Stage 6: Adelaide 90km

2010 Tour Down Under is Done:

Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM wins KOM
Luke Roberts (Aus) Team MILRAM 5th Final GC
Markus Fothen (GER) Team MILRAM 10 Final GC

Dom just completed his first Tour Down Under and first stage race of the season. Six days and 845 kilometers. This is a great start of the season for Team Milram. Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky wins stage 6, and Andre Greipel (GER) HTC-Columbia wins the Tour Down Under. Time for Dom to get a rest.

G'day - Danny

Luke Roberts Video Interview: Luke Roberts, plus there are many other interviews to select from.

Stage 6 Video Highlights (10:53): video

Team Milram News: English, Deutsch

Robert Förster diary: English, Deutsch

Read all of Down Under Diary entries by Björn Schröder: English, Deutsch

Map and Profile

Results stage 6:

1 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 1:53:20
2 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Sky
3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katusha
5 Andre Greipel (GER) HTC-Columbia
6 Allan Davis (Aus) Astana
7 Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Columbia
8 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux
9 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team RadioShack
10 Jose Rojas (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne

Team Milram:

15 Robert Förster (GER) Team MILRAM
19 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team MILRAM
29 Markus Fothen (GER) Team MILRAM
34 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM
81 Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM
115 Björn Schroder (GER) Team MILRAM

Final Classification:

1 Andre Greipel (GER) HTC-Columbia 18:47:05
2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne 0:11
3 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Sky 0:15
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katusha 0:17
5 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team MILRAM
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:21
7 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha 0:25
8 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:26
9 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Transitions
10 Markus Fothen (GER) Team MILRAM 0:27

Team Milram:

50 Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM 3:48
116 Robert Förster (GER) Team MILRAM 28:02
124 Björn Schroder (GER) Team MILRAM 33:00
126 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM 36:18

Year thats great

So now we just have to secure our 3 top guys 1st Lukes podium, secoundly Tommys KOM jearsy and 3rd Marcus top 10 place... so theres a lot of work for me in tommorrows crit...
Cheer me on it must work..(I think we had enaugh bad lick so far..)
Later...
Dom

Stage 5: Snapper Point - Willunga 149km

Luke Roberts moves to 3rd in GC, with a 2nd place in todays stage!

Markus Fothen 9th in GC, and 6th for stage.

Thomas Rohregger practically secures KOM jersy.

Enough said!

Map and Profile of stage 5

Stage 5 Extended Video Highlights:
Part 1 (09:17)
Part 2 (04:29)
Part 3 (11:31)


Team Milram News: English, Deutsch

Results stage 5:

1 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3:29:39
2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team MILRAM 0:02
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:04
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
5 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo 0:06
6 Markus Fothen (GER) Team MILRAM
7 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Team RadioShack
8 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Transitions
9 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Sky 0:09
10 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo

Team Milram:

66 Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM 2:21
81 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM 6:23
123 Robert Forster (GER) Team MILRAM 9:19
125 Björn Schroder (GER) Team MILRAM

General Classification:

1 Andre Greipel (GER) HTC-Columbia 16:53:45
2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:11
3 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team MILRAM 0:17
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katusha 0:20
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:21
6 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Sky 0:24
7 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha 0:25
8 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:26
9 Markus Fothen (GER) Team MILRAM 0:27
10 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana 0:29

Team Milram:

49 Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM 3:32
117 Robert Forster (GER) Team MILRAM 28:02
128 Björn Schroder (GER) Team MILRAM 32:34
129 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM 36:18

Luke Roberts 3nd in GC

Currently Aussie rider Luke Roberts (Milram) is 3nd in GC. I will be posting updates about the previous races that I am behind on tomorrow. Be sure to watch the race tomorrow.

Good Luck to Luke Roberts and Team Milram!

Stage 4: Norwood - Goolwa 149.5km

A fantastic ride by Thomas Rohregger! Thomas killed the KOM and earned some bonus time in the sprints. Robert Förster (GER) Team MILRAM got 9th in the bunch sprint. Andre Greipel (GER) HTC-Columbia ends day with third win.

Super day for Team Milram.


Stage 4 Extended Video Highlights:

Part 1 (09:52): Luke Roberts is interviewed. See shot of Dom. Looks like they are using Dom in the opening sequence. Thomas getting into a 5 man break that grows. Thomas dominates the KOM.
Part 2 (05:12): Thomas gains 1 second time bonus in sprint, 3 second bonus in sprint,
Part 3 (10:09): Peloton is back together. Radioshak riders, Lance Armstrong and Thomas Vaitkus attack with 10 km to go.

Map and Profile Stage 4

Team Milram News: English, Deutsch

Results stage 4:

1 Andre Greipel (GER) HTC-Columbia 3:30:29
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katusha
3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
4 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team RadioShack
5 Manuel Cardoso (Por) Footon Servetto
6 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Transitions
7 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
8 Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Columbia
9 Robert Förster (GER) Team MILRAM
10 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux

Team Milram:

25 Markus Fothen (GER) Team MILRAM
29 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team MILRAM
71 Björn Schroder (GER) Team MILRAM 0:50
72 Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM 0:54
126 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM 5:17
DNF Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team MILRAM 7:23

General Classification:

1 Andre Greipel (GER) HTC-Columbia 13:23:57
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katusha 0:20
3 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Sky 0:24
4 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team RadioShack 0:24
5 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 0:26
6 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:26
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:26
8 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana 0:29
9 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Transitions 0:30
10 Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:30

Team Milram

11 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team MILRAM
17 Markus Fothen (GER) Team MILRAM
35 Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM 1:20
110 Robert Förster (GER) Team MILRAM 18:52
126 Björn Schroder (GER) Team MILRAM 23:24
129 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM 30:04

Stage 3: Unley - Stirling 132.5km

Thomas Rohregger (Milram) takes the mountain jersey, on a day that Portuguese national champion Manuel Cardoso (Footon-Servetto)bests Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne,Spa)and World Champion Cadel Evans (BMC, Aus). The Milram riders in top ten were: Luke Roberts (Aus)7th, and Markus Fothen (Ger) 8th.

Stage 3 Extended Highlight Video:
Part 1 (10:45)
Part 2 (05:41): Start of video you will see Dom pulling and then Thomas and Luke attacking, and then Thomas getting the KOM jersy points
Part 3 (08:33)

Great day of Racing for Team Milram!

Map and Profile Stage 3

Team Milram News: English, Deutsch

Results stage 3:

1 Manuel Cardoso (Por) Footon Servetto 3:14:38
2 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne 0:01
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo
5 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
6 Michael Rogers (Aus) HTC-Columbia
7 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team MILRAM
8 Markus Fothen (GER) Team MILRAM
9 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française Des Jeux
10 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha

Team Milram:

14 Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM
101 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM 5:57
119 Robert Förster (GER) Team MILRAM 10:01
121 Björn Schroder (GER) Team MILRAM
130 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team MILRAM 15:11

General Classification:
1 Andre Greipel (GER) HTC-Columbia 9:53:38
2 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Sky 0:14
3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team RadioShack
4 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne
5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katusha
6 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
8 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana
9 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
10 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Transitions

Team Milram:

11 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team MILRAM
13 Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM
21 Markus Fothen (GER) Team MILRAM
118 Robert Förster (GER) Team MILRAM 18:32
127 Björn Schroder (GER) Team MILRAM 22:24
129 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM 24:37
130 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team MILRAM 31:30

Stage 2: Gawler - Hahndorf 133.5km

Dom suffered another mechanical today, putting him out the main bunch. Previous to his mechanical he did make an effort to bridge to the lead group, but was caught.

Milram's Aussie rider Luke Roberts got 8th, and Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM got 12th. Thanks to Robert Förster knowing he would not have it for the sprint finish today and telling Luke to go for sprint finish himself in the closing kilometers (read it in his diary). Andre Greipel (GER) HTC-Columbia took win number two. Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Sky got second and Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katyusha third.

Andre Greipel now has a 14 second lead in the General Classification.

Stage 3 is supposed to be good for breakaway riders, so hopefully Dom's bad luck streak has ended and he can get into a good move.

G'day - Danny

More stuff about today's race below:

Robert Förster's Diary: Deutsch, English

Team Milram News: English, Deutsch. They used a pic a of Dom.

Map and profile of stage 2

Video Highlights from Stage 2:


Middle part of race video

Last 10 km video

Results stage 2:

1 Andre Greipel (GER) HTC-Columbia 3:23:49
2 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Sky
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katyusha
4 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Transitions
5 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
6 Allan Davis (Aus) Astana
7 Danilo Wyss (SUI) BMC Racing Team
8 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team MILRAM
9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
10 Jose Rojas (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne

Team Milram:

12 Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM
28 Markus Fothen (GER) Team MILRAM
39 Robert Förster (GER) Team MILRAM
128 Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM 3:42
130 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team MILRAM 7:38
131 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM

General Classification:

1 Andre Greipel (GER) HTC-Columbia 6:38:59
2 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Sky 0:14
3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team RadioShack
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katyusha 0:16
5 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
6 Danilo Wyss (SUI) BMC Racing Team 0:20
7 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
9 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Transitions
10 Jose Rojas (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne

Team Milram:

12 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team MILRAM
13 Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM
36 Markus Fothen (GER) Team MILRAM
95 Robert Förster (GER) Team MILRAM 8:42
128 Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM 12:24
130 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team MILRAM 16:20
132 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM 18:41

Stage 1: Clare - Tanunda 141km

As Dom posted he had a mechanical that contributed to him getting last on stage 1. Thomas Rohregger attacked late in the race and was solo for a while and was caught with a little less than 10 km to go. The climb up Menglers Hill proved to hard today for Milram sprinter Robert Förster.

HTC-Columbia's Andre Greipel (Ger) won the bunch sprint.

I hope Dom has better luck today!

Listen to live streaming audio of all the stages (English). This link opens directly in your windows media player: Streaming Tour Down Under. Must have windows media player installed on your computer.


Robert Förster diary: Deutsch, English

Map and Profile

Team Milram News: English, Deutsch

Video Highlights from Stage 1:


Results stage 1:

1 Andre Greipel (Ger) HTC-Columbia 3:15:30
2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team RadioShack
3 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
4 Danilo Wyss (SUI) BMC Racing Team
5 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Sky
6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
7 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katyusha
9 Jose Rojas (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne
10 Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Astana

Team Milram:

17 Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM
20 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team MILRAM
58 Markus Fothen (GER) Team MILRAM
105 Robert Förster (GER) Team MILRAM 8:22
107 Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM
122 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team MILRAM
132 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM 10:43

Short Note

I got last today, but mostly because I had a mechanical just before the last climb...and since I knew that it wouldn't make much difference I did't give it all to catch back the "gruppetto".
Now I have enough time so maybee that helps me when I'm in a break...
OK
Later More
Cheers and no worrys
DOM

Cancer Council Helpline Classic: Rymill Park 51km

Talked to Dom last night after the race. He was not happy that things did not work out in the finale for Team Milram. Milram worked well as a team with Rabbobank to bring the 5 man break back that included Lance Armstrong (Radio Shack) and Oscar Pereiro (Astana). In the end it was Team Sky that dominated the final 2 laps to take the win. Even though he was not happy with the team's results, he says his fitness is good for this time of year.

Read Team Milram report here: English, Deutsch

Robert Forester's diary: English, Deutsch.

Video Highlights from the race:


Today is a day off from racing and Tuesday the Tour Down Under begins.

Results:
1. Gregory Henderson (NZL) Team SKY 1.04'33"
2. Christopher Sutton (AUS) Team SKY
3. Andre Greipel (GER) Columbia HTC
4. Robbie McEwen (AUS) Katush
5. Baden Cooke (AUS) Saxo Bank
6. Graeme Brown (AUS) Rabobank
7. Allan Davis (AUS) Astana
8. Jose Rojas Gil (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne
9. Anthony Ravard (FRA) Ag2r
10. Manuel Cardoso (ITA) Footon - Servetto

Team Milram

23. Wim Stroetinga (NED) Team MILRAM
24. Robert Förster (GER) Team MILRAM
76. Luke Roberts (AUS) Team MILRAM
90. Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM
111. Markus Fothen (GER) Team MILRAM
116. Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM
131. Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM

Tour Down Under (Pro-Tour)

Dom starts the 12th edition of the Tour Down Under this coming Tuesday. Six day of racing covering 795.5 km. This stage race is coined as a sprinters stage race. The Milram linup the tour Down Under is:

Robert Förster (GER/Leipzig), Markus Fothen (GER/Neuss), Luke Roberts (AUS/Kerpen), Dominik Roels (GER/Köln) Thomas Rohregger (AUT/Innsbruck), Björn Schröder (GER/Berlin), Wim Stroetinga (NED/Drachten)

Directeur Sportif: Vittorio Algeri (ITA)

Today (as I am writing this) they are racing the The Cancer Council Helpline Classic, in Adelaide, South Australia, a 51 km one day race. This race also doubles as a preview to part of the Tour Down Under stage 6 course.

Read Team Milram's news out the Upcoming Tour here: English, Deutsch.

Cyclingnews.com coverage of Team Milram at Tour Down Under

Robert Forester's diary on radsport-news.com (English, Deutsch)

This years edition has many big names participating so be sure to watch.

Check out Steephill.tv's page for the Tour Down Under to find out about the various ways you can watch the race.

Here is the Map and profile of today's race.

Dominik has one Grand Tour completed and a good winter of training, so lets all hope Dom has a good start to an exciting 2010 season.

and A Happy New Year...

a little late...sorry
But finally I get my fingers moving to tipe ... even if I'm tires as hag... maybe still a little jetleg...but yeeeea I'm in Austrailia in the beautiful town of Adelaide. Today we did some 4 houres with about 40 Celcius. But tomorrow it will be cooler. Well Sunday is the Crit. newt Tuesday the Tour starts... until than some more nice Trainingrides are sceduled.
Well I'm super exited. Think we have a great team here. Also Mr. Armstrong (my first race with him) exites me... well but I'm focused in myself and will also not let lance pass me easyly;)
Ok
Later more...Also some pics I hope.
Bye and Cheers
Dom