[PCM'11|HARD_1] T.CS Bank - OJSC Rosneft

Week 10 2011: Tirreno - Adriatico



Tirreno - Adriatico, Stage 1, Marina di Carrara → Marina di Carrara, 16km






0km, the 46th running of the race of the two seas began with a flat team time trial starting and ending in Marina di Carrara in Tuscany. Team Rabobank was the first out of the starthouse, finishing with seven of their eight riders in a time of 21' 20". Sky had a slow start, but picked up speed as their ride wore on, finishing fourteen seconds faster than Rabobank. Astana and Saxobank, finished 17 and 20 seconds off Sky's time. We (T.CS Bank - OJSC Rosneft) started last, being one of the four Professional Continental teams that were awarded wildcards.


3km, Vasil Kiryienka started strong, he's our leader during this stage race, so it's up to him to achieve our sponsorgoal; top-3, general classification.


6km, all other teams had already passed the intermediate time, Rabobank were the fastest starters in 8' 45". Mainly thanks to Ovechkin and Markov, who took over after Kiryienka's start, we were only 3 seconds behind Rabobank! Lampre and Liquigas 4 and 5 seconds off Rabobank's intermediate time. Sky, being the fastest at the end, were 6 seconds behind the Dutch farmers.


10km, with only 6 kilometres left to go Ignatiev and Petrov came in front to maintain the fast pace.


13km, Ovechkin and Markov, who both did a great job in the beginning of stage, were both dropped 3 kilometres from the finishline.


16km, eager to finish strong, Kiryienka agian took control, finishing first in 21' 22". T.CS Bank - OJSC Rosneft on the podium! A great start for our team, the squads of Giovanni Visconti and defending champion Stefano Garzelli both lost considerable time, finishing 51 seconds off the pace. Bradley Wiggins took the first blue jersey as race leader since he had been the first Sky rider to cross the finish line.


1 Sky ProCycling 21'06
2 Rabobank Cycling Team + 14
3 T.CS Bank - OJSC Rosneft + 16
4 Pro Team Astana s.t.
5 Saxo Bank SunGard + 20
6 Movistar Team + 22
7 Lampre - ISD + 23
8 HTC-Highroad s.t.
9 Omega Pharma-Lotto s.t.
10 BMC Racing Team s.t.
11 Leopard Trek s.t.
12 Liquigas-Cannondale s.t.
13 Team RadioShack s.t.
14 Team Garmin-Cervélo + 30
15 Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team + 36
16 Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
17 QuickStep Cycling Team + 37
18 Katusha Team + 42
19 Acqua & Sapone - Caffè Mokambo + 51
20 Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli s.t.
21 Euskaltel-Euskadi s.t.
22 Androni Giocattoli - C.I.P.I + 1'10

Tirreno - Adriatico, Stage 2, Carrara → Arezzo, 200km
J.Flecha 4h59'52 P.Gilbert + 28 H.Haussler s.t.
J.Flecha 5h20'48 S.Clement + 52 M.Breschel s.t.
J.Flecha 12Pts P.Gilbert 10Pts F.Wegmann 8Pts
F.Wegmann 8Pts A.Kuschynski 8Pts J.Sarmiento 2Pts
R.Kreuziger 5h21'43 M.Goss + 6 D.Oss + 8
Rabobank 15h22'20 T.CS Bank + 2 Astana + 3

Tirreno - Adriatico, Stage 3, Terranuova Bracciolini → Perugia, 186km
D.Ricci Bitti 4h09'52 S.Langeveld s.t. M.Cavendish + 36
J.Flecha 9h31'16 S.Langeveld + 8 M.Breschel + 52
D.Ricci Bitti 17Pts S.Langeveld 13Pts H.Haussler 13Pts
F.Wegmann 8Pts A.Kuschynski 8Pts D.Ricci Bitti 5Pts
R.Kreuziger 9h32'11 M.Goss + 6 D.Oss + 8
Rabobank 27h53'08 Farnese + 38 T.CS Bank + 38

Tirreno - Adriatico, Stage 4, Narni → Chieti, 229km
J.Flecha 5h53'54 P.Gilbert s.t. V.Nibali + 30
J.Flecha 15h25'00 P.Gilbert + 59 V.Nibali + 1'39
J.Flecha 27Pts P.Gilbert 22Pts D.Ricci Bitti 17Pts
N.Nuyens 8Pts F.Wegmann 8Pts A.Kuschynski 8Pts
R.Kreuziger 15h29'21 M.Goss + 2'31 G.Thomas + 2'55
BMC 45h43'47 Omega + 3 Astana + 43

Tirreno - Adriatico, Stage 5, Chieti → Castelraimondo, 229km
M.Pinotti 6h13'00 V.Nibali s.t. M.Scarponi + 1'41
V.Nibali 21h39'30 D.Cunego + 1'52 V.Kiryienka + 3'16
J.Flecha 27Pts V.Nibali 25Pts P.Gilbert 22Pts
N.Nuyens 8Pts F.Wegmann 8Pts M.Pinotti 8Pts
R.Kreuziger 21h44'02 G.Thomas + 11'53 C.Sarmiento + 14'15
Astana 64h28'33 Lampre + 2'51 T.CS Bank + 7'18

Tirreno - Adriatico, Stage 6, Ussita → Macerata, 174km
G.Van Avermaet 4h32'24 F.Ventoso s.t. F.Failli s.t.
V.Nibali 26h18'04 D.Cunego + 1'52 V.Kiryienka + 3'16
V.Nibali 30Pts J.Flecha 27Pts V.Kiryienka 26Pts
P.Brutt 11Pts F.Ventoso 11Pts M.Pinotti 8Pts
R.Kreuziger 26h22'36 G.Thomas + 14'07 M.Goss + 16'06
Astana 78h24'15 T.CS Bank + 1'08 Lampre + 2'51

Tirreno - Adriatico, Stage 7, San Benedetto del Tronto → San Benedetto del Tronto, 9km
F.Cancellara 10'52 T.Hushovd + 5 T.Farrar + 6
V.Nibali 26h29'10 D.Cunego + 2'18 V.Kiryienka + 3'30
V.Nibali 36Pts J.Flecha 27Pts V.Kiryienka 26Pts
P.Brutt 11Pts F.Ventoso 11Pts M.Pinotti 8Pts
R.Kreuziger 26h33'48 G.Thomas + 14'13 M.Goss + 16'22
Astana 78h58'01 T.CS Bank + 1'18 Lampre + 3'08

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3rd, good

Week 11 2011: Milano-Sanremo



Milano-Sanremo, Milano → Sanremo, 293km






0km, the 102nd "La classica di Primavera" ( aka "the Spring classic" ) is the fourth and longest race of this year's UCI WorldTour (293 kilometres). Alexandr Viktorovich Kolobnev is our leader for today, let's hope he can live up to the sponsor expectations; top-5.


40km, the first hour of the race was characterised with numerous attacks. Grega Bole of Lampre - ISD was the most active escapee, he initiated the first breakaway group.


45km, more and more riders joined the leading group, at the end 18 riders got clear of the peloton. But the big leading group was taken back by the peloton (Team Garmin-Cervélo didn't like the size of the breakaway group).


143km, on the foot of the Passo del Turchino Sebastian Langeveld of Rabobank finally managed to get clear of the pack. Langeveld was the first rider to reach the summit of the climb, and thus entered the famous tunnel solo. Two minutes after Langeveld, a group of 3 riders arrived at the Passo del Turchino tunnel; Michael Barry of Sky ProCycling, Bernhard Eisel of HTC-Highroad and Boris Shpilevsky of T.CS Bank - OJSC Rosneft. The peloton was behind by 6'24.





208km, during the downhill of Le Mania (the second climb of Milano-Sanremo and known for its dangerous descent) Assan Bazayev of Pro Team Astana crashed hard. The crash caused chaos, splitting the peloton in two. Robbie McEwen, André Greipel, Mark Cavendish and Alexey Mikhailovich Markov lost contact with the peloton, because of Bazayev's crash.


263km, Langeveld and the three other esacpees were caught by the peloton with just 31 kilometers to go. A few seconds later Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (fearing a sprint finish) attacked on the foot of the Cipressa. Van Avermaet, Cancellara and Kolobnev joined Flecha in his breakaway attempt.


275km, on the Cipressa "Groupo Flecha" was quickly reeled back in, Nick Nuyens and Philippe Gilbert took control during the descent, only 13 riders were capable of following them! Petacchi, Bennati, Haussler, Farrar and Boasson Hagen had been dropped on the Cipressa.


290km, Gilbert, Hushovd, Cancellara, Ivanov and Boonen left their fellow escapees behind on the last climb, the Poggio di San Remo.


292km, Hushovd was forced to lead the sprint in the streets of San Remo with Gilbert and Cancellara right in his wheel.


293km, Philippe Gilbert outsmarted Thor Hushovd and Fabian Cancellara in the final sprint. Sergey Valeryevich Ivanov and Tom Boonen finished 4th and 5th, Greg Van Avermaet won the group sprint for sixth place. For the first time this season we didn't achieve our sponsorgoal: Kolobnev finished 12th.


1 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma-Lotto 6h57'09
2 Thor Hushovd Team Garmin-Cervélo s.t.
3 Fabian Cancellara Leopard Trek s.t.
4 Sergey Valeryevich Ivanov Katusha Team s.t.
5 Tom Boonen QuickStep Cycling Team s.t.
6 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team + 50
7 Karsten Kroon BMC Racing Team s.t.
8 Matti Breschel Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
9 Alessandro Ballan BMC Racing Team s.t.
10 Óscar Freire Gómez Rabobank Cycling Team .t.
12 Alexandr Viktorovich Kolobnev T.CS Bank - OJSC Rosneft s.t.









Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Stage 1, Riccione → Riccione, 85km
M.Belletti 1h57'59 A.Guardini s.t. D.Napolitano s.t.
M.Belletti 1h57'39 A.Guardini + 8 D.Napolitano + 12
M.Belletti 25Pts A.Guardini 20Pts D.Napolitano 16Pts
B.Scheirlinckx 6Pts D.Ricci Bitti 4Pts W.De Vocht 2Pts
A.Guardini 1h57'59 P.Sagan + 12 D.Oss + 12
Liquigas 5h53'57 Acqua s.t. Colnago s.t.

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Stage 2, Rovigo → Rovigo, 15km
T.CS Bank 18'01 Liquigas + 14 Lampre s.t.
A.Kolobnev 2h16'00 A.Kunshin s.t. T.Kritskiy s.t.
M.Belletti 25Pts A.Guardini 20Pts D.Napolitano 16Pts
B.Scheirlinckx 6Pts D.Ricci Bitti 4Pts W.De Vocht 2Pts
A.Kunshin 2h16'00 T.Kritskiy s.t. I.Rovny s.t.
T.CS Bank 6h11'58 Liquigas + 14 NetApp + 14

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Stage 3, Casalecchio di Reno → Gaggio Montano, 180km
D.Napolitano 3h37'53 P.Sagan s.t. C.Corioni s.t.
A.Kolobnev 5h53'53 A.Kunshin s.t. T.Kritskiy s.t.
D.Napolitano 41Pts P.Sagan 34Pts M.Belletti 32Pts
P.Sagan 16Pts M.Marcato 12Pts A.Kolobnev 10Pts
T.Kritskiy 5h53'53 A.Kunshin s.t. I.Rovny s.t.
T.CS Bank 17h05'37 Liquigas + 13 NetApp + 14

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Stage 4, Crevalcore → Crevalcore, 175km
P.Sagan 4h17'44 M.Carrara s.t. P.Bailetti + 24
P.Sagan 10h11'18 M.Carrara + 37 R.Pidgornyy + 1'33
P.Sagan 59Pts D.Napolitano 41Pts M.Belletti 32Pts
P.Sagan 16Pts F.Canuti 16Pts B.Huzarski 12Pts
P.Sagan 10h11'18 E.Capecchi + 1'37 A.Geniez + 2'08
Vacansoleil 30h02'28 Lampre + 1'03 Liquigas + 7'06

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Stage 5, Fiorano Modenese → Sassuolo, 187km
D.Napolitano 4h09'06 F.Vachon s.t. D.Oss s.t.
P.Sagan 14h20'24 M.Carrara + 37 R.Pidgornyy + 1'33
P.Sagan 67Pts D.Napolitano 66Pts M.Belletti 44Pts
P.Sagan 16Pts F.Canuti 16Pts M.Marcato 12Pts
P.Sagan 14h20'24 E.Capecchi + 1'37 A.Geniez + 2'08
Vacansoleil 42h29'46 Lampre + 1'03 Liquigas + 7'06

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Good 12th place on MSR
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Week 12 2011: Critérium International



Critérium International, Stage 1, Porto-Vecchio → Col de l'Ospedale, 176km






0km, the 79th running of the Critérium International is our last goal of the month: Top-10 General Classification. Whoever claims the leader's yellow jersey after this first mountain stage, will probably maintain his advantage to the end of the race (next 2 stages are both tomorrow; a flat stage and a short individual time trial).


161km, as tradition dictates, the morning breakaway collected all the intermediate sprints, and was reeled-in by the peloton, 20km before the finsihline. Ag2r, who controlled the peloton all day, layed down a fast pace to get to the morning's breakaway group and with only 16km to go, the peloton had dropped half of its riders!


166km, Ag2r, with five riders in front of the peloton, kept the pace high and continued to drop riders. Ten more kilometres to go and Evgeni Petrov (our race leader) was still looking good.


173km, only 3 kilometres left with Petrov trying to escape the front group (13 riders). A smart move by Petrov, he isn't the fastest uphill sprinter, so this early attack might work!


175km, too bad for Evgeni Petrov, Riblon and Taaramäe overpowered him in the last kilometre, but his 3rd place will definitely be enough to achieve our sponsor goal!


176km, photo finish: Col de l'Ospedale


1 Christophe Riblon Ag2r La Mondiale 5h09'03
2 Rein Taaramäe Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne s.t.
3 Evgueni Petrov T.CS Bank - OJSC Rosneft + 11
4 Thomas Voeckler Team Europcar + 31
5 Nicolas Vogondy Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne s.t.
6 Jérôme Coppel Saur - Sojasun + 43
7 Miguel Mínguez Ayala Euskaltel-Euskadi s.t.
8 Hubert Dupont Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.
9 Anthony Charteau Team Europcar s.t.
10 Rinaldo Nocentini Ag2r La Mondiale s.t.

C.Riblon 5h08'43 R.Taaramäe + 8 E.Petrov + 23
C.Riblon 25Pts R.Taaramäe 20Pts E.Petrov 16Pts
D.Sesma 10Pts S.Geschke 10Pts E.Gonzalo 8Pts
R.Taaramäe 5h08'51 J.Coppel + 55 M.Mínguez + 55
Ag2r 15h28'35 Cofidis + 3'42 Europcar + 4'25



Critérium International, Stage 2, Porto-Vecchio → Porto-Vecchio, 73km
D.Flahaut 1h32'03 J.Casper s.t. S.Dumoulin s.t.
C.Riblon 6h40'46 R.Taaramäe + 8 E.Petrov + 23
C.Riblon 25Pts D.Flahaut 25Pts R.Taaramäe 20Pts
D.Sesma 10Pts S.Geschke 10Pts E.Gonzalo 8Pts
R.Taaramäe 6h40'54 J.Coppel + 55 M.Mínguez + 55
Ag2r 20h04'44 Cofidis + 3'42 Europcar + 4'25

Critérium International, Stage 3, Porto-Vecchio → Porto-Vecchio, 8km
J.Del Nero 9'13 R.Taaramäe + 1 S.Turgot + 2
C.Riblon 6h50'03 R.Taaramäe + 5 E.Petrov + 33
R.Taaramäe 40Pts C.Riblon 39Pts D.Flahaut 25Pts
D.Sesma 10Pts S.Geschke 10Pts E.Gonzalo 8Pts
R.Taaramäe 6h50'08 J.Coppel + 1'23 M.Mínguez + 1'33
Ag2r 20h32'47 Cofidis + 3'42 Europcar + 4'38







E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - Harelbeke, Harelbeke → Harelbeke, 201km

1 Tom Boonen QuickStep Cycling Team 4h45'11
2 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni Sky ProCycling s.t.
3 Fabian Cancellara Leopard Trek s.t.
4 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team + 25
5 Filippo Pozzato Katusha Team s.t.
6 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
7 Matti Breschel Rabobank Cycling Team + 1'01
8 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma-Lotto s.t.
9 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Sky ProCycling s.t.
10 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team s.t.
36 Boris Shpilevsky T.CS Bank - OJSC Rosneft + 3'20

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wow good 3rd place at Col de l'Ospedale

Summary March 2011
March was a good month for our team; we were able to achieve 2 out of our 3 sponsor goals, Top 3 Tirreno - Adriatico (V.Kiryienka 3rd) and Top 10 Critérium International (E.Petrov 3rd). Unfortunately for the second time this season we didn't achieve a sponsorgoal: Top 5 Milano-Sanremo, Kolobnev finished 12th.
We only have one goal for next month (April): Liège - Bastogne - Liège, Top-5. We will use the other races as preparation for the Giro d'Italia (May).




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Week 13 2011: Gran Premio Miguel Indurain





Gran Premio Miguel Indurain, Estella → Estella, 184km






0km, 158 riders are about to start the Gran Premio Miguel Indurain. The race starts in Estella, loops through the Spanish region of Navarre with an uphill finish at the Basílica del Puy.


92km, halfway through race we had a big group (19 riders), 3 minutes ahead of the peloton. All pressure was on T.CS Bank - OJSC Rosneft to close the gap, with Kolobnev as today's favourite and no riders in the breakaway.


154km, the breakaway was reeled in on the Alto de Lezaun, great job by T.CS Bank - OJSC Rosneft!


174km, with only 10 kilometers to go Txurruka placed a "démarrage" on the Alto de Eraul, Vanendert, Sørensen, Lobato and Kolobnev were able to jump to his wheel.
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181km, a few riders (Soler and Voeckler) were able to join the front group on the Alto de Eraul descent, a group-uphill-sprint would decide who would win this year's Gran Premio Miguel Indurain...


184km, photo finish, Basílica del Puy; Kolobnev was the strongest today!
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1 Alexandr Viktorovich Kolobnev T.CS Bank - OJSC Rosneft 5h39'41
2 Juan Mauricio Soler Hernández Movistar Team s.t.
3 Thomas Voeckler Team Europcar + 20
4 Jussi Veikkanen Omega Pharma-Lotto s.t.
5 Jelle Vanendert Omega Pharma-Lotto + 33
6 Stef Clement Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
7 Amets Txurruka Ansola Euskaltel-Euskadi s.t.
8 Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling s.t.
9 Nicki Sørensen Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
10 Iker Camaño Ortuzar Endura Racing s.t.









Scheldeprijs, Antwerpen → Schoten, 198km

1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling 4h25'23
2 Óscar Freire Gómez Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
3 ]Yauheni Hutarovich FDJ s.t.
4 Danilo Napolitano Acqua & Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.
5 Davide Viganò Leopard Trek[/ s.t.
6 Staf Scheirlinckx[/ Veranda's Willems - Accent s.t.
7 Nico Sijmens Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne s.t.
8 Theo Bos Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
9 Alexey Mikhailovich Markov T.CS Bank - OJSC Rosneft s.t.
10 Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone - Caffè Mokambo s.t.

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