Masters of the game never die: Laurent Jalabert 3rd - Heras 2nd in Nissan Titan

[DAOTEC]

05/05/2010 8:32:10 | The second stage of the Nissan Titan Desert 2010 Roberto Heras, and the Czech Ondrej Fojtik were again fighting for leading the overall standings, with Laurant Jalabert gaining a solid 3rd.
At a very quick 94 km, without excessive slopes but with some very technical areas, the 324 survivors who remain in classification has M'Cissi game early in the morning.

Again the rate of head has been spectacular since the early stages and has formed a large front group of about 30 participants who threw hard and forced the peloton to stretch. This strong pace in the first few miles has marked the development stage since the arrival to the area faster the strongest have tightened further. On stony ground but quickly big head group has been segmented into several smaller ones with increasing the hardness of the route.

When you reach a small mountain pass before crossing towards the hitherto Alnif overall leader and winner of yesterday's stage, Czech Martin Horak has suffered a series of jabs that made you fall in the group. Nevertheless it has not given up, has repaired his rear wheel and has continued. A few miles back the same wheel to fail and he used his last repair kit in the hope of solving the problem. However, before arriving at CP3 of the race, and slightly less than 20 kilometers from the finish has turned to spin losing any options to fight for victory or to retain the overall lead.

Roberto Heras
Two kilometers from the finish and Fojtik Heras had only chance of fighting for victory. With regard land by his pursuers, have faced the arrival Fojtik sprint but has not stopped the Spanish option to increase its pace in the rocky area before the finish line in Alnif and finally crossed the finish line ahead of Heras 25s and taking the lead in the test.

Behind Israel Nunez and Laurent Jalabert have given seven minutes more in general while Milton Ramos has come together in a fifth group of Ismael Ventura, Alejandro Diaz de la Peña, Marc Treyter and Raul Hernandez.

Tomorrow's stage between Alnif and Dades Boulmane of 98.14 kilometers will be the first of two mountain stages, radically changing the ground and climbing up to 2100m high in the mountains of Atlas. G/Transl)

Clasificación de la segunda etapa (M’Cissi – Alnif)
1. Ondrej Fojtik (NISSAN CEE 1) - 3:08:07.
2. Roberto Heras (DOCTORE BIKE) a 0:25.
3. Israel Núñez (TARRAGONA 2017) a 7:10.
4. Laurent Jalabert (LOOK PULSAT GO2) - m.t.
5. David Lozano (BICIS ESTEVE 1) a 17:22.
6. Daniel Hausmann Spielmann (INGERP-ARSENAL) a 18:11.
7. Vinceç González Roig (RSM GASSÓ - PHB TEAM 1) a 18:13.
8. Oriol Morata Abril (RADIKALBIKES) - m.t.
9. Javier Díaz Nieto (DOCTORE-LIMONCELLO DI CAPRI) a 18:42.
10. Francisco López de Egea (UNICAL) a 19:36.

Stage 2 profile wow ...
Clasificación general:
1. Ondrej Fojtik (NISSAN CEE 1) - 6:34:15.
2. Roberto Heras (DOCTORE BIKE) a 0:25.
3. Laurent Jalabert (LOOK PULSAT GO2) a 26:46.
4. Israel Núñez (TARRAGONA 2017) a 26:46.
5. Tinker Juarez (CANNONDALE 1) a 36:40.
6. Melcior Mauri (SANTIVERI-TERMOTUR) a 40:55.
7. Marc Trayter (RADIKALBIKES) a 41:08.
8. Oriol Morata (RADIKALBIKES) a 41:24.
9. David Lozano (BICIS ESTEVE 1) a 48:53
10. Alejandro Díaz de la Peña (EXTREMADURA-ORBEA) a 55:23.

A Must see for yourself 'cyclingfan': http://www.titandesert.es/es/encarrera.php

 

[Mambo95]

That looks like a tough old race. I see Heras has won stage 3 and taken the lead.

A few famous names in the race by the looks of it - Heras, Jalabert, Mauri, Olano, Astarloa. And Contador is just outside the top 100.


(OK, it's not that Contador, it's his brother).

 

[DAOTEC]

Brutal Heroes >>>

Isn't it Paramount Mambo al these pro-race icons batteling it out in a bloody dessert with lots of mountains in this Tatanic way .... is this something or what, man where to begin oh here then ..

Result stage 3:

# 1. ROBERTO HERAS 00:00:00
# 2. ONDREJ FOJTIK a 00:06:49
# 3. ISRAEL NUÑEZ BATICON a 16:33:16
# 4. MARC TRAYTER ALEMANY a 18:29:16
# 5. TINKER JUAREZ a 01:08:31
# 6. ORIOL MORATA ABRIL a 01:15:31
# 7. MARTIN HORAK a 01:21:12
# 8. ALEJANDRO DIAZ DE LA PEÑA a 01:29:30
# 9. DAVID LOZANO RIBA a 01:30:22
# 10. LAURENT JALABERT a 01:32:5


GC: indeed Heras takes the lead· Clas. Masculina

1. 1. ROBERTO HERAS 10:23:24
2. 2. ONDREJ FOJTIK a 00:06:49
3. 3. ISRAEL NUÑEZ BATICON a 16:33:1

Official website: http://www.titandesert.es/es/encarrera.php

 

[la.margna]

sorry to post a clinic response here, but interesting to see HERAS, JALABERT and MAURI (don't know about Olano and Astarloa) - all three former (or still?) Fuentes clients...

 

[sartoris]

sorry to post a clinic response here, but interesting to see HERAS, JALABERT and MAURI (don't know about Olano and Astarloa) - all three former (or still?) Fuentes clients...

Yes, it is interesting to see them running a really hard race. And yes, go to the clinic and post your doping boredom there, mate. Cheers.

 

[Angliru]

sorry to post a clinic response here, but interesting to see HERAS, JALABERT and MAURI (don't know about Olano and Astarloa) - all three former (or still?) Fuentes clients...

They apparently still love to compete and ride regardless of their past transgressions. Good for Heras, one of my favs. I only wish he had been able to make a return to the pro peloton but he's been blackballed from what I understand.

Thanks for this thread and all the others that you've posted about events that aren't easily accessed nor publicized. I'm sure we all appreciate your efforts.

 

[BroDeal]

This looks like an awesome race.

 

[Colm.Murphy]

to me, it really does not look "awesome", it looks dreadful.

for anyone who's ever spent time on sand, it is not something you seek out to race on in an type of quantity. They are not even riding down the slopes. Every shot here is of them pushing or carrying a bike... granted, they are pedaling in the majority but it still does not look enjoyable, even in the most humbling of ways, in the least.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Yeah, that looks really boring. When I'm riding my mtb, I want to see trees and mountains and rocks. Not sand. Just personal preference though.

 

[icefire]

A bit old, but this one seems to be more fun than pushing your bike through sand:

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/399834/heras-crowned-world-champion.html

 

[DAOTEC]

another nailbiter ...

Yep icefire Roberto is the raining World Champion in that one, but was also in a good mood again today's NISSAN desert terror race stage 4 Boumalne Dades - Toundout 135 Titanic Km:

# 1. MARTIN HORAK 00:00:00
# 2. ROBERTO HERAS a 00:00:00
# 3. ONDREJ FOJTIK a 00:04:35
# 4. MILTON RAMOS a 00:10:33
# 5. MARC TRAYTER ALEMANY a 00:10:33
# 6. ISRAEL NUÑEZ BATICON a 00:17:52
# 7. ALEJANDRO DIAZ DE LA PEÑA a 08:50:16
# 8. TINKER JUAREZ a 14:26:16
# 9. ORIOL MORATA ABRIL a 16:05:16
# 10. DAVID LOZANO RIBA a 17:43:1
# 11. LAURENT JALABERT a 19:21:16

Top 5 GC:
1. ROBERTO HERAS 00:00:00 15:41:48
2. ONDREJ FOJTIK 00:11:23 15:53:11
3. MARC TRAYTER 01:09:33 16:51:21
4. ISRAEL NUÑEZ BATICON 01:14:57 16:56:45
5. MARTIN HORAK 01:21:11 17:02:59

Tomorrow final stage a 55k ^^

Official website: http://www.titandesert.es/es/encarrera.php

 

[dgodave]

Is this a new type of "professional road racing"?
.

 

[BroDeal]

to me, it really does not look "awesome", it looks dreadful.

for anyone who's ever spent time on sand, it is not something you seek out to race on in an type of quantity. They are not even riding down the slopes. Every shot here is of them pushing or carrying a bike... granted, they are pedaling in the majority but it still does not look enjoyable, even in the most humbling of ways, in the least.

No way. Mountain bike racing should be about tough courses just as spring classics should be about cold, windy, and cobbled routes.

# 1. MARTIN HORAK 00:00:00
# 2. ROBERTO HERAS a 00:00:00
# 3. ONDREJ FOJTIK a 00:04:35
# 4. MILTON RAMOS a 00:10:33
# 5. MARC TRAYTER ALEMANY a 00:10:33
# 6. ISRAEL NUÑEZ BATICON a 00:17:52
# 7. ALEJANDRO DIAZ DE LA PEÑA a 08:50:16
# 8. TINKER JUAREZ a 14:26:16
# 9. ORIOL MORATA ABRIL a 16:05:16
# 10. DAVID LOZANO RIBA a 17:43:1
# 11. LAURENT JALABERT a 19:21:16

Look at those time gaps. Heras whomped Tinker by fourteen minutes and now has an eleven minute lead. He has still got it.

 

[basque1]

HOLY SH*ITE, that is an awesome, epic race! Amazing. How can it be boring when you are in the Zone required to race through the desert? I love Jaja, although I was quite disappointed in his lackluster marathon times.

On that note, I'm a part-time runner, & I check out letsrun.com from time to time, where the vast majority have NO idea what real cycling fitness is all about, and, despite their somewhat older ages when they ran, I wished Jaja or LA (leaving out personal feelings re: LA) could have really given their marathons a real training foundation so the running community could have seen excellent performances and drawn the correct conclusions about the athletes. Although didn't Bo Hamburger or Udo Bolts or someone do a sold Ironman?

 

[DAOTEC]

Desert storm >>>

JaJa one more time ... beating yesterday winner

Top 10 final stage

1. MILTON RAMOS 00:00:00
2. MARC TRAYTER ALEMANY a 00:00:00
3. ROBERTO HERAS a 00:00:00
4. ONDREJ FOJTIK a 00:00:01
5. DAVID LOZANO RIBA a 00:03:46
6. LAURENT JALABERT a 00:03:48
7. ORIOL MORATA ABRIL a 00:03:48
8. MARTIN HORAK a 00:03:55
9. TINKER JUAREZ a 00:03:55
10. MELCIOR MAURI PRAT a 00:04:31

The great Roberto Heras triunfa en la Titan Desert

HERAS RECUPERA SU TRONO EN EL DESIERTO
Ouarzazate 07/05/2010 - Roberto Heras ha ganado por segunda vez la Nissan Titan Desert y se convierte en el primer participante que repite triunfo en la maratón MTB del desierto. El bejarano ha controlado a la perfección al checo Ondrej Fojtik en la última etapa conservando los 11 minutos de los que disponía de margen en la general.

Final GC top 12 out of 288 finishers !!!!:

1 4 ROBERTO HERAS 00:00:00 15:41:48
2 334 ONDREJ FOJTIK 00:11:23 15:53:11
3 17 MARC TRAYTER ALEMANY 01:09:33 16:51:21
4 1 ISRAEL NUÑEZ BATICON 01:14:57 16:56:45
5 336 MARTIN HORAK 01:21:11 17:02:59
6 13 TINKER JUAREZ 01:39:29 17:21:17
7 18 ORIOL MORATA ABRIL 01:48:08 17:29:56
8 313 ALEJANDRO DIAZ DE LA PEÑA 01:54:52 17:36:40
9 25 DAVID LOZANO RIBA 02:04:36 17:46:24
10 250 MILTON RAMOS 02:05:34 17:47:22
11 10 LAURENT JALABERT 02:08:47 17:50:35
12 29 JAVIER SALAMERO SUBIAS 02:29:03 18:10:51

http://titandesert.com/es/clasificacion_general_masculina.php

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