Great win by Hincapie!

big george!

george is a fantastic one
i like a lot of american driver like armstrong,leipheimer,horner,hincapie.
sorry i had not read your whole story in which season are you?

Damn nice win mate

the 2nd one, 2009

and Setzel 'damn' ?

Why Damn ...i was away from this forum for a while ..it's good to be back and have time for chatting ...and the 2nd reason for a damn because i really suck at cobbles i can't win there so damn !

GP E3 Harelbeke


Oh no! Hincapie has a puncture and he is out of the game


Cancellara doens't carre about that and he attacks


Gilbert is after him but is hard to get a huge gap as Quick Step has a lot of riders there ready to get those 2 back in the pack


But then are moves made by all the big names. The first one is Flecha


Now in front are 11 riders. Silence has there 3 riders, Rabobank and Quick Step with 2 and Gerolsteiner, CSC Saxo Bank, Lampre and Francaise Des Jeux have only one rider. No one from Columbia there


O'Grady is leading the group


3 favourites there. O'Grady, Cancellara, Devolder


O'Grady doesn't sprint and Cancellara looks like the big favourite now


And he wins! Quick Step are beaten


Stage
1. Fabian Cancellara Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5h21'09
2. Stuart O'Grady Quick·Step s.t.
3. Stijn Devolder Quick·Step s.t.
4. Karsten Kroon Gerolsteiner s.t.
5. Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux s.t.
6. Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
7. Alessandro Ballan Lampre s.t.
8. Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank s.t.
9. Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto s.t.
10. Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto s.t.

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Driedaagse van De Panne Stage 1


Burghadt tried an early attack


Pollack attacks, Hincapie and Eisel are after him


They caught Burghardt. Hincapie goes alone, Eisel stais with Marcus


Devolder makes later an attack and he caught Hincapie


In the second group are Breschel, Eisel, Burghardt and Hoste


Devolder fooled Hincapie and he is behind for the final sprint


So he is the stage winner. But Hincapie still stands a chance in the final TT


Eisel out-sprinted Breschel for the third place. Only the first 10 riders could finish in front of the pack the today. And the pack came after almost 3 minutes. Flecha and Langeveld finished in the pack


Stage
1. Stijn Devolder Quick·Step 4h12'00
2. George Hincapie Team Columbia s.t.
3. Bernhard Eisel Team Columbia + 47
4. Matti Breschel Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
5. Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto s.t.
6. Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
7. Kurt-Asle Arvesen Rabobank s.t.
8. Marcus Burghardt Team Columbia s.t.
9. Kevyn Ista Agritubel s.t.
10. Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto s.t.

Overall
1. Stijn Devolder Quick·Step 4h11'40
2. George Hincapie Team Columbia + 8
3. Bernhard Eisel Team Columbia + 59
4. Matti Breschel Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 1'07
5. Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto s.t.
6. Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
7. Kurt-Asle Arvesen Rabobank s.t.
8. Marcus Burghardt Team Columbia s.t.
9. Kevyn Ista Agritubel s.t.
10. Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto s.t.

Points
1. Stijn Devolder Quick·Step 25
2. George Hincapie Team Columbia 20
3. Bernhard Eisel Team Columbia 16

Mountain
1. Marcus Burghardt Team Columbia 8
2. Lars Boom Team Columbia 5
3. Andreas Klier Lampre 5

Driedaagse van De Panne Stage 2


The breakaway.


Cause of the strong wind we were really behind for the mass sprint finish


But sudenly Hincapie started to gain speed...


And we got in front. Perfect!


It's going to be a Columbia bussines. The question is Eisel or Cavendish?


Double for Columbia and it's Eisel who gets the win


Stage
1. Bernhard Eisel Team Columbia 4h39'39
2. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia s.t.
3. Romain Feillu Agritubel s.t.
4. George Hincapie Team Columbia s.t.
5. Roy Sentjens Silence - Lotto s.t.
6. David Kopp Cycle Collstrop s.t.
7. Stefan Van Dijk Française des Jeux s.t.
8. Stuart O'Grady Quick·Step s.t.
9. Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
10. Jeremy Hunt Skil - Shimano s.t.

Overall
1. Stijn Devolder Quick·Step 8h51'19
2. George Hincapie Team Columbia + 8
3. Bernhard Eisel Team Columbia + 39
4. Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto + 1'07
5. Matti Breschel Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.
6. Kurt-Asle Arvesen Rabobank s.t.
7. Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto s.t.
8. Kevyn Ista Agritubel s.t.
9. Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto s.t.
10. Marcus Burghardt Team Columbia s.t.

Points
1. Bernhard Eisel Team Columbia 41
2. George Hincapie Team Columbia 34
3. Stijn Devolder Quick·Step 25

Mountain
1. Arnaud Gérard Française des Jeux 12
2. Marcus Burghardt Team Columbia 8
3. Andreas Klier Lampre 7

Columbia train working its ass out

Haha Cav's flat stats suck

Great work btw

fantatic victory by eisel

Devolder vs. Hincapie. Decision follows after TT, so Hincapie should try to get some bonus seconds in stage 3, since Devolder is much better in TT.

i´m not sure but i think it´s very tight in the timetrial between george and devolder.
but i hope BIG GEORGE will win

Driedaagse van De Panne Stage 3


The breakaway.


We were the fastest train today. Maybe an another win?


Eisel is in front but Breschel is coming fast. Cavendish and Van Avermaet are there too


It's going to be between 4 riders for the win...


The win goes to Breschel, second Van Avermaet and then Eisel and Cavendish


Stage
1. Matti Breschel Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4h55'40
2. Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto s.t.
3. Bernhard Eisel Team Columbia s.t.
4. Mark Cavendish Team Columbia s.t.
5. Tom Veelers Skil - Shimano s.t.
6. Jeremy Hunt Skil - Shimano s.t.
7. Steven De Jongh Silence - Lotto s.t.
8. Jimmy Casper Agritubel s.t.
9. Kurt-Asle Arvesen Rabobank s.t.
10. George Hincapie Team Columbia s.t.

Overall
1. Stijn Devolder Quick·Step 13h46'59
2. George Hincapie Team Columbia + 8
3. Bernhard Eisel Team Columbia + 31
4. Matti Breschel Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 47
5. Greg Van Avermaet Silence - Lotto + 55
6. Kurt-Asle Arvesen Rabobank + 1'07
7. Kevyn Ista Agritubel s.t.
8. Johan Vansummeren Silence - Lotto s.t.
9. Leif Hoste Silence - Lotto s.t.
10. Marcus Burghardt Team Columbia s.t.

Points
1. Bernhard Eisel Team Columbia 57
2. George Hincapie Team Columbia 40
3. Matti Breschel Team CSC - Saxo Bank 39

Mountain
1. Arnaud Gérard Française des Jeux 12
2. Marcus Burghardt Team Columbia 8
3. Igor Abakoumov Mitsubishi - Jartazi - Protech 7

Jeez, finally done. I´ve been going on for three days to reading your story, from page 1 to 80. Thank god I´m finally done!
I really enjoy your story. You are better than GuidoMukk and all the others. You are just superb.
Good luck for the flanders and all the other classics. I think Hincapie will win Ghent-Wevelgem.

By the way, how come Hincapie have so high TT stats? I don´t think he is that good actually. It might be necessary for your result though.

Hincapie has a very decent TT, easily in the 70's. He rode a good time in California.

Good Luck Alex... Has Cav really not improved much in your career? Never seems like he gets the wins.

thanks yoejo and chrica Cav is now 71 flat (70at the begining I think) and he is only 80 in the sprints, so hasn't the best sprint stats and something more: in those 2 stages he couldn't took over Eisel, don't know why

that´s strange you told me that you use the first database of dankan as you told me that ich took this database too.and cav has 83 in sprint