Cycling Pro Road & Mtb

Great focus in Burgos’s opener

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Parent Category: Cycling Pro Road & Mtb

Category: News 2010

Published on Wednesday, 04 August 2010 20:21

Written by Luca Salvatelli

The FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI squad gained big protagonism in the opening stage of the 32nd Vuelta a Burgos (UCI 2.HC), over 143 kilometers in a mainly flat course from Villasana de Mena to Medina de Pomar. The Gold Generation did nonot lost sight in any of the big moves in the day, and searched the first break with Spaniard Pedro Merino; the rider from Manzanares jumped in the 11th kilometer alongside compatriot Lluís Mas (VMC) to bridge the leading duo of Calvente (ACA) and Ilundain (ORB), but the big gaps ahead forced them to surrender after 70 kilometers. The group led by Joxean Fernández Matxin did not lost their hopes and took two of their riders, David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez and Johnnie Walker, into the dangerous 20-man group formed before the Alto de Bocos (Cat. 3), the last difficulty on the programme. The bunch took down the big group with 13km left and controlled the sprint won by Koldo Fernández de Larrea (EUS) in front of Maes (QST) and Romain Feillu (VAC), while Enrique Mata and Walker himself took the 6th and 8th place, respectively. The race will go on Thursday for its first real GC contest over the steep slopes of the Alto de San Juan del Monte, the first mountain-top finish in the course after 165km from Burgos.

Pedersen surges from cobbles in Cieszyn

Dane Martin Pedersen from FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI managed to get his best legs in the late part of the season against the very best elite and notched his first stage top-10 in the season during the fourth day in the 67th Tour de Pologne (UCI ProTour), a rolling course with four categorized climbs in a 177-km trek from Tychy to Cieszyn. The rider from Brondby showed his power in a final circuit full of curves, narrow and cobbled into the last kilometer, battling until the very end for the victory and compensating the absence by his teammates in the day's break to contest some of the biggest finishers in the bunch. The Lampre squad took the first two places with new leader Mirco Lorenzetto and Grega Bole, as Pedersen came in 8th place to claim leading duties alonside captain Giampaolo Cheula for the first big mountain day in the race, with 149 kilometers between Jastrzebie Zdroj and the technical final circuit in Ustron, sure to mark the GC places on Thursday.

CLASSIFICATIONS:

Vuelta a Burgos (2.HC), Stage 1, Villasana de Mena - Medina de Pomar, 143km.

1. Koldo Fernández de Larrea (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 3.34.03

2. Nikolas Maes (Quick Step) s.t.

3. Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil) s.t.

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7. Enrique Mata (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) s.t.

8. Johnnie Walker (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) s.t.

53. David Gutiérrez G. (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) s.t.

90. Dani Díaz (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) 4.07

91. Vidal Celis (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) s.t.

94. David Gutiérrez P. (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) s.t.

99. Pedro Merino (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) s.t.

106. Noé Gianetti (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) s.t.

Tour de Pologne (UPT), Stage 4, Tychy - Cieszyn, 177.1km.

1. Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre-Farnese) 4.07.36

2. Grega Bole (Lampre-Farnese) s.t.

3. Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing Team) s.t.

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8. Martin Pedersen (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) s.t.

41. Giampaolo Cheula (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) s.t.

78. Matthias Brändle (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) 0.31

84. Markus Eibegger (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) s.t.

87. Marco Corti (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) s.t.

107. Michele Merlo (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) 3.40

112. Ermanno Capelli (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) 4.53

145. David Vitoria (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) 9.39

General Classification.

1. Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre-Farnese) 17.01.51

2. Grega Bole (Lampre-Farnese) 0.07

3. Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing Team) 0.08

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38. Martin Pedersen (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) 0.13

48. Giampaolo Cheula (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) s.t.

72. Matthias Brändle (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) 0.44

84. Marco Corti (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) s.t.

85. Markus Eibegger (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) s.t.

104. Michele Merlo (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) 3.53

109. Ermanno Capelli (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) 5.06

140. David Vitoria (FOOTON-SERVETTO-FUJI) 9.52