Thursday, April 28, 2011

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Amstel Gold Race Complete StartList and Race Informations

The biggest cycling event in Netherlands is the Amstel Gold Race, held for the 46th year this April 17th, 2011.
The name is the one of the main sponsor "Amstel beers".
Philippe Gilbert is the Most looked out as potential winner of this year race, though there are few other potential winners such as Philippe Gilbert, Serguei Ivanov, Damiano Cunego, Frank Schleck, Alexandre Vinokourov or Danilo Di Luca.

The race is from Maastricht to Valkenburg total of 260,5 kilometers.
Complete racers Start List:

OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (OLO)

1 GILBERT Philippe BEL
2 AERTS Mario BEL
3 BAKELANTS Jan BEL
4 DE GREEF Francis BEL
5 DOCKX Gert BEL
6 VAN DE WALLE Jurgen BEL
7 VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen BEL
8 VANENDERT Jelle BEL

AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM)

11 BONNAFOND Guillaume FRA
12 BOUET Maxime FRA
13 CHEREL Mikael FRA
14 ELMIGER Martin SUI
15 KADRI Blel FRA
16 NOCENTINI Rinaldo ITA
17 RIBLON Christophe FRA
18 ROCHE Nicolas IRL

BMC RACING (BMC)

21 BURGHARDT Marcus GER
22 EIJSSEN Yannick BEL
23 EVANS Cadel AUS
25 LOUDER Jeffry USA
26 QUINZIATO Manuel ITA
27 SANTAMBROGIO Mauro ITA
28 VAN AVERMAET Greg BEL

EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI (EUS)

31 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan ESP
32 MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN Egoi ESP
33 PEREZ LEZAUN Alan ESP
34 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel ESP
35 URTASUN PEREZ Pablo ESP
36 VELASCO MURILLO Ivan ESP
37 VERDUGO MARCOTEGUI Gorka ESP

HTC-HIGHROAD (THR)

41 ALBASINI Michael SUI
42 BRAMMEIER Matthew IRL
43 DEGENKOLB John GER
44 FAIRLY Caleb USA
45 LEWIS Craig USA
46 PATE Danny USA
47 SMUKULIS Gatis LAT
48 VELITS Peter SVK

KATUSHA (KAT)

51 DI LUCA Danilo ITA
52 IVANOV Serguei RUS
53 KOLOBNEV Alexandr RUS
54 LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto ESP
55 MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel ESP
56 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin ESP
57 TROFIMOV Yury RUS
58 VANTOMME Maxime BEL

LAMPRE – ISD (LAM)

61 BERTAGNOLLI Leonardo ITA
62 BOLE Grega SLO
63 CUNEGO Damiano ITA
64 GAVAZZI Francesco ITA
65 LOOSLI David SUI
66 MORI Manuele ITA
67 PIETROPOLLI Daniele ITA
68 RIGHI Daniele ITA

LEOPARD-TREK (LEO)

71 CANCELLARA Fabian SUI
72 DENIFL Stefan AUT
73 FUGLSANG Jakob DEN
74 LUND Anders DEN
75 MONFORT Maxime BEL
76 SCHLECK Andy LUX
77 SCHLECK Frank LUX
78 WEGMANN Fabian GER

LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ)

81 CARUSO Damiano ITA
82 DUGGAN Timothy USA
83 FINETTO Mauro ITA
84 KOREN Kristijan SLO
85 NERZ Dominik GER
86 PATERSKI Maciej POL
87 PONZI Simone ITA
88 SAGAN Peter SVK

MOVISTAR (MOV)

91 ERVITI OLLO Imanol ESP
92 GARCIA ACOSTA José Vicente ESP
93 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Benat ESP
94 KIRYIENKA Vasili BLR
95 LOPEZ GARCIA David ESP
96 MADRAZO RUIZ Angel ESP
97 PARDILLA BELLON Sergio ESP
98 SANZ Enrique ESP

ASTANA (AST)

101 BAZAYEV Assan KAZ
102 DAVIS Allan AUS
103 DI GREGORIO Rémy FRA
104 FOFONOV Dmitriy KAZ
105 GASPAROTTO Enrico ITA
106 GRIVKO Andriy UKR
107 IGLINSKIY Maxim KAZ
108 VINOKOUROV Alexandre KAZ

QUICKSTEP (QST)

111 CATALDO Dario ITA
112 CHAVANEL Sylvain FRA
113 DE MAAR Marc AHO
114 DEVENYNS Dries BEL
115 ENGELS Addy NED
116 MALACARNE Davide ITA
117 PINEAU Jérôme FRA

RABOBANK (RAB)

121 BARREDO LLAMAZALES Carlos ESP
122 FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar ESP
123 GESINK Robert NED
124 MARTENS Paul GER
125 SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon ESP
126 TANKINK Bram NED
127 TJALLINGII Maarten NED
128 NIERMANN Grischa GER

SAXO BANK SUNGARD (SBS)

131 CHRISTENSEN Mads DEN
132 DIDIER Laurent LUX
133 LARSSON Gustav SWE
134 MAJKA Rafal POL
135 NUYENS Nick BEL
136 SÖRENSEN Nicki DEN
137 STEENSEN André DEN
138 VANDBORG Brian DEN

SKY (SKY)

141 APPOLLONIO Davide ITA
142 ARVESEN Kurt-Asle NOR
143 CUMMINGS Stephen GBR
144 CARLSTRÖM Kjell FIN
145 KNEES Christian GER
146 GERRANS Simon AUS
147 HAYMAN Mathew AUS
148 NORDHAUG Lars Petter NOR

GARMIN-CERVELO (GRM)

151 FISCHER Murilo Antonio BRA
152 HESJEDAL Ryder CAN
153 KREDER Michel NED
154 LLOYD Daniel GBR
155 MILLAR David GBR
156 RASCH Gabriel NOR
157 VANDEVELDE Christian USA
158 WILSON Matthew AUS

RADIOSHACK (RSH)

161 DEIGNAN Philip IRL
162 HERMANS Ben BEL
163 HORNER Christopher USA
164 IRIZAR ARANBURU Markel ESP
165 LEQUATRE Geoffroy FRA
166 PAULINHO Sergio Miguel Moreira POR
167 RAST Grégory SUI
168 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar ESP

VACANSOLEIL-DCM (VCD)

171 DEVOLDER Stijn BEL
172 HOOGERLAND Johnny NED
173 LAGUTIN Sergey UZB
174 LEUKEMANS Björn BEL
175 MARCATO Marco ITA
176 POELS Wouter NED
177 RUIJGH Rob NED
178 SELVAGGI Mirko ITA

COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE (COF)

181 DUMOULIN Samuel FRA
182 DUQUE Leonardo Fabio COL
183 EL FARES Julien FRA
184 GALLOPIN Tony FRA
185 ISTA Kevin BEL
186 MATE MARDONES Luis Angel ESP
187 SIJMENS Nico BEL
188 TAARAMAE Rein EST

FARNESE VINI – NERI SOTTOLI (FAR)

191 CACCIA Diego ITA
192 FAILLI Francesco ITA
193 FAVILLI Elia ITA
194 GIORDANI Leonardo ITA
195 MAZZANTI Luca ITA
196 RICCI BITTI Davide ITA
197 MIRENDA G. Luca ITA
198 VISCONTI Giovanni ITA

LANDBOUWKREDIET (LAN)

201 AMORISON Frédéric BEL
202 BELLEMAKERS Dirk NED
203 COMMEYNE Davy BEL
204 DELFOSSE Sébastien BEL
205 GOURGUE Benjamin BEL
206 HONIG Reinier NED
207 TRAKSEL Bobbie NED
208 VERHEYEN Geert BEL

SKIL – SHIMANO (SKS)

211 CURVERS Roy NED
212 DE KORT Koen NED
213 DOCKER Mitchell AUS
214 FRÖHLINGER Johannes GER
215 GESCHKE Simon GER
216 HUGUET Yann FRA
217 SPRICK Matthieu FRA
218 TIMMER Albert NED

TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN – MERCATOR (TSV)

221 BAUGNIES Jérôme BEL
222 COENEN Johan BEL
223 CORNU Dominique BEL
224 DE VREESE Laurens BEL
225 JACOBS Pieter BEL
226 SERRY Pieter BEL
227 VAN VOOREN Steven BEL
228 VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter BEL

VERANDA’S WILLEMS – ACCENT (VWA)

231 DEGAND Thomas BEL
232 VAN GROEN Arnoud NED
233 HABEAUX Gregory BEL
234 SCHEIRLINCKX Staf BEL
235 SCHMITZ Bram NED
237 VAN MELSEN Kevin BEL
238 VENTER Jacobus RSA

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

A Sunday in Hell - Watch the Movie of Eddy Merckx in Paris - Roubaix

Paris-Roubaix is one, if not, the toughest one day classic bicycle race. It is nicknamed as the "Hell of the North" in french (L'enfer du Nord).

It has been raced since 1896 from Paris to Roubaix (north of France). The race biggest threat to the racers are the Cobblestones portions. (The race starts from Compiègne since 1968, but keep the name of Paris-Roubaix).

Most of the great cycling legends have raced it such as Maurice Garin (1897, 1898), Fausto Coppi (1950), Louison Bobet (1956), Eddy Merckx (1968, 1970, 1973) and Bernard Hinault (1981). The victories recordman is Belgian Roger De Vlaeminck (1972, 1974, 1975 and 1977). The record of consecutives victories is shared by frenchman Octave Lapize (1909, 1910 and 1911) and the Italian Francesco Moser (1978, 1979, 1980).

In the time when Eddy Merckx was "cannibalizing" the race circuit by winning it all, a movie about the Paris-Roubaix was shot in full color over 1 h 30 min.
If you enjoy steel frames, tubulars glued on aluminium polished rims and wool jersey, you will sure find a lot of inspiration in this great movie.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

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