Merry Christmas and ...

a very good start in the Year 2010...Talking about a start: My start of the season is going to be a little earlier than I first thought...cause: year I'm going to Down Under! Racing with Lance, Cadel and a very motivated Milram squad including my friend Thomas Rohregger, and our new (Cologne resident) Aussi Luke Roberts, who raced this Tour 5 Times before and whos hometown is Adelate (where the race takes place).
Jep we fly out at the 8th of January. Until than I will do a bit of skiing and some riding (including rollers...).
Well so far 4 now. Yall Enjoy your christmasdinner(s)
cheers Dom

My trip to the States...

... as there were California, Colorado and (the most beautiful!) Oklahoma>>> Was GREAT. First I need to thank Danny and Alli, as well as Donna who I stayed/traveld with most of the time... but I want to thank everybody who crossed my way and let me have such a great, energising and motivating time over there.
Well I'm back home now, travels were without problems, and I'm almost over my cold. Today I'll head to the gym and if Iit doesn't rain I might aswell go for a little spin later today.
I already spoke to my Sportsdirector and Coach. The Plan is as I knew pretty much before: Mallorca trainingcamp 7-22 December first race Also Mallorca Challange (4-7 feb) And first big race Paris-Nice (7-13march-I think).
So now I hope this blog gets more and morre traffic... therefore I'll try to keep everybody informed...about ME...
Keep it up Everybody
Servus
Dom

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lastRace

So now its the 17th of october. Giro del Lombardia. One lap around the lake of como: 242km.
I will give it all to finish but also try to help Wegmann (or leader) as good as I can. Well and a week from tomorrow I'll sit in the plane to Los Angeles.
Well the last weeks my health wasn't so great... but the motivation for today is definatly high.
Well Ciao from Italy
DOM

Last time from Spain

So I'm almost there. And really this first grand Tour went really better than I expacted... almost perfekt.
The TT yesterday was definatly a good final success for myself. Today I hope there will be no more crashes (at least not for me) cause I don't what to fly home like a 'Wiener Schnitzel'... But if theres a Sprint I will probably try to get a good position (best behind Greipel) and maje another good placement.
Jep so far. I hope everyone enjoyed following me and my notes...
I will continue racing until October 17th (Giro del Lombardia).
More later
Adios From Spain...last time this year
Dom

Dom rides superb TT

Dom rode to 19th place in the time trail today. An amazing result at only 22 years old near the end of his first grand tour. While Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne secured the GC.

Tomorrow Dom will complete his first grand tour...with much success for Team Milram...way to go Dominik!

View Team Milram report here (Deutsch)

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Results

1 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Slipstream 0:35:53
2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:05
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0:00:09
4 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:00:20
5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0:00:30
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0:00:34
7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:36
8 David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:00:37
9 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 0:00:40
10 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil 0:00:43
11 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 0:00:44
12 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:49
13 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 0:00:55
14 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Columbia-HTC 0:00:56
15 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:01
16 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 0:01:02
17 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 0:01:03
18 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas
19 Dominik Roels (Ger) Milram 0:01:16
20 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 0:01:23

Team Milram

34 Martin Velits (SVK) Team MILRAM 2:00
55 Christian Knees (GER) Team MILRAM 2:42
65 Matthias Russ (GER) Team MILRAM 2:52
94 Paul Voss (GER) Team MILRAM 3:39

General Classification

1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 84:10:32
2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:55
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0:01:32
4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0:02:12
5 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:04:27
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:06:40
7 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:09:08
8 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:09:11
9 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 0:11:08
10 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 0:11:27

Schwer, hard, dur, dura....

was it today... my fingers are still a bit handicaped (I'm typing real slow). Well it was a cold wet and windy stage today.
I tryed to be in the group in the beginning (first time in the vuelta I was the one starting to sprint at km 0...) but they didn't let me go and my legs also didnÄt feel so good (after this first attack) well and it took about till the middle of the cat 1 climb till some(very strong riders) went away. I found myself in a very Big group and we roled together with the rest in the front shortly. After that it was always quite fast and one really steep climp... but my legs were better and so I reached the finishline close to the peloton.
So tomorrow one more time 'in die Fresse hauen' (*punching in my mouth) how we call it when we suffer. And then I will go all out at the TT and then the roll out in Madrid. Unluckily we lost Gerald today and so we won't have to work for any more Sprints...
OK later bye
Dom

Stage 17: Ciudad Real - Talavera de la Reina 193.6km

Anthony Roux (FRA) Francaise des Jeux wins from a 5 man break, despite the hard efforts of the sprinters chasing teams. Team Milram was out in force (Along with Columbia-HTC, Liquigas) working to bring the break back. You could definitely see how hard the effort was in all the riders faces. It seemed like they were going to catch the break... the gap was closing rapidly in the closing kilometers:

8 km - 60+ sec
7 km - 43 sec
4 km - 29 sec
3 km -
2 km - 17 sec
1 km -

Just after 2 km to go you could see the break away riders coming out of a almost 180 degree corner, while the peloton was about to enter it.

It was a dramatic finale.

Read Team Milram Report here (Deutsch)

View video of last km here

Friday will be a tough mountain stage. A 28 km time trial Saturday. And the final rolling to flat stage on Sunday stops in Madrid. Four more days of racing and Dom will have completed his first Grand Tour.

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Results

1 Anthony Roux (FRA) Francaise des Jeux 4:28:14
2 William Bonnet (FRA) Bbox-Bouygues Telecom
3 André Greipel (GER) Columbia-HTC
4 Daniele Bennati (ITA) Liquigas
5 Francisco Jose Pacheco (ESP) Contentpolis-Ampo
6 Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Silence-Lotto
7 Sébastien Hinault (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Javier Benitez (ESP) Contentpolis-Ampo
9 Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) Lampre-NGC
10 Borut Bozic (SLO) Vacansoleil

Team Milram

14 Gerald Ciolek (GER) Team MILRAM
49 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM
104 Christian Knees (GER) Team MILRAM
114 Paul Voß (GER) Team MILRAM + 38
139 Martin Velits (SVK) Team MILRAM + 1:44
143 Matthias Ruß (GER) Team MILRAM + 2:15

General Classification

1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 74:27:48
2 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:31
3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:10
4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0:01:28
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0:01:51
6 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:01:54
7 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:05:53
8 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:06:34
9 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:08:28
10 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 0:10:45

September 15, Stage 16: Córdoba - Puertollano 170km

Matthias Ruß did the work along with riders from Liquigas and Columbia-HTC reeling in the solo rider Jesús Rosendo (Andalucía-Cajasur). A crash 3 km to go hampered Team Milram's ability to complete their support of Gerald Ciolek. Gerald ended up 4th, with André Greipel (Ger) Columbia-HTC taking another stage win.

Read Team Milram report here (Deutsch)

View video of last km here

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1 André Greipel (Ger) Columbia-HTC 4:50:44
2 William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas
4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Milram
5 Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo
6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis
7 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto
8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank
10 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

Team Milram

28 Christian Knees (GER) Team MILRAM
66 Paul Voß (GER) Team MILRAM
75 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM + 52
93 Martin Velits (SVK) Team MILRAM
136 Matthias Ruß (GER) Team MILRAM

Thanks for Support Danke an meine Fans;))

So es hat geklappt
Today it worked
I was in the right group and gave it all on the last climb!
The group for 3rd almost dropped but I digged soooooooo deep and got back just in time to launch my attack in the decent...well I just let it roelsing crazy (14%) but from the lap before I remembered all the turns....
Also wenn jemand auch mehr deutsch lesen will sagt mal bescheid.... aber ich denk my German homies get all my English slang...
ALSO BIS SPÄDER
THE DOMINATOR ;))))))

Dom gets 3rd in 15th Stage of La Vuelta

Stage 15: Jaén - Córdoba 167.7km

Dom got into the winning 13 man break today with team mate Martin Velits. Dom was riding well within the break and was first to follow Columbia-HTC rider, Vicente Reynes (Spa) attack. Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank and Serafín Martínez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia joined the lead group. With about 23 km to go Martinez attacks, dropping the Columbia rider with Lars Boom and Dominik sticking. With 22.6 km to go Lars Boom picks up the pace on the San Jerónimo ascent and Dom was unable to match the pace, but kept going strong. At 22.2 km to go Martinez was no longer able to hang on to Lars Boom's wheel. Lars Boom continued his hard effort and quickly built 30 second gap. Dom and Martinez went back to the group. Somewhere in the next kilometers David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia attacked (I was too excited about Dom and missed when this happened). Lars Boom continued to ride into the win while David Herrero got 2nd. Dom attacked somewhere, but it was not on video, built a gap again and got third. Team mate Martin Velits almost took the small group sprint but took 7th.

Great Day for Team Milram. A spectacular day for Dom.

Team Milram report here, Deutsche hier

View video of last km here. You'll see dom in the background as David Herrero is finishing.

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Results:

1 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 4:12:56
2 David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:01:36
3 Dominik Roels (Ger) Milram 0:01:44
4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 0:02:04
5 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana
6 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Saxo Bank
7 Martin Velits (Svk) Milram
8 Serafín Martínez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
9 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:03:23

Team Milram

18 Paul Voß (GER) Team MILRAM +25:01
65 Christian Knees (GER) Team MILRAM
145 Matthias Ruß (GER) Team MILRAM + 25:46
147 Gerald Ciolek (GER) Team MILRAM

General Classification

1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 65:08:50
2 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:31
3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:10
4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0:01:28
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0:01:51
6 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:01:54
7 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:05:53
8 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:06:34
9 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:08:28
10 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 0:10:45

Baby make you move...

Yea... I hope I will be in the right one.
Today and also the 2 following days I will give all I have to be in the right move, and show myself in the final. Well it is going to be hard because at least 100 guys are trying the same but... I want it more!!!
Jep the wheater now is I think a bit odd for that time in Spain (cloudy, some rain), usually its more like 40°C . Taht is good though.
Ok now I got to shave(so look good on the Podium;) and pack up my stuff.
Lader
Dom

Stage 14: Granada - La Pandera 157km

Christian Knees (Ger) Milram rides in 9 man break and finishes 12th. Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC takes a second stage win. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne struggles in the steep closing km's, but comes back as the climb becomes less steep.

Seven more days of racing and Dom will have completed his first grand tour. It will be exciting if Dom can get in some more breaks before this tour finishes in Madrid this coming Sunday.

Read Milram report here

View video highlights here

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Results

1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC 4:04:23
2 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Saxo Bank 0:02:23
3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:03:08
4 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:03:10
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:03:22
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:03:26
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0:03:40
8 Gonzalo Rabuñal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:03:46
9 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0:03:48
10 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto
11 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 0:04:01
12 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0:04:04

Team Milram

60 Paul Voss (Ger) Milram 0:15:07
80 Dominik Roels (Ger) Milram 0:22:15
93 Martin Velits (Svk) Milram
153 Matthias Russ (Ger) Milram 0:23:41

General Classification

1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 60:30:53
2 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:31
3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:10
4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0:01:28
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0:01:51
6 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:01:54
7 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:05:53
8 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:06:24
9 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:08:28
10 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 0:10:45

September 12, Stage 13: Berja - Alto de Sierra Nevada 175km

David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis takes the Queen Stage and increases his lead in the Mountains Classification. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne holds onto GC lead with some changes of order within the top 10.

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Stage 13 video highlights here


Results

1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 5:09:22
2 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:00:52
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:01:16
4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:01:17
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas
6 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:37
7 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:02:09
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0:02:24
9 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:02:31
10 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 0:03:37

Team Milram

27 Matthias Russ (Ger) Milram 0:08:48
64 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0:24:51
104 Paul Voss (Ger) Milram 0:31:31
123 Martin Velits (Svk) Milram 0:39:04
153 Dominik Roels (Ger) Milram
156 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Milram

General Classification

1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56:23:08
2 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:27
3 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0:01:02
4 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:32
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0:01:33
6 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:02:06
7 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:05:02
8 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:05:33
9 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:06:52
10 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 0:08:21

I keep on Roelsing....;)

So my dear Friends und liebe Leute!
Well, I'm two weeks into the Vuelta. Never raced that long so far. But as I imagined thats the style of racing I like. I really don't feel too exausted even aver the two hard mountain-stagens.
Well and in the next few stages I'm really motivated to attack and try to be in a group...
Therefore I need to recover properly.... So I'd better go to sleep now...
Later
Dom
P.S. I'm always happy to get mails or facebook massages...

Stage 12: Almeria - Alto de Velefique 174km

Linus Gerdemann withdrew from the race today from similar problems as Thomas (Milram Report)

Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream survived the break today to get the first Canadian win the La Vuelta (ever) over David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia. The GC remains unchanged.

View video of last km here

Tomorrow will be an exciting day as it is the Queen stage of La Vuelta.

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Results

1 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 5:34:31
2 David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:00:01
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:06
4 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:00:16
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto
8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas
9 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
10 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

Team Milram

56 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0:09:54
75 Matthias Russ (Ger) Milram 0:14:41
123 Dominik Roels (Ger) Milram 0:20:36
127 Martin Velits (Svk) Milram
148 Paul Voss (Ger) Milram
168 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Milram 0:22:58
169 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram

General Classification

1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51:12:38
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0:00:07
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:18
4 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:00:51
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0:00:53
6 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:03
7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:02:13
8 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:02:14
9 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 0:03:53
10 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:04:01

Stage 11: Murcia - Caravaca de la Cruz 200km

Christian Knees (GER) Team Milram placed 8th, while Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream won his first first Grand Tour Stage.

GC remains unchanged.

View video of last km here

Tomorrow is a rest day.

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Results:

1 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 5:11:10
2 Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Silence-Lotto
3 Marco Marcato (ITA) Vacansoleil
4 Iriaki Isasi (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi
5 André Greipel (GER) Columbia-HTC
6 Alessandro Ballan (ITA) Lampre-NGC
7 Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) Lampre-NGC
8 Christian Knees (GER) Team MILRAM
9 Oscar Freire (ESP) Rabobank
10 Matteo Tosatto (ITA) Quick Step

Team Milram

88 Martin Velits (SVK) Team MILRAM + 33
102 Linus Gerdemann (GER) Team MILRAM + 1:03
112 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM + 6:56
138 Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM + 14:24
141 Matthias Ruß (GER) Team MILRAM
148 Gerald Ciolek (GER) Team MILRAM
174 Paul Voß (GER) Team MILRAM

General Classification

1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45:37:51
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0:00:07
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:36
4 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:00:51
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0:00:53
6 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:03
7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:02:13
8 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:02:24
9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 0:03:10
10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:13

Team Milram

67 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0:30:28
91 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Milram 0:40:12
117 Dominik Roels (Ger) Milram 0:52:40
120 Martin Velits (Svk) Milram 0:54:31
137 Paul Voss (Ger) Milram 1:01:55
138 Matthias Russ (Ger) Milram 1:02:08
143 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 1:04:19
170 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Milram 1:21:42

Stage 10: Alicante - Murcia 162km

Due to difficulties from injuries incurred during the large crash of stage 4, Thomas Rohregger withdrew from La Vuelta (Milram report).

Linus Gerdemann rode within the largest break of the tour so far (19 riders), and was having a great race, and it was looking likely for another win for Team Milram, until he punctured (read Milram's report here).

It was an exciting finish, to bad Linus was unable to give it a go.

View video of last km's here

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Tomorrow will be another day to get in a break, with the possibility of bunch finish. Lets hope Milram's luck in this years Vuelta comes back!


Results:

1 Simon Gerrans (AUS) Cervélo TestTeam 3:56:19
2 Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) Garmin-Slipstream
3 Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Saxo Bank
4 Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) Astana
5 Adam Hansen (AUS) Columbia-HTC + 29
6 Francisco Pérez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 31
7 Christophe Riblon (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 37
8 Karsten Kroon (NED) Saxo Bank + 39
9 Arnaud Gerard (FRA) Française des Jeux
10 Matteo Tosatto (ITA) Quick Step

Team Milram

77 Gerald Ciolek (GER) Team MILRAM + 6:33
82 Linus Gerdemann (GER) Team MILRAM + 8:33
92 Martin Velits (SVK) Team MILRAM + 10:01
96 Christian Knees (GER) Team MILRAM
115 Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM + 14:33
118 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM
148 Paul Voß (GER) Team MILRAM
149 Matthias Ruß (GER) Team MILRAM

General Classification

1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40:26:41
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0:00:07
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:36
4 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:00:51
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0:00:53
6 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:03
7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:02:04
8 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:02:24
9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 0:03:01
10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:13

Team Milram

74 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0:30:28
102 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Milram 0:39:09
120 Dominik Roels (Ger) Milram 0:45:44
124 Paul Voss (Ger) Milram 0:47:21
126 Matthias Russ (Ger) Milram 0:47:44
131 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 0:49:55
143 Martin Velits (Svk) Milram 0:53:58
172 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Milram 1:07:18

Stage 9: Alcoy to Xorret de Cati

Today's stage contained two category three climbs, three cat two climbs, and finished with a category one climb. The final climb, Alto Xorret del Catí, was 5 km long starting with about an average gradient of 5-6% and rising to a punishing 19-20% grade, and then plummeting 3 km to the finish. Just riding up 19 to 20% climb with fresh legs is a killer, let alone after about 175 km of racing.

From the long breakaway, Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia survived the Alto Xorret del Catí and took the stage win and with Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-NGC taking second. From the chasing CG group Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne took third with the time bonus and took GC lead from Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto.

View video of closing km's here

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Results:

1 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5:21:04
2 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:00:21
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:40
4 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 0:00:41
5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto
7 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas
8 Javier Ramírez (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 0:00:53
9 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:01:12
10 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream

Team Milram

66 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0:05:18
67 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Milram
81 Matthias Russ (Ger) Milram 0:06:09
102 Dominik Roels (Ger) Milram 0:08:36

General Classification

1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36:26:40
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0:00:07
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:36
4 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:00:51
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0:00:53
6 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:03
7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:02:04
8 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:02:24
9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 0:03:01
10 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 0:03:08

Team Milram

38 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Milram 0:13:26
62 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0:24:09
91 Dominik Roels (Ger) Milram 0:34:53
98 Matthias Russ (Ger) Milram 0:36:53

Damn Crashes

Well I don¨t have much time...
But I just want to tell U guys that I really took the TT yesterday easz going (didn^t warm up super good...) but it roled really well and so I tried to maintain my good speed till the finish... but than after I passed the secound rider there was that Sh*t fu**n corner which took me down...
and it cost me about 15-20sec. so I would have gotten 20th or better!!!
Well thats cycling...but at least I got back the white jersy!
So watch for the white today
Take care
And thaks for Yalls support!!!
Asta luego Dom

Stage 7: Valencia

Dom placed 30th in the time trial today, and now leads the Combination Classification. Linus Gerdemann was the best placed Milram rider in 20th.

Read Team Milram's report here

Tomorrow will be the first Mountaintop finish of this year's Veulta.

Result stage 7:

1. Fabian Cancellara (SWI) Saxo Bank 36:41
2. David Millar (GBR) Garmin-Slipstream 0:32
3. Bert Grabsch (GER) Columbia-HTC 0:36
4. David Herrero (ESP) Xacobeo Galicia 0:40
5. Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) Caisse d'Epargne 0:46
6. Samuel Sánchez (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:47
7. Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:50
8. Christophe Riblon (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale 0:53
9. Lars Boom (NED) Rabobank 0:59
10. Cadel Evans (AUS) Silence-Lotto 1:02

Team Milram

20. Linus Gerdemann (GER) Team MILRAM 1:24
30. Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM 1:34
53. Christian Knees (GER) Team MILRAM 2:15
73. Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM 2:43
93. Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM 3:13
105. Matthias Ruß (GER) Team MILRAM 3:26
120. Paul Voß (GER) Team MILRAM 3:49
121. Martin Velits (SVK) Team MILRAM 3:49
158. Gerald Ciolek (GER) Team MILRAM 4:41

General classification:

1. Fabian Cancellara (SWI) Saxo Bank
2. Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick Step 0:51
3. David Herrero (ESP) Xacobeo Galicia 0:59
4. Daniele Bennati (ITA) Liquigas 1:03
5. Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) Caisse d'Epargne 1:08
6. Cadel Evans (AUS) Silence-Lotto 1:12
7. Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 1:14
8. Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 1:19
9. Samuel Sánchez (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:20
10. David Millar (GBR) Garmin-Slipstream 1:20

Team Milram

16. Linus Gerdemann (GER) Team MILRAM 1:52
35. Christian Knees (GER) Team MILRAM 2:42
46. Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM 3:02
49. Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM 3:09
74. Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM 3:53
128. Martin Velits (SVK) Team MILRAM 10:55
140. Paul Voß (GER) Team MILRAM 12:29
155. Matthias Ruß (GER) Team MILRAM 14:35
184. Gerald Ciolek (GER) Team MILRAM 26:09

Stage 6: Xàtiva to Xàtiva

Dom remains in second place in Combination Classification behind Serafín Martínez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia. Linus Gerdemann placed 11th today in an exciting finale. Thomas Rohregger hit the deck, while Gerald was not feeling to great after yesterday's crash.

Tomorrow is the ITT in Valencia, be sure to watch it if you have time.

View closing km's here

Read Team Milram's report here

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Results stage 6:

1 Borut Bozic (SLO) Vacansoleil 4:40:50
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
3 Daniele Bennati (ITA) Liquigas
4 Davide Viganò (ITA) Fuji-Servetto
5 Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick Step
6 Leonardo Duque (COL) Cofidis
7 Sébastien Chavanel (FRA) Française des Jeux
8 Cadel Evans (AUS) Silence-Lotto
9 Marcel Sieberg (GER) Columbia-HTC
10 André Greipel (GER) Columbia-HTC
11 Linus Gerdemann (GER) Team MILRAM

Team Milram

26 Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM +0:09
53 Christian Knees (GER) Team MILRAM
58 Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM
67 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM
96 Paul Voss (GER) Team MILRAM
137 Matthias Russ (GER) Team MILRAM +2:04
156 Martin Velits (SVK) Team MILRAM +6:26
190 Gerald Ciolek (GER) Team MILRAM +13:17

General classification:

1 André Greipel (GER) Columbia-HTC 24:21:13
2 Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick Step +0:06
3 Daniele Bennati (ITA) Liquigas +0:09
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
5 Fabian Cancellara (SUI) Saxo Bank +0:18
6 Borut Bozic (SLO) Vacansoleil +0:23
7 Ivan Basso (ITA) Liquigas +0:27
8 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne
9 Cadel Evans (AUS) Silence-Lotto +0:28
10 David Garcia (ESP) Xacobeo Galicia +0:33

Team Milram

25 Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM +0:44
28 Christian Knees (GER) Team MILRAM +0:45
29 Linus Gerdemann (GER) Team MILRAM +0:46
52 Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM +0:58
96 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM +1:46
130 Martin Velits (SVK) Team MILRAM +7:24
144 Paul Voss (GER) Team MILRAM +8:58
160 Matthias Russ (GER) Team MILRAM +11:27
185 Gerald Ciolek (GER) Team MILRAM +21:46

Stage 5: Tarragona to Vinaròs

Yesterday, Dom rode well placing 17th. Unfortunately Gerald Cioleck hit the deck again in the closing kilometers, on the fast, tight and twisty roads.

In the Combination Classification Dominik is second behind Serafín Martínez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia.

click here to read Team Milram's summary of the stage.

click here for video of closing kilometers

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Results Stage 5:

1. André Greipel (GER) Columbia-HTC 4:27:54
2. Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick Step
3. Daniele Bennati (ITA) Liquigas
4. Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
5. William Bonnet (FRA) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
6. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Silence-Lotto
7. Oscar Freire (ESP) Rabobank
8. Borut Bozic (SLO) Vacansoleil
9. Davide Viganò (ITA) Fuji-Servetto
10. Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres (ESP) Contentpolis-Ampo

Team Milram

17. Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM 0:13
21. Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM 0:18
23. Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM
32. Christian Knees (GER) Team MILRAM
64. Martin Velits (SVK) Team MILRAM
81. Linus Gerdemann (GER) Team MILRAM
127. Paul Voß (GER) Team MILRAM 0:45
154. Matthias Ruß (GER) Team MILRAM 1:32
177. Gerald Ciolek (GER) Team MILRAM

General classification:
1. André Greipel (GER) Columbia-HTC
2. Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick Step 0:06
3. Daniele Bennati (ITA) Liquigas 0:17
4. Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:21
5. Fabian Cancellara (SWI) Saxo Bank 0:27
6. Oscar Freire (ESP) Rabobank 0:33
7. William Bonnet (FRA) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:34
8. Dominique Rollin (CAN) Cervélo TestTeam 0:38
9. Bert Grabsch (GER) Columbia-HTC
10. Alessandro Ballan (ITA) Lampre-NGC

Team Milram

30. Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM 0:53
32. Christian Knees (GER) Team MILRAM 0:54
57. Linus Gerdemann (GER) Team MILRAM 1:04
61. Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM 1:07
75. Martin Velits (SVK) Team MILRAM 1:16
107. Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM 1:50
141. Paul Voss (GER) Team MILRAM 9:34
150. Matthias Ruß (GER) Team MILRAM 10:55
161. Gerald Ciolek (GER) Team MILRAM

A good day with two crashes

It wasen't really planed... But after some 10-15 K of attacking I found myself in a 4 man group. And for sure it wasn't a bad move. Cause some 40K into the race it started raining. So it was much less stress riding in a break cause there were lots of turns and small roads.
Well but one of te riders from the break (Lagutin) slipped (cause he had no Conti tires) and took me down but not bad...And when i got cought on the last little climb 15 to go I managed to stay in the Pack and tried to help Björn Schröder for the Sprint... cause Gerry Ciolek had already crashed earlier...
Well and than I was (as Björn) in the Big chrash at 2,5 to go but bisides a usual hip-rash of about 2 by 2 inches I have nothing....
So I'll keep on ROELSing ;)))
And today relaxing... the bikes are still on the road but in 2 or 3 hours they will be here and we go for a little spin
Arrrriba Espagnia
Later more
Dom

Dom rides in break again!

I did not get to watch the race yet today. But after reading the reports, I can't wait to. Dom rode in the break again today and did not get caught till 15 km to go. Unfortunately there was a crash a little under 3 km to go, which affected many in the race, most notably Gerald Ciolek was unable to contest the field sprint. Fortunately Linus Gerdemann and Thomas Rohregger were able to move up in the general classification. Dominik now leader of the combination classification.

Tomorrow is a rest day, with the racing resuming in Tarragona on Thursday.

Read Team Milram's report here

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Results:

1 André Greipel (GER) Columbia-HTC 5:43:05
2 Wouter Weylandt (BEL) Quick Step
3 Bert Grabsch (GER) Columbia-HTC
4 Marcel Sieberg (GER) Columbia-HTC
5 Marco Velo (ITA) Quick Step + 9
6 Matteo Tosatto (ITA) Quick Step + 15
7 Adam Hansen (AUS) Columbia-HTC + 22
8 Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Silence-Lotto + 28
9 Linus Gerdemann (GER) Team MILRAM + 33
10 Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM

Team Milram

15 Christian Knees (GER) Team MILRAM + 51
64 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM
145 Martin Velits (SVK) Team MILRAM + 5:18
180 Matthias Ruß (GER) Team MILRAM + 8:09
182 Paul Voß (GER) Team MILRAM + 8:12
183 Gerald Ciolek (GER) Team MILRAM
190 Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM

La Vuelta: Stage 3

Zutphen to Venlo (NL) 190 km.

Today Milram strived to get Gerald to repeat yesterday, but that was not they way it worked out. The team is still energized from yesterday's win, and will be active in tomorrow's race.

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Results:

1 Gregory Henderson (NZL) Columbia-HTC 4:41:01
2 Borut Bozic (SLO) Vacansoleil
3 Oscar Freire (ESP) Rabobank
4 André Greipel (GER) Columbia-HTC
5 William Bonnet (FRA) Bbox-Bouygues Telecom
6 Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick Step
7 Roger Hammond (GBR) Cervélo TestTeam
8 Wouter Weylandt (BEL) Quick Step
9 Stuart O'Grady (AUS) Saxo Bank
10 Jurgen Roelandts (BEL) Silence-Lotto

Team Milram

19 Gerald Ciolek (GER) Team MILRAM
22 Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM
33 Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM
37 Christian Knees (GER) Team MILRAM
52 Paul Voß (GER) Team MILRAM
57 Linus Gerdemann (GER) Team MILRAM
87 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM
152 Matthias Ruß (GER) Team MILRAM
166 Martin Velits (SVK) Team MILRAM

Rolling On

Yep yesterday was an awesome day.
And today the weather is actually sunny, blue skys... and we are riding through Germany a couple of Ks. Well I don't have to tell that all the team is highly motivated cause we want the Gold (Gerald is only 8secounds Down on Cancellara...
well Wish us lucK!!!
later more
Dom

Stage Win in Emmen for Team Milram!

What an awesome day for Dominik, Gerald, and Team Milram!

Dom went from the gun and immediately a 5 man group formed. He was mentioned numerous times during the coverage by Universal Sports (watch the stage online if you missed it at universalsports.com). The break was caught with ~21 km to go (~150 km breakaway), with the peloton finally catching Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil) as they entered Emmen. Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil) was riding in the break in honor of his father who had just passed during the week prior to the start of La Vuelta.

Columbia, Garmin-Slipstream and Quickstep worked to set up their sprinters in the closing kilometers. While Gerald smartly held about 10th position as the leadout riders labored at the front along the right side of the road. Gerald was the first rider to began his sprint with his signature head-bob coming from the left side of the field, and as he took the front, the other sprinters moved around to where Gerald was now at the center of the field. Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas, former Milram rider) and Roger Hammond (Cervelo TestTeam)worked hard to surpass Gerald Ciolack, but Gerald proved to be man of the hour today.

Way to go! Gerald, Dom, and Team Milram!

-Danny

Result stage 2:

1. Gerald Ciolek (GER) Team MILRAM 4:43:12
2. Fabio Sabatini (ITA) Liquigas
3. Roger Hammond (GBR Cervélo TestTeam
4. André Greipel (GER) Columbia-HTC
5. Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
6. Leonardo Duque (COL) Cofidis
7. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Silence-Lotto
8. Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick Step
9. Davide Viganò (ITA) Fuji-Servetto
10. Sébastien Chavanel (FRA) Française des Jeux

Team Milram

19. Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM
39. Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team MILRAM
52. Christian Knees (GER) Team MILRAM
71. Paul Voß (GER) Team MILRAM
106. Linus Gerdemann (GER) Team MILRAM 0:18
107. Martin Velits (SVK) Team MILRAM
162. Matthias Ruß (GER) Team MILRAM 0:30
187. Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM 1:12

General classification:

1. Fabian Cancellara (SWI) Saxo Bank
2. Gerald Ciolek (GER) Team MILRAM 0:08
3. Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick Step 0:09
4. Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:12
5. Jens Mouris (NED) Vacansoleil 0:14
6. Daniele Bennati (ITA) Liquigas 0:16
7. David Garcia (ESP) Xacobeo Galicia 0:18
8. Ivan Basso (ITa) Liquigas
9. Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne
10. Bert Grabsch (GER) Columbia-HTC 0:19

Team Milram

29. Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM 0:26
32. Christian Knees (GER) Team MILRAM 0:27
36. Paul Voss (Ger) Team MILRAM 0:28
73. Linus Gerdemann (GER) Team MILRAM 0:37
79. Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Milram 0:40
102. Martin Velits (SVK) Team MILRAM 0:49
145. Matthias Ruß (GER) Team MILRAM 1:05
180. Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM 1:40

Team Milram's news from todays stage

Stage 1: results + Stage 2 map

Today's time trial finished with the predicted favorite winning.

Results stage 1:
1 Fabian Cancellara (SUI) Saxo Bank 0:05:20
2 Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick Step +0:09
3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream +0:12
4 Jens Mouris (NED) Vacansoleil +0:14
5 Daniele Bennati (ITA) Liquigas +0:16
6 Roman Kreuziger (CZE) Liquigas +0:17
7 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana +0:18
8 Ivan Basso (ITA) Liquigas +0:18
9 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne +0:18
10 Maciej Bodnar (POL) Liquigas +0:18

Linus finished well:

13 Linus Gerdemann (GER) Team MILRAM +0:19
40 Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM +0:26
49 Christian Knees (GER) Team MILRAM +0:27
50 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM +0:28
53 Gerald Ciolek (GER) Team MILRAM +0:28
55 Paul Voß (GER) Team MILRAM +0:28
70 Martin Velits (SLO) Team MILRAM +0:31
108 Matthias Ruß (GER) Team MILRAM +0:35
138 Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM +0:40

Tomorrow's stage is mostly flat with 1 category 4 climb, starting in Assen and finishing in Emmen:

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Dom said tomorrow's stage will be a windy and difficult. Gerald Ciolek (GER) of Team Milram will likely be giving it a go tomorrow. Tom Boonen and Tyler Farrar's strong finish today indicate they have arrived at La Vuelta with good form. Gerald Ciolek also has recently finished third place in Vattenfall Cyclassics, just behind Tyler Farrar, who had won the race. So tomorrow's finish should be exciting.

Prolog

Hallo hello und Salut,
The Prolog is done,.and I already had my massage.
I don’t know my time jet, but ist not exeptional cause it was also not really dry and year my legs are not prepeares for 4,8 fast Ks but for 3200 damn hard Ks...
Ok than later more.
Und wenn jemand lieber mad wenn ich deutsch schreibe bitte reklamieren;)
Bis denn Dom

Stage 1: ITT course

Below is the map of tomorrow's time trial course. As you can see it is on a motorsports track. Should be fun for the racers and spectators.

Dom's legs and lungs will be burning for sure!

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Tour of Pologne: Stage 7 Video

I finally found a stage 7 highlight video.

Dom placed 8th, you can not make out Dom, but you can see the finish.

La Vuelta Info

Here is a map of this year's La Vuelta and the link to the official website: http://www.lavuelta.com/

Watch live video online here:
http://universalsports.com/


This Saturday's 4.8 km prologe is in Assen, only 305 km from Köln, as Dom pointed out.

Team Milram lineup for La Veulta:

Gerald Ciolek (22 / GER / Ermatingen,SUI), Linus Gerdemann (26 / GER / Kreuzlingen,SUI), Christian Knees (28 / GER / Euskirchen), Thomas Rohregger (26 / AUT / Kramsach), Dominik Roels (22 / GER / Köln), Matthias Ruß (25 / GER / Bad Cannstatt), Björn Schröder (28 / GER / Berlin), Martin Velits (24 / SVK / Riemst,BEL), Paul Voß (23 / GER / Bielefeld)

Click here to read about Team Milram's goals at the Vuelta.

Vuelte Espagnia

Hello everybody,
I hope you all missed me, Now I finally found some time to spread the latest good news.
Yes I will do the vuelta my first big tour throug Spain.
Tomorrow I will already leave to go to Assen in Holland. Because this year the Vuelta starts quite close to my home. The first few days and than we'll fly down to Spain.
Well I'm of course very motivated and exited for this race.
I hope everything goes well.
Whenever I have Internetaccess I will try to write something...
LAter
Bye
Der Kölner Dom

Short note

Hey its me, there was absolutly no field sprint today, it was a 10K climb and other than the big Grouppeto with I think some 25min back there were only small groups. Well I felt quite good today still very hot but just now it is raining (after a thunderstorm)
Ok tomorrow I'll try again to ride up that hill (1800m high) starting at some 600m as fast as possible!!!
Ok I'm heading to bed now
Ciao a tutti
Dom

Dom Update

After completing the Tour of Austria, Domink did some training in Austria that went well and now Dominik has been racing the Brixia Tour in Italy since Wednesday. He says that, "my form is ok, but it is extremely hot and hard, especially since some of the Italian teams ride like motorbikes and that there are four uphill finishes, and that some of the climbs are very steep."

Today's 170 km stage 3 from Angolo Terme to Borno had 2 climbs with the second climb the uphill finish. There was a break away with Santo Anza' (Ita, ISD) winning. Marco Corti (Ita, Barloworld), took the field sprint for 27th (+4:26) with Dominik placing 30th (4th in the field sprint). The current leaders of the general classification are:

1	Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce	13:01:36
2	Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli	0:00:12
3	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare	0:00:35

46

Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram

0:20:30

95	Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 0:37:02

96 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram

107

Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram

0:40:18

110

Martin Muller (Ger) Team Milram

0:40:41

124

Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram

0:47:03

Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram dropped out during stage 2.

Tomorrow's 158 km stage 4 goes from San Vigilio di Concesio to Passa Maniva. The initial 110 km is mostly flat 5 lap circuit in San Vigilio di Concesio , but includes 1 short steep climb per lap. Once the circuits are completed with the final short steep climb, they will ascend 1562 m over the final 48 kilometers to Passa Maniva. I looks like it will be a brutal climb to the finish, as the climb gradually gets steeper at they get closer to the finish, with the last 10 km being the steepest (map of profile)

Official race website for the Brixia Tour in Italy.

Danny

Österreich Rundfahrt

Österreich means Austria, And thats where I'm at. To be more exact in Kitzbühel. A very nice Wintersportstown. The famous downhilskiing-race "streif" takes place here every year. But for us riders it went more up the hill. And it was a hag of a hill: 7,5Km with an average of about 13% and max about 18%...crazy.
Well I did what I really planed for today and broke away with 13others after some attacs (most of me...). Well I hoped for a bigger gap into the climb but it was only 2 min. left. So I still did my best and when our climber (Mathias Ruß) passed me I tryed to help him a bit.
In the end I lost between 5 and 6min to the winner who was Albasini (columbie) he was also in the group...verrrry strong (hopefully clean...)
Well now We are in a very nice hotel and can recover well befor another hard mountain stage tomorrow.
For danny and the record;)
Next race after this will be Brixia-tour in italy and than the Tour of Poland. And after that I hope to be nominatet for the Vuelta Espania, which would be my first Grand (3week) Tour.
Tahks 4 reading Til'later
Dom

German National Championships Courses

This Friday's National Championship course for the individual 40.4 km time trial and flat as a pancake with two 180 degree turnarounds.

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Sunday's Elite Men, 220 km Road Course

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Click here for the official race website, to get more information on the race, like the results, start times and more course information.


Danny

Hey lo

Hey everybody, Its me Dom
I#m about to head out for training so just really short:
Next fryday I will start at TT nats and on Sunday At Road Nationals, both in the very east of Germany (I live in the west for all who dont know that...)
well
More later and thanks 4 following my blog!!!
Chears Dom

Dauphiné Libéré Race Update

In Yesterday's stage, the 154 km race finished on the infamous Le Mont Ventoux (map and profile). Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Caisse d'Epargne) attacked about 9 km before the finish and placed 2nd behind Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas), and moved into the overall lead. Cadel Evans (Silence - Lotto) the previous G.C. leader is now +16 sec, and third in G.C. was Alberto Contador Velasco (Astana). Christian Knees was the top placed rider in the G.C. (18th) for Team Milram at +6.41. Dominik finished the day less than a minute behind the first large group (+17.56).

Today's 106 km stage from Gap to Briançon featured the climb, Izoard (map and profile). Check out Team Milram's report on today's race. The G.C remains unchanged from yesterday and Pierrick Fédrigo (BBox Bouygues Telecom) won the stage. Dominik said that, the peloton "Set a steady peace into the climb and I tried to hang on to the pack as long as possible and when I got dropped I still kept up a decent pace."

Tomorrow will be the last Mountain stage of the Dauphine, starting with climbing the Col du Galibier (hors catégorie) followed by a long descent, and then ascending the Col de la Croix de Fer (hors catégorie), another descent, and finishing with Saint-Fraincois-Longchamp (catégorie 1) (map and profile).

Dom says,

"Tomorrow is gonna be brutal, but after today I'm even looking forward to it a bit... it's gonna be an epic ride..."

Ciao

Danny

Milram's Niki Terpstra wins stage 3 and moves into overall lead

Todays 182 km stage featured 3 climbs.

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After completing the last climb the 5 man break: Niki Teristara (Team Milram), Ludovic Turpin (AG2R La Mondiale), Yuri Trofimov (BBox Bouygues Telecom), Remi Pauriol (Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne), and Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Euskaltel - Euskadi), had more than three minutes on the peloton. With about 5 km to go, the break had about 2 min 14 sec on the peloton and the sprinters decided they would not be able to real the break in, leaving Silence - Lotto to set the pace.

The 5 man break worked together until less than 2 km to go, and then they started to get ready for the finish. Niki Terpistra was leading the group with 1 km to go, and watching to see who would go first. It seamed as if all the other riders knew Niki was the man to try and beat. Going into the last slight left hand corner about 300-400 m before the finish, Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Euskaltel - Euskadi) who was in the last position, decided to make it a go. Niki responded immediately while Inigo created a bike length size gap as the group came out of the corner. Niki closed the gap within seconds and passed Inigo while all the other sprinters followed. As the sprint progressed further, Niki opened about a bike length gap on the next rider (Remi Pauriol), When it was clear to Niki that he was going to win, he raised a clenched fist in victory as he crossed the line.

Read Team Milram's news of the race by clicking here.

Danny

Dom wins Hometown Crit!

Cologne: Monday, June 1st.

First off, the future of cycling:







And now to the race:











Tomorrow, Dom will be starting Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré.

Volta Race Update

Dom finished 19th in the 6th stage and 13th of the 7th stage of the Volta a Calalunya. You can read Team Milram's post on Dom here: Team Milram News.

Stage 5: La Seu d'Urgell - Torredembarra

Today's stage from La Seu d'Urgell to Torredembarra is the longest of the Volta at 201.3 km (map and profile). The race started at 670 m and finished at 15 m with no categorized climbs along the way, so a bunch finish was expected, and that is what happened.

Milram's goal for the day was to work for Gerald Ciolek. In the initial kilometers, four riders broke free: Cozza (Garmin - Slipstream), Sapa (Lampre), Serrano (Contentpolis) and Ramirez (Andalusia), and had gained 4:25, 100 km into the race. Alejandro Valverde's team, Caisse d'Epargne, set the pace from the beginning, and at about 60 km into the race Cervelo Test Team and Columbia - High Road took over the chase. Early in the race Dom was feeling tired, but he felt better as the kilometers clicked by. At 125 km Dom and Markus Eichler (Team Milram) started contributing to the chase. In the closing 25 km Saxo Bank and Euskaltel - Euskadi also contributed to the chase. The last rider of the original 4 man break, Cozza (Garmin - Slipstream) was finally caught with about 4 km to go. After this, the peloton became disorganized and Team Milram was scattered throughout. Despite the chaos, Gerald Ciolek was positioned well in 5th place about 2 km to go. Unfortunately, about 2 km to go the road was wide, there was a headwind and no team was setting a high tempo so riders came up both sides and Gerald Ciolek lost his good position the second corner before the finish. Nikolai Trussov (Katusha) launched about 500 m to go into the win. No change in GC.

Tomorrow's stage (map and profile) is 150.5 km in length and features a category 2 climb followed by two category 3 climbs. Dom hopes to feel strong and get into a breakaway.

Danny

Volta a Catalunya: Stage 4

Today’s stage covered 175.7 km, consisting of two category 1 climbs followed by a category 2 climb, and finishing with a mountain top finish that is beyond classification (map and profile). Dominik is starting to feel stronger on the climbs with every completed stage. Today, Dom was conserving as much energy as is possible during a mountainous stage for tomorrow, in which team Milram is looking to set up Gerald Ciolek in what will be likely a bunch sprint.

Julian Sanchez (Contentpolis-AMPO) won the stage over Daniel Martin (Garmin – Slipstream) and current race leader Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne). Daniel Martin (Garmin – Slipstream) holds second place in the GC, with Haimar Zubeldia (Astana) in third.

Dominik says this years edition of the Volta a Catalunya is much harder than last year.

Danny

Race Update

Dom is currently racing the 89th edition of the Volta a Catalunya (ESP). Today was the opening stage, which was a 3.6 km individual time trial (map and profile) and Dominik placed 122nd, 20 seconds down from winner Thor Hushovd (Cervelo Test Team), with teammate Niki Terpstra (Team Milram) placing 8th, 4 seconds down. Martin Velits (Team Milram) will be riding for overall classification for the team and finished 8 seconds down in 33rd place today. Dom was still feeling some fatigue from this past Saturday's hard race in the Netherlands, the 24th Dutch Food Valley Classic (cyclingnews.com results), in which Dominik averaged 332 watts for the entire race (ouch). Wim Stroetinga (Team Milram) placed 8th in his homeland race.

Tomorrow's 163.1 km, mountainous stage from Girona to Roses has three climbs (map and profile):

Alt De El Angels: 10.5 km category 1, starts 57 km into race, 3% avg. grade, 7% max grade.
Alt De Cadaques: 4.9 km category 2, starts 120.7 km into race, 5% avg. grade, 7% max grade
Alt De Dant Pere De Rodes: 7.7 km climb category 1, starts 137.9 km, 6.7% avg. grade, 14% max grade

The final climb will likely decide who will be descending into a win.

Team Milram lineup for the race:
Gerald Ciolek (GER/Ermatingen,SUI), Markus Eichler (GER/Mönchengladbach), Servais Knaven (NED/Meerle,BEL), Christian Kux (GER/Chemnitz), Dominik Roels (GER/Köln), Niki Terpstra (NED/Haarlem), Martin Velits (SVK/Riemst,BEL), Paul Voß (GER/Bielefeld)

Danny

Tour de Romandie

Well the first stage was kind of easy... The organizators had pitty with us and didn’t let us go over a pass whree it would have been snowing. So we started late at 3 PM it stopped raining just when we started (was only still wet on the road) And even the sun came out, the first climb started after a couple of Ks and I felt OK and after the climb I actually went with one or two attacks. But generally it was said by the director that we could let groups of 3 or 4 riders go. So we didn’t worry about the 3 guys in front. Well they made it to the end...thats how it goes.
25 K to go there was a short but very steep climp and I was just way to far in the back heading into is as most of my teammates. Well that wasn’t so good, I think we have to function better as a team in those situations.
Well I guess today is atacing time, and I’ll try to be part of the game.

So hard stage is over now. I’m sitting in the car back from the race. The bus left was already on the way when I was ready peing- I had to go to the Anti-doping-controle-.
Well I was in about the first attac, but as I mentioned this morning lots of guys wanted to go in the break so we were caught quickly. And right than a pretty nasty climb started and I had also some breathingproblems.So I found myself dropped together with McEwen. But with the cars we could make it back to the peloton. And shortly after I got back two French(-team) guys took of. Well I tryed to help my friend and our Leader Thomas Rohregger but on the last long climb I couldn’t stay in the bunch and rode in in the Grupetto together with Cav, Cancellara and McEwen again.
Now I’m looking foreward to the Team TT tomaorrow and hope we will do good. We won’t have a chance against the Columbia guyes but we should hopefully be able to be in the best 8 Teams or so...
Later more
Take Care Y’all and enjoy riding and reading my Blog ;))

2009 Paris - Roubaix

This will be Dominik's first Paris -Roubaix.

cyclingnews.com has a great review on the cobbled sections

From Team Milram's Website, Sports Director, Christian Henn writes:

Dortmund: 10/04/2009

This coming Sunday, the MILRAM Classic hunters will be taking on the challenges of the 107th edition of the „Hell of the North“. Captained by routine man Servais Knaven – it will bet he 15th participation for the 2001 winner – and his Dutch countryman Niki Terpstra, the German ProTour Team hopes for a surprise at the famed one-day Classic Paris – Roubaix (UCI category HIS) in the North of France. During the 259km-long race from Compiègne to Roubaix, the two leaders will be supported by Markus Eichler, Thomas Fothen, Martin Müller, Dominik Roels, Björn Schröder and Martin Velits.

Go to the Milram site to read more.

So Dominik's first experience in the Hell of the North, will be in support of a experienced captain. Lets all hope that Dominik can get rid of those mashed potato legs by Sunday, and support his team to a win.

Danny

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Stage 5: Güeñes - Zalla

As Dominik already posted, he chose to rest up for Paris-Roubaix on Sunday, instead of racing today.

In today's rainy stage Christian Knees finished 4th for Milram along with Johannes Fröhlinger (Milram, 5th). Marco Pinotti (Colombia) soloed in for the win 19 sec ahead of the field. Nibali (Liguigas) was also off the front, but was caught by the first group in the closing 1-2km, with Ben Swift (Katusha) taking the field sprint for a second day in a row.

Christian Knees moved up to 11th in the GC (+1.11), and Contador (Astana) still holds the GC with with three riders within eight seconds, including Cadel Evans (Silence Loto). In tomorrow's time trial, Christian can move up to 8th place by riding 17+ seconds faster than the three riders ahead of him. There are four other riders with the same time as Christian. For Christian to move into the top five he will need to ride 44+ seconds faster than Damiano Cungego (Lampre). So tomorrow's time trial will be an exciting day for Christian and Milram.

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5th, my last Stage

Hey everyone,
Today I write some English...
Well today is typical Bask-weather. In the opposite of the sunny weather yesterday, today its raining.
But since I am going to start at Paris-Roubaix on Sunday, I'm allowed to drop out of the stage today. And I defenetly will. Cause my legs fell like mashed....potatoes or something;))
Well tomorrow morning I'll fly to paris then.
'Til soon
Dom

Stage 4: Éibar - Güeñes

I was able to watch the last 10k of today's stage. When I started watching, 3 riders were off the front (Colombia - Abasini, Silence-Lotto - Van Den Broeck, Garmin - Vandevelde), with Astana setting tempo for the main field. With about 1.6-2k to go, the breakaway started to prepare for the finish. In the final stretch, Abasini started the sprint from the front of the 3 man group and easily motored in for the win (by about 2-4 bike lengths), with Van Den Broeck edging out Vandevelde for second.

Ben Swift (Katusha) took the field sprint (4th), with Bjorn Shroeder (Milram, 7th), Christian Knees (Milram, 8th), and others immediately following. Christian Knees is currently 12th in the GC (+1.11). Alberto Contador (Astana) is still the GC leader.

Dominik finished right in the main field. Hopefully today's stage was easier than yesterday's stage on Dom. As easy as climbing 2,990 meters can be.

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Stage 3: Villatuerta - Éibar

Todays stage finish was exciting to watch, and must have been grueling for Dom. You can see from the picture below, the course and profile, why it was so tough.

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I caught just the last 30k or so, and saw that Linus Gerdemann was with another rider off the front of the peloton and behind the 2 leaders. Astana's Chris Horner did a great job setting Contador up to win. I am looking forward to hearing Dom's take on the race.

2. Etappe

Und gerade Telefonier ich mit meiner liebsten ;))

Baskenland Rundfahrt

Hello, Und hallo
Willkommen zu meinem Blog.
Ich fange jetzt an von Rennen zu berichten:
Im Moment bin ich im Baskenland. Heute war die erste Etappe. Wie immer geht es im Baskenland immerzu Berg hoch und Berg runter.
Heute ging die Gruppe direkt nach dem Start. Ab dem ersten Berg ist Lampre dann hinterher gefahren und das ziehmlich schnell. Das hat dann schon schön weh getan. oben am Berg war ich noch am Feld. Als es aber dann nach der Abfahrt auf die flache ging hatte ich noch soviel Lactat, dass ich den Antritt (Spurt) des Feldes nich mitgehen konnte. Daraufhin musste ich ganz schön lange quälen, um wieder ans Feld zu kommen.
Dann ging es langsam besser. Ich hab hie und da noch nen paar Flaschen gehohlt. Und die Manschaft unterstützt.
Am Ende ab ich mich dann in den finalen Bergen ins Grupetto verabschiedet.
Das Kneesi (Christian Knees), mein Zimmerkollege 4ter geworden ist freut mich natürlich auch sehr.
So jetzt gehts ins Bett.
Bis denn

49th Vuelta al País Vasco - ProT: Offical Site

En Español:

http://vueltapaisvasco.diariovasco.com/

to translate the Website to your language go to Google Translate:

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and enter the web page URL of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco.

Pays Basque

1st try to Blog...
the first stage will start in just over 2 hours..
Yeer