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Paris - Roubaix
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 05-10-2007 11:33
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Hello, and once again welcome to CrueTrue's live reports. Today, we are in Roubaix to follow the greatest classic of them all, Paris - Roubaix. Yesterday, we saw Tom Boonen win, and he will definitely be looking to defend his victory from last year. Time will tell if he manages to do so.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 05-10-2007 11:37
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Unlike yesterday in Gent - Wevelgem, today's race seems to be a bit slower, and with no teams who are really interested in leading the peloton at this early stage. This has also meant that 4 riders have been allowed to go. E1 consists of:
Bonsergent (AG2R)
Clesen (Acccumalux)
Cardenas (Carrefour)
Velo (Fed-Ex)
None of them will have any chance as soon as we hit the cobbles, though.
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Posted on 05-10-2007 11:39
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With 200 km to go, the gap is now almost 6 minutes. There's not much else to report. The peloton is led by several teams, and no one are struggling to keep up. |
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Posted on 05-10-2007 11:44
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On the first two cobble sections it has been Cycling24 and Ferrari who have upped the pace. The gap has decreased a little.
... and now, while writing this, Cancellara has punctured! He will probably be able to make it back easily, though.
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Posted on 05-10-2007 11:47
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Magenta's captain, De Vocht, has fallen! It will be interesting to see if it will have any impact on his performance today. He doesn't look too good -- seems like a broken collarbone.
(And Cancellara has made it back to the peloton. However, he's currently at the very back of a very stretched out peloton)
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Posted on 05-10-2007 11:58
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The break has now been caught. Carrefour is setting a really hard pace, and Nuyens from the Domina-team has just punctured. If he gets too far behind it may be difficult for him to get back up. |
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Posted on 05-10-2007 12:01
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With 100 km to go Carrefour has still not managed to eliminate that many riders. There are 93 riders left in the peloton, and I suppose that Carrefour has used up a lot of energy on their continious attempts on splitting the front group. |
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Posted on 05-10-2007 12:04
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Puncture by the 2006 Paris-Roubaix winner, Stuart O'Grady. His team mates are quickly stopping to "pick him" up.
Nuyens has managed to make it back, so O'Grady should be able to do it too.
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Posted on 05-10-2007 12:09
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With 50 km to go, there's still 90 riders left in the front group.. And I have to admit that it's been a pretty uneventful race so far.
And yes, O'Grady did make it back to the peloton. |
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Posted on 05-10-2007 12:11
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Finally the first serious attack! It seems like Carlsberg have listened to their team manager. At Gent - Wevelgem, it was O'Grady who attacked. Today, it's Eisel. No one tries to follow him, though, so it will be difficult.
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Posted on 05-10-2007 12:13
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Unfortunately for Eisel, Ferrari puts and end to his try.
Instead .. I can see a counter-attack coming. It's ... Boonen!
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Posted on 05-10-2007 12:16
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And he's followed by Ballan (Ferrari), Hincapie (AG2R), Cancellara (Accumalux) and Burghardt (Fed-Ex). Boonen manages to open a small gap to them, though.
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Posted on 05-10-2007 12:17
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With 20 km to go, the race situation is like this.
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Posted on 05-10-2007 12:18
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Is Boonen already cheering? No! He punctures!!
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Posted on 05-10-2007 12:20
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With 10 km to go, Boonen is now BEHIND the group which were chasing him before. He's caught between the front group and the peloton. |
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Posted on 05-10-2007 12:22
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The front group has now entered the velodrome. Boonen is doing everything he can to get back, and he's closing in on them. In a sprint, Boonen would definitely have won .. but let's see what happens. He's down with 44 seconds.
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Posted on 05-10-2007 12:24
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And the sprint is off! Boonen is still behind, and it looks like he's not going to play a role in the fight for the win. Instead, it's between Burghardt, Cancellara, Hincapie and Ballan. They are all almost equally good at sprinting, so this will be a very close one!
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Posted on 05-10-2007 12:25
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1 km to go! Burghardt has given up, but it's still very open between the last three.
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Posted on 05-10-2007 12:26
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And it should also be noted that Boonen isn't even sprinting. He has given up, he's frustrated. This seemed like a clear victory for him again, but no .. today, the luck just wasn't with him.
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Posted on 05-10-2007 12:27
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And the winner is .....
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