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| Daggen |
Posted on 01-03-2013 16:04
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Who cares about Cav when we've got Stijn 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 01-03-2013 16:54
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Ollfardh - Sure would 
Daggen - Ain't that a fact! Though I forgot about the real winner in the Tour... |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 01-03-2013 16:54
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Spoiler Big thanks to Maddrengen for Stijn's National Champion Jersey. And thanks to Atlantius to pointing the existence out to me!
Tour de France 2013 - Stage 2
Now that we got the prologue out of the way, we can really start racing!
A "flat" stage, they say. Very close to the finish, there's a major road "bump". Curious how this'll play out.
Everyone was ready for the start!
Westra was the first attacker in this 100th Tour! Unfortunately for him, he didn't last very long in the attack.
Bouet will be the first one to wear the Mountain Jersey!
I spend the day enjoying my very subtle Young Jersey, in the company of Costa and Geniez.
The pack ripped in half near the end, luckily we were attentive and we didn't lose time!
My first chance to show of my new jersey, let me know what you think! I've never been more proud in my life.
Today I learned the meaning of suffering. Well, of course I've suffered in Roubaix, but this is something different. The constant attacks and accelerations, the pace that never drops, the nervousness!
Veelers became the victim of the bumpiness of the stage and lost my wheel. I was on my own. I didn't participate in the intermediate sprint so I had that advantage, though. I'm not here for the Green Jersey, I'm focusing on becoming a worthy sprinter first!
By some miracle, in all the chaos, I wound up in Sagan's wheel! He went extremely hard and started his sprint on the uphill section.
I couldn't hold his wheel, but there's no shame in that, he won with bike lengths in front of Valverde, who made his move on the final uphill.
I made the top 10 and finished 9th. And I'm the first Belgian, so I reckon I didn't do this jersey any dishonor today!
Result
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | 4h29'58 | | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 4 | Samuel Sánchez | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 5 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Ben Swift | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 7 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Christophe Riblon | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 9 | Stijn Van Gent | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | 10 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | |
GC
| 1 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 4h39'59 | | 2 | Luis León Sánchez | FDJ-BigMat | + 8 | | 3 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | + 12 | | 4 | Maxime Monfort | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 16 | | 5 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 18 | | 6 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 19 | | 7 | Beñat Intxausti | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 20 | | 8 | Fabian Cancellara | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 9 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 21 | | 10 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | + 22 |
Points
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | 52 | | | 2 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 38 | | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Astana Pro Team | 35 | | | 4 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | 33 | | | 5 | Samuel Sánchez | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 26 | | | 6 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Katusha Team | 22 | | | 7 | Ben Swift | Sky Pro Cycling | 20 | | | 8 | Tony Gallopin | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 20 | | | 9 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 19 | | | 10 | Luis León Sánchez | FDJ-BigMat | 17 | |
Mountain Points
| 1 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r La Mondiale | 2 | | 2 | Tony Gallopin | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 1 |
Tomorrow's a hilly stage. Strange fact: this Tour only features two hilly stages! So that's good news for Willy, who prefers mountains over hills!
Until then,
Stijn & Willy
Edited by Ian Butler on 01-03-2013 17:56
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 01-03-2013 16:56
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A Top 10 in his first (real) TdF stage! That's great of course 
And I do like Stijn's jersey, it's great!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 01-03-2013 16:58
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Great start for Stijn, just a bit too hard for him. Although Sagan will be very hard to beat in general.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 01-03-2013 17:10
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That's an awesome jersey, I hope he wins soon with it
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-03-2013 17:38
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A good ninth place from Stijn
And loving the new NC jersey |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 01-03-2013 17:55
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Jesleyh - Thanks a lot I thought it was a good result! I really like the jersey, too! In the next report: Gesink's French ( ) NC Jersey!
Ollfardh - Sagan will be going strong. Stijn's here for top 10 places, though, so that was already amazing
PCM rulezz - Thanks! I sure hopes he can have a few victories in that jersey  Maybe I should peak for the Omloop next season
sutty68 - Glad to hear that, all credit goes to Maddrengen! Thanks |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 01-03-2013 17:55
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Tour de France 2013 - Stage 3
Another day at the Tour! We're still not getting used to this, what an amazing experience it's been so far. Stijn's getting himself noticed in his jersey in the sprint, but today will be up to Costa and Willy!
This is a tough stage, don't let it fool you. Big differences will be made already.
The breakaway of the day got 4 minutes maximum.
The route was really difficult and climbing isn't my strong suit... I tried to keep my head cool and stayed around the other sprinters.
I ended up in the grupetto and we finished safely on time, only a quarter behind the winner. Tomorrow is pancake flat, so it'll be a chance for me and/or Veelers!
The two hills near the end would be so decisive, I was sure to lose some time today!
Ryan Eastman took a very nasty fall! Luckily he finished on time, his injuries don't seem to be too bad, apart from his elbow.
Probably more of a precaution to stay on his bike in the nervousness, Gesink was the first to attack!
Costa had some problems with his stomach and asked me and Wegmann to guide him uphill on a fast pace, but without accelerations.
I launched him for the final sprint, but we were behind on the real favorites. Hope not to lose too much time!
But Valverde won the sprint among the favorites. We lost less than a minute, but that minute counts towards Paris...
Let's take a look at the result and the much changed GC!
Result
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Astana Pro Team | 5h29'45 | | | 2 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 4 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 5 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 7 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | | 8 | Maxime Monfort | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 49 | | | 9 | Samuel Sánchez | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 10 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 11 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 12 | Rui Costa | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | 13 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 14 | Denis Menchov | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 15 | Willy Wouters | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler |
General Classification
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | 10h09'56 | | | 2 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 7 | | | 3 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 11 | | | 4 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 18 | | | 5 | Alejandro Valverde | Astana Pro Team | + 35 | | | 6 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | | 7 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 37 | | | 8 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 46 | | | 9 | Maxime Monfort | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 53 | | | 10 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 58 | | | 11 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 59 | | | 12 | Willy Wouters | Team Argos-Shimano | + 1'02 | IanButler | | 13 | Samuel Sánchez | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'06 | | | 14 | Rui Costa | Team Argos-Shimano | + 1'09 | IanButler | | 15 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | | 16 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1'15 | | | 17 | Denis Menchov | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 1'17 | | | 18 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'19 | | | 19 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'26 | | | 20 | Nairo Quintana | Team Europcar | + 1'34 | | (...) | | 101 | Stijn Van Gent | Team Argos-Shimano | + 14'29 | IanButler |
Contador already in yellow. Big chance he'll keep this until Paris...
Points
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Astana Pro Team | 55 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | 53 | | 3 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 47 | | 4 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | 33 | | 5 | Samuel Sánchez | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 33 |
Mountain Points
| 1 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ-BigMat | 20 | | 2 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | 12 | | 3 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | 9 | | 4 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Garmin-Barracuda | 7 | | 5 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | 5 |
We're still very excited to be here! Although we're a bit afraid for the Team Time Trial in two days, though...
Until tomorrow,
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| dienblad |
Posted on 01-03-2013 18:01
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Nice start in Le Tour. I'm sure, victroy awaits for at least 1 of them!
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Posted on 01-03-2013 18:10
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Probably more of a precaution to stay on his bike in the nervousness, Gesink was the first to attack!
That's quite a tough stage to come up so early in the Tour! Willy's doing great, though - hope he can keep that 12th place overall!
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 01-03-2013 18:13
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really nice job by both of guys. And I really like the jersey! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-03-2013 18:18
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Lets hope they both survive the mountains |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 01-03-2013 18:33
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One minute lost is not (yet) the end of the world
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 01-03-2013 20:37
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dienblad - Thanks. A victory would be amazing. In the sprint it'll be hard, but the mountains aren't easy, too. I wonder!
Stromeon - At the moment, things are looking up! Stage 3 was real tough early on in the tour...
JuanMotr - Thanks. Indeed a nice shirt of Maddrengen
sutty68 - There will be some real tough mountain stages! Thanks
PCM rulezz - Sure it isn't. Especially with the TTT coming up! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 01-03-2013 20:38
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Tour de France 2013 - Stage 4
A second chance for the sprinters, this time more flatted out.
We see this is another chance for Stijn to profile himself as a real sprinter as well as a Classics rider. To show the world he's just as fast as he is tough!
Boonen had a flat and needed to be brought back by the team, they took a while though. The pace was high for the intermediate sprint and it took more than a quarter to return to the pack!
I spend some time with Costa today, talking about the team time trial tomorrow.
Yellow Jersey team Saxo Bank did all of the work here.
At the start of the race, before the attacks came, I had a brief chat with Contador, that was nice! He wished me good luck in the sprint and went to the front.
Two major lead-out trains were being set-up. One belonging to the fastest man alive, Mark Cavendish, the other to the new kid on the block, he's said to be the new king in the making, Arnaud Démare. I picked Farrar's wheel.
This was a sprint like I've never seen before. It was high-speed, all-risk and amazingly exciting. I cleared my mind of any thought and threw myself in the battle. I was fighting for the marbles!
I couldn't come any closer, but didn't really lose any terrain either! I felt like I was flying! Démare took a win for the home country!
What an amazing result! If I can move up one more spot, I'll be on the podium here! Maybe one day I can be a worthy mass sprinter as well as a classics rider.
Result
| 1 | Arnaud Démare | BMC Racing Team | 4h38'13 | | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 3 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 4 | Stijn Van Gent | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | 5 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 7 | Allan Davis | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 8 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 9 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 10 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | |
IMPORTANT EVENT: Ritchie Porte (Sky) left the race after a fall. He's transferred to a local hospital.
Tour de France 2013 - Stage 5 - TTT
The team time trial! We did extremely well, the cooperation went perfectly!
Result
| 1 | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 35'57 | | | 2 | Astana Pro Team | + 2 | | | 3 | Team Argos-Shimano | + 10 | IanButler | | 4 | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 19 | | | 5 | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 28 | | | 6 | Lotto Belisol | + 31 | | | 7 | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 36 | | | 8 | Team Saxo Bank | + 44 | | | 9 | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 49 | | | 10 | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 52 | | | 11 | Sky Pro Cycling | + 58 | | | 12 | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 13 | Team Europcar | + 1'05 | | | 14 | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 1'08 | | | 15 | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 1'15 | | | 16 | FDJ-BigMat | + 1'20 | | | 17 | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 1'27 | | | 18 | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 19 | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 1'33 | | | 20 | BMC Racing Team | + 1'40 | | | 21 | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 22 | Lampre-ISD | + 1'50 | |
General Classification
| 1 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | 15h24'35 | | | 2 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 6 | | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Astana Pro Team | + 8 | | | 4 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | + 15 | | | 5 | Maxime Monfort | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 24 | | | 6 | Samuel Sánchez | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 37 | | | 7 | Willy Wouters | Team Argos-Shimano | + 42 | IanButler | | 8 | Rui Costa | Team Argos-Shimano | + 49 | IanButler | | 9 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 50 | | | 10 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | + 1'10 | | | 11 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 1'13 | | | 12 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1'21 | | | 13 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 1'22 | | | 14 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 15 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'25 | | | 16 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'27 | | | 17 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 1'35 | | | 18 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol | + 1'37 | | | 19 | Bradley Wiggins | Astana Pro Team | + 2'07 | | | 20 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 2'09 | | | 21 | Nairo Quintana | Team Europcar | + 2'10 | | | 22 | Denis Menchov | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 2'21 | | | 23 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 2'39 | | | 24 | Christophe Riblon | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2'44 | | | 25 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 2'50 | |
Well, this is definitely a change of scenery... We'll leave the reactions up to you, thanks for following our blog!
Stijn & Willy
Edited by Ian Butler on 01-03-2013 20:41
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 01-03-2013 20:42
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only national champoins won right? (don't know if Chavanel was French TT)
if so then Stijn is next
Edited by SSJ2Luigi on 01-03-2013 21:05
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 01-03-2013 20:48
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Stijn will take one win from here.. I can smell it |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 01-03-2013 20:52
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2 good Tour days for Argos
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 01-03-2013 21:04
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Stijn had a great sprint at stage 4.
And look where Willy is on the GC!
I also like that Gesink is leading the GC
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