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This is No Vacation - Vacansoleil - Etoile de Besseges
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| SweatyViking |
Posted on 26-08-2012 15:22
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| SweatyViking |
Posted on 26-08-2012 15:23
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Thomas De Gendt
Thomas will be our spearhead who will try to achieve the almost impossible Giro-Tour double top 3. It will be awfully hard, but Thomas is a true fighter who will give all that he's got. It won't get many other chances in the spring, as he has to save himself for the Giro and Tour.
Wout Poels
Wout is the best puncheur in the team and will go for the Ardennes sponsor goals. If he has a good day, he stands a very good chance of making it happen. He will also be an important domestique for Thomas at the Tour, and he will also go for the sponsor-requested stage win in the Vuelta.
Lieuwe Westra
Lieuwe will race a mixed programme this season; leader and going for the stage win goal in the Paris-Nice, helper in the Ardennes, and a protected rider in the Giro, especially important in the TTT.
Björn Leukemans
Björn will be our leader on the cobblestones and will have to be in top shape from the start of the season, as the five star goal of winning the Omloop Het Nieuwsblaad comes early. He will also be going for top 10s in the Flandrian classics.
Romain Feillu
With barely no sprinter-orientated sponsor goals, Romain won't have much pressure on him this year. The Frenchman is no top sprinter, but he will race the Tour and the Vuelta and try to make an impact.
 How the season will look for the rest of the team hasn't been decided yet, apart from that Carrara, Ruijgh and Larsson will be helpers at the Giro, and Hoogerland, Lagutin and Valls in the tour. Marczynski will have a free role at his home tour and Marcato and Devolder will be a helper in the cobbled classics.
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| TomC |
Posted on 26-08-2012 15:55
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Good luck! Top 3 in Giro and Top 5 in Tour will be very hard  |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 26-08-2012 15:55
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Good luck with this Sweaty. |
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| SweatyViking |
Posted on 26-08-2012 16:05
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TomC wrote:
Good luck! Top 3 in Giro and Top 5 in Tour will be very hard
Miguel98 wrote:
Good luck with this Sweaty.
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| SweatyViking |
Posted on 26-08-2012 16:35
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Stijn Devolder released by Vacansoleil
Stijn Devolder has been released from his contract with Vacansoleil-DCM with immidiate effect, according to a press release from the team this morning. No official explanation was given, but according to our sources, Devolder was caught smoking marijuana in his hotel room during the team's training camp in Alcamo, Italy.
Vacansoleil have also been given a permit until January 31 by the UCI to sign one rider as a replacement for Devolder. It is still unclear who this rider will be.
Stijn Devolder's career has crashed.
Edited by SweatyViking on 26-08-2012 16:35
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 26-08-2012 16:36
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I'm gonna bet it's Dowbrowski. |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 26-08-2012 16:38
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EBH, Nordhaug, Hushovd, Kristoff
basically its gonna be a norwegian
or sagan
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-08-2012 16:40
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Great to see a Vacansoleil story, Good Luck |
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| SweatyViking |
Posted on 26-08-2012 16:48
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Vacansoleil sign Saramontins
Vacansoleil announced their signing of the Latvian cobblestone specialist Aleksejs Saramontins today. The were allowed by the UCI to sign one rider after terminating Stijn Devolder's contract, supposedly for smoking marijuana at a training camp. Vacansoleil manager SweatyViking was very happy with his new signing, saying: "Aleksejs is a very strong all-rounder. He will be very useful as a helper in the WorldTour races and on the cobblestones".
Vacansoleil's newest signing
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 26-08-2012 16:59
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Great! I hope this story turns out like I imagine it  |
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| SweatyViking |
Posted on 26-08-2012 17:05
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Race Plan
Leukemans is our leader here, as he starts his build-up to the Omloop Het Nieuwsblaad. Boeckmans will try to do his best in the sprints, and will be lead out by Markus, Leukemans and Mortensen. Denifl will assist Leukemans on the hilly stages. Marczynski will try to get the mountain jersey, while his countryman Morajko will be nothing more than a water-carrier.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-08-2012 17:06
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Hope the team have a Great race in Australia |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 26-08-2012 17:13
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Boeckmans should be able to win a stage, he's fast! |
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Stage 1
The riders at the start in Prospect
Our Polish champion attacked almost from the gun
But it was the other Pole in our team, Morajko who was given the peloton's mercy, along with Vermote (OPQ) and Reynes (LTB)
Only for a short while though, as four others caught up with them, causing the pack to panic. Urtasun and Burghardt attacked out of the group, while Morajko followed and eventually caught up with them, not without effort, though.
Our pole and Burghardt fought it out at the lone climb of the day, and while Morajko was surprisingly strong, he just came to late to edge out the German.
Our brave Pole would be dropped later on, but a few kilometres later everyone were caught.
We got our lead-out train with Leukemans, Markus and at the end, Boeckmans to the front with 3.5 km to go.
After a great lead-out by Markus, Boeckmans jumps just a little too late to overtake Ponzi, but gets 2nd, which is a good start.
1 Simone Ponzi Astana Pro Team 3h24'44
2 Kris Boeckmans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
3 Michael Matthews Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
4 Arnaud Demare FDJ - BigMat s.t.
5 Christopher Sutton Sky Procycling s.t.
6 Grega Bole Lampre - ISD s.t.
7 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
8 Tony Gallopin RadioShack - Nissan s.t.
9 Jonathan Cantwell Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank s.t.
10 Matteo Trentin Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team s.t.
Today's winner
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| SweatyViking |
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Stage 2
Morajko gets to wear the mountain jersey for a day as Burghardt wears the sprint jersey.
Marczynski, Castroviejo and Christensen get the nod from the pack.
The Polish champion takes the points on the lone climb of the day, ahead of Castroviejo and Christensen.
A little later, Christensen crashes and drops back, while Marczynsk and Castroviejo continue on.
With 35 km to go, Puccio, Rast, Quinziato, Geslin and Millar catch up with the two leaders.
As they get caught with 15 km to go, Txurruka attacks, and Denifl follows, but they get caught soon thereafter.
Then, Bole, Gallopin, Sørensen and Meyer get away. Leukemans catches up as the sprint starts with 1.5 km to go, but the peloton isn't far behind...
However, the effort left him completely dead in the sprint. Meyer takes a nice win, Leukemans takes 5th.
Results:
1 Cameron Meyer Orica - GreenEdge 3h45'06
2 Grega Bole Lampre - ISD s.t.
3 Nicki Sørensen Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank s.t.
4 Tony Gallopin RadioShack - Nissan s.t.
5 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
6 Martin Elmiger AG2R La Mondiale + 26
7 Moreno Moser Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
8 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
9 Michael Matthews Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
10 Joost Posthuma RadioShack - Nissan s.t.
GC:
1 Cameron Meyer Orica - GreenEdge 7h09'40
2 Grega Bole Lampre - ISD + 4
3 Nicki Sørensen Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank + 6
4 Tony Gallopin RadioShack - Nissan + 10
5 Björn Leukemans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t. SweatyViking
6 Simone Ponzi Astana Pro Team + 26
7 Kris Boeckmans Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 30 SweatyViking
8 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team s.t.
9 Michael Matthews Rabobank Cycling Team + 32
10 Mads Christensen Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank s.t.
KOTM:
1 Tomasz Marczynski Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team 16 16 SweatyViking
2 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team 12 12
3 Jacek Morajko Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team 0 12 SweatyViking
Points:
1 Jonathan Castroviejo Movistar Team 12 12
2 Simone Ponzi Astana Pro Team 0 8
3 Mads Christensen Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank 8 8
U25:
1 Cameron Meyer Orica - GreenEdge 3h45'06 7h09'40 (1)
2 Tony Gallopin RadioShack - Nissan s.t. + 10 (2)
3 Moreno Moser Liquigas - Cannondale + 26 + 36 (7)
Edited by SweatyViking on 26-08-2012 18:51
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| SweatyViking |
Posted on 26-08-2012 18:57
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Stage 3
Another chance for Boeckmans? |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 26-08-2012 19:06
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Use .jpg files insted of .png, as these (.png) take too long to load. Good luck with the story, Vacansoleil is always a nice team to play with.
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| SweatyViking |
Posted on 26-08-2012 19:12
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dienblad wrote:
Use .jpg files insted of .png, as these (.png) take too long to load. Good luck with the story, Vacansoleil is always a nice team to play with.
Thanks, I'll remember it |
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