Catalunya under way. Martin contested the sprint yesterday and came in fourth. Roche was caught behind a crash and missed the front group. He's writing for the indo this week: http://www.independent.ie/sport/othe...-29138445.html
Feature on Roche: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/14...potential.aspx
Very clear message as regards doping, good to see.
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Catalunya under way. Martin contested the sprint yesterday and came in fourth. Roche was caught behind a crash and missed the front group. He's writing for the indo this week: http://www.independent.ie/sport/othe...-29138445.html
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Latest diary from Roche: http://www.independent.ie/sport/othe...-29141872.html
Martin now 9th on GC. Was hoping he'd figure more today but little mention of him.
Meanwhile, it's stage hunting time for Roche: http://teamsaxotinkoff.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=3934
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Anyone watching this today able to get an update ?
Getting twitter updates in Spanish, and I don't speak Spanish! but from what I can decipher - Roche is at the foot of the last climb of the day 1.00 clear at the head of the stage - with Dan Martin in a group of 20 odd behind him on the road, 2 minutes clear of the peloton. Martin in line to take the leaders jersey at the moment, as Valverde, who was leading, has abandoned.
Am I right or waaay off ?
Ironically it was Martin and his team mates that seemed to chase down Roche. Martin in the lead group now with about 2 minutes.. he could take the overall lead if he can hold but the skybots have been deployed.
Edit: @opqscyclingteam and @mrconde are very good for updates.
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"Dan Martin solo with 7,7 km to go. He deserves this win, but still a long way home"
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52" between D. Martin and Van Den Broeck. 3k to go.. Come on Dan!
Bad news from Taiwan is that Martin Irvine has a broken femur.
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2k to go.. same gap but it's super steep...
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1k.. still at about a minute
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Thanks for the updates and good twitter feeds - fingers crossed for him now....
Martin wins!
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So Martin takes the win and the overall race lead! Sounds like a super effort.
Or Edit:
Daniel Martin (Garmin) es el guanyador de la 4a etapa de la Volta al cim de Port Ainé.
És el nou lider.
Now that I think of it - that's probably Catalan - not Spanish.
Last edited by Real ale Madrid; 21/03/2013 at 2:46 PM.
Great win. Martin has 10 second lead over Rodriguez overall
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Meanwhile Deignan is 10th in Coppi e Bartali after stage 2. Brameier was on the attack yesterday in Dwars door Vlaanderen but couldn't make it stick.
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Last few K for Martin:
http://www.irishcyclingphotos.com/?p=11386
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Great ride by him yestarday - fair play - hope he can hold onto it now till end but it be hard to keep J Rod away with only a 10secs lead gap.
Martin 9th today and he seems to have picked up some bonus seconds so now leads by 14 seconds. The lead I got from the Omega Pharma Quickstep twitter- remains to be confirmed obviously.
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He got 1 second in an intermediate sprint. Rodriguez went for it too. That's a great sign.
Then a slight split in the pack saw Rodriguez lose another 3 seconds. Stage winners get 10 bonus seconds and Rodriguez heavily tipped to win in Barcelona. This cushion should help dan
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He has added another 3 seconds to his lead with a bonification today. 17 seconds lead now.
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