Yes, Mark Cavendish is a stud. He managed to prove the doubters wrong by hanging on up the Poggio. And then he closed the gap to Heinrich Haussler just when it looked like Haussler was going to win it going away. He almost made it look easy. Impressive, that little Manx man. Haussler's having a bit of a breakout season too. Why is he not in the pool? Hushovd led home the sprint for third, giving the podium a lovely FGBC-ish look courtesy of Cervelo's black and red of Haussler and Hushovd. Full results and report over at CN.
The podium in the FGBC Spring Classics pool was less FGBC-ish and more of the white, blue, and red of RRR. Mike G claimed a rather conclusive victory with 1285 points, while teammate Kevin K grabbed 1035 points for third place. Pay attention girls and boys. Those guys are not going take the FGBC - RRR FGD Challenge lightly. Fortunately, David S managed to break up the RRR party with a 1045 point second-place showing. Those three currently find themselves atop the overall standings as well. Mike holds a 300 point lead over Kevin, with David just a little further back.
They're back at it on Wednesday in Belgium with Dwars Door Vlaanderen. And then there's a double-header on the weekend with E3 Prijs Vlaanderen and De Brabantse Pijl. Don't you love spring?
The finish:
The Top 30:
Cavendish 500
Haussler 450
Hushovd 425
Davis 400
Petacchi 375
Bennati 350
Galdos 325
Rossi 300
Paolini 280
Velits 260
Mondory 240
Elmiger 220
Van Avermaet 200
Kroon 180
Boonen 160
Bazayev 150
Gavazzi 140
Knees 130
Dean 120
Mori 110
Langeveld 100
Pozzato 90
Gilbert 80
Wegmann 70
Martinez 60
Scognamiglio 50
Geslin 40
Vaugrenard 30
Flecha 20
Visconti 10
Today's Results:
Mike 1285
David 1045
Kevin 1035
Jonny M 955
Matt 820
Adam 810
Brad 760
Chris A 730
Hal 705
Bill 660
Rick 625
Donna 615
Jonny G 555
Andy 550
Vic 490
Chris O 430
Rachel 430
Chris H 390
Paddy 380
Ian 300
Dallas 275
Darryl 260
Luke 130
Craig 40
Naomi 30
Overall Standings:
Mike 2470
Kevin 2170
David 2120
Jonny M 1885
Donna 1885
Rick 1880
Matt 1805
Adam 1780
Chris A 1770
Hal 1770
Paddy 1725
Bill 1625
Andy 1615
Vic 1570
Brad 1510
Ian 1400
Rachel 1365
Chris O 1260
Jonny G 1145
Chris H 1125
Darryl 1015
Craig 885
Luke 820
Dallas 590
Naomi 355
Saturday, March 21, 2009
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2 comments:
Cavendish is the new Robbie McEwen. I'm not sure what that makes Robbie McEwen... A very impressive acceleration. And a nice little dig at Boonen in his post race interview on CN.
Yes, I do love spring.
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