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Posted on 03-06-2012 17:19

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valverde321 wrote:
Love this! And the results seem to be extremely realistic

Cant wait for the next reports!

I seem to remember you writing that the 2007 Tour was your favourite one

Well, that makes two of us!

A thing that's not realistic about this story, is that the riders don't do victory celebrations. It's very annoying, because any photogallery from any stage should have a celebration pic.

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Posted on 03-06-2012 17:32

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Close battle for the green jersey

But I think Boonen will wear that jersey in Paris

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Posted on 03-06-2012 17:38

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If he survives in the mountains, that is

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Posted on 03-06-2012 18:07

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Great story and a very close sprint. Although i think you'll find the tour was in Europe all along

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Geezar10 wrote:
Great story and a very close sprint. Although i think you'll find the tour was in Europe all along

Thanks!

As an Englishman you would know that you guys refer to mainland Europe as just Europe, and don't regard yourselves as part of it

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Stage 3
Waregem - Compiègne
236.5 km
Tuesday 10 July

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This was the longest stage in this year’s Tour de France. After yesterday's stage in Flanders, the peloton entered France today along some of the roads used for the Paris-Roubaix race. i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac43/christian_gr/tour07/stu.jpg

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One man with fond memories of today's finishing town, where Paris-Roubaix starts, was Stuart O'Grady, the current king of the cobbles.

"I wouldn't mind if the Tour went over a few sections of cobbles, I guess. I haven't been here since I won Roubaix, so it'll bring back a few good memories for sure", O'Grady said.

Usually by now in the Tour de France, we will have seen the Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen (Predictor - Lotto) bag a stage win or at least stamp his mark on the race in one way or another. So far this year, the Aussie has been remarkably quiet, with a 4th and a 10th place in the two sprint finishes we've had until now. Maybe today would prove to be a day for McEwen?

His team certainly thought so, as they were among the chasers limiting the advantage of the five-man breakaway that eventually got away after a hectic start to the stage.

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Predictor - Lotto still had faith in McEwen. Johan Van Summeren did a good job pulling the peloton along.

With only one 4th category climb on the stage, Pérez' polkadot jersey was still safe on his shoulders. Almost surprisingly, you could say, the Basque rider wasn't part of today's break. When the escapees had surrendered to the might of the peloton, the sprinters got another challenge to deal with. Tour of Flanders-winner Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) decided to have a go!

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Alessandro Ballan sensed an opportunity!

After some initial confusion back in the peloton, the sprint trains got their steam going again. It was touch and go whether Ballan would make it! Had he spoiled the day for Boonen & co?

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Tom Boonen (Quickstep - Innergetic) came powering past Ballan on the run-in!

Ballan was caught within sight of the finishing line as the sprinters launched their final dash for the line. Boonen was heading for the win, but just as the Belgian was about to put his arms in the air to celebrate his second stage victory, someone popped out from nowhere!

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Robbie McEwen (Predictor - Lotto) came from far behind to nick the win from Boonen on the line!

We had just witnessed a McEwen special! He was invisible until the last metres, where his incredible acceleration took him past everyone!

McEwen had this to say about his 12th win in a Tour de France:
"My teammates did an amazing job. I felt like I was dying, but everybody was. It was a very hard stage."

As a consolation for Tom Boonen, he's back in green. The other jerseys are unchanged. With the bonuses for 2nd place, Boonen is edging closer to the yellow jersey.

Stage results

1	Robbie McEwen	Predictor - Lotto	5h20'28
2	Tom Boonen	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
3	Thor Hushovd	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
4	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	s.t.
5	Óscar Freire	Rabobank	s.t.
6	Robert Hunter	Barloworld	s.t.
7	Filippo Pozzato	Liquigas	s.t.
8	Alessandro Ballan	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
9	Romain Feillu	Agritubel	s.t.
10	Daniele Bennati	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
11	Mark Cavendish	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
12	Sébastien Chavanel	Française des Jeux	s.t.
13	Robert Förster	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
14	Anthony Geslin	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.
15	Sébastien Hinault	Crédit Agricole	s.t.

Spoiler:

16	Gert Steegmans	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
17	Kim Kirchen	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
18	David Millar	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
19	Stefan Schumacher	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
20	Marcus Burghardt	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
21	Sylvain Chavanel	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	s.t.
22	Thomas Voeckler	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.
23	Philippe Gilbert	Française des Jeux	s.t.
24	Christophe Le Mével	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
25	Matteo Tosatto	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
26	Patxi Vila	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
27	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	s.t.
28	Heinrich Haussler	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
29	Manuel Quinziato	Liquigas	s.t.
30	Tomas Vaitkus	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Steven De Jongh	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
32	Laurent Lefèvre	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.
33	Francisco José Ventoso	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
34	Leif Hoste	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
35	José Iván Gutiérrez	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
36	Bradley Wiggins	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	s.t.
37	Sergueï Ivanov	Astana Team	s.t.
38	Bernhard Eisel	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
39	Vladimir Karpets	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
40	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Barloworld	s.t.
41	Alejandro Valverde	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
42	Óscar Pereiro	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
43	Cadel Evans	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
44	Jens Voigt	Team CSC	s.t.
45	Sandy Casar	Française des Jeux	s.t.
46	Alexandre Vinokourov	Astana Team	s.t.
47	William Bonnet	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
48	Bert Grabsch	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
49	Michael Rogers	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
50	Chris Horner	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
51	Andriy Grivko	Team Milram	s.t.
52	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Team CSC	s.t.
53	Patrik Sinkewitz	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
54	Johan Vansummeren	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
55	Fabian Wegmann	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
56	Sébastien Rosseler	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
57	Enrico Poitschke	Team Milram	s.t.
58	Markus Fothen	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
59	Benoît Vaugrenard	Française des Jeux	s.t.
60	Patrice Halgand	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
61	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	s.t.
62	Bram Tankink	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
63	David De la Fuente	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
64	Andreas Klöden	Astana Team	s.t.
65	Fred Rodriguez	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
66	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Team	s.t.
67	Nicolas Portal	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
68	Jérôme Pineau	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.
69	Danilo Napolitano	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
70	Julian Dean	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
71	Dmitriy Fofonov	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
72	Carlos Barredo	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
73	Lilian Jégou	Française des Jeux	s.t.
74	Daniel Navarro	Astana Team	s.t.
75	Murilo Fischer	Liquigas	s.t.
76	Cédric Vasseur	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
77	Juan Manuel Gárate	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
78	Staf Scheirlinckx	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	s.t.
79	Alberto Ongarato	Team Milram	s.t.
80	Wim Vansevenant	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
81	Yaroslav Popovych	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
82	Mario Aerts	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
83	Mickaël Delage	Française des Jeux	s.t.
84	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
85	David Zabriskie	Team CSC	s.t.
86	Anthony Charteau	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
87	Christian Knees	Team Milram	s.t.
88	Haimar Zubeldia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
89	Vladimir Gusev	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
90	Michael Albasini	Liquigas	s.t.
91	Axel Merckx	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
92	Juan Antonio Flecha	Rabobank	s.t.
93	Alberto Contador	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Thomas Dekker	Rabobank	s.t.
95	Xavier Florencio	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.
96	Michael Rasmussen	Rabobank	s.t.
97	Paolo Savoldelli	Astana Team	s.t.
98	José Vicente García Acosta	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
99	Kjell Carlström	Liquigas	s.t.
100	Thomas Lövkvist	Française des Jeux	s.t.
101	Matthieu Ladagnous	Française des Jeux	s.t.
102	Rik Verbrugghe	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	s.t.
103	Carlos Sastre	Team CSC	s.t.
104	Christian Vande Velde	Team CSC	s.t.
105	Alexandre Botcharov	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
106	David Arroyo	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
107	Bram De Groot	Rabobank	s.t.
108	Antonio Colom	Astana Team	s.t.
109	Dario Cioni	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
110	Claudio Corioni	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
111	Frederik Willems	Liquigas	s.t.
112	Stéphane Goubert	AG2R Prévoyance	s.t.
113	Juan José Cobo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
114	Levi Leipheimer	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
115	Rémy Di Gregorio	Française des Jeux	s.t.
116	George Hincapie	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
117	Michael Boogerd	Rabobank	s.t.
118	Igor Antón	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
119	John Gadret	AG2R Prévoyance	s.t.
120	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Team	s.t.
121	Tadej Valjavec	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
122	Iban Mayo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
123	Pierrick Fédrigo	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.
124	Stef Clement	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.
125	Brett Lancaster	Team Milram	s.t.
126	Christian Moreni	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	s.t.
127	Denis Menchov	Rabobank	s.t.
128	Martin Elmiger	AG2R Prévoyance	s.t.
129	Bernhard Kohl	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
130	Cédric Hervé	Agritubel	s.t.
131	Christophe Moreau	AG2R Prévoyance	s.t.
132	Simon Gerrans	AG2R Prévoyance	s.t.
133	Fränk Schleck	Team CSC	s.t.
134	Juan Miguel Mercado	Agritubel	s.t.
135	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Liquigas	s.t.
136	Sylvain Calzati	AG2R Prévoyance	s.t.
137	Enrico Degano	Barloworld	s.t.
138	Pieter Weening	Rabobank	s.t.
139	Cyril Dessel	AG2R Prévoyance	s.t.
140	Manuel Beltrán	Liquigas	s.t.
141	Christophe Rinero	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
142	Nicolas Jalabert	Agritubel	s.t.
143	Juan Mauricio Soler	Barloworld	s.t.
144	Johann Tschopp	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.
145	Egoi Martínez	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
146	Geoffroy Lequatre	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	s.t.
147	Paolo Longo Borghini	Barloworld	s.t.
148	Mikel Astarloza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
149	Sérgio Paulinho	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
150	Rubén Pérez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
151	Linus Gerdemann	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
152	Mathieu Sprick	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.
153	Marzio Bruseghin	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
154	Alexander Efimkin	Barloworld	s.t.
155	Rubén Lobato	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
156	Ludovic Turpin	AG2R Prévoyance	s.t.
157	Iñaki Isasi	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
158	Iñigo Cuesta	Team CSC	s.t.
159	Alessandro Cortinovis	Team Milram	s.t.
160	Benjamín Noval	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
161	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
162	Nick Nuyens	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	s.t.
163	Marcel Sieberg	Team Milram	s.t.
164	David Cañada	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
165	Peter Wrolich	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
166	Sven Krauss	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
167	Grégory Rast	Astana Team	s.t.
168	Paolo Bossoni	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
169	Stéphane Augé	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	s.t.
170	Xabier Zandio	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
171	Ralf Grabsch	Team Milram	s.t.
172	Grischa Niermann	Rabobank	s.t.
173	Giampaolo Cheula	Barloworld	s.t.
174	Ronny Scholz	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
175	Charlie Wegelius	Liquigas	s.t.
176	Iker Camaño	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
177	Moisés Dueñas	Agritubel	+ 5'00
178	Ivan Parra	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	s.t.
179	Félix Cárdenas	Barloworld	s.t.
180	Eduardo Gonzalo	Agritubel	s.t.
181	José Luis Arrieta	AG2R Prévoyance	s.t.
182	Nicolas Vogondy	Agritubel	s.t.
183	Jorge Azanza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
184	Daniele Righi	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
185	Geraint Thomas	Barloworld	s.t.
186	Freddy Bichot	Agritubel	s.t.
187	Benoit Salmon	Agritubel	s.t.
188	Iñigo Landaluze	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 6'32
189	Francisco Pérez	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.

General classification

1	Fabian Cancellara	Team CSC	13h41'11
2	Andreas Klöden	Astana Team	+ 11
3	Tom Boonen	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 14
4	Rubén Pérez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 19
5	Thor Hushovd	Crédit Agricole	+ 23
6	Alexandre Vinokourov	Astana Team	s.t.

Spoiler:

7	Benoît Vaugrenard	Française des Jeux	s.t.
8	George Hincapie	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Sylvain Chavanel	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	+ 24
10	Cadel Evans	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
11	Bradley Wiggins	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	s.t.
12	Robert Hunter	Barloworld	+ 26
13	Vladimir Gusev	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
14	David Zabriskie	Team CSC	+ 27
15	Thomas Dekker	Rabobank	s.t.
16	David Millar	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 28
17	Vladimir Karpets	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
18	Alberto Contador	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	+ 29
19	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Team	+ 30
20	José Iván Gutiérrez	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 31
21	Manuel Quinziato	Liquigas	+ 33
22	Levi Leipheimer	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
23	Andriy Grivko	Team Milram	s.t.
24	Paolo Savoldelli	Astana Team	s.t.
25	Linus Gerdemann	T-Mobile Team	+ 35
26	Michael Rogers	T-Mobile Team	+ 36
27	Mikel Astarloza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 37
28	Sébastien Rosseler	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 38
29	Óscar Pereiro	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
30	William Bonnet	Crédit Agricole	+ 39
31	Rik Verbrugghe	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	s.t.
32	Christophe Moreau	AG2R Prévoyance	s.t.
33	Brett Lancaster	Team Milram	s.t.
34	Óscar Freire	Rabobank	+ 40
35	Kim Kirchen	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
36	Jens Voigt	Team CSC	+ 41
37	Filippo Pozzato	Liquigas	+ 42
38	Alejandro Valverde	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
39	Markus Fothen	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
40	Yaroslav Popovych	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
41	Marzio Bruseghin	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
42	Stefan Schumacher	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 43
43	Denis Menchov	Rabobank	s.t.
44	Juan Manuel Gárate	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 44
45	Martin Elmiger	AG2R Prévoyance	+ 45
46	Christian Vande Velde	Team CSC	s.t.
47	Gert Steegmans	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 46
48	Robbie McEwen	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
49	Laurent Lefèvre	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.
50	Stef Clement	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.
51	Antonio Colom	Astana Team	s.t.
52	Daniele Bennati	Lampre - Fondital	+ 47
53	Bert Grabsch	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
54	Tomas Vaitkus	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Carlos Barredo	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
56	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	+ 48
57	Philippe Gilbert	Française des Jeux	s.t.
58	Sérgio Paulinho	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
59	Bernhard Kohl	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
60	Haimar Zubeldia	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 49
61	Thomas Lövkvist	Française des Jeux	s.t.
62	Jérôme Pineau	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.
63	Chris Horner	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
64	Alessandro Ballan	Lampre - Fondital	+ 50
65	Egoi Martínez	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Stéphane Goubert	AG2R Prévoyance	s.t.
67	Christian Moreni	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	s.t.
68	Leif Hoste	Predictor - Lotto	+ 51
69	Dmitriy Fofonov	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
70	Sandy Casar	Française des Jeux	+ 52
71	Patrik Sinkewitz	T-Mobile Team	+ 53
72	Thomas Voeckler	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.
73	Juan Antonio Flecha	Rabobank	+ 54
74	Juan José Cobo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
75	Christian Knees	Team Milram	s.t.
76	Carlos Sastre	Team CSC	+ 55
77	Matteo Tosatto	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
78	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Team	s.t.
79	Mathieu Sprick	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.
80	Marcus Burghardt	T-Mobile Team	+ 56
81	Nicolas Portal	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
82	Manuel Beltrán	Liquigas	s.t.
83	Sven Krauss	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 57
84	Nick Nuyens	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	s.t.
85	Romain Feillu	Agritubel	+ 58
86	Johan Vansummeren	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
87	Sergueï Ivanov	Astana Team	s.t.
88	Heinrich Haussler	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
89	Christophe Le Mével	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
90	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Team CSC	s.t.
91	Fabian Wegmann	Team Gerolsteiner	s.t.
92	Xavier Florencio	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.
93	Michael Boogerd	Rabobank	s.t.
94	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
95	David Arroyo	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 59
96	Bram De Groot	Rabobank	s.t.
97	Fränk Schleck	Team CSC	s.t.
98	Tadej Valjavec	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
99	Mark Cavendish	T-Mobile Team	+ 1'00
100	Axel Merckx	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
101	Michael Albasini	Liquigas	s.t.
102	Pierrick Fédrigo	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.
103	Iban Mayo	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
104	David Cañada	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
105	Johann Tschopp	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.
106	Iker Camaño	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
107	Bram Tankink	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1'01
108	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Barloworld	s.t.
109	Grégory Rast	Astana Team	s.t.
110	Sylvain Calzati	AG2R Prévoyance	s.t.
111	Igor Antón	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
112	Cyril Dessel	AG2R Prévoyance	s.t.
113	Charlie Wegelius	Liquigas	s.t.
114	Daniel Navarro	Astana Team	+ 1'02
115	Patrice Halgand	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
116	Stuart O'Grady	Team CSC	s.t.
117	José Vicente García Acosta	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
118	Matthieu Ladagnous	Française des Jeux	s.t.
119	Patxi Vila	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
120	Juan Mauricio Soler	Barloworld	+ 1'03
121	Marcel Sieberg	Team Milram	s.t.
122	Simon Gerrans	AG2R Prévoyance	s.t.
123	Rémy Di Gregorio	Française des Jeux	+ 1'04
124	Iñigo Cuesta	Team CSC	s.t.
125	Benjamín Noval	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
126	Alexandre Botcharov	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
127	Staf Scheirlinckx	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	+ 1'05
128	Iñaki Isasi	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
129	Steven De Jongh	Quick Step - Innergetic	+ 1'06
130	Francisco José Ventoso	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
131	Bernhard Eisel	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
132	Murilo Fischer	Liquigas	s.t.
133	Anthony Charteau	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
134	Ralf Grabsch	Team Milram	s.t.
135	Paolo Bossoni	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
136	Juan Miguel Mercado	Agritubel	s.t.
137	Pieter Weening	Rabobank	s.t.
138	Robert Förster	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1'07
139	David De la Fuente	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
140	Cédric Vasseur	Quick Step - Innergetic	s.t.
141	Kjell Carlström	Liquigas	s.t.
142	Dario Cioni	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
143	John Gadret	AG2R Prévoyance	s.t.
144	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Liquigas	s.t.
145	Grischa Niermann	Rabobank	s.t.
146	Alessandro Cortinovis	Team Milram	s.t.
147	Sébastien Chavanel	Française des Jeux	+ 1'08
148	Michael Rasmussen	Rabobank	s.t.
149	Fred Rodriguez	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1'09
150	Mario Aerts	Predictor - Lotto	s.t.
151	Stéphane Augé	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	s.t.
152	Anthony Geslin	Bouygues Télécom	+ 1'10
153	Frederik Willems	Liquigas	s.t.
154	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1'11
155	Alberto Ongarato	Team Milram	s.t.
156	Lilian Jégou	Française des Jeux	s.t.
157	Claudio Corioni	Lampre - Fondital	s.t.
158	Xabier Zandio	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.
159	Christophe Rinero	Saunier Duval - Prodir	+ 1'12
160	Nicolas Jalabert	Agritubel	+ 1'13
161	Sébastien Hinault	Crédit Agricole	+ 1'14
162	Julian Dean	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
163	Enrico Poitschke	Team Milram	s.t.
164	Ludovic Turpin	AG2R Prévoyance	s.t.
165	Paolo Longo Borghini	Barloworld	+ 1'15
166	Giampaolo Cheula	Barloworld	s.t.
167	Danilo Napolitano	Lampre - Fondital	+ 1'16
168	Wim Vansevenant	Predictor - Lotto	+ 1'17
169	Enrico Degano	Barloworld	+ 1'18
170	Peter Wrolich	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 1'19
171	Rubén Lobato	Saunier Duval - Prodir	s.t.
172	Cédric Hervé	Agritubel	+ 1'34
173	Geraint Thomas	Barloworld	+ 5'43
174	Nicolas Vogondy	Agritubel	+ 5'59
175	Moisés Dueñas	Agritubel	+ 6'01
176	Ivan Parra	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	+ 6'08
177	Daniele Righi	Lampre - Fondital	+ 6'09
178	José Luis Arrieta	AG2R Prévoyance	s.t.
179	Jorge Azanza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 6'11
180	Eduardo Gonzalo	Agritubel	+ 6'12
181	Félix Cárdenas	Barloworld	s.t.
182	Benoit Salmon	Agritubel	+ 6'26
183	Geoffroy Lequatre	Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone	+ 6'32
184	Freddy Bichot	Agritubel	s.t.
185	Mickaël Delage	Française des Jeux	+ 6'39
186	Francisco Pérez	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 7'28
187	Iñigo Landaluze	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 13'03
188	Ronny Scholz	Team Gerolsteiner	+ 16'44
189	Alexander Efimkin	Barloworld	+ 17'04

Points classification

1	Tom Boonen	Quick Step - Innergetic	85
2	Thor Hushovd	Crédit Agricole	82
3	Robert Hunter	Barloworld	81
4	Robbie McEwen	Predictor - Lotto	75
5	Erik Zabel	Team Milram	73

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#50

Posted on 03-06-2012 20:41

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Yes! I like McEwen a lot, great to see a win from him.
So far it's really realistic. And I like the journalistic way of presenting the results.

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#51

Posted on 03-06-2012 20:45

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Nice to see Boonen isn't dominating the sprints completely. I hope Hushovd can steal a win or two along with Cav before the end of the tour though. Great reporting so far, can't wait for the next stage.

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#52

Posted on 03-06-2012 20:49

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Robbie!

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#53

Posted on 03-06-2012 20:54

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Not sure if we should be congratulating you for the first stage win in the tour, in the 2nd stage, or wait more until we reach a more mountainous terrain (specially those finishing in a sprint)

So for now, I'll stick with congratulations for the reporting style and the pictures. They're amazing! I like how you're making all the pictures realistic, in angles and positions that they would have been taken by someone who was there. Oh and also congrats for the stats, they're proving to be very realistic

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#54

Posted on 03-06-2012 21:01

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lluuiiggii wrote:
Not sure if we should be congratulating you for the first stage win in the tour, in the 2nd stage, or wait more until we reach a more mountainous terrain (specially those finishing in a sprint)

You're absolutely right. It's like you're really following TDF (in a quickened pace, then).

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#55

Posted on 03-06-2012 21:03

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You do great so far! This could turn into my new favourite story, since 2007 Tour de France was one of the best along with the 2009 edition! I really like this way to report, it looks great and the text is very good.

Really look forward for the mountain stages.. So many memories

keep it up!

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Posted on 03-06-2012 21:06

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Apart from thanks, I think I'll just say:

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Posted on 03-06-2012 21:07

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Ian Butler wrote:
Yes! I like McEwen a lot, great to see a win from him.
So far it's really realistic. And I like the journalistic way of presenting the results.

It kind of helps that I'm actually a journalist

baia

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Posted on 03-06-2012 21:16

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Very nice.. you do a great job here...
Why didn´t BMC contacted you for their project ?

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Posted on 03-06-2012 21:20

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Squire wrote:

Ian Butler wrote:
Yes! I like McEwen a lot, great to see a win from him.
So far it's really realistic. And I like the journalistic way of presenting the results.

It kind of helps that I'm actually a journalist

That should help, indeed

Interesting choice of career! You sometimes do reports about sports?

#60

Posted on 03-06-2012 21:20

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Squire wrote:

Ian Butler wrote:
Yes! I like McEwen a lot, great to see a win from him.
So far it's really realistic. And I like the journalistic way of presenting the results.

It kind of helps that I'm actually a journalist

That should help, indeed

Interesting choice of career! You sometimes do reports about sports?