GP Plouay *SPOILERS*

frenchfighter
frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
edited August 2010 in Pro race
Emma Pooley won her 2nd in succession after attacking in the final kms from a small elite group.
Photo: © CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net
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Can't find any video links to the men's race. Here is the ticker:
http://www.velo101.com/direct/live/1

The following had about 14mins max. Gap is now about 6.5 mins after the teams not represented in the breakaway picked up the pace significantly

Mathieu Drujon (Caisse d'Epargne), Benoît Vaugrenard (FDJ), Pablo Urtasun Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Danny Pate Garmin-Transitions), Noe Gianetti (Footon-Servetto), Ivan Rovny (Team Radioshack), Mickaël Delage (Oméga-Pharma-Lotto),et Laurent Mangel (Saur-Sojasun).
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Under 5mins with 110km to race
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Bellis loses contact with the peloton
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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Love the quote from Pooley...
    Pooley becomes the first woman to win in Plouay two years in a row, but she didn’t want to take this race as an indication for the Worlds in Australia in October. “Last year I won here and I was shit at the Worlds,” she said with a big laugh.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    A counter attack from Antony Charteau (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) et Alexandre Geniez (Skil-Shimano) have 30 secs

    The leaders are 2.40 ahead
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,647
    Loved the tweet from Cycling Weekly earlier

    Along the lines of they should rename it the GP Pooley
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Live 60kms to go:
    http://streamz.yolasite.com/ch-22.php
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Thanks for the stream
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    The average of the race 30mins ago was 36km/h, so not particularly fast. The last lap was 40km/h
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    HTC string it out to lead out a sprint for...

    Come on you attackers, let them have it
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Cue the action
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Cataldo. Followe after by Moreau, Pineau and Lampre (35). Regroupment. Moreau goes.

    Btw, this is Moreau's last ever race
    "Je suis un peu ému de prendre mon dernier départ mais je pense que je le serais encore plus ce soir en déchaussant. Mais il me faut savoir tourner la page. J'ai vécu 16 années dans le cyclisme qui ont été merveilleuses et aujourd'hui j'espère bien me montrer dans les deux derniers tours. J'étais en forme du Tour du Limousin et même si Plouay n'est pas vraiment un circuit pour moi, je vais faire de mon mieux pour terminer sur une bonne note !"
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    The seven ahead have been joined by 5 but the peloton is not far off
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Haha, Moreau giving the Soar rider some words for some reason
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Haven't seen one Sky jersey yet and there are certainly none in this mini peloton ahead
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Peloton coming back fast, only about 50m
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    ENECO Stage 5 has just finished
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    20km, 1 lap to go. Almost gruppo compacto
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Gone out again, with
    Bjorn Leukemans et Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil), Laurent Mangel (Saur-Sojasun), Daniel Pietropolli (Lampre)
    Joined by
    Sylvain Calzati (Team Sky), Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step), Haimar Zubeldia (Radioshack) et Greg Van Avermaet (Omega Pharma-Lotto).

    Edit: I don't see a Sky rider there...
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Caught with 6km to go
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Soar counters - been very active this race. They have won a fair few of the 'lesser' races this year too.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    4km to go - guess who is drilling it off the front. DAN MARTIN!!!!!!!!
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Damn is that Sagan coming
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Bunch sprint from about 50 riders. Sad.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Goss
    Farrar 2nd I think
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    That a race like this is won today with a sprint by sprinters is rubbish.

    What is the point of putting a flat last km...had it terminated at 1km at the top of the climb Dan Martin would have taken a great win. That boy has some superb form at the moment. He could well take Lombardia.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Goss
    Farrar
    Offredo
    Duque
    Santambrogio
    Sagan
    Gavazzi
    Marcato
    Feillu
    Appollonio
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    I'm not sure Sky even started this race...
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,647
    They're not exactly what you'd call sprinter's sprinters though would you? They're good rouleurs with a turn of speed. Only Farrar out of that lot could win a full strength GT bunch sprint
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Gone out again, with
    Bjorn Leukemans et Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil), Laurent Mangel (Saur-Sojasun), Daniel Pietropolli (Lampre)
    Joined by
    Sylvain Calzati (Team Sky), Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step), Haimar Zubeldia (Radioshack) et Greg Van Avermaet (Omega Pharma-Lotto).

    Edit: I don't see a Sky rider there...
    frenchfighter wrote:
    I'm not sure Sky even started this race...

    Do you even read your own posts?
    @stagehopper
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Do you?
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Edit: I don't see a Sky rider there...
    So saying that the Sky name I had pasted from the ticker was incorrect.

    Great contribution to the thread.
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