168澳洲5最新开奖结果

Tour of California 2011: Stage 4

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Januaryඣ 1 - May 22, Livermore, California, United States, Road 🀅- 2.HC

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Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews' live coverage of the Tour of California.  Today is stage 3 from Livermore to San Jose.🃏&nbs𝓰p; It's 81.8 miles or 131.6km.

The riders are all lined up and ready to start. National anthem is done being p🌸layed.  They'll roll out with a neutral section of 3.8km. 

The riders are off officially now.  It's one of those days with very change-able weather.  W🍬e had heavy showers this morning, but now it's just a light drizzle. 

The attacks started immediatꦦely.  Jamis and Bissell are among the active teams.  So far nothing is sticking.

The first KOM of the day goes is up Mines Road at 28.6km.  Cyclingnews' Laura Weislo thinks that is where the definitive break of the day will occur.  K🍸OM #1 will top out at 1512 feet, and it's rated as a Cat. 4 climb.

The Bissell team has been part of everജy break tried thus far today.  They seem very motivated.  So far, each break has gotten caught, but perhaps their persistence will pay off?

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To find out a little more about stage four, check out 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:this Cyclingnews feature.  Laura Weislo rode the stage with local pro Ro💃man Kilun a few weeks before the ra🐎ce and shared her impressions.  Roman told us before today's stage that he is going to try to break away today.

The peloton buzzed pass a flock o𓄧f turkeys alongside the cour🐠se.  Fortunately, there was no interference of any sort.

Today's 𒀰live coverage is brought to you by Jen ജSee, Laura Weislo, Kirsten Frattini and Sue George.  We're enjoying bringing you all the action as it happens.

In case you missed it, yesterday Greg Henderson (Sky Procycling) won stage 3 in a dramatic stage finish.  His Sky team was working to protect and lead out yellow jersey wearer Ben Swift, but things didn't go quite according to plan. &nbsꦬp;Swift's path was blocked, so Henderson stepped up and pushed on to the finish.  After his win, the two teammates were tied on time, but Hend✨erson is the man who gets to wear the yellow jersey today.  We'll see if Sky can hang onto the jersey in over the mountains of today's stage.

The first real break has go💯tten established.  It's got 10 riders today and they have claimed a 40-second lead on the peloton.

Jason Donald (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth) told Kirsten Frattini this morning before the start that "This is the biggest race in the country, and we are reall♛y happy to be here. My team is motivated to get up the road. Today is a hard GC day and it will be great to be able to ride in a breakaway." Kelly Benefit has managed to get one rider in the first break: ♛Jesse Anthony.

We figured out our missing breakaway man.  Hard to believe we could miss him, givꦕen that he's conspicuously wearing rainbow stripes.  It's Thor Hushovd (Team Garmin-Cervelo)!  The 10 men have been working steadily and gotten themselves a gap of 2:40 with 5km to go until the first KOM.

The Livermore Valley, through which the race started, is not as well known as the Napa Valley, but it is one of California's premier areas for vitic💃ulture.

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Svein Tuft (Sp𒊎iderTech p/b C10) talked about how hard the racing was on Tuesday. "It was windy yesterday and gutted out. There were a lot of crashes and flat tires. In races🌜 like yesterday you have to be able to stay up front and in the mix."  Getting to and staying near the front of the peloton is key for staying out of trouble - free of crashes and for not getting dropped when the pace picks up suddenly or the wind changes.

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Back in the peloton, one rider has come off the pace.  It's Chad Hartley (Kenda/5-hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder) , but everyone else has ma𝓀de it over together.

It's raining lightly, and there are low hanging clouds over the hills. The roads are slightly wet in p🅠laces, but it's noꦇt soaked.  The riders probably feel nice and warm on the climbs, but the descents could be chilly.

Michael Matthews (Rabobank), who was ꧒involved in the crash with Matt Goss (HTC-Highroad) yesterday,&🍷nbsp; abandoned the race. His DS Erik Breukink said he was too scraped up and the rest of the stages didn't suit him.

Laura Weis🐲lo spoke with Matt Goss (HTC-Highroad) to see if he's patched things up wtih Matthews. They got in a bit of a twitter argument last night because Greg Henderson and Goss were blaming Matthews for causing the crash. Matthews defended himself to SBS Cycling Central yesterday, saying he was riding beside them so he has no idea what Henderson is talking about.

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The major obstacles up next for the racers are on San Antonio Valley Road.  There are two Cat. 4 KOMs -one at 72.2km and one at 82.8km.  So riders still have a ways to go until then.  KOM #2 will top out at 2338 feet / 713m and KOM #3 w🍃ill top out at 2370 feet / 722m.

Rubens Bertogliati (Team Type 1-Sanofi A♎ventis), one of the riders in the break, told Laura Weislo that he will be hanging out in the US to race the Philadelphia International Classic with his teammate 🍨Aldo Ino Ilesci in early June. The two loved Tahoe so much they're going to rent an apartment after the Tour of California and stay up there to get some altitude training in before heading to Philly.

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RadioShack is working on the front of the peloton to set the tempo.  They'll want to k♑eep everything under control as they work for riders like past winner Levi Leipheimer.  Earlier today, he told Kirsten Frattini, "We are going to find out if my legs are good today. There are a lot of potential candidates to win this race."

Bert Grabsch (HTC-Highroad), 🍷who fell off the pace earlier on the climb to KOM #1, was able to 🎃catch back on.

Andy Guptill (Jamis-Sutter Home) got a wheel change, but it went well, and he's regꦉ♊ained contact with the group.

Roman Kilun of Kenda/5-hour Energy told Laura Weislo earlꦐier today that his team's goal was to make the break today, and looks like they have. Maybe his firsthand knowledge of the route, aft﷽er previewing it on a ride with Laura, is paying off for him and his team.

We've spent some time down in a steep canyon with a creek running through it. There are some pine trees and some California wild oaks. There are a few wildflowers but it's mostly pretty brown 🌄given that it's just about summertime here. The wildflowers happen more in the spring, when there's more water and it's generally cooler.

Either Ben or Andy Jacques-Maynes has been in the breakaway each day - now that's teamwork! Ben called his brother his "stunt dou📖ble" yesterday.

RadioShack is keeping the pace up at the head of the peloton and the gap is down under one minute.  The cars have been pulled from in between, so it looks like a matter of time until the bre♐ak is caught.

Mines Road is very popular with cyclists and motorcyclists because it twists and turns all the way through the canyon, along the side of the hills and down in the valley. It's very remote, no cell phones, no sign🍷 of human habitation except for the occasional𓆏 ranch.  There is only one business: the Junction Bar & Grill - at (aptly) the junction of Mines Rd. and Del Puerto Canyon Rd. There will surely be lots of fans parked at the restaurant to watch the stage go by.

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Rumor has it Lance Armstrong is in the area watching the race today. There's no word on whether or not he will appear at the race officially or not. The RadioShack team said th💞ey don't think he will. Laura Weislo think🐼s he might appear, but perhaps wearing that bear suit we've been seeing every day. That might have been him in Modesto!

The peloton just passed the feedzone. It was a slightly downhill section of road, and it was really fast. A lot of riders had trouble catching their feeds at that speed.
 

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Johan Van Summeren was being secretive about the Garmin Cervelo team's tactics today at the start of the stag🍷e.  We wonder if world champion Thor Hushovd was thinking that he could get in the break and make it over Mt. Hamilton with the climbers.  Given the size of the gap and how long until the summit of Mt. Hamilton (KOM #4), i𝓀t doesn't seem very likely.

Jamey Driscoll (Jamis-Sutter Home🌳) spoke with Laura Weislo before the start of today's stage.  He is racing in his first Tour of California and is the only rider to have been in both breakaways (on stages 2 and 3). He's been off the front for💟 about 190 miles so far - nearly all of the two stages that have been completed.

Tyler Wren (Jamis-Sutter Home) didn't exactly think today's stage would be a chance to sit in. He told Kirsten Frattini before the start, "This is a great race and the riders who are here are world class. The riders on Jamis-Sutter Home are anxious to test their legs against them. It should be a great🌳 day today, hard all the way to the end." 

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You haven't heard us mention any intermediate sprints today because there are none.  Today is a day that's all about the mount🐼ains.  Riders have completed two KOMs with three more to go.  In order, those are San Antonio Valley Road #2; Mt. Hamilton; and Sierra Road.

If the names Mt. Hamilton and Sierra Road sound familiar, well, they probably should.  Both have previously featured in theﷺ Tour of California.

Going into today's ♌sta🍃ge, our top five riders on GC were

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Summarizing our o♛ther classification leaders, we've also got Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) in both the points lead and the best young rider's lead.

The riders are going up KOM #3 -༒ Mt. Hamilton now.  It's quite tough and riders are showing the pain on their faces.

The front of the pel🎃oton is all red and white with Ra🎃dioShack at the front of it.

This backside of Mt Hamilton is 4.3 miles long.  It climbs 1900 feet and has an average grade🔯 of 8.4%.  It is a Cat. HC climb and tops out at 🔯4,130 feet / 1259m

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The riders are on a serpentine-like road that is snaking up the mountain.&🐻nbsp; They're getting close to the top of Mt. Hamilton.

🌄Oh, there goes the person💜 in the bear suit.  Of course, we can't really tell if it's Lance!

Riders are dropping off th🍨e bဣack of the peloton every few seconds.

P🍒eter Sagan (Liquigas) seems to be having a tough day.  He's dropped off and then caught on again.  Now he's at the back of the peloꦑton.

Riders 𓆉like Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner (both RadioShack) are safel𒀰y in the bunch.

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They are flying down the descent with several RadioShack riders at the front.  It's twisty and fast, and they're using the full widtཧh of the road as they corne💛r.

The route looks kind of like someone dropped spaghetti on a plate and that's ඣthe route followed when the road got laid out and paved.

The Tour of California has gone over Sierra Road every single year, but this is the first time they'll finish 🐭there. Sierra Grade is 𒈔3.5 miles and it climbs 1,759 ft.  The average grade is 9.4%.

Jelly Belly's Bernard Van Ulden talked to Laura Weislo this morning and said that he predicted a group of 50-60 riders would come into Sierra Road and then there would be a massive "explosion" in the group in the first 500m. The start the climb is immediately steep - 1💜0% or more - so it's a serious effort to start at that level of intensity and then hold for more than 20 minutes.

Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) has dropped to th♌e back of the gro💜up and may have mechanical. 

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The finish area at the top of Sierra Grade is pretty much just a cowpasture.  Sun is out now, but it could be kind of🥂 muddy after all the recent rain.

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Ryder Hesjedal (Team Garmin-Cervelo) launches an attack on a small climb that inte🅺rrupts the descent.

A Rabobank rider bridges up to Hesjedal and now there are the😼 two together at the front.

Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) seems to be in some 🎃trouble.  He is back with the team cars.

Paul Martens (Rabobank Cycling T𒀰eam) is the👍 Rabo rider on the front with Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin)

We've finally got word on KOM #3 results.

We're still✱ waiting on word on the KOM&nb🌳sp;#4 results up Mt. Hamilton, but we'll get them to you as soon as we can.

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The racers pass♎ed Grant Park - used to be a great camping spot but wild boars have taken it over.  If you came there now, they'll destroy everything.   So now the area is mostly mountain bike trails.

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Whew, Paul Martens (Rabobank) just rode off ♓the road after mis-estimating the corner.

Oh and so did some of the riders in the peloton.  I guess that turn waಌs tighter than they realiz♛ed.

That means that Ryder H💞esjedal is on his own at the front.  Paul Martens is also on his own, but try🐻ing to catch back up.

Hesjedal, a former mountain biker, is a real🥀ly good descender.

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On that bend where Martens and several men in the peloton overshot꧒ the edge of the road, no one crashed.  T༺hey all kept their cool and rode off into the gravel and then turned around and got back into the action.

The leaders are flying on a relatively level looking section of road.  There is virtually no one along the course, but that should change soon as they start climbing.&💃nbsp; We suspect there will be lots of fans out on Sierra Grade.

We've heard 💖that Ken Hanson (Jelly Belly p/b Kenda) crashed on the descent, but we have no word on his condition.

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At last we have results🦋 from KOM #4, up Mt. Hamilton.  They are

Ryder Hesjedal (Team G𝓰armin-Cervelo) is apparently one of those riders who is not superstitious about numbers. His race # 13 is not flipped upꦗside down.

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Chris Horner and Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) have gotten off the front of the main group.  They are now chasing Ryder Hesjedal (G♒armin/Cervelo).  Andy 🍃Schleck and David Zabriske have not been able to follow.

Horner and Leiphimer ha🌱ve Hesjedal in their sights.

Horner is setting the pace.  Leipheimer is sitting on Horner.  He knows how to win 🍌this race as he's done it all but one time pre🔯viously.

Horner is too st♕rong.  He's gapping Leipheimer. 𝄹 Hesjedal is hanging with Leipheimer.

Horner is out of the saddle and climbing and he rides past a giant running watꦑer♍bottle.

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Gustav Larsson (Saxo Bank Sungard), Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling), Thomas Danielson (Team Garmin🍒-Cervelo) and Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek) are all together as the main chase group behind Leipheimer and Hesjed♏al.

Leipheimer and Hesjedal are losing ground as their chasers close ꦇin.

Horner is still😼 on his own, riding confidently at the front on his own.  He looks good 💮and has about a minute's advantage.

One kilometer to go and leader Chris Horn♎er has a 1:05 gap.  He should t🐠ake over the race lead with this stage victory.

The race today is for second place.

RadioShack𒀰 will want to help Leipheimer to as good of a finish as possible, ideally second, since he is a much better time trialeﷺr than Horner, and the team will be thinking of the overall win.

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Chris Horner (RadioShack) raises his arms and crosses the line to take 🍰the stage 4 win.  He'll also become the new race lea🀅der.

Andy Schleck moves to the front of the chasers.

Rory Suther✤land is trying to hang on Schleck.  Leipheimer is just behind them.

Andy Schleck takes second ahead of🍸🥃 Rory Sutherland in third and Levi Leipheimer in fourth. 

Tom Danielson rounded out the top five.

Brief Results Provisional stage results#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult 1Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack3:27:51  2Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek0:01:15  3Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling   4Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack   5Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo   6Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo   7Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo   8Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team   9Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo   10Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek   Provisional general classification after stage 4
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult 1Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack11:29:32  2Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack0:01:15  3Thomas Danielson (USA)ജ Team Garmin-Cervelo0:01:22  4Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo0:01:29  5Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:01:30  6Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek   7Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo0:01:36  8Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek0:01:50  9Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo   10Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team0:02:00 

Brief Results

Brief Results

Join us tomorrow (Thursday) for live coverage of st♔age 5 at 9:15 am. The 138.9km stage will run from Seaside to Paso Ro🍒bles.

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