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| Smowz |
Posted on 09-12-2011 18:59
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Before the Ctour leaves Belgium behind we take in a short 4 stage tour which gives Bpost and its talented cobbled squad one last chance to break their cobbled duck.
The opening stage of the De Panne Tour is the toughest though the lengthy second stage does involve one short sharp steep cobbled climb. The final 9km TT could well still decide things if the early stages haven't been decisive.
The three winners of the cobbled classics:
 Damien Gaudin  Tom Veelers and  Lars Boom are here.
As is last years champion  Thor Hushovd as well as a stage winner here last year  Adam Blythe
Pokerstars, Trilux and Tinkoff make up the cobbled numbers once more. Whilst Proximus have allowed  Mark Cavendish out to play!
Startlist
Spoiler Rapha Condor
1. A. Blythe
2. A. Bakari
3. H. Kiprotich
4. T. Last
5. I. Stannard
6. A. Tennant
7. E. Van Wyk
Koppert
11. T. Veelers
12. H. Dekkers
13. R. Flens
14. O. Freire
15. S. Langeveld
16. B. Traksel
17. L. Westra
Rothaus
21. L. Boom
22. T. Koep
23. A. Krieger
24. J. Novak
25. M. Vantomme
26. D. Vesely
27. F. Willems
Saab
31. T. Hushovd
32. N. Aistrup
33. F. Chicchi
34. P. Lavery
35. J. Lindgren
36. L. Persson
37. M. Westling
Bpost
41. P. Vanspeybrouck
42. N. Albert
43. R. Broers
44. S. Dillier
45. N. Maes
46. G. Van Keirsbulck
47. J. Van Loocke
Pokerstars
51. F. Nolf
52. D. Boucher
53. J. Degenkolb
54. A. Geslin
55. N. Ingels
56. R. Kluge
57. K. Van Impe
Focus
61. D. Gaudin
62. J. Adams
63. J. Debusschere
64. R. Hardy
65. A. Kirsch
66. C. Pineau
67. T. Skujins
Tinkoff
71. D. Kozontchuk
72. P. Brutt
73. P. Ignatenko
74. A. Khatuntsev
75. A. Markov
76. A. Ovechkin
77. K. Yatsevich
Trilux
81. A. Saramotins
82. A. Coyot
83. M. Eichler
84. S. Krauss
85. S. Tronet
86. P. Walsleben
87. R. Zepunkte
Proximus
91. M. Cavendish
92. J. Claes
93. N. Cohen
94. H. Ma
95. Y. Stoltz
96. L. Tommersen
97. M. Ulanowski
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| ember |
Posted on 09-12-2011 19:08
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Judging from E3, this should be another great one for Boom. The first stage is quite hilly, giving Boom a good chance to hold on to the best cobblers. Then he should blow them all apart in the final TT. But it will certainly be an interesting first stage, looking forward to the reports 
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 09-12-2011 20:03
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Silvan Dillier should win this.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 09-12-2011 21:06
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Boom has to be favourite here. If I don't win the first stage of this then I will be immensely pissed off.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 09-12-2011 21:17
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Hushovd started the season good, why not go on with that? |
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| beagle |
Posted on 09-12-2011 22:02
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CountArach wrote:
Boom has to be favourite here.
+1
I can only hope for few lower TOP10 places overall, Kluge could ride for himself (with good support of others) at least once per season...
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| roturn |
Posted on 09-12-2011 22:21
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CountArach wrote:
Boom has to be favourite here.
Hope you are right. Also hope that riders like Hushovd won`t get too many bonus seconds and Vantomme is taking care for the big points. 
Top5 and a stage win would already be great. But I wouldn`t say no to more.
Except of Boom and Vantomme it`s close to nothing in my squad. So I hope they are able to do some work in the peloton. Surely no sprint train in this race.
Edited by roturn on 09-12-2011 22:24
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| CountArach |
Posted on 10-12-2011 08:46
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Alright that rescues an otherwise dismall cobbled season for my team. I didn't think that it would go that way but with both BPost and Pokerstars in the break it was always going to be hard to find teams willing to drag the break back in.
Now I just have to hope that Albert can stay on his bike and I should be alright to take the win.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 10-12-2011 08:52
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Congrats to CountArach and Bpost. Well deserved after the bad luck in the earlier cobbled races. Albert should have this one wrapped up even with a crash I think.
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| Heine |
Posted on 10-12-2011 08:55
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Congrats to Albert on winning the race, can't see any way /apart from injury) that makes him loose this. Specially when you consider that he got the best team to help him aswell...
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| roturn |
Posted on 10-12-2011 09:35
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Nice win for Bpost.
I already knew in the first picture that this will be a totally fail for the other teams. ;(
Without a strong cobbled team it was impossible to catch these riders.
Now I have to hope for a 3rd with Boom and a stage win by Vantomme. |
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| viking90 |
Posted on 10-12-2011 10:00
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Wellwell, hoping for some good stage results then.
With Lindgren-->Aistrup-->Westling-->Chicchi-->Hushovd we may have a chance to do great in 2nd and 3rd stage.
And Lindgren doing well on the TT. |
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| beagle |
Posted on 10-12-2011 10:30
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shame Ingels couldn´t hold 3rd place, great ride by Albert, he was clearly way strongest
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 10-12-2011 11:42
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Great race, BPost winning is no surprise but Coyot in 2nd is. Without a crash he should easily take 2nd in the GC.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 10-12-2011 18:40
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Once again this season, things havent gone Blythe's way. At least Tennant is well placed for a strong GC position after the TT
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| roturn |
Posted on 10-12-2011 19:37
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This sucks a lot. Small cobbled section makes it a totally strange stage. At least the 4th is still possible...
Hope for a real sprint stage tomorrow and a good timetrial by Boom. Otherwise this race was horrible for me. |
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| viking90 |
Posted on 10-12-2011 19:53
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Well on the next stage you take the win and bonus second Hushovd, alright? |
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| beagle |
Posted on 10-12-2011 20:41
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what a nice surprise
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| CountArach |
Posted on 10-12-2011 21:25
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Nice win by Nolf there. I'm very happy to have Van Loocke on the podium.
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| Heine |
Posted on 11-12-2011 13:47
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Now that is more the Vantomme we're used to :-p Nice win by Proxiums here, did Waghlon set up a good tactic? :-p
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