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A Tale of Two
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-09-2012 13:11
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I hope so, too. I've got to go in half an hour, I'll try again when I get back. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-09-2012 15:10
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Photobucket is still down, unfortunately. Will check again this evening, but I'm not sure if I can race it this evening. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-09-2012 19:21
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Ronde Van Vlaanderen
The only cobbled classic race I haven't been able to win, let's try to change that today!
BMC made the race hard, again.
But the second time on the Kwaremont, I was taken by surprise and the price to pay was hard: Boonen and Cancellara went for a ride!
The race was over for me, as the two took 3 minutes in no time.
Would I wait for the sprint for the third place? No, I couldn't.. I was one of the big three now, I can't be the one waiting in a group for a sprint, I have to earn my glory so I went looking for it, against all odds!
Pretty soon, Cancellara left Boonen behind and started a monster solo.
And my kamikaze attack started paying off, I saw a dot on the horizon, Boonen! 10km to the finish, I had him in my sights.
I caught him! Best thing I could do was wait in his wheel and sprint for the second place. But I couldn't do that, either! I attacked out of his wheel, he didn't have the energy left to follow.
This must've been a mental blow to Boonen
Spartacus took a brilliant win!
I end up 2nd!
What can I say? I took my chances and rode like a man today, I'm proud of this achievement. I've never been closer to the win in the Ronde. I hope to move up one more place next year!
Result
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | 6h46'05 | | | 2 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | + 4'38 | IanButler | | 3 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 6'02 | | | 4 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Argos-Shimano | + 9'12 | | | 5 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 7 | Yoann Offredo | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 8 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 10 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - SplitSe | s.t. | |
Spoiler | 11 | Filippo Pozzato | Farnese Vini Selle Italia | s.t. | | | 12 | Nick Nuyens | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 13 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 14 | Marcus Burghardt | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 15 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 16 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 17 | Stijn Devolder | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 18 | Sylvain Chavanel | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 19 | Maarten Wynants | Landbouwkrediet-Euphony | s.t. | | | 20 | Niki Terpstra | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 11'05 | | | 21 | Martijn Maaskant | Garmin - SplitSe | + 15'28 | | | 22 | Jelle Wallays | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | | 23 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 24 | Gert Steegmans | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 25 | Johan Vansummeren | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 17'23 | | | 26 | Joost Posthuma | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 18'07 | | | 27 | Ulugbek Nikolaev | Astana Pro Team | + 18'47 | | | 28 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 29 | Pablo Esteve | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 20'33 | | | 30 | Lars Boom | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 31 | Wim De Vocht | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 21'12 | | | 32 | Kevin Van Impe | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 33 | Matthew Goss | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 34 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 22'00 | | | 35 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 25'59 | | | 36 | Laurence Franssens | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 37 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 38 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 39 | Kevin Hulsmans | Farnese Vini Selle Italia | s.t. | | | 40 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 41 | Sébastien Rosseler | Garmin - SplitSe | s.t. | | | 42 | Dries Devenyns | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 43 | Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 27'19 | | | 44 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 45 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 46 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 47 | Alexandre Pichot | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 48 | Kris Boeckmans | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 49 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 50 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | | 51 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 52 | Kenny Van Hummel | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 53 | Edwig Cammaerts | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 54 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 55 | Jairo Porras | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | | 56 | Martin Elmiger | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 57 | David Millar | Garmin - SplitSe | s.t. | |
I'm ready for Paris - Roubaix. I hope that us three will enter the velodrome together, that would be awesome.
Edited by Ian Butler on 15-09-2012 19:22
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 15-09-2012 19:23
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Cancellara is just a Beast 
But a Great second place for Stijn  |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 15-09-2012 19:29
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The new Marcato is upon us. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-09-2012 19:31
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Nothing could be done against Spartacus 
This time I don't mind being 2nd, rather 2nd this way than waiting for the sprint and come in 3rd  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-09-2012 19:51
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Tour of Basque Country
A legendary podium in Basque Country:
| 1 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 19h25'11 | | | 2 | Thomas De Gendt | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 2'56 | | | 3 | Jan Bakelants | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 4'37 | | | 4 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | + 4'40 | | | 5 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - SplitSe | + 5'07 | | | 6 | Rui Costa | Team Saxo Bank | + 5'30 | | | 7 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Pro Cycling | + 5'54 | | | 8 | Pierre Rolland | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 6'21 | | | 9 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - SplitSe | + 6'22 | | | 10 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 6'28 | | | 11 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | + 6'44 | IanButler |
Good luck to Stijn in Paris - Roubaix! |
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 15-09-2012 19:54
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wow Radioshack Nissan Trek sucked
but Jan Bakelants beating Alberto Contador, Fränk Schleck, Vanendert and Rolland is nuts even De Gendt beating all of them
Great job man
Edited by maxime86 on 15-09-2012 20:10
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| alex valceanu |
Posted on 15-09-2012 20:04
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Congrats for the second place ! Still you beat the hell out of Boonen and that is an imressive achievement . Good luck for paris- Roubaix...beating Cancellara will be very difficult |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-09-2012 20:51
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@maxime86: Thanks I simmed so yeah, Bakelants was lucky in the simulation 
@alex valceanu: Thanks! Boonen will want revenge, though  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-09-2012 21:04
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Paris - Roubaix
Well, this is it, the first highlight of my season.
Cancellara is riding a strong season and seems unstoppable, while Boonen will want revenge for the Ronde. But because of my performance of last year, they should fear me!
Cancellara, Boonen and I stayed near each other for the entire race.
To be honest, it was a fairly boring race. Every favorite took his turn and did a small attack until we had a small group left.
Four of us (what, four, no three?) rode into the Velodrome:
Cancellara
Boonen
Vanmarcke
myself.
I pick Boonen's wheel and I get a déjà -vu from last year...
Massive déjà -vu! What a sprint, what a day!
Well,
Cancellara may be Spartacus,
Boonen may be Tommeke,
but they better watch out for me from now on:
The Devil of The North!
Result
| 1 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | 7h24'47 | IanButler | | 2 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 4 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 5 | Nick Nuyens | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'04 | | | 6 | Filippo Pozzato | Farnese Vini Selle Italia | s.t. | | | 7 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 8 | Stijn Devolder | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 9 | Marcus Burghardt | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4'08 | | | 10 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | |
| 11 | Yoann Offredo | FDJ-BigMat | + 4'45 | | | 12 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto-Belisol | + 5'44 | IanButler | | 13 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | + 6'30 | | | 14 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 15 | Niki Terpstra | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 7'06 | | | 16 | Johan Vansummeren | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 8'33 | | | 17 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 9'51 | | | 18 | Martijn Maaskant | Garmin - SplitSe | s.t. | | | 19 | Steve Chainel | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 20 | Sylvain Chavanel | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 10'29 | | | 21 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | + 12'18 | | | 22 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 13'26 | | | 23 | Lars Boom | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 15'01 | | | 24 | Kevin Van Impe | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 16'36 | | | 25 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 17'51 | | | 26 | Wim De Vocht | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 27 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 28 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 29 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 30 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ-BigMat | + 18'38 | | | 31 | Matthew Goss | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 32 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 33 | Tony Gallopin | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 34 | Kevin Hulsmans | Farnese Vini Selle Italia | s.t. | | | 35 | Klaas Lodewyck | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 36 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 37 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 38 | Joost Posthuma | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 39 | Dominic Klemme | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 40 | Sander Baayens | Garmin - SplitSe | s.t. | |
First part of my season is over, and I have to say it is another successful early season for me! Now it's up to the Giro, since I'm floating at the moment, I'm going to blab out that I'm going for the points jersey!
Thanks for still being with us! |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 15-09-2012 21:07
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Great win and great nick name. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 15-09-2012 21:08
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Fantastic win! Second (iirc) win for Stijn in Hell of the North, maybe he's going to beat De Vlaeminck's record soon!  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-09-2012 21:13
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@Miguel98: Thanks, I already thought of it last season but I wanted to have at least 2 wins here to call him that
@FreitasPCM: Beating that record is Stijn's biggest dream, I think Although he'd love to win the Ronde at least once in his career, too! |
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| alex valceanu |
Posted on 15-09-2012 21:22
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Congratulations ! You did something that Spartacus hasn't done it yet : defend your Paris-Roubaix title. |
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 15-09-2012 21:23
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Only incredible! Another victory and Stjin will become a legend for the 3rd victories, right??
Congratulation again |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 15-09-2012 21:25
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Dont give yourself a nick name.... Just makes you seem cocky... (just my opinion)
*cough*85*cough* Id call him Mr85
But wins are nice... Oh and i called it!!!
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 15-09-2012 22:19
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Great victory here is your |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 15-09-2012 22:32
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I don't get much joy anymore seeing Stijn win.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-09-2012 22:59
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@alex valceanu: Thanks, though Spartacus has had his share of bad luck in his career
@ste_18: Thanks, Let's hope he becomes legendary
@TheManxMissile: Well, it was in all the papers, the nickname... and okay, enough with the 85, he's not 85.
@JuanMotr: Thanks a lot!!
@baseballlover312: Okay, sorry you don't find this pleasurable anymore. |
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