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Roberto Velásquez: The Story of A Legend |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 06-10-2012 07:54
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Good win for Roberto. He timed it perfectly. 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-10-2012 08:44
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sutty68: He surely did  thanks!
TimoCycling: I think the coach is very happy now 
FreitasPCM: Thanks, it's looking good for the Colombian National Championship, although his shape will drop down a bit more.
JuanMotr: thanks! I will 
Jakstar22: His coach is getting some sense into him, I think |
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 06-10-2012 17:44
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Great win and good fifth position on GC |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-10-2012 10:06
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Thanks |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-10-2012 10:13
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May 2012
We take a jump in time. Roberto participated in some races but his success story seemed calmed. He got some top 20 places, but nothing important. Of course, his shape wasn't 100% anymore. End May he started building up again for the Tour of Slovenia and the National Championship.
As any rider will tell you, an important part of a career is injuries. Roberto Velásquez suffered his first (minor) injury in May 2012, on a training camp. He fell hard when someone hit his back wheel with his front wheel. Result: a grazed wrist. He hoped to be alright for the Tour of Slovenia, but he wasn't too worried, as we deducted out of a letter to his (future) wife. Strangely enough, but typical Velásquez, he asks her to move with him to a far country (for her) one sentence after telling her about his injury. At first she was a bit angry because of the way he asked, but in the end, she said yes, and both have lived in Colombia for a very long and happy period. Of course, they also had a small house in Spain, where Roberto stayed many a month, training. His wife always at his side, in the background.
[...] a grazed wrist, but it's nothing big. I can still train, there's nothing wrong with my legs. I'll be going back to Colombia soon, though. Why don't you come with me? [...] |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 07-10-2012 10:19
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Seems like the perfect wife
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 07-10-2012 10:24
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She sounds too good to be true |
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 07-10-2012 16:19
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I am new to this forum but this story is shaping up real nice
Good luck and i like the how it is told
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 07-10-2012 16:26
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haha the perfect wife he's got! Goodluck for his future races! |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 07-10-2012 17:38
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Some great results! Nice GC win in Catalunya, and good result in Amstel Gold!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-10-2012 18:18
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dienblad: Indeed he's a lucky man.
sutty68: I agree
FroomeDog99: Welcome to the forum and thanks for following!
TimoCycling: Thanks mate
the_hoyle: Thank you. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-10-2012 18:19
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Tour of Slovenia 2012
One week before his first National Championship, Roberto rode in Tour of Slovenia. As in every tour he participated, he was noticed.
Stage 1 ended in a mass sprint. Roberto took some KoM points and would start stage 2 in the mountain jersey.
Stage 2
Roberto got quite some camera time, since he was the wearer of the KoM jersey.
On the hills, the tempo was high, but there weren't any real attacks. Roberto's form wasn't good enough to attack yet, he wanted to sit this one out.
And so a small group would see the finish line together. Roberto was ready for the sprint.
This brought Roberto's count up to 10 wins already in his debut year.
Result
| 1 | Roberto Velásquez | Colombia Coldeportes | 5h03'54 | IanButler | | 2 | Gianluca Brambilla | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | | 3 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 4 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 5 | Carlos Alberto Betancourt | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 6 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | s.t. | | | 8 | Luca Mazzanti | Farnese Vini Selle Italia | s.t. | | | 9 | Rubens Bertogliati | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 48 | | | 10 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | |
Stage 3
It seems as Roberto had blown his legs a bit on the sprint in stage 2.
| 1 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | 5h20'54 | | | 2 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | + 52 | | | 3 | Carlos Alberto Betancourt | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 4 | Gianluca Brambilla | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | | 5 | Luca Mazzanti | Farnese Vini Selle Italia | s.t. | | | 6 | Yonnatta Monsalve | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | s.t. | | | 7 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | + 1'28 | | | 8 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | s.t. | | | 10 | Alberto Losada | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | (...) | | 18 | Roberto Velásquez | Colombia Coldeportes | + 3'21 | IanButler |
Stage 4
A time trial of 16km. Roberto rode a good stage.
| 1 | Brett Lancaster | Orica-GreenEDGE | 19'26 | | | 2 | Jack Bobridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 7 | | | 3 | Svein Tuft | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 11 | | | 4 | Luke Durbridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 13 | | | 5 | Luca Ascani | Farnese Vini Selle Italia | + 14 | | | 6 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | + 15 | | | 7 | Baden Cooke | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 17 | | | 8 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 21 | | | 9 | Jason McCartney | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 25 | | | 10 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 27 | | | (...) | | 23 | Roberto Velásquez | Colombia Coldeportes | + 1'03 | IanButler |
GC
| 1 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | 14h21'30 | | | 2 | Luca Mazzanti | Farnese Vini Selle Italia | + 39 | | | 3 | Carlos Alberto Betancourt | Acqua & Sapone | + 41 | | | 4 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | + 53 | | | 5 | Marc De Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 1'01 | | | 6 | Gianluca Brambilla | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 2'30 | | | 7 | Roberto Velásquez | Colombia Coldeportes | + 2'32 | IanButler | | 8 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | + 2'42 | | | 9 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 3'45 | | | 10 | Alberto Losada | Katusha Team | + 4'12 | |
Points
| 1 | Baden Cooke | Orica-GreenEDGE | 44 | | | 2 | Gianluca Brambilla | Colnago - CSF Inox | 36 | | | 3 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | 35 | | | 4 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | 32 | | | 5 | Roberto Velásquez | Colombia Coldeportes | 31 | IanButler |
KoM
| 1 | Roberto Velásquez | Colombia Coldeportes | 56 | IanButler | | 2 | Fabio Duarte | Colombia Coldeportes | 44 | IanButler | | 3 | Stijn Neirynck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 38 | |
Slovenia had been another interesting experience for young Roberto, and he was ready for his very first National Championship!
Edited by Ian Butler on 08-10-2012 18:20
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 08-10-2012 18:21
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Thanks Ian
I hope he did win the National's |
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| Wild Dog |
Posted on 08-10-2012 18:26
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Bad luck on stage 3 but nice win on stage 2.
Hoping for a good result at the National's |
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 08-10-2012 18:34
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Nice win in stage 2! But he's still inconsisent, his coach will have to work on that!! Nice TTT though. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-10-2012 18:43
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FroomeDog99: Thanks! NC will be for Wednesday, most probable
Wild Dog: Thanks
TimoCycling: Yeah, he's still a bit inconsistent, but also quite young.
I can see why you'd think it was a TTT, but it was an ITT with a dominating Orica |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 08-10-2012 19:26
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Roberto looks ready to represent the team in his Championship. Perhaps he can take it home. |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 08-10-2012 19:31
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Great win. I can see him dominanting next year GT as this years Vuelta he will be for sure attacking as hell and blow his leg on first flat stages |
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 08-10-2012 19:35
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Ian Butler wrote:
FroomeDog99: Thanks! NC will be for Wednesday, most probable
Wild Dog: Thanks
TimoCycling: Yeah, he's still a bit inconsistent, but also quite young.
I can see why you'd think it was a TTT, but it was an ITT with a dominating Orica
Oh sorry I should've looked better haha, but Orica really dominating! Still a good result imo. |
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| kimiopn |
Posted on 08-10-2012 20:20
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Omg, 10 stages already! What an amazing start! Keep going Ian |
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