30 de abr. de 2012

Giro d'Italia 2012










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27 de abr. de 2012

Le Tour de France 2012



































The route

Running from Saturday June 30th to Sunday July 22th 2012, the 99th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,479 kilometres.
These stages have the following profiles:
  • 9 flat stages
  • 4 medium mountain stages - one with a summit finish
  • 5 mountain stages - two with a summit finish
  • 2 individual time-trial stages
  • 1 prologue
  • 2 rest days

Distinctive aspects of the race

The 2012 Tour de France will have 25 mountain level two, level one or highest level mountain passes or summit fi nishes.
They will be divided up geographically in the following way:
  • 1 in the Vosges
  • 3 in the Jura
  • 4 in the Swiss Jura
  • 6 in the Alps
  • 11 in the Pyrenees

9 new stage towns

Abbeville, Annonay Davézieux, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, La Planche des Belles Filles, Peyragudes, Porrentruy, Samatan, Tomblaine, Visé

The stages
Stage Type Date Start and Finish Distance
P Prologue Saturday 30 June Liège > Liège 6.1 km
1 Plain Sunday 1 July Liège > Seraing 198 km
2 Plain Monday 2 July Visé > Tournai 207 km
3 Medium mountains Tuesday 3 July Orchies > Boulogne-sur-Mer 197 km
4 Plain Wednesday 4 July Abbeville > Rouen 214 km
5 Plain Thursday 5 July Rouen > Saint-Quentin 197 km
6 Plain Friday 6 July Épernay > Metz 210 km
7 Medium mountains Saturday 7 July Tomblaine > La Planche des Belles Filles 199 km
8 Medium mountains Sunday 8 July Belfort > Porrentruy 154 km
9 Individual time-trial Monday 9 July Arc-et-Senans > Besançon 38 km
10 High Mountains Wednesday 11 July Mâcon > Bellegarde-sur-Valserine 194 km
11 High Mountains Thursday 12 July Albertville > La Toussuire - Les Sybelles 140 km
12 Medium mountains Friday 13 July Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne > Annonay Davézieux 220 km
13 Plain Saturday 14 July Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux > Le Cap d’Agde 215 km
14 High Mountains Sunday 15 July Limoux > Foix 192 km
15 Plain Monday 16 July Samatan > Pau 160 km
16 High Mountains Wednesday 18 July Pau > Bagnères-de-Luchon 197 km
17 High Mountains Thursday 19 July Bagnères-de-Luchon > Peyragudes 144 km
18 Plain Friday 20 July Blagnac > Brive-la-Gaillarde 215 km
19 Individual time-trial Saturday 21 July Bonneval > Chartres 52 km
20 Plain Sunday 22 July Rambouillet > Paris Champs-Élysées 130 km



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23 de abr. de 2012

F1 - GP of Bahrain 2012



Kimi Räikkönen, Jenson Button
Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton

 Kamui Kobayashi, Bruno Senna

Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa

Kimi Räikkönen, Mark Webber

Romain Grosjean, Lewis Hamilton

Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Räikkönen



Kimi Räikkönen, Sebastian Vettel, Romain Grosjean, Christian Horner

Christian Horner, Sebastian Vettel



Pos   No  Driver                       Team                               Laps     Time/Retired       Grid   Pts
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 57 1:35:10.990 1 25
2 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 57 +3.3 secs 11 18
3 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 57 +10.1 secs 7 15
4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 57 +38.7 secs 3 12
5 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 57 +55.4 secs 5 10
6 11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 57 +57.5 secs 10 8
7 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 57 +57.8 secs 9 6
8 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 57 +58.9 secs 2 4
9 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 57 +64.9 secs 14 2
10 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 57 +71.4 secs 22 1
11 15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 57 +72.7 secs 8
12 12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 57 +76.5 secs 13
13 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 57 +90.3 secs 12
14 17 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 57 +93.7 secs 17
15 16 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 56 +1 Lap 6
16 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 56 +1 Lap 18
17 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 56 +1 Lap 16
18 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 55 Exhaust/differential 4
19 24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 55 +2 Laps 23
20 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 55 +2 Laps 20
21 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 55 +2 Laps 24
22 19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 54 Retired 15
Ret 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 25 Puncture 21
Ret 25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 24 Engine 19
Note - Maldonado qualified 17th, Schumacher 18th. Both dropped five grid places as penalty for an unscheduled gearbox changes.

Pos   Team                                Points
1 Red Bull Racing-Renault 101
2 McLaren-Mercedes 92
3 Lotus-Renault 57
4 Ferrari 45
5 Mercedes 37
6 Sauber-Ferrari 31
7 Williams-Renault 18
8 Force India-Mercedes 17
9 STR-Ferrari 6
10 Marussia-Cosworth 0
11 Caterham-Renault 0
12 HRT-Cosworth 0


Pos   Driver                        Nationality   Team                                Points
1 Sebastian Vettel German Red Bull Racing-Renault 53
2 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 49
3 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull Racing-Renault 48
4 Jenson Button British McLaren-Mercedes 43
5 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 43
6 Nico Rosberg German Mercedes 35
7 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Lotus-Renault 34
8 Romain Grosjean French Lotus-Renault 23
9 Sergio Perez Mexican Sauber-Ferrari 22
10 Paul di Resta British Force India-Mercedes 15
11 Bruno Senna Brazilian Williams-Renault 14
12 Kamui Kobayashi Japanese Sauber-Ferrari 9
13 Jean-Eric Vergne French STR-Ferrari 4
14 Pastor Maldonado Venezuelan Williams-Renault 4
15 Daniel Ricciardo Australian STR-Ferrari 2
16 Nico Hulkenberg German Force India-Mercedes 2
17 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 2
18 Michael Schumacher German Mercedes 2
19 Timo Glock German Marussia-Cosworth 0
20 Charles Pic French Marussia-Cosworth 0
21 Vitaly Petrov Russian Caterham-Renault 0
22 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish Caterham-Renault 0
23 Pedro de la Rosa Spanish HRT-Cosworth 0
24 Narain Karthikeyan Indian HRT-Cosworth 0

Sebastian Vettel - GER
Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel

I think it was an incredible race. Extremely tough. Sometimes we had a decent gap but still even from the start we had a very good start, which was crucial. I was able to pull away immediately and pull away from the pack. That turned out to be a big advantage because we always had to go on a used set of tyres as we used nearly all of them yesterday in qualifying. We could see, Kimi was getting through, he was very quick and so was Romain. A difficult race but with the strategy everything seemed to work so I can only say a big thanks to the boys in the garage. I said it yesterday: incredible job they’ve done over the first four races. The amount of work they had and that we gave them in particular because we weren’t happy with the car and we asked for little tweaks here and there and they came back with new parts, old parts, back with the new parts, back with the old parts, back and forth, so extremely tough and they spent a lot of hours in the garage trying to get the car to our liking and I think we got it this weekend together for the first time and I was very happy in qualifying and throughout the whole race to be fair. So given the fact that Kimi found a dealership somewhere where he got some new tyres from, which allowed him to start every new stint on new tyres, it was extremely tough to keep them behind us. Once he was very close and I thought he would get more than just one shot but it turned out to be enough and in the end I was even pulling away a little bit and I could control the last stint. All in all, very happy and very proud of the team.


Kimi Räikkönen - FIN
Kimi Räikkönen

Kimi Räikkönen

I think we gave ourselves a chance at least. It’s a bit disappointing that I didn’t manage to do it. But I made a small mistake at the beginning and lost one place to Ferrari. I had to re-overtake him and it took a little time. I got past the people quite easily but if you look in the end I think we still took too long and we couldn’t win the race. But at least we got the podium with both cars. After the last race we tried hard and failed and probably people thought we were a bit stupid. Even after yesterday what we did. But it turned out to be the right decision and I think the team deserves what we have achieved now. We have been working hard. We’ve not been 100 per cent happy with how the weekends have run so far but finally we’ve got some proper results for the team, so it’s an important step.
My car was the same the whole weekend. We tried two cars with different floors but I mean in the end I don’t think there’s much difference between them but for sure it looks like we did the right thing. The car cannot be too bad because we finished second and third, we’re still not happy in certain areas but that’s a pretty normal thing. You’re never really 100 per cent happy with things. You always try to find something new and improved. But, I mean, great thing for the team to finish second and third, so I’m happy for them but a bit disappointed to not have more, to not be able to challenge more for the win. I’m not winning but that’s life.

Romain Grosjean - FRA
Romain Grosjean

Romain Grosjean

It’s a strange feeling so far. I think I will be delighted tonight. But I’m very proud of the team, all we did in the race. We knew we had a good car but I think we were surprised at the beginning by how quick we were. And we chose a different strategy to Kimi. It turned out to be not too bad at the end. Our car is very competitive in what so far has been a very tight season. Every small detail makes a huge difference, so the team is working very hard bringing new pieces as well and then putting back the old and trying to see which one is the best - not always easy when you have so little running. But I think we can be very happy with what we did and personally I’m very, very happy to be on my first podium. It’s quite a good feeling I have to say! I was saying first points, then top five, then podium but I jumped one step. The next step will be victory but well, that will take time and now I think we can be happy and now we can have a week off to enjoy the time and to work a little bit at the factory and to find the six or seven second gap there was to Sebastian.


So nice see him in the podium:
Kimi Räikkönen


P.s. Sorry for the really late poste.

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21 de abr. de 2012

F1 - GP of Bahrain - Qualifying 2012



Pos   No Driver                        Team                               Q1             Q2             Q3           
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:34.308 1:33.527 1:32.422
2 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.813 1:33.209 1:32.520
3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:34.015 1:33.311 1:32.637
4 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.792 1:33.416 1:32.711
5 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:34.588 1:33.219 1:32.821
6 16 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:33.988 1:33.556 1:32.912
7 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:34.041 1:33.246 1:33.008
8 15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:33.814 1:33.660 1:33.394
9 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:34.760 1:33.403 No time
10 11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:34.624 1:33.510 No time
11 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:34.552 1:33.789

12 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:34.131 1:33.806

13 12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:34.601 1:33.807

14 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:34.372 1:33.912

15 19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1:34.466 1:34.017

16 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:34.852 1:36.132

17 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:34.639 No time

18 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:34.865


19 17 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:35.014


20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1:35.823


21 25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1:37.683


22 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1:37.883


23 24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1:37.905


24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:38.314




Q1 107% Time
1:40.380


Note - Maldonado qualified 17th, but drops five grid places as penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.

Sebastian Vettel

Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber

Sebastian Vettel



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18 de abr. de 2012

UEFA Champions League 2012 - Semi-final


ChelseaChelsea (Drogba 45+2)   1-0  BarcelonaBarcelona

Match statistics

Chelsea
Barcelona
1Goals scored0
1Attempts on target6
3Attempts off target13
1Corners8
5Offsides2
11Fouls committed9
2Yellow cards2
0Red cards0


chelsea

Chelsea

barcelona

Barcelona

1
ČechPetr Čech (GK)

1
Víctor ValdésVíctor Valdés (GK)

2
IvanovićBranislav Ivanović

2
Daniel AlvesDaniel Alves

3
A. ColeAshley Cole

4
FàbregasCesc Fàbregas
Substitution78
7
RamiresRamires
Yellow Card69
Substitution88
5
PuyolCarles Puyol (C)

8
LampardFrank Lampard

6
Xavi HernándezXavi Hernández
Substitution87
10
Juan MataJuan Mata
Substitution74
8
IniestaAndrés Iniesta

11
DrogbaDidier Drogba
Goal45+2
Yellow Card86
9
Alexis SánchezAlexis Sánchez
Substitution66
12
MikelJohn Obi Mikel

10
MessiLionel Messi

16
Raul MeirelesRaul Meireles

14
MascheranoJavier Mascherano

24
CahillGary Cahill

16
BusquetsSergio Busquets
Yellow Card76
26
TerryJohn Terry (C)

21
AdrianoAdriano

Substitutes

22
TurnbullRoss Turnbull (GK)

13
José PintoJosé Pinto (GK)

5
EssienMichael Essien

3
PiquéGerard Piqué

9
TorresFernando Torres

11
Thiago AlcántaraThiago Alcántara
Substitution78
15
MaloudaFlorent Malouda

15
KeitaSeydou Keita

17
BosingwaJosé Bosingwa
Substitution88
17
Pedro RodríguezPedro Rodríguez
Substitution66
Yellow Card71
21
KalouSalomon Kalou
Substitution74
32
BartraMarc Bartra

23
SturridgeDaniel Sturridge

39
Isaac CuencaIsaac Cuenca
Substitution87

Coach


Roberto Di Matteo (ITA)

Josep Guardiola (ESP)

Referee


Felix Brych (GER)

Assistant referees


Mike Pickel (GER), Mark Borsch (GER)

Fourth official


Manuel Gräfe (GER)

Additional assistant referees


Florian Meyer (GER), Deniz Aytekin (GER)

Legend:

  • GoalsGoals
  • Own goalOwn goal
  • PenaltiesPenalties
  • Missed PenaltiesMissed Penalties
  • reds_cardRed cards
  • yellow_cardsYellow cards
  • yellow_red_cardsYellow/red card
  • SubstitutionSubstitution



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