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A Tale of Two
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 18-09-2012 15:02
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 RIP Van Gent, must the legend go on! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-09-2012 15:47
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Critérium du Dauphinée - Stage 8
Today was another hard day. More so because I had a jersey to defend.
I was out of teammates pretty early, so I decided on a risky tactic. Some riders attacked and I let them go. They'd form small groups and on the only HC climb of the day, I would try to hop from group to group. Attacking is probably the best defense here.
When I reached a fairly strong group of 5, I was 40" in front of Brajkovic.
But he was nearing, so I hopped one last time, to the front of the race: Taaramae.
The final 2km were hellish.
But this time I had divided my strength better. My first of the season, this one's for Stijn!
Wow, almost a year after my latest significant performance (10th in TDF), I win the Dauphinée. This is probably my biggest victory yet in my career. Of course, the field wasn't like usual, but I still beat the two Martins and Brajkovic, that's something!
Result
| 1 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | 5h38'04 | IanButler | | 2 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - SplitSe | + 40 | | | 3 | Rein Taaramae | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 50 | | | 4 | Peter Stetina | Garmin - SplitSe | + 1'03 | | | 5 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 8 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 9 | Thomas Rohregger | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 10 | Branislau Samoilau | Movistar Team | s.t. | |
GC
| 1 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | 28h55'31 | IanButler | | 2 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 1'14 | | | 3 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 2'28 | | | 4 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - SplitSe | + 2'39 | | | 5 | Maxime Monfort | BMC Racing Team | + 3'13 | | | 6 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 3'43 | | | 7 | Arnold Jeannesson | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 4'31 | | | 8 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 5'55 | | | 9 | Branislau Samoilau | Movistar Team | + 6'36 | | | 10 | Peter Stetina | Garmin - SplitSe | + 7'39 | |
Points
| 1 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | 74 | IanButler | | 2 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | 73 | | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | 65 | | | 4 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 60 | | | 5 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - SplitSe | 50 | |
KoM
| 1 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - SplitSe | 51 | | | 2 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | 50 | IanButler | | 3 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Saur - Sojasun | 49 | | | 4 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | 47 | |
What a pleasant surprise, that Points Jersey! I can look back on this race, feeling satisfied. I'm definitely improving and one day I'll be ready to win an even bigger race: a GT!
PS A nice little trivia: I took all jerseys except the one I took last year (KoM).
Edited by Ian Butler on 18-09-2012 15:50
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| dienblad |
Posted on 18-09-2012 15:53
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Nice aggressive riding, totally earning the GC-win!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-09-2012 16:10
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Thanks! And I've got to say, it feels much better on a harder difficulty, feels like I really earned it  |
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| banyai2000 |
Posted on 18-09-2012 16:12
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Dani Martin animals do not? |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-09-2012 16:13
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News Update
Tomorrow is the National Championship Time Trialing.
I'm ready for it, I hope to grab my first National Title!
Jurgen Van Den Broeck proves that he's ready for the Tour. He took a stage win in Tour of Suisse and 3rd place overall.
| 1 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 35h51'40 | | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 1'11 | | | 3 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | + 1'17 | IanButler | | 4 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | + 3'49 | | | 5 | Tiago Machado | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 3'51 | | | 6 | Jérôme Coppel | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 4'34 | | | 7 | Pierre Rolland | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 4'35 | | | 8 | Chris Froome | Movistar Team | + 6'02 | | | 9 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 6'45 | | | 10 | Rémi Pauriol | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 8'20 | |
Jurgen Roelandts shows that his form is excellent for the coming National Championship by winning Halle - Ingooigem.
| 1 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto-Belisol | 4h42'15 | IanButler | | 2 | Jens Keukeleire | Lotto-Belisol | + 33 | IanButler | | 3 | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 4 | Pablo Esteve | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 56 | | | 5 | Tom Leezer | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 7 | Wim De Vocht | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 8 | Ricky Enø Jorgensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 9 | Mathieu Ladagnous | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 1'41 | | | 10 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-09-2012 16:29
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Great tactic from Erin on the last stage of the Dauphine, grabbing him the stage win and the Overall victory, Brilliant 
And Good Luck to him for the Nationals |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-09-2012 16:51
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National Championships
Tough luck for me as I miss out on the win by 8 seconds...
| Time Trial | Road Race | | Belgium | Cornu | Van Avermaet | | USA | Phinney | Farrar | | Netherlands | Kelderman | Langeveld | | Germany | Martin | Kittel | | Spain | L. L. Sanchez | Alacorn | | Italy | Nibali | Ballan | | France | Coppel | Bouhanni | | Denmark | | Breschel | | Switzerland | | Henggeler | | Portugal | | Costa | | Columbia | | Henao |
Well, I'm on a break now, a break from racing, that is. I'll take some intensive training camps and will work mainly on my time trialing, as well as a bit of climbing.
Will report when the Tour is over! |
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| ricotero_uy |
Posted on 18-09-2012 17:02
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Great victory in the Dauphine!!!
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 18-09-2012 17:25
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Nice win for Eric  he deserves |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-09-2012 17:34
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Would have been nice to win the National Championships but unfortunately it wasn't to be  |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 18-09-2012 17:46
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A great win in the Dauphiné. |
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 18-09-2012 18:32
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What???I've lost some stage and now i've seen that Stjin is dead!!!I can only say R.I.P. Stjin ...Naturally good luck with Eric. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-09-2012 18:35
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@ricotero_uy: Thanks a lot 
@JuanMotr: I'm glad Eric gets your bananas as well 
@sutty68: he seems to be cursed. He's almost always 2nd in time trials. However, he still has many years left to become NC TT
@FreitasPCM: Thanks!
@ste_18: Yeah, Stijn's no more, unfortunately. Thanks |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 18-09-2012 18:38
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Very good Dauphinée and nice results for VDB and Roelands.
What happened in the road race with Roelands?
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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| valverde321 |
Posted on 18-09-2012 18:40
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What the heck! What a twist!
This is getting soapy Can only say good luck to Eric now I guess
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| Muggert |
Posted on 18-09-2012 18:42
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Woah... Talk about a story twist .. Good luck with focusing on Eric though :-) |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-09-2012 18:43
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@FreitasPCM: Thanks back to your regular avatar, I see, much better Roelandts got outsprinted by Boonen and Van Avermaet.
@valverde321: I'm going to filmschool in 2 days, what can I say: I need the drama Thanks
@Muggert: Thanks, it'll be better I think
Edited by Ian Butler on 18-09-2012 18:45
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| fred947a |
Posted on 18-09-2012 18:59
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After not having read your story for three days I return to see Stijn dead and Eric already at the NC?!??! That's a quite odd twist. He will be remembered as a legend. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-09-2012 19:02
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Let's hope he will be
I know, but it was necessary in order to save the story. It was Stijn or the story |
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