Johan Landström är en av de riktiga slitvargarna i Team CykelCity.se. Han har haft otur med mekaniska problem och cykelbyten dom senaste två tävlingarna. Kanske vänder turen i södra Ardennerna? Foto: Team CykelCity.se
CHARLEVILLE-MÉZIÈRES, FRA ::: Team CykelCity.se finns på plats med ett fullt lag för det nordfranska tredagarsloppet Circuit des Ardennes. Den backiga tävlingen körs över fyra etapper med avslutning på söndag då två av etapperna avgörs. Förutom det svenska laget så finns även ett par svenskar som tävlar för utländska lag på plats. Team CykelCity.se’s sportchef Aike Visbeek rapporterar direkt från loppet från lagets servicebil.
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glud win…
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2 to go. Attack Glud DAN
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Still no CC in the back of bunch… They doing the work in top 20. Very fast speed now downhill and flat ending. All togheter now 5 to go
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44 sec… 150 guys heading in together to the finish town VOUZIERS
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20 km to go, looks like a bunchsprint coming up,riders to watch Flahaut (aikes tip) 56sec.
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1,37…. All 4 CC in top of the bunch. 25km to go.
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Nice feeling for Olsson,Balck,Lindgren and Bjelkmark…. Up in front in the bunch now
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Landstrom worked hard for t team and take it easy now for tomorrow
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29km to go… Still 4 CC in peleton
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First 3 hours… 45,5 kmph .. Now on last GPM
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3,00 min…now… Landstrom back to car… Catching cola and magnesium for the guys
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Counting down…5,42… FDJ france driving
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Totally stopped, no speed…2 leaders with 56km to go..6,20 min
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Smiling, Rönn back in business, very slow speed now, feeding zone,,,6 CC in front…Aike happy
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Landstrom back in business// 5 min ago he said he should cycling home by himself and catch up 2 cola from Aike…now 5 cc in front
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All together in front,4 cc still in the game
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CC paying the prise now for the chasing in t bwginning, Landstrom and Rönn dropped in a hilly section
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Second sprint directly after GPM, all together now, after chasing landstrom and ronn having problem but now back in the caravan.
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First GPM all together
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18 seconds
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Happy faces in teamcar…27 sec, only one problem now, we been cycling the easy parts now chasing and now soon we coming in on 3 GPM
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3 teams working now. 39 sec.
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Looking a little bit better… Katusha and cc in front now chasing…47 sec now
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Landstrom back to the car, crazy about the team which missed 30 person break
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1,10 now all team has cyclist in the frontgroup but not cc
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25 sec now, cykelcity only team in bunch working, not looking good
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Critical moment… First group of 35 no cc in it so we must work now
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Landstrom puncture… Back in pelaton now
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Break now of 12 … Landstrom in it
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Rabobank missed and is chasing now
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Very flatstart, crosswindscountry but no wind today
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Early break with 6 and Jimmy in it
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Today first stage of the circuit des ardennes. 164 km. Riders of duty are: jimmy, jonas b, lindgren, landstrom, sebastian, michael.