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RACE SCHEDULE 2010
2 to 7 March Vuelta a Murcia
6 to 9 April Circuit de la Sarthe
14 to 18 April
Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León
27 April to 2 May
Tour de Romandie
16 to 23 May Tour of California
4 to 11 July
Tour of Austria
31 July Clásica San Sebastián
10 to 14 August Tour de l'Ain
24 to 27th August
Tour du Poitou-Charentes
29th August
Chateauroux Classic de I'Indre Trophee Fenioux
Feature (p32) in Road Magazine
Review in Contra Costa Times
Interview in Recovox News
360 panorama in SFGate
Features . Interviews . PhotosConversations: recovery and bad news
Nuestras entrevistas de Chechu
Cycling fans travel guide
Christine's Vuelta Diary
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FANS: BRUNO ON VENTOUX
Last July, Bruno Lopez Vizcon ascended the legendary Mont Ventoux like a pro, returning next day - as a fan - to cheer on his team.
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CHATEAUROUX CLASSIC DE L'INDRE TROPHEE FENIOUX
29 August 2010
Result:
One day race, 165km. It was a sprinters' finish in Chateauroux today, with a large breakaway caught just a few kilometres from the line. Chechu finished 22" behind winner Anthony Ravard, in 91st place.
TOUR INTERNATIONAL POITOU-CHARENTES
24 to 27 August 2010
Results:
Stage 5: Niort to Poitiers, 197.6km And then came a bad day. Markel misses out on the overall, Chechu crashes (reportedly not serious) and RadioShack's stalwarts - Paulinho, Popovych and Rubiera - abandon. Zubeldia and Irizar finish 5th and 6th overall, however.
Stage 4: Latille to Vouille, 22.1km A good day for RadioShack with 5 men in the top 10, including stage winner, Markel Irizar. Chechu finished in 39th at 1'27" and now lies 79th overall at 2'55".
Stage 3: Quincay to Vouille, 95.7km A short stage and Chechu within the peloton. Going into this afternoon's ITT, he's lying 92nd overall, at 1'43".
Stage 2: Saint Georges De Didonne to Niort, 178.5km You have to wonder where Chechu's motivation is coming from these days. The team with which he has placed (and risked) his reputation appears lukewarm to his plans to race one final year and doesn't get invited to his national race. He's stuck in France with the prospect of one-day unknown draces in Belgium when he should be on his mountain, at least. Life sucks sometimes, and we are concerned.
Chechu finished 105th at 1'28" and now lies 93rd overall at 1'43".
Stage 1: Chalais to Royan, 186.3km Team RadioShack drove the peloton in pursuit of a 15-man break, but it was a breakaway rider who crossed the line first in Royan. Chechu finished 121st, at 15".
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IN THE MEDIA
24 August 2010
Carlos Barredo wants to win for Chechu Rubiera on Cotobello, and Chechu is delighted. But he laments, "the saddest thing is that I won’t even be able to watch the stage because my team is registered to ride two races in Belgium during those days".
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CHECHU'S RACES THIS WEEK
23 August 2010
Chechu is one of three Spaniards - with Haimar Zubeldia and Markel Irizar - heading to central France this week for Team RadioShack. With Paulinho and Popovych in the line-up, it's a strong and pretty cool team.
Racing starts tomorrow at the four-day, five-stage Tour du Poitou-Charentes.
On Sunday, the team heads north to challenge the Châteauroux Classic de l'Indre Trophée Fenioux, a one-day road race.
Heads up! In September and October, Chechu will be racing in Belgium and France. We'll confirm the races as soon as we know.
UPDATED! CHRISTINE'S TOUR DE L'AIN DIARY
14 August 2010
News and photos from today's final stage encounter with Chechu and Team RadioShack.
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Also Christine's photo album on Facebook
Photograph © Christine and Roger Kahane for ChechuRubiera.info
TOUR DE L'AIN
10 to 14 August 2010
Photograph © Graham Watson, courtesy of Team RadioShack
Results:
Stage 4. Culoz to Belley 126.1km Brilliant news for Team RadioShack as Haimar Zulbeldia takes the yellow jersey on the final stage. Is 2/100th of a second the narrowest of winning margins ever? Congratulations to Haimar and his team.
Chechu led RadioShack's charge over Grand Colombier (HC) in the final 35km, and took 19th place on the stage, at 38". He finished 36th overall, at 8'09".
His next race is Tour du Poitou-Charentes, 24-27th August, followed by the Classic de l’Indre in Chateauroux on 29th August.
Stage 3. Montmerle-Sur-Saone to Arbent, 164.5km Not such a great day for Chechu, he lost over seven minutes on the toughest stage, and now lies 65th overall, at 7'38".
Stage 2. Le Parc Des Oiseaux to Trevoux 138.8km The sprinters' plans weren't thwarted today by an escape, as has happened previously on this stage. The peloton chased down the breakaway, which contained GC contender Tomas Voekler.
Chechu crossed the line within the peloton, and is now 26th overall, at 25".
Photograph © Christine and Roger Kahane for ChechuRubiera.info
Stage 1. Lagnieu to Saint Vulbus, 144.4km Team RadioShack pulled at the front of the main peloton all day to protect Zubeldia’s overnight lead. Time bonuses deprived him of the leader's jersey in Saint Vulbus, however. Vacansoleil will be defending tomorrow.
Chechu finished with the main bunch of 60-plus riders, same time as winner Stéphane Poulhies. He is now 29th overall, at 14".
Prologue. Amberieu-En-Bugey, 3km It was one for the spectators in Amberieu-En-Bugey last night, 3km in a little over 3½ minutes. The prologue was won by Chechu's team-mate, Haimar Zubeldia - his first stage win in 10 years. "I'm not a winner," he said. Where have we heard that before?
A fast time for Chechu too. He finished just 10" behind Zubeldia, in 37th place.
CONVERSATIONS WITH CHECHU 2010
AUSTRIA, 8 JULY 2010
Hola!
I am here (in Austria) suffering a lot ... my condition is terrible. I don't know why.
I haven't raced since California but I should be much, much better. Maybe the allergies, bad condition, bronchitis just 1 week ago, and Noah doesn't sleep much during the night. Everything together, BOOM!
But today I felt better (I passed from been very bad to just bad, it's
something!). Anyway, I do my best like always and wishing to finish this race
to see if I get better for San Sebastian.
I saw Veronika (@V_lancelover) today and 2 or 3 days ago. She is fantastic, she comes by train
for more that 2 hours and she walks maybe other 2 hours to watch the race. That's nice!
I hope you are well and enjoying the TDF. Sometimes I wish to be there. When I see the crashes and the terrible condition I have
now, I say THANK GOD!
Cuidate mucho.
Chechu
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SIGNED POSTCARDS 2010
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