De Panne 9h

[team fl]

De Facto, Team FL is riding De Panne at 9h. De Jure too. Anyway, this is the line-up

x1 Jan Flachbart
x2 Joe Friesenbichler
x3 Lars Hirschfeld
x4 Ryan Kilfeather
x5 Tomasz Kowalski
x6 Arunas Paulauskas
x7 Martti Rosenblatt
x8 Janis Smedins
x9 Ariel Weisman

Goal: Losing money

[RS Ostfriesland]

Im also starting at 9h with this lineup

x1 Henk Houten
x2 Collin Doherty
x3 Liam Doherty
x4 Collin Dunleavy
x5 Juan Ibarra
x6 Oliver Ireland
x7 Noah Keane
x8 Rob MacConmara
x9 Angelo Piano

I hope i can win a stage but im still unsure, if i should ride for a ms tomorrow and on the third stage. 50% of the TOP11 Flat Riders are from my team. I dont the a reason to block at the end.

[RS Ostfriesland]

Pah!
Dont let Alk win with 3 riders. Come on!
Nice work in front.
Next two stages with a ms?

[team fl]

Pah!
Dont let Alk win with 3 riders. Come on!
Nice work in front.
Next two stages with a ms?

Well, those are the odds when riding for GC... Should have brought Wahlforss instead of Kilfeather... stupid mistake. But so far, it looks not bad for old Tomasz. Still Marx to beat and 10 secs to gain against Rodriguezin the ITT (GC not stage, hihi), but could be worse.

Next two stages MS, most probably. Although De Panne has its own rules about that. At least last year with Kari Steinsson winning the GC .

[RS Ostfriesland]

its on Fake CC to work for a ms. Still the best train for winning both stages. But so many sprinters and not so many flat power

[Alkworld]

Great race here, I can already feel the Tour of Flanders getting closer. It has been a bit tricky today, nobody could win the race (and the GC) alone, but together it's not clear who'll make it in the end. After pavé and hills it suddenly looked good for a collaboration between Team FL, SV Furpach and us with a safe stage win waiting. Current estimation for final GC is (assuming same form):
#1 Kowalski (Team FL) 0:00
#2 / #3 Pain (SV Furpach) / Rodriguez (Alkworld) 0:08
#4 Marx (Team Suessem) 0:13

Maybe, we'll just see a few boring sprints the next two days, but maybe there's more.

[team fl]

Aaaand the full favorite check:

General Classement:

***** Tomasz Kowalski (Team FL)
**** Manuel Rodriguez (Alkworld)
*** Sam Pain (SV Furpach)
** Joel Marx (Team Suessem)
* A surprise rider

Points Classement:

*** Oliver Ireland (RS Ostfriesland
** Matthäus Leitner (CircleCycle)
* Maximo Gomez (Alkworld)

Mountain Classement:

*** The one who wants it (most likely an escapee during stage 2)
** Another rider
* a surprise rider

Youth Classement:

*** Manuel Rodriguez (Alkworld)
** ...
* A suprise rider

Team Classement:

*** Alkworld
** ...
* A suprise team

[RS Ostfriesland]

Take a look at Henk Houten for white. Thats why hes here!

[RS Ostfriesland]

Hm, well done? Too bad, that CircleCycle lost his internet at the end of the sprint.
Normally he win that race without problems. Now my chances for green are very good. But lets the what Alk is trying tomorrow.



2.04.2014,9 Uhr De Panne : De Panne Rit 2 : Zottegem - Koksijde: Flachetappe
1. 00:00:00 Oliver Ireland (RS Ostfriesland)
2. 00:00:00 Matthäus Leitner (CircleCycle)
3. 00:00:00 Joe Friesenbichler (Team FL)
4. 00:00:00 Kwadwo Ngena (Dreizehn)
5. 00:00:00 Samuel James (Cologne Procycs)

[team fl]

Very sad for CircleCycle indeed. Anyway, he still has a second chance tomorrow, although green might be goneto Ireland already. In the meantime, red is decided, Suessem grabbed it. GC stuff will be decided tomorrow, hopefully with a smiling Tomasz.

[RS Ostfriesland]

Tour is over.
Was quiet fun and very close between FL and Alk. But FL did it in the end. Congratulation!

3.04.2014,9 Uhr De Panne
1. Platz: Tomasz Kowalski (Team FL)
2. Platz: Manuel Rodriguez (Alkworld)
3. Platz: Sam Pain (SV Furpach)
Bergtrikot: Henri Teresa (Team Suessem)
Sprinttrikot: Oliver Ireland (RS Ostfriesland)
Jungfahrertrikot: Manuel Rodriguez (Alkworld)
Mannschaftswertung: SV Furpach

[team fl]

Nice to see all different winners: 4 different stage winners from 4 different teams. same for the classements. And of course a very great Tomasz. Polish Power!