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| sutty68 |
Posted on 13-08-2013 17:25
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Rik is certainly looking like a star of the future 
But he need to learn how to stay upright on a podium  |
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| baia |
Posted on 13-08-2013 18:03
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| krisa |
Posted on 13-08-2013 18:21
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He's going fast again
Ian is on Fire
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 13-08-2013 18:23
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How can I join, Baia?
Feyenoord(football) and Kelderman fanboy
PCMdaily Awards: 12x nomination, 9x runner-up, 0x win.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-08-2013 19:09
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MrUfo87 - Thanks! Monfort will need to grow a bit to tackle a GT successfully more, though...
sutty68 - Well, it was easier conquering that podium place than staying on it
baia - That's just awesome
krisa - don't worry, I'm extinguished Paris - Roubaix tomorrow!
Jesleyh - By donating money 
Thanks for the big support!  |
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| sisse |
Posted on 13-08-2013 20:07
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Great win in the Ronde! Btw, love your humor in this story Keep it running!
edit: Btw, what's the difficulty level you're using?
Edited by sisse on 13-08-2013 20:08
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| The Rider |
Posted on 13-08-2013 20:08
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Well done on the classics win, how can the team top that?
A GT win...maybe? |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 14-08-2013 08:52
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sisse - Glad you're enjoying it, will keep it up I'm playing on Hard at the moment.
The Rider - A GT win would top that, but with Monfort as our strongest GC rider, we stand no chance this year  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 14-08-2013 10:38
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Blog #20 | 9th of April 2013 | 15:08
Well, it was an odd race for us. Greg didn't produce a full effort, mostly because his main goals are the Ronde and the Ardennes, so he can't go 110% every race. Rik stepped up and filled his shoes, sort of. Read on...
OPQS is not having the best season, today's a chance to make that right!
Cancellara escaped out of the front group. Very dangerous! We had to react quickly or he would have been gone.
We worked together with other teams. With less than 30 kilometers left to go, we had two guys in the front group: Greg and, surprisingly, Rik.
As they were pulled back, the group thinned out. There were still some riders in front so they couldn't drop the pace. Nobody was willing to work to Rik took the front.
After several attacks, it looked like nobody had any intention of relaying with Rik, so he tried to attack, too. Sagan reacted immediately.
But they all came too late. Lars Boom finally takes his dream: Paris - Roubaix!
Rik would be sprinting for a precious top 10 place, so it seems. To get that, he would have to beat Sagan and Kristoff, though!
Unbelievable but it's true, he did it! Rik Steenacker debuts with a 9th place, amazing work by the young 20 year old boy!
Result
| 1 | Lars Boom | Blanco Pro Cycling | 6h10'33 | | 2 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 3 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | + 2'25 | | 5 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 6 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 3'23 | | 7 | Fabian Cancellara | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 8 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Rik Steenacker | Citigroup Pro Cycling Team | + 5'43 | | 10 | Peter Sagan | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Sep Vanmarcke | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 12 | Yoann Offredo | FDJ | s.t. | | 13 | Nick Nuyens | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 14 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 15 | Sebastian Langeveld | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 16 | Greg Van Avermaet | Citigroup Pro Cycling Team | + 7'21 | | 17 | Zdenek Stybar | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 7'41 | | 18 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 19 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 20 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 21 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 22 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 23 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 24 | Filippo Pozzato | Lampre-Merida | s.t. | | 25 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 26 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 27 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 28 | Damien Gaudin | Citigroup Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 29 | Matti Breschel | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 30 | Oscar Gatto | Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 31 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 32 | Kevin Hulsmans | Vini Fantini | s.t. | | 33 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 34 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 9'36 | | 35 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | + 9'57 | | 36 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 14'48 | | 37 | Johan Le Bon | FDJ | + 16'47 | | 38 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ | s.t. | | 39 | Mitchell Docker | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 40 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 41 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Citigroup Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 42 | Andreas Klier | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 43 | Frederik Veuchelen | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 44 | Frederik Willems | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 45 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ | s.t. | | 46 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 47 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 48 | Daniele Bennati | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 49 | Grégory Rast | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 50 | David Veilleux | Citigroup Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 51 | Maarten Wynants | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 52 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Citigroup Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 53 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | + 20'12 | | 54 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 20'40 | | 55 | Francis Mourey | FDJ | + 25'56 | | 56 | Roy Curvers | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 57 | Christopher Juul Jensen | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | + 27'41 | | 58 | Sébastien Rosseler | Garmin - Sharp | + 28'22 | | 59 | Tom Veelers | Team Argos-Shimano | + 30'43 | | 60 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Sojasun | s.t. | | 61 | Sebastien Hinault | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 62 | Xavier Florencio | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 63 | Lloyd Mondory | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 64 | Yauheni Hutarovich | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 65 | Michael Albasini | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 66 | Francisco Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 67 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 68 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 69 | Kevyn Ista | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 70 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 71 | Dominic Klemme | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 72 | Danilo Hondo | Radioshack Leopard | s.t. | | 73 | Tom Stamsnijder | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 74 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto Belisol | + 31'47 | | 75 | Francesco Chicchi | Vini Fantini | + 33'18 | | 76 | Tristan Valentin | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 77 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | + 33'39 | | 78 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 79 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 80 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | + 34'57 | | 81 | Rony Martias | Sojasun | s.t. | | 82 | Stéphane Poulhies | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 83 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | s.t. | | 84 | Jos Van Emden | Blanco Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 85 | Gabriel Rasch | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 86 | Christophe Riblon | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 87 | Ion Izagirre | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. |
Isn't it obvious? Rik is doing good. He'll be racing in the Amstel and then he'll go on a deserved break.
I was even shocked to see his very first fan club on the internet already! We hope it gets a lot of members, obviously. Let's hope they'll be cheering for him in the Amstel Gold Race!
See you then,
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| krisa |
Posted on 14-08-2013 10:46
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Not a bad top ten #BigTalent
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 14-08-2013 10:50
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9th place was a Great result for Rik
But it was even better to beat Sagan |
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| Selwink |
Posted on 14-08-2013 10:53
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Boom
Rik
Burghardt
I think that sums it up quite well
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 14-08-2013 11:27
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Great by Boom!
Great ride for Rik, what a talent he is, bit disappointing from Greg though. |
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| baia |
Posted on 14-08-2013 11:43
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| Daggen |
Posted on 14-08-2013 12:09
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Fucking hashtags  .
Great race from Rik though |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 14-08-2013 12:32
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Hello, Mr. Butler, so I see you now have a new professional team. Well, I hope for a long and successful career, and I've just caught up with these nine fabulous pages, keep it up. |
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| owen10ozzy |
Posted on 14-08-2013 12:52
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What a couple of weeks of success. First from Greg and now the latest by Rik. Not just keeping up with but beating some of the top names in the sport.
Great stuff from the team, long may it continue.
Top work Ian, loving the reports. Just the write length and I like the fact that you use more concise reports for the smaller races (do you simulate these or race them all?)
One critical point I am afraid...quite frankly your son seems a bit of a shambles in comparison to the rest. If his contract is up for renewal soon...don't bother. In fact dismiss him from your family completely and adopt Rik...we like him more!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 14-08-2013 13:15
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krisa - Thanks, it was a great race for him!
sutty68 - beating Sagan felt really good first Greg does it in Vlaanderen, now Rik in Roubaix. Poor Sagan
Selwink - That was the race indeed Burghardt was a leftover of an escape with 90 km left to go. Peloton stopped chasing for a while so he and Paolini hung on.
TimoCycling - Well, Greg already had a long season and now he's preparing for the Ardennes to lead alongside Monfort, so he can afford to slack off once
baia - That's just great
Daggen - Thanks! What hash-tags?
FreitasPCM - Thanks a lot, good to see you here
owen10ozzy - Beating Kristoff and Sagan in the sprint was a great move from him. I think he earned a spot on the Tour squad. I'm glad you like the reports. I always try to make it long enough to give you plenty of information, but not too long so that it's boring.
It depends on what race and who's racing. Sometimes I feel like racing smaller races, sometimes I simulate them.
Concerning the son, we'll see when his contract is up for renewal. Like I said at the beginning, being a family member is no guarantee for a spot, he'll have to earn it! But we do like to give talent time to develop
Thanks for plenty of support! Not sure when I'll report on the Amstel. Either this evening or tomorrow, depending on how much work I get done! |
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| 547984 |
Posted on 14-08-2013 15:36
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Nice, this team's DS must be quite an expert strategist.
Roelandts second.
baseballlover312, 06-03-14 : "Nuke Moscow...Don't worry Russia, we've got plenty of love to go around your cities"
Sarah Palin, 08-03-14 (CPAC, on Russian aggression) : "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke"
Big thanks to jdog for making this AMAZING userbar! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 14-08-2013 16:31
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547984 - He's a brilliant SoB, that Butler  thanks |
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