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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 16-09-2012 22:53
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Good raving Ian. Keep it up.
I like the idea of only the mountain stages. That would make it interesting.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 16-09-2012 23:05
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41st place and just 12 seconds off the pace is a great start for Eric  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 17-09-2012 07:58
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Thanks for the many replies once again, you're fantastic!
I'll be at my dad's all day long (which means no PCM), so I'll report the only mountain stage of Tour De Romandie probably tomorrow, along with the final TT (which is also very interesting for Eric I believe). See you then! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-09-2012 08:22
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No worries, i'm sure we can wait one day (hopefully)  |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 17-09-2012 10:09
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it will be tough but we can do it  |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 17-09-2012 10:24
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Stijn is Tom Boonen 2.0 and Lombaerts is EVans 2.0
Thanks for showing the stats, like somme said before, probably too high at the beginning, but now understandable. I'd say: after the Giro to extreme!
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| fred947a |
Posted on 17-09-2012 19:27
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With those stats you gotta win The Giro. BTW great story. I hope it's going to keep on to they retire if you can hold it for that long |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 17-09-2012 19:57
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@sutty68 & JuanMotr: I feel like giving you both a reward for following so closely and commenting so much, thanks a lot, you keep the spirit in this story!
@dienblad: I'll take it into account for a future story (lower starter stats), thanks
@fred947a: Much will depend on the competition there
btw, their stats may be high but sometimes I "simulate" certain unfortunate events so that the results remain plausible (Stijn is just a natural). My main focus of this career is the story, so that's why I raced on a lower difficulty (so I had control, I could let them have a bad day or a great day).
I might do the race tonight, but I'm pretty tired so Romandie mountain stage will probably be for tomorrow! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-09-2012 07:40
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Tour de Romandie
Stage 2
| 1 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | 4h39'43 | | 2 | David Millar | Garmin - SplitSe | s.t. | | 3 | Mickael Buffaz | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 4 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | 6 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 7 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 28 | | 8 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 50 | | 9 | Michael Albasini | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'13 | | 10 | Chris Froome | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 28 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 3'11 | IanButler |
Stage 3
| 1 | Danny Pate | Liquigas-Cannondale | 3h26'38 | | 2 | Beñat Intxausti | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 3 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 1'58 | | 4 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 5 | Maxime Monfort | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 6 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'19 | | 7 | Chris Froome | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 9 | Dries Devenyns | Team Saxo Bank | + 2'42 | | 10 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 31 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 3'29 | IanButler |
Stage 4
| 1 | Chris Froome | Movistar Team | 3h50'23 | | 2 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Arnold Jeannesson | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 8 | | 4 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 20 | | 5 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 6 | Sergio Luis Henao | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | Maxime Monfort | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Jérôme Coppel | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | 10 | Ben Swift | Sky Pro Cycling | + 46 | | 42 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 1'53 | IanButler |
GC so far
| 1 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 12h04'25 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Movistar Team | + 25 | | 3 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ-BigMat | + 43 | | 4 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'52 | | 5 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'19 | | 6 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 2'20 | | 7 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'22 | | 8 | Maxime Monfort | BMC Racing Team | + 2'34 | | 9 | Jérôme Coppel | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 2'51 | | 10 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | + 3'07 | | 20 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 5'44 | IanButler |
Not the greatest of starts, but I've been taking it easy intentionally. Tomorrow is the queen stage, there I'll really test my legs my the first time this year. See you there. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-09-2012 08:08
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Tour de Romandie - Stage 5
A climb early on in the race and two climbs at the end. It should be to my liking.
As predicted, I tested my legs today, starting out by making the pace on the final slope of the day.
Near the top I even tried an acceleration.
But I didn't last 100m and was absorbed by the fast-paced pack.
Fuglsang, the last remaining BOTD-rider, won the stage! I finished anonymously in the peloton.
Result
| 1 | Jakob Fuglsang | Sky Pro Cycling | 4h43'41 | | 2 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 4'21 | | 3 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | 4 | Sergio Luis Henao | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 9 | Arnold Jeannesson | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | 10 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 20 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler |
GC
| 1 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 16h52'23 | | | 2 | Chris Froome | Movistar Team | + 29 | | | 3 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'50 | | | 4 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 2'24 | | | 5 | Maxime Monfort | BMC Racing Team | + 2'38 | | | 6 | Jérôme Coppel | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 2'55 | | | 7 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | + 3'11 | | | 8 | Rui Costa | Team Saxo Bank | + 3'21 | | | 9 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 3'33 | | | 10 | Dries Devenyns | Team Saxo Bank | + 4'06 | | | 11 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 4'15 | | | 12 | Sergio Luis Henao | Sky Pro Cycling | + 4'20 | | | 13 | Johann Tschopp | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 4'29 | | | 14 | Jakob Fuglsang | Sky Pro Cycling | + 5'16 | | | 15 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 5'18 | | | 16 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 5'48 | IanButler |
I think I'll move up a bit more in the time trial tomorrow. And who knows, maybe I can get the first win of the year there. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-09-2012 08:33
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Tour de Romandie - Stage 6
I gave it my everything and finished 4th, not bad, I think.
Result
| 1 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | 22'30 | | | 2 | Chris Froome | Movistar Team | + 5 | | | 3 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 8 | | | 4 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 11 | IanButler | | 5 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 14 | | | 6 | Maxime Monfort | BMC Racing Team | + 18 | | | 7 | David Millar | Garmin - SplitSe | + 21 | | | 8 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | + 22 | | | 9 | Christophe Kern | FDJ-BigMat | + 23 | | | 10 | Jakob Fuglsang | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | |
GC
| 1 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 17h15'20 | | | 2 | Chris Froome | Movistar Team | + 7 | | | 3 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 2'05 | | | 4 | Maxime Monfort | BMC Racing Team | + 2'29 | | | 5 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 3'24 | | | 6 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | + 3'29 | | | 7 | Jérôme Coppel | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 3'38 | | | 8 | Rui Costa | Team Saxo Bank | + 3'40 | | | 9 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 4'02 | | | 10 | Dries Devenyns | Team Saxo Bank | + 4'22 | | | 11 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 4'43 | | | 12 | Jakob Fuglsang | Sky Pro Cycling | + 5'12 | | | 13 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 5'32 | IanButler | | 14 | Johann Tschopp | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 15 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 5'48 | |
My preparation for the Giro is done. It wasn't the greatest, but I'll get in shape in the first stages of the Giro alright. See you there! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-09-2012 08:39
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Not my best sprint today. I got blocked in by Ponzi. However, my legs are fantastic and I'll ride a great Giro, I can feel it!
Result
| 1 | Manuel Belletti | Lampre - Caffeco | 4h18'33 | | | 2 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 3 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 4 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 5 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 6 | Sebastian Forke | Team NSP-GHOST | s.t. | | | 7 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Roger Kluge | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 9 | Grega Bole | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 10 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-09-2012 08:47
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Eric is slowly edging towards some sort of form |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 18-09-2012 08:52
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Eric should be able to do very well in the giro.
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| roturn |
Posted on 18-09-2012 08:58
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Notthe best race in the Romandie. But still decent and a solid preparation.
Same for Stijn obviously. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-09-2012 09:07
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@sutty68: He's had a slow start this season, but he'll get there
@Jakstar22: Thanks, let's hope so!
@roturn: Thank you |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-09-2012 09:15
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Giro d'Italia - Stage 1
A prologue to start off this edition.
Start list:
Spoiler | Tiziano Dall'Antonia | Acqua & Sapone | | Valerio Agnoli | Acqua & Sapone | | Michele Scarponi | Acqua & Sapone | | Francesco Ginanni | Acqua & Sapone | | Federico Canuti | Acqua & Sapone | | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | | Danilo Napolitano | Acqua & Sapone | | Claudio Corioni | Acqua & Sapone | | Carlo Scognamiglio | Acqua & Sapone | | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r La Mondiale | | Boris Shpilevsky | Ag2r La Mondiale | | Antinio Mortari | Ag2r La Mondiale | | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r La Mondiale | | Alexandre Pichot | Ag2r La Mondiale | | John Gadret | Ag2r La Mondiale | | Florian Vachon | Ag2r La Mondiale | | Sylvain Georges | Ag2r La Mondiale | | Rémi Pauriol | Ag2r La Mondiale | | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | | Fabio Duarte | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | | Riccardo Chiarini | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | | Carlos José Ochoa | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | | Yonnatta Monsalve | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | | Jackson Rodriguez | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | | Miguel Armando Ubeto | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | | Esteban Cháves | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | | Tanel Kangert | Astana Pro Team | | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | | Borut Bozic | Astana Pro Team | | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | | Matthew Goss | Astana Pro Team | | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | | Grégory Rast | BMC Racing Team | | Kristof Goddaert | BMC Racing Team | | Mathias Frank | BMC Racing Team | | Elia Favilli | BMC Racing Team | | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | | Oscar Gatto | BMC Racing Team | | Mauro Santambrogio | BMC Racing Team | | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | | Sacha Modolo | Colnago - 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The field qua GC-contenders is not the strongest, so Eric should have a big shot at the top 5!
I rode a decent prologue and finished 5th. A great start for me.
I feel that I'm in a very great shape. The drawback is that I'll probably lose some of that shape along the way in this Giro. If I want to go for victories, I reckon they'll have to be in the first part of this Giro, why not today?
I rode as fast as I could possibly ride.
I couldn't believe what I saw as I started minutes in disbelief.
"Pink for Stijn Van Gent!" What a win!
Result/GC
| 1 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | 6'41 | IanButler | | 2 | Jakob Fuglsang | Sky Pro Cycling | + 11 | | | 3 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo Bank | + 15 | | | 4 | Tiago Machado | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 5 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 6 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sky Pro Cycling | + 16 | | | 7 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 18 | | | 8 | Jérôme Coppel | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | | 9 | José Iván Gutierrez | Movistar Team | + 20 | | | 10 | Cameron Meyer | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 21 | |
What a start, I'm in heaven! |
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Posted on 18-09-2012 09:17
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Brilliant victory to start the Giro with, the pink jersey already  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-09-2012 09:55
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Giro d'Italia - Stage 2
Since most sprinters are here with a form that will top in the middle of the Giro, where the most flat stages are, I have a decreasing form, being on top now. So I'll have to use that if I want to dream about the Points Jersey, I have to do as much as possible now.
This race is just perfect for me, quite long, hard and flat.
I enjoyed every second of this jersey today, it's beautiful!
The breakaway was caught quite late and because of that, there was quite some chaos, this sprint would be very hectic. Sprint trains were disrupted and some favorites got blocked, Cavendish was one of them.
I had to use that to my advantage. I started the sprint early, but I resisted everyone! This is the greatest thing imaginable, winning in the pink jersey!
Result
| 1 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | 4h54'29 | IanButler | | 2 | Adam Blythe | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Manuel Belletti | Lampre - Caffeco | s.t. | | | 4 | Mark Renshaw | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 5 | André Greipel | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 6 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 7 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 8 | Robert Hunter | Garmin - SplitSe | s.t. | | | 9 | Matthew Goss | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 10 | Danilo Napolitano | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | |
Points
| 1 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | 50 | IanButler | | 2 | Jakob Fuglsang | Sky Pro Cycling | 20 | | | 3 | Adam Blythe | Movistar Team | 20 | | | 4 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo Bank | 16 | | | 5 | Manuel Belletti | Lampre - Caffeco | 16 | |
I don't know what to say, except... I'm as happy as can be. |
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| alex valceanu |
Posted on 18-09-2012 10:01
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Congratulations 2/2 now !
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