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Van
Summeren delivers victory at Paris-Roubaix
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Aprile 2011 - Johan
Van Summeren delivered an emotional victory for
Garmin- Cervélo
in Paris-Roubaix as the team played a tactically
perfect race with strength in numbers to win one of
cycling’s most prestigious and oldest one-day classics
of the year.
This
is a great win for me and it’s thanks to my team
that I was able to win,”
Van Summeren said after hoisting the trademark cobblestone
trophy over his head. “Thor (Hushovd)
was the leader today for our team. He’s the world
champion and I was working for him. When the tactics
played out, I was in position to make an attack. I could
tell early on that I had good legs.”
A
knee injury knocked Van Summeren out of last
weekend’s Tour of Flanders, but he was back
at full strength for the 104th edition of the “Hell
of the North.”
The
30-year-old Belgian made it through the critical Arenberg
cobblestone sector unscathed and then bridged out to
an early breakaway to forge an important, 1:20 lead
going into the decisive final 50km of the 258km race.
Gabriel Rasch later bridged out to give Garmin-Cervélo
two riders in the big, 20-rider lead group.
World
champion Thor Hushovd was able to shadow defending
champion Fabian Cancellara when the late attacks
came, but with Van Summeren up the road, Hushovd
could afford to play the waiting game and put pressure
on Cancellara. Roubaix rookie Sep Vanmarcke
also bridged out to the Hushovd group, giving
Garmin-Cervélo two riders in each group going
into the final battleground.
“The
team played a perfect tactic today. Thor was
a team captain and he was able to follow Cancellara,
so you could see that he was very strong today. Johan
was smart to get into that breakaway and we kept telling
him to wait for Thor. And when Thor’s group
didn’t reach the front, we gave Johan the chance
to attack,” said Garmin-Cervélo
sport director Jonathan Vaughters.
“This,
by far, is our biggest win as a team. And we’re
especially pleased the way we won it. People have to
remember that cycling is a team sport and we rode our
team tactics today to perfection.”
Roubaix
is arguably the most grueling race on the calendar and
Garmin-Cervélo saw its fair share of mishaps.
Punctures and crashes are inevitable and Heinrich
Haussler and Roger Hammond both hit the
deck just as the main bunch was roaring toward the decisive
Arenberg cobbles. Hammond was sent to
a local hospital and Hausser was unable to finish.
Van
Summeren lit up the race after coming out of the
Arenberg in good position. The tall Belgian charged
out of the pack of favorites to lead the chase to eventually
join up with the day’s early main breakaway. Gabriel
Rasch also bridged out, putting two Garmin-Cervélo
jerseys in the a front group of 21 going into the
decisive, final 50km.
“We
had Thor coming up from behind, so we kept telling
the other guys in the break it wasn’t up to us to
work,” Van Summeren said. “Missing
Flanders last week really made a difference. I
could tell straight away I was the strongest in the group.”
Hushovd
was right where he needed to be at the decisive moments
in the closing 50km. He shadowed arch-rival Cancellara
with attacks across the rough Pevele sector.
Garmin-Cervélo
won the arms race, with Rasch and Van Summeren
in the lead group and Vanmarcke eventually bridging
across to the Cancellara-Hushovd-Flecha trio with 30km
to go.
“This
is my first Roubaix, but to be able to play such
a key role late in the race gives me motivation for
me,” Vanmarcke said, who finished
20th at 3:43. “Everyone
was very motivated to race today. We knew we would have
a good chance to win and now that we did, it’s
just amazing. I am very tired, but very happy!”
Hushovd
played the loyal teammate and rode defensively to help
Van Summeren have his chance to win and crossed
the line eighth at 47 seconds back.
“Of
course, I was not going to work when I had teammates
up the road,”
Hushovd said.
“This team is very united and we always work together.
I am very happy that we could win today. That was our
goal and we achieved it.”
Van
Summeren attacked late to gap the chasers and had
enough to fend off a late attack from Cancellara. He
even rode the final kilometers on a slow puncture, but
made it across the line with the team’s most important
European victory.
“I
had a puncture with 5km to go. I knew it was too late
to change the wheel, so I had to take it a little easy
on the velodrome,” Van Summeren
said. “I know how to ride
on a flat because sometimes I forget to bring a tire
on training rides.”
Parigi-Roubaix:
Johan Van Summeren, vice di Hushovd per un giorno, regala
alla squadra del campione del mondo, la pietra di pavè
dell'inferno del Nord
ROUBAIX
(FRANCIA), 10 aprile 2011 - Altezza
centonovantotto centimetri per 75 chili di peso, sono
i numeri di Van Summeren, questo trentenne
"gigante" belga che oggi aggiunge al proprio
breve palmares da professionista, la sua terza vittoria,
quella più' prestigiosa, incisa nella leggenda
del ciclismo, una Parigi-Roubaix, calda e polverosa
con il numero 109.
"E'
la corsa dei miei sogni" dirà
il corridore del Team Garmin-Cervelo abbracciato
all'arrivo dalla sua fidanzata.
Una
Parigi-Roubaix falcidiata da scivoloni su asfalto,
piu' che da cadute sulle pietre nei 27 settori di una
pave', con la polvere padrona, che ha corrotto le speranze
dei corridori, incappati in incidenti tecnici, piu'
che in forature.
E'
proprio il belga Tom Boonen, portacolori della
Quick Step, uno dei piu' attesi alla partenza, a farne
le spese, arrestato da un guaio tecnico al cambio, nella
foresta di Aremberg che, dopo avere perso due
minuti dal plotone dei big inseguitore dei fuggitivi,
prima rimonta e in vista del ricongiungimento, che lo
avrebbe rimesso in gioco per i destini dell'Inferno
del Nord, si rivede nuovamente a terra nell'ennesima
caduta in un tratto di pavè.
La
giovane "Star" delle due ruote,
(protagonista in patria di talk-show televisivi ed eroe
dei fumetti), si rialza zoppicando assaggiando l'amara
sconfitta, vede sfumare ogni possibilità di un
secondo recupero, pensa di abbandonare la corsa, poi
riceve ordini di scuderia che gli impongono di pedalare
negli ultimi 70 km, verso Roubaix; ma alla fine Tom,
non attraverserà' l'ultimo settore "passarella"
alle porte dell'anello di arrivo.
In
quei concitati frangenti che segnano il destino di capitan
Boonen, piu' avanti, l'altra punta QuickStep,
Sylvain Chavanel non e' meno sfortunato
e il francese cade violentemente sull'asfalto, abbandonando
anch'esso le speranze di squadra.
Anche
Pozzato (Katusha) e Hondo (Lampre), si
uniscono alla collezione dei pied-a terre, mentre negli
ultimi 50 km, fra elastici di Cancellara e scaramucce
da tattica tira tu che io non tiro, nel
drappello dei fuggitivi, la Garmin gioca la carta Van
Summeren, nascosto e dai piu' e inatteso,
questo belga, fa sua la corsa involandosi negli ultimi
15 km, in solitaria, mentre nel gruppo dei big fuggitivi,
Cancellara tenta il colpo di magia con tre spaventose
progressioni.
Risultato
del Fabian Pensiero sta nel non fare il gioco degli
avversari e presto lo svizzero smette di fare da locomotiva
all'iridato Hushovd
a Ballan e compagnia bella, quindi litigio sulla
responsabilita' dell'azione che infine sfuma con il
riassorbimento del folto plotone dei reduci.
Solo nelgli ultimi 5 km lo svizzero già pluri-vincitore
nella Classica del Pavè, rilancia l'azione guadagnandosi
un prestigioso secondo posto, davanti ad un bel Ballan
che precede l'australiano Eisel (HTC-Highroad) e l'iridato
Thor Hushovd.
Cancellara
all'arrivo non ha nulla da recriminare: "Quando
hai il ruolo di grande favorito, non è facile"
- "Io lotto per vincere. Alla fine ne non e' stato
possibile perchè anche io sono umano. Sono fiero
e felice di questo secondo posto, perchè ho dato
il massimo di me stesso".
Conclusione:Il
problema di Cancellara e che anche un SuperMan
come lui poco può' senza una tattica di squadra.
Una squadra costruita per il Tour de France che
non porta un leader come Cancellara alle calssiche
del Nord, scortandolo nella vittoria ma invece isolandolo,
non e' una grande squadra e dovrebbe riscrivere i propri
obiettivi se gli spnsor che la sostengono ci tengono
al ritorno pubblicitario.
Al
contrario Team come Garmin, con tattica accurata,
hanno raggiunto il massimo con un out-sider come Van
Summeren e anche BMC ha giocato la doppia
carta con Quinziato e Ballan come anche
per la Quick Step di Boonen e Chavanel,
bloccata quest'ultima dalla sfortuna che alla Roubaix
e' la compagna piu' fedele nella carambola della corsa
piu' dura del mondo e il buon Fabian giustamente
con un bottino mezzo vuoto e mezzo pieno, guardando
al buon Boonen, puo' ben dire infine,
di essere soddisfatto della 109a edizione della Roubaix;
tanto nel 2012 le pietre sono sempre li ad aspettarlo
e lo svizzero sa che lui' e' l'unico al momento, capace
di volare sopra i ciotoli facendosi solo il
solletico
Di
Andrea Magnani
Paris-Roubaix:
post race quotes
10-Apr-2011:
“I’ve never seen such bad luck! ” These
were the first words of  Sporting
Director Wilfried Peeters at the conclusion of
the Paris Roubaix.
“In all our years racing we have never been so
unlucky. We really weren’t ever able to express
our full potential due to mechanical problems, flat
tyres and falls. Boonen and Chavanel especially, but
the other riders also were very unlucky, with lots of
flats and accidents that put them out of play.”
 Tom
Boonen, forced to pull out of the race due to mechanical
problems, had this to say about his Roubaix: “There’s
not much to do when it comes to bad luck. In the Arenberg
forest I had my first mechanical problem. My chain got
stuck between the frame and the crankset and I had to
wait almost two minutes for the flagship car. I changed
bikes and I was able to come back. Then the incredible
happened. I was catching up to the group of the favourites
after a long chase when the vibrations from the cobbles
shook my water bottle loose and it ended up between
the back wheel and the frame. The wheel suddenly was
blocked, and I lost control of the bike. At that moment
Maarten Wynants was coming up on me. He couldn’t
avoid me and I ended up on the ground, hitting my knees.
At that point my race was over. In 10 years at the Roubaix
I’d never had a flat and before this edition I’d
only fallen twice, in 2003 and 2009. I was really unlucky.
It’s too bad because I felt really good, and after
my win at the Gent –Wevelgem and my 4th
place in the Ronde, it would have been nice to have
another positive result. It’s not up to me to say
whether I could have won or not, but I was really having
a good day. Honour goes to Vansummeren, who rode an
extraordinary race.”
It
was also an hard day for the other Quick-Step leader,
Sylvain Chavanel. “I
got two flat tyres, both at an important moment. I tried
my best to get back in there both times. Then the fall
definitely took me out. I fell hard in a left curve
and did a cheese grater across the asphalt. I took up
the chase again anyway, but at that point there was
nothing more to do. This is also part of what the Roubaix
is all about. You have to learn to accept these difficult
times, too. Mentally I’m going to try and turn
the page as fast as possible and concentrate on next
Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race.”
Parigi Roubaix stregata
per il Team Lampre ISD, ma che grinta!
Finisce
con una Parigi Roubaix sfortunata la trasferta del Team
Lampre ISD sul pavè del nord.
10
aprile 2011 -
Partiamo con il giovane Malori alla sua prima
avventura nella classica del pavè praticamente
finita ancora prima di iniziare. Adriano è incappato
in una caduta prima del tratto iniziale di pavè
picchiando il ginocchio, costretto al ritiro presso
il rifornimento quindi non ha potuto esprimersi al meglio
in una gara curiosa per lui.
L' uomo indicato dal Team come leader per la gara di
oggi era Hondo ma anche la  sua
gara è stata costellata da grande sfortuna. Dopo
una magistrale condotta fino fuori dalla Foresta
di Arenberg infatti Danilo è incappato in
una caduta che gli ha danneggiato il tacchetto di una
scarpa.
Hondo
ha proseguito senza timore aspettando l'arrivo dell'ammiraglia
per il cambio di scarpino, ma dato che il piede non
restava attaccato al pedale ha ceduto molto in termini
di tempo alla testa della corsa.
Da
segnalare l'altruismo e la grinta di Krivstov
che ha ceduto la ruota dopo la foratura a Righi
ed ha provato a scortare Hondo fuori dalla giornata
nera , un plauso.
All'arrivo
Righi è stato il migliore per il Team
, contando sulla sua esperienza e scaltrezza Daniele
ha dimostrato grinta da vendere e si è tolto
la soddisfazione di terminare la gara non lontano dalla
testa della corsa.
Il
commento di Bontempi : "
Sapevamo che la squadra non era al massimo livello per
la gara di oggi , ma posso assicurare che i nostri atleti
hanno dato fondo a tutto il loro coraggio , grinta e
spessore per tenere alto il nostro onore. Peccato per
gli episodi sfavorevoli che hanno visto l' uscita dai
giochi di Hondo e dei giovani come Malori. Rendo merito
a Righi che non ha mai mollato fino alla fine e a Krivstov
che si è sacrificato per i compagni".
It
ends with a ill-fated Paris Roubaix the transfer of
Team Lampre ISD on paving of the north.
 Let's
start with the young rider Malori at his first adventure
in the classic of pavé much over even before
it began. Adriano has suffered a fall prior to the initial
stretch of cobblestones banging his knee, and he had
to retire at the supply and so has not at his best in
a race strange to him.
The
man as indicated by the Team like leader for the race
of today was Hondo but his race was punctuated by great
misfortune. After a masterly conductup out of the Forest
of Arenberg , Danilo is in fact suffered a fall that
damaged the cleatto of shoe. Hondo continued without
fear waiting for the arrival of team car for thechange
of shoe, but since it did not stay attached to the foot
pedal has given much in terms of time to lead. To signal
the selflessness and determination of Krivstov who sold
the wheel after a puncture to Righi and tried to escort
out of the bad day Hondo, be applauded. At the arrival
Righi was the best for the team, relying on his experience
and guile to sell Daniele was aggressive and had the
satisfaction of ending the race not far from the lead.
Bontempi's
comment: "We knew the team was not at the highest
level for the race today, but I can assure you that
our athletes have to fund all their courage, determination
and depth to keep up our honor. Too bad for him adverse
events that have seen the exit from the games of Hondo
and young riders as Malori. Great thanks to Righi that
never gave up until the end and Krivstov who sacrificed
himself for his team mates. "
Ordine
d'arrivo 109ª edizione:
1 Johan Van Summeren (Bel)
Team Garmin-Cervelo 6:07:28
2 Fabian Cancellara
(Swi) Leopard Trek 0:00:19
3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned)
Rabobank Cycling Team
4 Grégory Rast (Swi) Team RadioShack
5 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad 0:00:21
6 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:36
7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad 0:00:47
8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo
9 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling
10 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling
11 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJ
12 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
13 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling
Team
14 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
15 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil - Shimano
16 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar
17 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
18 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana
19 John Degenkolb (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:02:10
20 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo
21 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:03:43
22 Baden Cooke (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
23 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo
24 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
25 David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar 0:03:45
26 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:04:06
27 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 0:04:46
28 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
29 Kevin Ista (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
30 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
31 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard
32 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
33 Steve Chainel (Fra) FDJ
34 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
35 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
36 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling
37 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
38 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
39 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar
40 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
41 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Team RadioShack
42 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
43 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Saxo Bank Sungard
44 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Pro Team Astana
45 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
46 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:04:54
47 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:06:42
48 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Team RadioShack 0:09:16
49 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Garmin-Cervelo
50 Alex Rasmussen (Den) HTC-Highroad 0:10:06
51 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil - Shimano 0:10:10
52 David Boucher (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto
53 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
54 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En
Ligne
55 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
56 Jean-Lou Paiani (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
57 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
58 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
59 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar
60 Rony Martias (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:10:14
61 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Team Europcar
62 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Team Europcar
63 Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
64 Timon Seubert (Ger) Team Netapp 0:10:16
65 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
66 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil - Shimano
67 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
68 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
69 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:12:58
70 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Netapp
71 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Team RadioShack
72 Bjorn Selander (USA) Team RadioShack
73 Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp
74 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller
75 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ
76 Benjamin King (USA) Team RadioShack
77 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
78 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
79 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
80 Gael Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 0:13:02
81 Romain Lemarchand (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
82 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Pro Team Astana
83 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano
84 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
85 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
86 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:13:04
87 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:13:06
88 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
89 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:13:15
90 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:13:50
91 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
92 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
93 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:13:53
94 Martin Mortensen (Den) Leopard Trek
95 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ
96 Simon Zahner (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:13:59
97 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:14:02
98 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 0:17:42
99 Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
100 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
101 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller
102 Michael Barry (Can) Sky Procycling
103 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
104 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller
105 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling
Team
106 Adam Hansen (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto
107 Michaël Baer (Swi) Team Netapp
108 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp
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