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| May 31, 2005 Andy Schleck |
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Results | 31.05.2005: Wachovia Invitational | Links: | |
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| 37th at 1'40" of Greg Henderson |
The Wachovia Invitational race took place in Lancaster, Pensylvania, on 13 laps of a little bit more than 10 km. Lots of turns, ups and downs made the race tough and it was no surprise that a break went to the end. Greg Henderson was fastest in the break and team CSC represented by Allen Johansson. During the race, the men of Scott Sunderland were very active and Andy Schleck was among the offensive riders too. With 50 kilometers to go, he tried an escape with 2 other riders, but they were chased down by the bunch and Andy finished the race in the middle of the small peloton. |
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| May 29, 2005 Andy Schleck |
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Results | 31.05.2005: CSC Invitational (Arlington) | Links: | |
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28th behind Ivan Dominguez
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With some of his team-mates like Bobby Julich, Andy Schleck is currently in the USA for 10 days, where he will participate in some criteriums and in the open National USPRO Championships. First stage was CSC Invitational in Arlington over 100 km (100 laps) held under beautiful sun and before a huge crowd near Washington. After a fast race, where the CSC-riders have led many times, Andy Schleck finishes in the main peloton whereas Bobby Julich was in the decisive 4-men break. |
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| May 7 - 29, 2005 Frank Schleck |
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Results | 29.05.2005: 20. Albese con Cassano - Milano (119 km) | Links: | |||
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| 56th at 0" of Alessandro Petacchi |
No surprises on the last stage to Milano with a traditionnal bunch sprint an an almost traditionnal winner: Alessandro Petacchi. Paolo Savoldelli obtains the overall victory in what was one of the most interesting Giro of the last years with little advantage on Gilberto Simoni and the surprising Jose Rujano. Frank Schleck should make a positive analyse of his first Giro. Even if his own good results were rare due to the team tactics (5th in Varazze), he showed that he can be one of the best climbers in the world and that he has huge potential for the big stage races. |
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42nd at 1.23'44" of Paolo Savoldelli
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Results | 28.05.2005: 19. Savigliano - Sestriere (190 km) | Links: | |||
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| 49th at 21'38" of Jose Rujano |
Dramatic last mountain stage where the main rivals of Savoldelli (Di Luca, Simoni, Rujano) attacked him together and where the maglia rosa virtually changed several times. At the beginning of the terrible Colle delle Finestre (18,5 km climb of medium 9,2 gradient, with the last 8 km on a gravel road) the pink jersey had difficulties and Di Luca, Rujano and Simoni drove up the speed in the front group. The group got smaller and smaller, so that the 3 riders were alone in the lead on the gravels. At the top of the Finestra, Savoldelli was over 2 minutes late and Simoni was virtually overall winner of the 88th Giro d'Italia. But 3 things occured that prevented him from winning: first, Danilo Di Luca who contributed a lot to the break until then, was victim of cramps and lost contact to the leaders, then several riders regrouped around Savoldelli who found strategic allies, and finally Simoni himself was victim of cramps and he had to let Rujano ride away to a merited stage victory. At the end, Savoldelly kept the pink jersey for merely 28 seconds. The CSC riders were not among the best today and Frank Schleck finished the stage more than 20 minutes down. |
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42nd at 1.23'44" of Paolo Savoldelli
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Results | 27.05.2005: 18. Chieri - Torino (34 km time-trial) | Links: | |||
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| 18th at 2'12" of Ivan Basso |
Like in the first time-trial, CSC has dominated the stage with the victory of Ivan Basso, who proves with a second success in two days that he is well one of the strongest riders of this Giro, with the 3rd place of David Zabriskie, the 15th of Blaudzun and the 18th of Frank Schleck. On a course with 350 m difference in altitude, the Luxemburgish rider has done a very constant racing, without forcing too much as he said. At the intermediate timings he was pointed in 17th, 19th and 18th position, losing a little bit more than a minute on the flat and another one in the 7 km long climb. As for the overall victory, Savoldelli profited perfectly from his fantastic downhill skills and took a minute to Simoni as well as a minute and a half to Di Lucca and to the pocket climber Jose Rujano. Before the very last mountain stage tomorrow, the Discovery rider has two minutes of advantage on Simoni and 3 minutes on Rujano. |
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43rd at 1.04'01" of Paolo Savoldelli
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Results | 26.05.2005: 17. Varazze - Limone Piemonte (194 km) | Links: | |||
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| 39th at 13'34" of Ivan Basso |
Once more, Frank Schleck has shown what he is capable at in the mountains, this time by doing a tactical masterpiece together with Ivan Basso, who has found his legs... or let's say his stomach.. of one week ago. On the Coletto del Moro, a climb of 3 kilometers but with terrible 17% gradient, Lampre with Cunego-Simoni controlled the speed, but shortly afterwards, the two CSC-riders attacked and took with them 4 other riders: Cioni (Liquigas), Caruso (Liberty), Tiralongo (Panaria) and Lobato (Saunier). At the foot of the last climb, the little group where Schleck did most of the work had one minute and a half of advantage on the Gruppo Maglia Rosa where Lampre still was leading and where Savoldelli was on his own. Frank Schleck drove the group up the climb until 7 km to the finish line where Gianpaolo Caruso attacked. The Luxemburgish rider eased his pace but Basso countered and flew away to the stage victory. Behind them, Gilberto Simoni has rewarded the work of his team-mates by attacking with 6 km to go and gaining 42" on Savoldelli and 1'43" on Di Luca. In the overall classification, before the two decisive stages to come, Simoni in now noted in second position 58" behind "Il Falco". |
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44th at 1.02'12" of Paolo Savoldelli
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Results | 25.05.2005: 16. Lissone - Varazze (210 km) | Links: | |||
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5th at 16" of Christophe Le Mevel
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Second day for Frank Schleck with no team order to follow and he didn't hesitate to go on the attack on a mostly flat course but with some up and downs in the final part. With more than 100 km to go, he got clear in a group of 18 riders, with 13 teams represented. The peloton let them go and they quickly got 10 minutes of advantage. After an attack of Vanotti on a climb with 50 kilometers to go, only 6 remained at the front: Frank Schleck, Alessandro Vanotti (Domina Vacanze), Addy Engels (Quickstep), Christophe Brandt (Davitamon-Lotto), Dmitri Fofonov (Cofidis) and Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole). Another attack of Vanotti on the descent of the Bric Berton as well as an attempt from Engels brought nothing and the 6 reached Varazze together. With 1500m to go, Christophe Le Mevel attacked, the other riders hesitated to go behind and it was too late: the Frenchman from Crédit Agricole won the stage with 200m of advance on the rest of the group, whereas Frank Schleck took 5th place. |
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47th at 50'26" of Paolo Savoldelli
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Results | 23.05.2005: 15. Livigno - Lissone (205 km) | Links: | |||
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| 38th at 0" of Alessandro Petacchi |
Cold, rain, crashes, two solo breaks, some attacks on the final circuit and a bunch sprint at the end: some of the ingredients of stage 15 of the Giro d'Italia. The course has been shortened over 50 km to 154 km because of the bad weather conditions in Livigno and on the Forcole di Livigno, only climb of the day. Belgian rider Roy Sentjens first, then Italian rider Rafaele Illiano have opened the road for a long time, but then the Fassa-Bortolo train has conducted their sprint star Alessandro Petacchi to a third victory, contested only by Erik Zabel two meters behind him. It was the first day on this Giro without a lot of team-work to do for Frank Schleck and he finishes in the first part of the peloton. |
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55th at 1.12'26" of Paolo Savoldelli
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Results | 22.05.2005: 14. Egna - Livigno (210 km) | Links: | |||
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| 87th at 42'15" of Ivan Parra |
The third mountain stage has been marked by two Ivan: the first one, Colombian rider Ivan Parra hit the top by scoring a second stage win in two days. Like yesterday, he was part of an early break and has flown away to victory with 15km to go. The other one, Italian rider Ivan Basso, hit the bottom by losing nearly 45 minutes to the other GC contenders. Ill and incapable of eating anything during the stage, the leader of team CSC was dropped on the terrible Passo Stelvio, the Cima Coppi (roof) of this year's Giro. This has led to a curious situation concerning the luxemburgish riders on this mighty climb: the "rouleur" Benoît Joachim was pacing the front group for maglia rosa Savoldelli, whereas the climber Frank Schleck was losing more and more time alongside his team captain. |
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56th at 1.12'26" of Paolo Savoldelli
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Results | 21.05.2005: 13. Mezzocorona - St.Ullrich (218 km) | Links: | |||
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| 48th at 14'26" of Ivan Parra |
Frank Schleck has been enroled in this Giro to help Ivan Basso in the mountains and he did this once more in extraordinary manner today. The maglia rosa wasn't at his best because he seems to have contracted some stomach trouble, and the tandem Simoni-Cunego attacked early on, at the foot of the difficult Passo delle Erbe with 70 km to go. Ivan Basso couldn't react himself to this acceleration, but he sent out Schleck and Zabriskie to the front of the small group. The two CSC riders held up a significant speed, so that they caught the two Lampre-riders before the end of the climb. After that, they continued to take turns in front of the group until 7 km from the finish, in the last climb. That was the place chosen by Simoni to perform another attack. While Ivan Basso tried to limit the losses, another rider seemed very strong: Paolo Savoldelli. He chased down Simoni, dropped him a little later and took the pink jersey at the finish line. Several minutes before him, Ivan Parra had taken the stage win out of an early break. |
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47th at 33'34" of Paolo Savoldelli
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Results | 20.05.2005: 12. Alleghe - Rovereto (178 km) | Links: | |||
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| 97th at 0" of Alessandro Petacchi |
"Ale-jet" Petacchi has dominated McEwen today because he has won the bunch sprint with several length of advance, whereas his australian rival only finished sixth. After the difficult stage yesterday, the riders did a calm ascension of the only and early climb of the day, the Passo San Pellegrino. After that, Team CSC and the sprinter teams managed to keep the peloton together until the finish line. Frank Schleck crosses the white line in the pack at 97th position. |
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53rd at 23'26" of Ivan Basso
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Results | 19.05.2005: 11. Marostica - Zoldo Alto (150 km) | Links: | |||
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| 36th at 6'02" of Paolo Savoldelli |
The first big mountain stage in the Dolomites with 4 climbs and a mountain top finish has already brought significant changes in the overall classification. After accelerations of Simoni and then Basso on the Passo Duran, penultimate climb of the day, only 3 riders remained at the front: Basso, Simoni and Savoldelli. On the last climb, Simoni lost contact to the little group and the two others shared the cake: Savoldelli took the stage win and Basso the Maglia Rosa. The good surprise of the day came from race leader Di Luca who was never far behind the leaders and lost only 1 minute to them at the finish. The victims were without doubt the Lampre-riders: Simoni lost 20" but defending champion Cunego had a bad day and lost over 6 minutes. In the same group, Frank Schleck crossed the finish line, having done his work perfectly because he managed to stay with his leader Basso until the attacks on the Passo Duran. Let's also have a word about Benoît Joachim, the luxemburgish rider who made a long solo break at the beginning of the stage and stayed in front for exactly 100 kms. |
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53rd at 23'26" of Ivan Basso
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Results | 18.05.2005: 10. Ravenna - Rossano Veneto (212 km) | Links: | |||
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| 92nd at 0" of Robbie McEwen |
Royal bunch sprint at stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia with Zabel, McEwen, Petacchi and O'Grady in a row. Finally, only a few centimeters decided for the third stage victory of Robbie McEwen. A massive sprint was programmed on this entirely flat transition stage, despite the brave escape over 70 km of Illiano. The T-Mobile, Fassa Bortolo, Fdjeux or Lotto teams did everything necessary to keep the peloton together. Also very often at the front, the CSC team of Frank Schleck and Ivan Basso, who can be considered as favourite no 1 on the overall victory after the time-trial. With 20 km to go, the alarm bell rang for the danish team because Ivan Basso broke a spoke in his wheel. All his team-mates had to wait for him and bring him back to the front. |
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69th at 17'21" of Danilo Di Luca
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Results | 16.05.2005: 9. Firenze - Ravenna (139 km) | Links: | |||
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| 129th at 0" of Alessandro Petacchi |
Today was the third stage in this Giro that ended with a bunch sprint and Alessandro Petacchi opened at last his account. The Fassa Bortolo boys worked perfectly this time and after 139km, the Italian rider had no problems to beat a suprising Paolo Bettini and the rest of the field. No problems for Frank Schleck in this stage. Tomorrow's rest day will allow him to recover a little bit from a tough first week. |
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69th at 17'21" of Danilo Di Luca
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Results | 15.05.2005: 8. Lamporecchio - Firenze (45 km ITT) | Links: | |||
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| 53rd at 4'11" of David Zabriskie |
After their bad stage yesterday, team CSC stroke back in today's time-trial with the stage win for Zabriskie and, more important, the second place for Ivan Basso who wins 30" on Savoldelli, one minute and a half on Garzelli, 2 minutes on Cunego and 2'30" on Simoni. Frank Schleck's team-mate is now on second place overall and Danilo Di Luca kept his precious jersey only for seconds. The luxemburgish rider also did well in 53rd place. Schleck took a rapid start, being 33rd after 8 kms but then he lost some 20 position on the long climb and passed at the next intemediate times in around 50th position (56th at 2'10 after 18 km, 54th at 2'27" at km 28 after the downhill part of the course). |
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70th at 17'21" of Danilo Di Luca
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Results | 14.05.2005: 7. Grosseto - Pistoia (211 km) | Links: | |||
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| 38th at 1'49" of Koldo Gil |
Team CSC has probably made a tactical error today by keeping the pace very high on the first major climb of the day, the San Baronto. They made a selection on this climb, but after that, all the team-mates of Ivan Basso had to pay for it, with Frank Schleck being the last to support his leader. It was him who led the peloton at the foot of the Sammomme, last climb of the day, but he also had to give up his position after 2 out of 6 kilometers. Ivan Basso was now alone against the Lampre-riders, who profited from the situation by attacking and they gained 30 seconds on him at the Finish line. Frank Schleck crossed this line together with Paolo Bettini, who handed back the pink jersey to Di Luca. |
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76th at 14'45" of Danilo Di LUca
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Results | 13.05.2005: 6. Viterbo - Marina Di Grosseto (153 km) | Links: | |||
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| 59th at 0" of Robbie McEwen |
Crashes, crashes, crashes ... On the final circuit with some nasty turns, numerous riders had to get off their bikes, including Petacchi and nearly the whole Fassa Bortolo team. With some of the best sprinters being absent at the end, Robbie McEwen had no problem at all in winning his second stage, after some good preparation work of Henk Vogels. By winning one of the intergiro sprints, Paolo Bettini took back the maglia rosa. Once again, Team CSC rode intelligently by being up front most of the time and nor Frank Schleck, nor his team-mates were involved in one of the crashes |
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111th at 13'11" of Paolo Bettini
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Results | 12.05.2005: 5. Celano - L'Aquila(223 km) | Links: | |||
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| 127th at 2'07" of Danilo Di Luca |
Another day where the sprinters didn't really have any opportunity. The finish was on top of a short climb that suited perfectly the same riders, that we have already seen in the previous stages: Bettini, Cunego, Di Luca and co. The latter has taken the stage victory and the maglia rosa by showing one of his terrific accelerations in the last 500 m. Kim Kirchen knows these accelerations very well since the Mur de Huy, doesn't he? Frank Schleck, like Benoît Joachim, had to work a lot in the peloton because it is clear that the leaders wanted to be at the foot of the little climb in the best possible position. Like the other days, Liquigas and Team CSC were the most seen teams at the front of the peloton. |
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121st at 13'09" of Danilo di Luca
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Results | 11.05.2005: 4. Giffoni Valle Piana - Frosinone (211 km) | Links: | |||
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| 188th at 9'12" of Luca Mazzanti |
In a troublesome stage with some race incidents, maglia rosa Bettini crossed the finish line first, but he was relegated to 4th place for having played a role in the crash of Australian Baden Cooke with 100m to go. The other Italian rider, Luca Mazzanti wins the stage and "Il Grillo" keeps his leader jersey. An other unfortunate rider today was named Frank Schleck. Together with his team-mate Zabriskie, he had to step down of his bike after a general crash at about 15 km from the finis line. Both CSC riders had to wait for a long time after that before they could be assisted by their mechanics and continue the stage. They finished way down in the very last group. |
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141st at 10'55" of Paolo Bettini
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Results | 10.05.2005: 3. Diamante - Giffoni Valle Piana (205 km) | Links: | |||
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| 68th at 1'02" of Danilo Di Luca |
The offensive racing of Di Luca and the "green guys" from Liquigas has been rewarded with a stage win. On a climb with 15 km to go, the leader of the Pro Tour attacked and took around 50 other riders with him. Among them were several of his team-mates, who held up an impressive speed on the narrow roads, so that the sprinters could never get back to the front. At the end, Italian superstars Di Luca, Bettini, Garzelli or Cunego sprinted for the stage win. Frank Schleck had to work in front of the peloton before the climb in order to bring Ivan Basso in a comfortable position and couldn't get into the first group afterwards. He finished the stage in a second group together with people like maglia rosa McEwen. |
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63rd at 1'43" of Paolo Bettini
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Results | 09.05.2005: 2. Catanzaro Lido - Santa Maria del Cedro (182 km) | Links: | |||
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| 81st at 0" of Robbie McEwen |
Australian National Champion Robbie McEwen is the first of the sprinters to win a stage and he also takes the leader's jersey due to the time bonifications. Frank Schleck had a relatively calm day exept on the last 10 kilometers where team CSC decided to ride at the front of the peloton in order to avoid any problem to Ivan Basso on narrow and turning roads. |
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41st at 45" of Robbie McEwen
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Results | 08.05.2005: 1. Regio Calabria - Tropea (208 km) | Links: | |||
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| 40th at 14" of Paolo Bettini |
A short but steep climb of 400 m within the last kilometer is all that a Paolo Bettini needs to show his phenomenal power and to score double with the stage win and the magila rosa. "Il grillo" attacked the complete peloton under the red flag, took an advantage of 30 m and maintained it until the finish line. The narrow roads, the turns and the climb also had as a result that the main peloton exploded into numerous parts. Frank Schleck wasn't with the very best like Simoni, Cunego or Basso, but he crossed the finish line only a few seconds later in a group of 25 riders. |
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41st at 37" of Paolo Bettini
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Results | 07.05.2005: Prologue in Reggio Calabria (1 km) | Links: | |||
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| 63rd at 6" of Brett Lancaster |
1,15 km on a flat, straight road along the sea, that was the scenery for the Giro d'Italia opening act and it surely wasn't the best possible for Frank Schleck. But the luxemburgish rider showed once more a good race and finished in the first third of the field, in the same time than his team leader Ivan Basso. At the front, Australian track specialist Brett Lancaster was faster than the sprinters, but Fassa Bortolo's Petacchi and Tossato have already shown their ambitions for the maglia rosa. |
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63rd at 6" of Brett Lancaster
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| May 16 - 22, 2005 Andy Schleck |
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Results | 22.05.2005: 7. Palleja - Barcelona (113 km) | Links: | |||
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| 116th at 8'25" of Thor Hoshovd |
You have to say that Thor Hushovd was very motivated in this stage. He was already in the very first move of the day, on the opening climb. He has been at the front all day but after the regroupement, he still had enough strength to win the bunch sprint. In this country where courses are never really flat, Andy Schleck experienced how tough pro-racing can be. After a week of efforts, the legs were tired and along with 10 other riders, he was dropped on one of the last climbs and finished over 8 minutes down. |
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118th at 35'12" of Yaroslav Popovich
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Results | 21.05.2005: 6. Llivia - Palleja (199 km) | Links: | |||
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| 25th at 25" of Antony Charreau |
A long downhill to the sea, with two small climbs: the stage seemed calm and promised to the sprinters. But the riders decided the other way and there where attacks from the beginning with riders like Osa, Cuesta or Rogers, dangerous in the overall classification. Nearly 100km covered in the first two hours. After the general regroupement and a little calm period, 10 riders managed to get away, among them Botero and Moreau. The rest of the pack with Andy Schleck chased after the break but finished 20" behind them. Anthony Charteau won the stage by attacking 2 km from the end. |
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100th at 26'47" of Yaroslav Popovich
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Results | 20.05.2005: 5. Sornas - Ordino Arcalis (17 km time trial) | Links: | |||
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| 75th at 4'54" of Inigo Cuesta |
Double victory for Saunier Duval with Cuesta and Piepoli, who won already the stage of yesterday, but who is still second in the overall classifiction behind Popovich. Today, Piepoli gained 25" in the mountain time trial on the leader, but that isn't enough. Andy Schleck wanted to take some experiance in an exercise that he doesn't know much. The important thing for him was to find a good rythm in order to finish the climb without cracking. And he found it pretty well because he finishes in the first part of the contenders and even managed to catch two riders started before him. |
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113th at 26'47" of Yaroslav Popovich
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Results | 19.05.2005: 4. Perafort - Pal Arinsal (238 km) | Links: | |||
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| 120th at 22'00" of Leonardo Piepoli |
Today's stage was the biggest one in this year's Volta, starting in the flat and finishing high above in the ski resort of Andorra. The course was promising and the battle between the GC contenders took place: While Jan Ullrich and Iban Mayo where dropped at the beginning of the last climb, wonderboy Popovich took second place in the stage and the overall lead. But the others like Perdiguero, Botero, Moreau or Rebellin are not far behind him. For his first real mountain stage at highest level and under big heat, the climber Andy Schleck had to settle himself for a finish with the main peloton, 22 minutes behind the best riders. |
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140th at 22'53" of Yaroslav Popovich
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Results | 18.05.2005: 3. Salou - La Granada (158 km) | Links: | |||
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| 65th at 0" of Pedro Horillo |
The stage was animated with several escapes, like for example a group around Juan-Antonio Flecha that took nearly two minutes of advantage. But on the flat roads towards the end, everything came together again. Until 2 km to the end, where Pedro Horillo attacked. In pousuit style, the Spaniard of Rabobank resisted to the return of Thor Hushovd and the rest of the bunch with also Andy Schleck. |
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122nd at 54" of Miguel Perdiguero
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Results | 17.05.2005: 2. Cambrills - Cambrills (187 km) | Links: | |||
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| 92nd at 0" of Enrico Gasparotto |
Despite a difficult course, still in the region of Salou, with 4 climbs and despite a long break of the riders Florencia, Lopez and Poilvet, the stage ended in a bunch sprint won by an Italian: Enrico Gasparotto. |
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129th at 54" of Miguel Perdiguero
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Results | 16.05.2005: 1. Salou - Salou (20 km TTT) | Links: | |||
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| 136th at 54" of Miguel Perdiguero |
Team-time-trial in the tourist town of Salou to begin this Volta ciclista a Catalunya. On a course with a little climb of 1 km, the CSC team that normally excells in this type of exercise has finished on a deceiving 20th place, nearly a minute behind the Phonak riders led by Perdiguero. |
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136th at 54" of Miguel Perdiguero
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| May 4 - 6, 2005 Andy Schleck |
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Results | 08.05.2005: 5. Bourbourg - Dunkerque (166 km) | Links: | |||
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| 22nd at 0" of Adam Wadecki |
The last flat stage showed an expected bunch sprint but a more surprising winner with the Polish rider Adam Wadecki. Pierrick Fedrigo hasn't been worried on this last stage and scores with the overall victory the biggest win of his young career. Andy Schleck, who had some troubles in the crosswinds at the beginning of the stage, entered the final circuit in Dunkirk within the main peloton, but lost one place overall to Philippe Gilber after an intermediate sprint. He finishes at the ninth place and is also 4th in the best young rider classification. A very positive result. |
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9th at 26" of Pierrick Fedrigo
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Results | 07.05.2005: 4. Boulogne-sur-Mer (172 km) | Links: | |||
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16th at 36" of Vladimir Efimkin
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The difficult course around Boulogne saw beautiful racing today with lots of attacks, because several riders could still dream of the overall victory at the start. The teams of Crédit Agricole with Hushovd and Moreau as well as Bouyges Telecom with Voeckler and Fedrigo were most active today in attacking Team CSC and the race leader. But the red and white riders worked hard and Linus Gerdemann, but also Andy Schleck were often present at the front of the field and in most of the attacks. Until the last climb where the two youngsters were several meters behind the very best, which was enough for Pierrick Fedrigo to catch the leader's jersey. A great race also by Russian rider Vladimir Efimkin who escaped on the last lap for a solo victory. Andy Schleck still maintains a Top 10 place in the overall classification. |
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8th at 26" of Pierrick Fedrigo
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Results | 06.05.2005: 3. Liévin - Sangatte / Cap Blanc Nez (194 km) | Links: | |||
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| 4th at 16" of Thomas Voeckler |
On the stage around the beautifull region of the "2 capes" in Northern Pas-de-Calais, the two youngsters of team CSC showed their excellent skills. Andy Schleck has finished in 4th place, just before his team-mate Linus Gerdemann who, in his first race for the team, has worn the CSC jersey only one day, before taking the mountains jersey and now the overall lead. Both riders finished in a first group of 5, just behind stage winner Thomas Voeckler. The French champion who had already initiated the final break with 15 km to go, attacked once more just before the final climb and managed to hold his lead until the line. Andy Schleck will start in the best young rider's jersey on the tough stage around Boulogne-sur-Mer tomorrow. |
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5th at 4" of Linus Gerdemann
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Results | 05.05.2005: 2. Marc-en-Baroeul - Lens (204 km) | Links: | |||
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| 32nd at 8" of Philippe Gilbert |
Stage 2 presented a relatively flat profile, but due to some sections of cobblestones around Valenciennes, there was a lot of action. Finally, three men issued of a break of 19 with eventual winner Philippe Gilbert managed to keep an 8" lead to the finish line. Behind them a chasing group of 50 riders with among others Andy Schleck. On this hectic and very fast stage, numerous riders lost a lot of time today. |
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39th at 22" of Philippe Gilbert
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Results | 04.05.2005: 1. Dunkerque - Marc-en-Baroeul (154 km) | Links: | |||
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| 78th at 0" of Thor Hushovd |
The first two days around Dunkerque should be for the sprinters and they were well present at the end of stage 1. After a race through the French Flanders, Thor Hushovd was fastest in the bunch sprint in front of Jimmy Casper. Andy Schleck finished in the middle of the peloton on 78th place. |
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81st at 12" of Thor Hushovd
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| May 1, 2005 Kim Kirchen |
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Resultate | 01.05.2005: Rund um den Henninger Turm | Links: | |
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| DNF / winner Erik Zabel |
After a very bad start into the season 2005, team T-Mobile comes back to the front of the scene with the victory of Vinokourov in Liège and today, a historical victory in their home Grand-prix. Historical, because Erik Zabel is the first man to win the "beer race" for the third time in his career. He deserved the victory because he clearly seemed the strongest rider of the 21-men break that dominated the race. Dominated in a way that all the other riders preferred to quit the race when they saw that their chances were fading away. Kim Kirchen, who suffered from the heat and the sudden weather change, left the competition after 100 km. |
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