German cyclists and their perfomance

[Luna]

She lookes more like a doll, pretty much cliché'd. Is that's what boys dream about these days? Obviously..

[Lizard]

There's a difference between "dreaming of.." and "would like to..."

[Rockstar Inc]

Team NetApp to ride Amgen Tour of California

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-ne ... california

[iBanesto]

German tv channels and their performance:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kupfern ... -home-soil

"It was the same for the European Championships in Frankfurt [earlier in the season]. I was thinking not to start due to an injury, but then the organizers told me, 'Hanka, if you don't come then the TV is not coming'. I didn't believe them but after they assured me that they were specifically told that if Kupfernagel doesn't start, we don't send a camera crew, then I decided to race.

Cross world championship (!) in Germany (!!) with several races on saturday and sunday (juniors, U23,...). Who cares? It looks like the whole broadcast of the weekend are ~90 minutes on SR/SWR. No ARD, no Eurosport, nothing. There's not even a Biathlon world cup taking away the broadcast time this weekend!

[Rockstar Inc]

Trofeo Palam de Mallorca, Marcel Kittel(Skill-Shimano) 2nd behind Tyler Farrar

[Luna]

He even won a stage at Langkawi, beating new Italian wunderkind Guardini.
Also Frösi won there, finally after 2 years without success.

[Rockstar Inc]

Haussler won the 2nd stage of the tour of qatar
Brief results
1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Team Garmin-Cervelo 03:04:03
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek
3 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team
4 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
5 Roger Kluge (Ger) Skil - Shimano
6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Pro Team Astana
8 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD
9 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
10 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek



John Degenkolb 2nd at Trofeo Cala Millor-Cala Millor 2011, victory for Tyler Farrar
Full Results
1 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 4:04:11
2 John Degenkolb (Ger) HTC-Highroad
3 Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad
4 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
5 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
6 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Skil - Shimano
7 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team Netapp
8 Robert Wagner (Ger) Leopard Trek
9 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Leopard Trek
10 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
11 Oscar Grau (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León
12 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Orbea Continental
13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team
14 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
15 Manuel Anton (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León
16 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
17 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Radioshack
18 Kevin Ista (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
19 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Germany
20 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Skil - Shimano
21 Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Caja Rural
22 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
23 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

[Luna]

Haussler won the 2nd stage of the tour of qatar
Brief results
1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Team Garmin-Cervelo 03:04:03

He's Australian

[Rockstar Inc]

yes and no...he got the passport yes, but for example cyclingnews still writes GER behind his name

[Rockstar Inc]

John Degenkolb wins the 2nd stage of the volta ao algarve

1 John Degenkolb (Ger) HTC-Highroad 4:57:56
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
3 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team

[Luna]

Big

[Vuvuzela]

Yeah! He's 22 years old, first pro victory, last 300 meters little uphill. The next Zabel?

[Vuvuzela]

Algarve:
19.02. Stage 4: Albufeira - Tavira (167,3 km)
1 André Greipel (GER) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3:56:55
2 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
3 Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

20.02. Stage 5: Lagoa - Portimão (17,2 km /ITT)
1 Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) 21:53
2 Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil) 0:05
3 Tiago Machado (RadioShack) 0:26
4 Jesse Sergent (RadioShack) 0:27
5 Andreas Klöden (RadioShack) 0:30

Classement:
1 Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) 18:48:45
2 Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad) 0:32
3 Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil) 0:39
4 Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank) 0:41
5 Andreas Klöden (RadioShack) 0:46

[Vuvuzela]

Frameries - Dour (193,1 km)
1 Dominic Klemme (GER) Leopard Trek 4:43:44
2 Kevin Ista (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:00:08
3 Robert Wagner (GER) Leopard Trek 0:00:09

First victory for Leopard Trek. The last 5km were uphill (classics).

[Luna]

Schumacher's first win since his comeback from suspension.

If there was anybody happy in his team about it except for himself...?

go to 6:55min and watch Zaballo after crossing the line:
http://www.youtube.com/user/channelC11# ... ltBzzIIN-I

Looks like it was planned a different way.

Schumacher after the race:
"He [Zaballa] told me that there was a sharp bend before the finish, where you have to be in first position if you want to win." ( http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/first-v ... suspension )

Zaball was first around that bend. So...