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Last Updated: Apr 15th, 2008 - 18:28:05 |
AN POST TEAM CONTINUE GOOD RUN OF FORM AT GP PINO CERAMI
By An Post PR/Greg Keane, modifications by Irish cycling.com
Apr 15, 2008,
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The An Post M Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly team put in another good performance at the GP Cerami in Belgium at the weekend, as the team continue to improve on the back of a great showing at the recent Tour of Majorca.
A strong field of 150 riders set a fast pace from the off that did not let up throughout the day. An Post team member, Daniel Lloyd, was in a group of seven that broke away with 20km remaining, but he drifted back from the front before a final sprint of 44 riders ensued, where Benny De Schrooder put in a great push to finish fifth. Lloyd was four places behind him, giving the An Post M Donnelly Grant Thornton Team two top-ten finishers. Daniel Fleeman was 38th and Viktor Folkesson was ten places further back.
Ireland's Paídi O’Brien and Mark Cassidy finished behind this leading group of 44 riders, coming in 1 minute 31 seconds and 1 minute 44 seconds back.
Overall, team manager, Kurt Bogaerts, is delighted with how his team have been performing of late. "We're riding really, really well at the moment and we're just looking forward to the upcoming races in Spain, where we hope to keep up the form we have shown lately."
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GP Pino Cerami (1.1), Belgium, April 10:
1, Patrick Calcagni (Barloworld) 194 kilometres in 4 hours 38 mins 22 secs (41.815 km/h)
2, Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step)
3, James Vanlandschoot (Mitsubishi-Jartazi)
4, Paul Moucheraud (Roubaix Lille Metropole)
5, Benny De Schrooder (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team)
6, Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing Team) all same time
Other:
9, Daniel Lloyd (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team)
38, Daniel Fleeman (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team ) each same time
48, Viktor Folkesson (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team) at 48 secs
61, Paidi O Brien (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team) at 1 min 31 secs
66, Mark Cassidy (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team ) at 1 min 44 secs
Upcoming races:
Tour of Extremadura, Spain, 23-27 April
An Post M Donnelly Grant Thornton team:
Paídi O’Brien (IRL)
Daniel Lloyd (GB)
Benny De Schrooder(BEL)
Daniel Fleeman (GB)
Kenny Lisabeth (BEL)
Frank Van Kuik (BEL)
Christian Muller (GER)
Vuelta Ascescion, Spain 1-3 May
An Post M Donnelly Grant Thornton team:
Daniel Lloyd (GB)
Daniel Fleeman (GB)
Benny De Schrooder (BEL)
Stephen Gallagher (IRL)
Mark Cassidy (IRL)
Isaac Speirs (IRL)
Ronan McLaughlin (IRL)
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