attacked in the latter part

 

[maltiv]

Michael Rasmussen won Ringerike GP, ahead of two of Norway's greatest talents.

1. Michael Rasmussen (Christina Watches-Onfone)
2. Kristoffer Skjerping (Joker Merida)
3. Sondre Holst Enger (Plussbank BMC)

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich

1. Marek Rutkiewicz (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
2. Stefan Schumacher (Christina Watches - Onfone)

3. Mateusz Taciak (CCC Polsat Polkowice)

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

in a timetrial

 

[jens_attacks]

wow christina watches power

lol it seems the time gaps from morcuera stage are correct.firsanov burned the climb in kerosene.more than two minutes on his attack collegue,landa.

 

[Duartista]

Cobo abandoned in Madrid today by the way... not looking too promising.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

To be fair, last year, he had been similar other than a couple of good results in Mallorca. In 2011 he DNFed every stage race but one (País Vasco, where he was an irrelevance) until June (he finished the Tour de Slovénie), and didn't add anything to his CQ tally except the 5 for finishing País Vasco between February and the Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia, a week from the end of July.

So he could be OK, but he could just as easily be going at 2010-vintage levels of unmotivated, unhappy struggling.

 

[Duartista]

To be fair, last year, he had been similar other than a couple of good results in Mallorca. In 2011 he DNFed every stage race but one (País Vasco, where he was an irrelevance) until June (he finished the Tour de Slovénie), and didn't add anything to his CQ tally except the 5 for finishing País Vasco between February and the Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia, a week from the end of July.

So he could be OK, but he could just as easily be going at 2010-vintage levels of unmotivated, unhappy struggling.

That's a fair point, but he is supposed to be getting into shape for the beginning of July rather than the end of August this year, so you would hope that he would be starting to show signs of improvement.

 

[jens_attacks]

our cobo was in an reconaissance in the france's alpes with ruben plaza,alejandro valverde and...christophe moreau!
i'm pretty sure he will peak like an angel in july and i hope he will be the real leader on the team.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

That's a fair point, but he is supposed to be getting into shape for the beginning of July rather than the end of August this year, so you would hope that he would be starting to show signs of improvement.

he also sucked in 2008 prior to the tour if I remember well. still I expect nothing from him. under unzue he always rides very badly.