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Ian Butler

#281

Posted on 24-12-2013 09:24

Tour de France Champion

Posts: 21381
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sutty68 - I think he learned his lesson

Shonak - Stybar especially. He's at 80 cobbled at the moment

French teams acted French

As predicted, no update today, sorry

Tomorrow might be tough, but Thursday for sure!

duxili

#282

Posted on 25-12-2013 16:45

Domestique

Posts: 562
Joined: 18-09-2013
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Good you let me time to catch up

Great signing, hope you won't regret Wout!
Could you report on a race you dont win?

And for Christmas, take it easy on the Champagne

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krisa

#283

Posted on 25-12-2013 18:51

Classics Specialist

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Nice victory

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Ian Butler

#284

Posted on 25-12-2013 18:59

Tour de France Champion

Posts: 21381
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duxili - Have fun catching up

Hope that Wout can give us some top 5s in Ardennes Classics, big hopes but I think he can do it!

krisa - Thank you!

Ian Butler

#285

Posted on 25-12-2013 18:59

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Posts: 21381
Joined: 01-05-2012
PCM$: 400.00

Night of the Champagne - Part IV

All there was was darkness. Everything was infinite and nonexisting, and darkness was all there was.

Let there be light.

I opened my eyes. My mouth was very dry, it was hard to swallow.
Uh... I got my senses back. What time is it?

21:05
"What happened?"
Only now I noticed my team mates standing around me.
"You fainted, man. Are you okay?"

I stood up quickly. At 10 o' clock I had my date. I couldn't miss it this time.
"Wow, head rush."
Julien took my by the shoulders.
"Lay down a little, here in the back. I'll wake you up in time for your date."

"Okay, thanks."
And so I was off for a small nap just before my big date.

Hi there!

I'm thriller, absolutely thrilled. Over the top, a little bit.
The reason why? Isn't it obvious?

Tomorrow is the start of the Vuelta a EspaÃ±a, and I made the squad! So tomorrow I'll be racing in my very first Grand Tour, alongside my best friend Warren!

Tour of Utah

The Tour of Utah was a good experience. The big surprise was the stage win for Jamis rider Ben Jacques-Maynes! Finishing with quite a lead, he even held a top 10 place until the very end.

My best result was the summit finish on the final day, sprinting to a 2nd place, was behind Van Garderen. I had good legs and just make the podium on the general classificaiton, outclassed by the BMC supermen.

General Classification

1	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC Racing Team	16h18'00
2	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	+ 1'38
3	Henry Vergnaud	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 2'34
4	Peter Stetina	Garmin - Sharp	+ 3'54
5	Matthew Busche	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 6'11
6	Rohan Dennis	Garmin - Sharp	+ 7'29
7	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin - Sharp	+ 7'30
8	Bob Jungels	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 8'03
9	Ben Jacques-Maynes	Jamis - Hagens Berman	+ 9'44
10	Francisco Mancebo	5-Hour Energy	+ 9'49

Spoiler

11	Ã“scar Sevilla	EPM - UNE	+ 11'07
12	Michel Kreder	Garmin - Sharp	+ 14'14
13	Andrew Dahlheim	Bissell Cycling	+ 14'18
14	Tyler Wren	Jamis - Hagens Berman	+ 14'20
15	Dadley Mitchell	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 14'35
16	Stephen Cummings	BMC Racing Team	+ 14'37
17	Alex Howes	Garmin - Sharp	+ 14'44
18	Alessandro Ballan	BMC Racing Team	+ 14'55
19	Janier Acevedo	Jamis - Hagens Berman	+ 14'57
20	David Zabriskie	Garmin - Sharp	+ 15'03
21	Markel Irizar	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 15'18
22	Brent Bookwalter	BMC Racing Team	+ 15'32
23	Kiel Reijnen	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team	+ 15'40
24	Jack Bauer	Garmin - Sharp	+ 16'04
25	Nelson Oliveira	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 16'17
26	Taylor Phinney	BMC Racing Team	+ 16'18
27	Lee de Jong	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 16'25
28	Larry Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	+ 16'29
29	Laurent Didier	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 16'30
30	Jesse Sergent	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 16'44
31	Jakob Rathe	Garmin - Sharp	+ 16'52
32	Jasper Stuyven	Bontrager Cycling Team	+ 17'00
33	Gavin Mannion	Bontrager Cycling Team	+ 17'02
34	Ben Day	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team	+ 17'11
35	Ricardo Van der Velde	Jelly Belly p/b Kenda	+ 17'33
36	Freddy Piamonte	EPM - UNE	+ 17'45
37	Alessandro Bazzana	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team	+ 17'53
38	Ken Hanson	Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies	+ 18'03
39	Jorge Castiblanco	EPM - UNE	+ 18'35
40	Robigzon Oyola	EPM - UNE	+ 18'45
41	James Stemper	5-Hour Energy	+ 20'07
42	Christopher Jones	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team	+ 20'22
43	Chase Pinkham	Jamis - Hagens Berman	+ 20'42
44	Tony Benhachem	Bontrager Cycling Team	+ 20'47
45	John Murphy	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team	+ 21'14
46	Joey Rosskopf	Hincapie Sportswear Development Team	+ 21'18
47	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	+ 22'41
48	Emerson Oronte	Jelly Belly p/b Kenda	+ 22'53
49	Tom Zirbel	Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies	+ 23'06
50	Danilo Hondo	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 23'41
51	Rick Zabel	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 23'48
52	Bjorn Selander	Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies	+ 23'54
53	Stephen Clancy	Team Novo Nordisk	+ 23'57
54	Mac Brennan	Bissell Cycling	+ 25'07
55	Jake Keough	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team	+ 25'22
56	Jonathan Patrick McCarty	Bissell Cycling	+ 25'39
57	Hayden Roulston	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 25'50
58	Michael Torckler	Bissell Cycling	+ 26'26
59	Scott Zwizanski	Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies	+ 26'50
60	Philip Mooney	Jamis - Hagens Berman	+ 26'52
61	Javier MegÃas	Team Novo Nordisk	+ 27'27
62	Adrian Hegyvari	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team	+ 28'38
63	David Williams	5-Hour Energy	+ 28'50
64	Karl Menzies	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team	+ 29'27
65	Shawn Milne	5-Hour Energy	+ 31'28
66	John-Lee Augustyn	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 31'52
67	Thomas Carpenter	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 36'01
68	Christian Parrett	5-Hour Energy	+ 37'24
69	Dylan Groenewegen	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 41'17
70	Guido Palma	Jamis - Hagens Berman	+ 43'51
71	Jeremy Powers	Jelly Belly p/b Kenda	+ 44'49
72	Weimar Roldan	EPM - UNE	+ 45'49
73	Nathan Wilson	Bontrager Cycling Team	+ 46'10
74	Terry Borsellino	Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies	+ 46'37
75	Oscar Clark	Hincapie Sportswear Development Team	+ 47'04
76	Oscar Rivera	EPM - UNE	+ 47'18
77	Justin Morris	Team Novo Nordisk	+ 48'21
78	Andrea Ciacchini	Team Novo Nordisk	+ 49'12
79	Joonas Henttala	Team Novo Nordisk	+ 49'35
80	Ronald Stifler	Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies	+ 49'51
81	Greg Brandt	5-Hour Energy	+ 49'56
82	Ian Moir	Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies	+ 50'29
83	Ruben Companioni	Jamis - Hagens Berman	+ 50'32
84	Michael Sherer	Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies	+ 50'38
85	Alexandre Darville	Bontrager Cycling Team	+ 50'55
86	Patrick Bevin	Bissell Cycling	+ 50'57
87	Branden Russell	Team Novo Nordisk	+ 51'51
88	Paolo Cravanzola	Team Novo Nordisk	+ 51'58
89	Joseph Lewis	Hincapie Sportswear Development Team	+ 52'08
90	Tanner Putt	Bontrager Cycling Team	+ 52'26
91	Andy Baker	Hincapie Sportswear Development Team	+ 52'27
92	Cristian PeÃ±a Meneses	EPM - UNE	+ 52'35
93	Benjamin Wolfe	Jelly Belly p/b Kenda	+ 52'50
94	Julian Kyer	Bissell Cycling	+ 53'11
95	Alexander Cataford	Equipe Garneau - QuÃ©becor	+ 53'28
96	Kyle Wamsley	Jamis - Hagens Berman	+ 53'38
97	Nic Hamilton	Jelly Belly p/b Kenda	+ 53'55
98	Andzs Flaksis	Bontrager Cycling Team	+ 54'03
99	James Oram	Bontrager Cycling Team	+ 55'08
100	Pierrick Naud	Equipe Garneau - QuÃ©becor	+ 57'08
101	Michael Chauner	Equipe Garneau - QuÃ©becor	+ 57'15
102	Ian Burnett	Jelly Belly p/b Kenda	+ 58'01
103	RÃ©mi Pelletier-Roy	Equipe Garneau - QuÃ©becor	+ 58'07
104	Joe Eldridge	Team Novo Nordisk	+ 58'08
105	Edison Blair Turner	Hincapie Sportswear Development Team	+ 59'06
106	Geoffroy Dussault	Equipe Garneau - QuÃ©becor	+ 59'43
107	Matt Lipscomb	Hincapie Sportswear Development Team	+ 1h01'13
108	Louis Garneau	Equipe Garneau - QuÃ©becor	+ 1h01'58

All in all it was a good preparation for the Vuelta.

So tomorrow is my first day of my first Grand Tour.
Wish me luck!
Henry

Dippofix

#286

Posted on 25-12-2013 19:07

Grand Tour Specialist

Posts: 4126
Joined: 29-01-2013
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Nice, looking forward to Henry at the Vuelta!

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welker3257

#287

Posted on 25-12-2013 19:29

Small Tour Specialist

Posts: 2304
Joined: 29-05-2013
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Another good result for Henry

Gig 'em Aggies

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baia

#288

Posted on 25-12-2013 22:15

Grand Tour Specialist

Posts: 5377
Joined: 04-10-2007
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Good result for Henry and Maynes..

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duxili

#289

Posted on 26-12-2013 09:18

Domestique

Posts: 562
Joined: 18-09-2013
PCM$: 200.00

Only beaten by BMC magic team...

Looking for the Vuelta and the date (or would you miss it again?)

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Shonak

#290

Posted on 26-12-2013 10:59

Tour de France Champion

Posts: 15579
Joined: 16-07-2013
PCM$: 350.00

Jeez, if that teammate doesn't wake him up... grrrr!

3rd in GC is a good sign that the form is right for Vuelta.

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Ian Butler

#291

Posted on 26-12-2013 15:32

Tour de France Champion

Posts: 21381
Joined: 01-05-2012
PCM$: 400.00

Dippofix - Me, too!

welker3257 - Thanks, I agree. It was especially nice to fight back after a bad start.

baia - True. Especially Maynes

duxili - BMC was too strong. He wouldn't miss the Vuelta or the date for the world

Shonak - The form is good. But 21 days of racing is truly a lot. We'll see how he managed

I will do the first two stages tonight, most probably. I have a lot on my plate. (I thought I had more time because I have a break from work, but the studying is more than ever) but I'll try to make some time!

Ian Butler

#292

Posted on 26-12-2013 16:51

Tour de France Champion

Posts: 21381
Joined: 01-05-2012
PCM$: 400.00

Night of the Champagne - Part V

Wow, this was amazing. Colors were flowing together and there was a tunnel. I just knew I had to follow it. At the end, I found Lucy, she was wearing a Team Sky outfit, with some diamonds on the side.

She was cheering me on: "Henry, Henry, Henry!"

I opened my eyes slowly. "Henry?"
Heh? Lucy doesn't have a goatee. Wait a minute - "Warren?"
"Dude, you're gonna be late for your date!"

Oh no, not again! Where the hell was Julien? He was supposed to wake me up! There was no time to find out. No panic, I could make it in time if I just hurried now!

So I gathered my new jersey and got in the car.

Sigh...

I really shouldn't drive, I had way too much champagne...

Hi there!
I have to tell you, I'm not sure how much I can report from back here. A Grand Tour is crazy, let me tell you. There is no time to play around. I've had the first two stages, reporting back to you!

Before the Vuelta

The Vuelta is a milestone in my career. Ages 22, I have a chance to participate in my very first Grand Tour. It's not to be underestimated, the profile of the Vuelta is the toughest of all Grand Tours.

I don't have big ambitions coming here, to be honest. I have no GC hopes and I just want to taste how it feels, experience the Vuelta and put up a good fight.

Week 1: I fear week one will cost me a lot of time. The team time trial is not our strongest quality. The first stages I will save energy where possible. I've never raced 21 days before, so I don't mean to blow my legs in the first week.
Week 2: I will get a better view on how we're all doing. The GC will start to form slowly. By now, I will know if I can fight for a distant place (maybe top 30?) or if it's just about finishing this Vuelta alive.
Week 3: Anything is possible here. Am I far back and still alive? Then I will fight and try to get a good result here and there. Am I within striking distance for a distant GC place? Then I will fight and try to get more good results here and there!
Week 4: I will be laying on the couch, half dead.

Vuelta a EspaÃ±a - Stage 1

A team time trial. We were not really prepared for this...

The Race

We were off to a decent start, but we couldn't hold the pace...

So... Not very good. But at least we weren't the last team!

Result

1	Sky Procycling	31'41
2	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
3	Movistar Team	+ 12
4	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 24
5	BMC Racing Team	+ 38
6	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 45
7	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 49
8	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 52
9	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 58
10	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 1'01
11	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1'07
12	Astana Pro Team	+ 1'09
13	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 1'15
14	Lotto Belisol	+ 1'16
15	Katusha Team	+ 1'18
16	FDJ.fr	+ 1'27
17	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1'35
18	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 1'42
19	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1'46
20	Lampre - Merida	+ 1'53
21	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 1'57
22	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.

Vuelta a EspaÃ±a - Stage 2

Well, the Vuelta certainly doesn't keep you wait. Action! I will try to get in a good showing. But this day is very important to me: it's the first time riding around in my National Jersey!

The Race

I love this jersey so much I feel I have to show it as much as possible! This will certainly motivate me in the coming days so attack anyway!

The Vuelta doesn't keep you wait, and the favorites don't like to be kept waiting. Fireworks!

It's my first Grand Tour, first day on the road. I don't make the mistake of trying to follow and get stuck in the following peloton. I try to keep at the front, though, and profit from my good final kilometer.

Always eager to attack, Hesjedal made this attempt stick!

I'm not on the same level as those guys up front, but I put up a decent sprint and gain some time on the peloton. So at least my form is good and I'm not the worst rider here.

Result

1	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp	4h06'28
2	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 16
3	Andy Schleck	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 26
4	Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	+ 34
5	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	+ 1'11
6	Bradley Wiggins	Sky Procycling	s.t.
7	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
8	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Peter Velits	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
11	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
12	Tom Danielson	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
13	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 2'07
14	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky Procycling	s.t.
15	Henry Vergnaud	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 2'18
16	Sergio Henao	Sky Procycling	+ 2'26

Spoiler

17	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
18	Haimar Zubeldia	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
19	Cameron Meyer	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
20	Egor Silin	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
21	Francis De Greef	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
22	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	s.t.
23	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
24	Valerio Agnoli	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
25	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	s.t.
26	Tony Gallopin	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
27	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha Team	s.t.
28	Roman Kreuziger	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
29	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
30	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Sky Procycling	s.t.
31	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
32	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
33	Tom Slagter	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Rohan Dennis	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
35	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	s.t.
36	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	s.t.
37	Robert Vrecer	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
38	Lou Smeets	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
39	Stephen Cummings	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
40	Mikel Astarloza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
41	JÃ©rÃ©my Roy	FDJ.fr	s.t.
42	Pablo Urtasun	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
43	MikaÃ«l ChÃ©rel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
44	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	s.t.
45	Pieter Weening	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
46	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ.fr	s.t.
47	Dries Devenyns	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
49	Yelko Gomez	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
50	Daniele Bennati	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
51	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
52	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
53	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
54	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Christian Vande Velde	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
56	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
57	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
58	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
59	Thomas Damuseau	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
60	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	+ 3'44
61	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
63	Jure Kocjan	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
64	Matti Breschel	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
65	David LÃ³pez	Sky Procycling	s.t.
66	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
67	Thor Hushovd	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
68	Daniele Pietropolli	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
69	Thomas Rohregger	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
70	Marcos GarcÃa	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
71	Alessandro Ballan	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
72	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
73	FranÃ§ois Parisien	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
74	Leigh Howard	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
75	Simon Clarke	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
76	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
77	Johan Vansummeren	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
78	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	s.t.
79	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
80	John-Lee Augustyn	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
81	AndrÃ© Cardoso	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
82	JosÃ© Rujano	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
83	Kristjan Koren	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
84	Kristof Vandewalle	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
85	IvÃ¡n Velasco	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Michel Kreder	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
87	Ian Bibby	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
88	RubÃ©n Plaza	Movistar Team	s.t.
89	Michael MÃ¸rkÃ¸v	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
90	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
91	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
92	Grega Bole	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
94	Ian Stannard	Sky Procycling	s.t.
95	Luke Durbridge	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
96	Thomas Peterson	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
97	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
98	Jacques Janse Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
99	Nicki SÃ¸rensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
100	Julien BÃ©rard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
101	Sylwester Szmyd	Movistar Team	s.t.
102	JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas	Movistar Team	s.t.
103	Maxim Belkov	Katusha Team	s.t.
104	Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
105	Baden Cooke	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
106	Mikhail Ignatiev	Katusha Team	s.t.
107	Luca Paolini	Katusha Team	s.t.
108	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
109	David Arroyo	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
110	Timofey Kritskiy	Katusha Team	s.t.
111	Barry Markus	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
112	Lee de Jong	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 5'23
113	JosuÃ© Moyano	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 5'34
114	Warren Barguil	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
115	Ben Hermans	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
116	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	s.t.
117	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
118	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
119	Adriano Malori	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
120	RubÃ©n PÃ©rez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
121	Steve Chainel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
122	Ioannis Tamouridis	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
123	Matteo Tosatto	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
124	Maarten Wynants	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
125	Vincent JÃ©rÃ´me	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
126	MickaÃ«l Delage	FDJ.fr	s.t.
127	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
128	Nelson Oliveira	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
129	Koldo FernÃ¡ndez	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
130	Yohan Offredo	FDJ.fr	s.t.
131	Dimitriy Muravyev	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
132	GrÃ©gory Rast	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
133	Johannes FrÃ¶hlinger	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
134	Gediminas Bagdonas	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
135	Antonio Piedra	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
136	SÃ©bastien Minard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
137	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
138	Andrew Fenn	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
139	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
140	Alexander Porsev	Katusha Team	s.t.
141	AndrÃ© Greipel	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
142	Patrick Gretsch	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
143	Anthony Geslin	FDJ.fr	s.t.
144	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
145	Pim Ligthart	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
146	Gaetan Bille	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
147	Matthew Lloyd	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
148	Michael SchÃ¤r	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
149	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
150	Dominique Rollin	FDJ.fr	s.t.
151	Freqalsi Debesay	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
152	Danilo Hondo	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
153	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
154	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
155	Joost Van Leijen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
156	BenoÃ®t Vaugrenard	FDJ.fr	s.t.
157	Jetse Bol	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
158	Brett Lancaster	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
159	Alex Dowsett	Movistar Team	s.t.
160	Martin Reimer	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
161	Juan JosÃ© Lobato	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
162	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
163	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
164	Matthew Hayman	Sky Procycling	s.t.
165	Svein Tuft	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
166	Kenny Van Hummel	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
167	Bert De Backer	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
168	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
169	Gert Steegmans	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
170	Laurent Pichon	FDJ.fr	s.t.
171	Adrien Niyonshuti	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
172	Albert Timmer	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
173	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
174	Jonathan Cantwell	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
175	Marco Pinotti	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
176	Ariel Maximiliano Richeze	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
177	Manuele Boaro	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
178	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
179	Martin Wesemann	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
180	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
181	Davide ViganÃ²	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
182	Miguel MÃnguez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
183	Hayden Roulston	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
184	Christopher Sutton	Sky Procycling	s.t.
185	Davide Cimolai	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
186	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
187	Tom Veelers	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
188	Kris Boeckmans	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
189	Aidis Kruopis	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
190	Alex Rasmussen	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
191	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	+ 8'36
192	Bradley Potgieter	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 9'31
193	Miguel Ubeto	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
194	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
195	Leocadio Manresa	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
196	Juan AndrÃ©s Oliver	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
197	Armando Minnucci	Katusha Team	s.t.
198	Dylan van Baarle	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 10'08

General Classification

1	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp	4h38'00
2	Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	+ 43
3	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 1'04
4	Bradley Wiggins	Sky Procycling	+ 1'20
5	Andy Schleck	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
6	Tom Danielson	Garmin - Sharp	+ 1'21
7	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	+ 1'32
8	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	+ 1'58
9	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 2'12
10	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky Procycling	+ 2'16
(...)
58	Henry Vergnaud	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 4'09

Spoiler

11	Peter Velits	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 2'18
12	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 2'21
13	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 2'27
14	Sergio Henao	Sky Procycling	+ 2'35
15	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Sky Procycling	s.t.
16	Rohan Dennis	Garmin - Sharp	+ 2'36
17	Christian Vande Velde	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
18	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	+ 2'47
19	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	s.t.
20	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	s.t.
21	Cameron Meyer	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 2'58
22	Pieter Weening	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
23	Stephen Cummings	BMC Racing Team	+ 3'13
24	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
25	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 3'17
26	Roman Kreuziger	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 3'20
27	Daniele Bennati	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
28	Haimar Zubeldia	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 3'24
29	Tony Gallopin	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
30	Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 3'27
31	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
32	Dries Devenyns	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 3'33
33	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Tom Slagter	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 3'42
35	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
36	Valerio Agnoli	Astana Pro Team	+ 3'44
37	Egor Silin	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
38	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
39	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
40	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
41	Thomas Damuseau	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 3'50
42	Francis De Greef	Lotto Belisol	+ 3'51
43	Lou Smeets	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
44	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	+ 3'52
45	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha Team	s.t.
46	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	s.t.
47	David LÃ³pez	Sky Procycling	+ 3'53
48	Ian Stannard	Sky Procycling	s.t.
49	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin - Sharp	+ 3'54
50	Johan Vansummeren	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
51	Michel Kreder	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
52	JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas	Movistar Team	+ 4'01
53	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ.fr	+ 4'02
54	JÃ©rÃ©my Roy	FDJ.fr	s.t.
55	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	+ 4'05
56	RubÃ©n Plaza	Movistar Team	s.t.
57	Sylwester Szmyd	Movistar Team	s.t.
58	Henry Vergnaud	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 4'09
59	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 4'10
60	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
61	MikaÃ«l ChÃ©rel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
62	Simon Clarke	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 4'16
63	Leigh Howard	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
64	Luke Durbridge	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
65	Baden Cooke	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
66	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 4'20
67	Thor Hushovd	BMC Racing Team	+ 4'27
68	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	+ 4'28
69	Alessandro Ballan	BMC Racing Team	+ 4'31
70	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
71	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
72	Pablo Urtasun	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 4'32
73	Robert Vrecer	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
74	Mikel Astarloza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
75	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
76	Yelko Gomez	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
77	Matti Breschel	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 4'38
78	Michael MÃ¸rkÃ¸v	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
79	Nicki SÃ¸rensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
80	Thomas Rohregger	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 4'42
81	Kristjan Koren	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 4'45
82	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
83	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 4'51
84	Kristof Vandewalle	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
85	JosÃ© Rujano	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 4'54
86	Grega Bole	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
87	Barry Markus	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
88	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	+ 4'56
89	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 5'00
90	Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Astana Pro Team	+ 5'02
92	FranÃ§ois Parisien	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 5'08
93	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
94	Thomas Peterson	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
95	Maxim Belkov	Katusha Team	+ 5'10
96	Luca Paolini	Katusha Team	s.t.
97	Mikhail Ignatiev	Katusha Team	s.t.
98	Timofey Kritskiy	Katusha Team	s.t.
99	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 5'28
100	Julien BÃ©rard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
101	John-Lee Augustyn	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 5'35
102	Ian Bibby	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
103	Jacques Janse Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 5'38
104	Matthew Hayman	Sky Procycling	+ 5'43
105	Christopher Sutton	Sky Procycling	s.t.
106	Koldo FernÃ¡ndez	Garmin - Sharp	+ 5'44
107	Alex Rasmussen	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
108	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	+ 5'46
109	Daniele Pietropolli	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
110	Jure Kocjan	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 5'50
111	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
112	Marcos GarcÃa	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
113	IvÃ¡n Velasco	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
114	AndrÃ© Cardoso	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
115	David Arroyo	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
116	Alex Dowsett	Movistar Team	+ 5'55
117	Brett Lancaster	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 6'06
118	Svein Tuft	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
119	Aidis Kruopis	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
120	Michael SchÃ¤r	BMC Racing Team	+ 6'21
121	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
122	Matteo Tosatto	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 6'28
123	Jonathan Cantwell	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
124	Manuele Boaro	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
125	Ben Hermans	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 6'32
126	Nelson Oliveira	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
127	GrÃ©gory Rast	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
128	Danilo Hondo	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
129	Hayden Roulston	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
130	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 6'35
131	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
132	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
133	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
134	Andrew Fenn	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 6'41
135	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
136	Gert Steegmans	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
137	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 6'44
138	Pim Ligthart	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
139	Kenny Van Hummel	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
140	Kris Boeckmans	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
141	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 6'50
142	Maarten Wynants	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
143	Jetse Bol	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
144	Dimitriy Muravyev	Astana Pro Team	+ 6'52
145	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
146	AndrÃ© Greipel	Lotto Belisol	+ 6'53
147	Johannes FrÃ¶hlinger	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 6'58
148	Patrick Gretsch	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
149	Bert De Backer	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
150	Albert Timmer	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
151	Tom Veelers	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
152	Gaetan Bille	Lotto Belisol	+ 6'59
153	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
154	Joost Van Leijen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
155	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
156	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
157	Alexander Porsev	Katusha Team	+ 7'00
158	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	+ 7'10
159	MickaÃ«l Delage	FDJ.fr	s.t.
160	Yohan Offredo	FDJ.fr	s.t.
161	Anthony Geslin	FDJ.fr	s.t.
162	Dominique Rollin	FDJ.fr	s.t.
163	BenoÃ®t Vaugrenard	FDJ.fr	s.t.
164	Laurent Pichon	FDJ.fr	s.t.
165	Lee de Jong	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 7'14
166	Steve Chainel	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 7'18
167	SÃ©bastien Minard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
168	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
169	Gediminas Bagdonas	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
170	Warren Barguil	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 7'25
171	Vincent JÃ©rÃ´me	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
172	Marco Pinotti	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
173	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 7'28
174	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
175	Freqalsi Debesay	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
176	Martin Reimer	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
177	Adrien Niyonshuti	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
178	Martin Wesemann	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
179	Adriano Malori	Lampre - Merida	+ 7'36
180	Matthew Lloyd	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
181	Davide ViganÃ²	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
182	Ariel Maximiliano Richeze	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
183	Davide Cimolai	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
184	RubÃ©n PÃ©rez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 7'40
185	Ioannis Tamouridis	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
186	JosuÃ© Moyano	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
187	Antonio Piedra	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
188	Juan JosÃ© Lobato	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
189	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
190	Miguel MÃnguez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
191	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	+ 10'01
192	Juan AndrÃ©s Oliver	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 10'38
193	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 10'47
194	Armando Minnucci	Katusha Team	+ 10'57
195	Leocadio Manresa	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 11'02
196	Bradley Potgieter	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 11'25
197	Miguel Ubeto	Lampre - Merida	+ 11'33
198	Dylan van Baarle	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 11'59

Analysis & Daily Thoughts

Despite the lack of good results in this Vuelta, we have reason to be happy. It's the team's very first Grand Tour. With 19 stages left there is no reason to panic. We really want to prove we're worthy of our wildcard and even of a potential World Tour spot!

So we will mainly go for a stage win or two. With this tough start, we will have to, because the GC is gone for our team.
Thank you for being here!
Henry

Edited by Ian Butler on 27-12-2013 11:16

sutty68

#293

Posted on 26-12-2013 17:00

Tour de France Champion

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Lets hope Henry and the team can recover form the team time trial

duxili

#294

Posted on 26-12-2013 17:12

Domestique

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Hard time.

He shoudn't go on a date if he takes Warren for Lucy. And certainly not drive. Taxi may be? With all the wins he has taken down the line he can certainly afford it.

Ian Butler

#295

Posted on 26-12-2013 20:44

Tour de France Champion

Posts: 21381
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sutty68 - I'm sure he will

Thanks!

duxili - Paying for a cab can't be a problem. Though getting one in time might be... We'll see how it goes

I've done the next race but will report on it tomorrow. Got a date (with a lady in white - my guitar), so need to go!
Until tomorrow

Dippofix

#296

Posted on 26-12-2013 20:51

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Loosing time early on isn't the worst thing, after all one or two stage wins are much better than say a 12th spot in the GC or something.

Ethiopian Airlines 2026

welker3257

#297

Posted on 26-12-2013 20:51

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Very solid start to the uphill finishes for Henry

Gig 'em Aggies

Fast N' Loud Cycling Project - ICL

Ian Butler

#298

Posted on 27-12-2013 11:16

Tour de France Champion

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Dippofix - That's true. But it isn't easy securing a stage win here for a 22 year old

welker3257 - He can only improve!

Ian Butler

#299

Posted on 27-12-2013 11:16

Tour de France Champion

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Night of the Champagne - Part VI

I must've looked crazy, but that was just the best solution. A cyclist is a cyclist and nothing else. So in my jeans, but wearing my new jersey, I was riding through town on an old woman's bike I borrowed from a friendly old lady at the bar. I couldn't miss my date, after all!

I had to stop for a red light. There were a bunch of young guys, grouped together, maybe they were rapping or something. Suddenly one of them noticed me. "Wait a minute... Guys, look, it's Vergnaud, man!" They surrounded me and congratulated me. I was just happy they weren't out to rape me, you never know at night time in this world...

The light turned green. "See you guys, thanks for the support, I'll win the next race for you!"

21:57
I was on time.

But where was she?

Hey,

We're already a week into the Vuelta. I told you it'd be hard to report back on a daily base. It's a whole new experience for me, but I'm still alive, and more, I'm enjoying it!

Vuelta a EspaÃ±a - Stages 3 - 7

Three hilly stages and two flat stages. Nothing major happened for me. Three things I'd like to point out.

Meeting Mark

During stage 3, I ended up next to Mark Cavendish in the first half of the race. I was surprised that he knew who I was. We chatted a little bit. He's a real warm guy, the media gives him a nasty spin but he's really all right. Good guy.

Tough days

These are tough days. I admit I have been sitting back a little bit, to see what would happen. At stage 4, when there were a lot of attacks, I sat back a bit too long.

So that evening, I sat down with coach Van Impe. He told me to get over myself, I shouldn't be afraid, I'd be able to handle the three weeks.
He told me I'd regret it if I just sat in the peloton for three weeks. It's all right to save energy, but you gotta take chances. I couldn't agree more. I'm a fighter, and so far I've been riding like a sissy.

So that brings us to stage 5...

Vuelta a EspaÃ±a - Stage 5

The profile for this stage looked pretty good to me. A bit uphill at the end, tough enough in the middle. I was keen on finally showing myself in this Vuelta!

And I had good legs. Unfortunately, the breakaway stayed clear of the bunch and fought for the victory.

The podium was gone. I decided it was time to start working on closing the big gap I had to the leader. 3 kilometers from the finish, I attacked. Garmin was holding a tough pace at that time. I felt amazingly strong and I think I surprised many by making the attack!

In the final 400 meters, I lost a bit of my punch and they gained back some time. Not enough to take away my first top 10 in this Vuelta, though!

Yes! In the end, no time difference was appointed, but at least I had managed a 4th place in a Vuelta stage. That's a good start. Now I have two weeks left to try and do even better!

Result

1	Daniele Pietropolli	Lampre - Merida	4h11'14
2	JÃ©rÃ©my Roy	FDJ.fr	s.t.
3	Johannes FrÃ¶hlinger	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
4	Henry Vergnaud	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 4'29
5	Michel Kreder	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
6	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
7	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	s.t.
8	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
9	Rohan Dennis	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
10	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.

General Classification

1	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp	25h19'48
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	+ 27
3	Andy Schleck	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 1'07
4	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1'42
5	Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	+ 1'43
6	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
7	Tom Danielson	Garmin - Sharp	+ 2'11
8	Bradley Wiggins	Sky Procycling	+ 2'35
9	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 3'21
10	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Sky Procycling	+ 3'25
(...)
37	Henry Vergnaud	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 5'41

Spoiler

11	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	+ 3'30
12	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 3'34
13	Roman Kreuziger	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 3'37
14	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 3'42
15	Cameron Meyer	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 3'58
16	Tom Slagter	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 3'59
17	Peter Velits	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 4'06
18	Sergio Henao	Sky Procycling	+ 4'07
19	Daniele Bennati	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 4'20
20	Egor Silin	Astana Pro Team	+ 4'26
21	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	+ 4'35
22	Tony Gallopin	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 4'39
23	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Pro Team	+ 4'44
24	Francis De Greef	Lotto Belisol	+ 4'51
25	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 4'57
26	Luca Paolini	Katusha Team	+ 5'05
27	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 5'10
28	Daniele Pietropolli	Lampre - Merida	+ 5'13
29	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	+ 5'16
30	Mikel Astarloza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 5'22
31	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha Team	+ 5'24
32	David LÃ³pez	Sky Procycling	+ 5'25
33	Michel Kreder	Garmin - Sharp	+ 5'26
34	Johan Vansummeren	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
35	Thomas Rohregger	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 5'32
36	Ian Stannard	Sky Procycling	+ 5'41
37	Henry Vergnaud	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
38	Thor Hushovd	BMC Racing Team	+ 5'42
39	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 5'45
40	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky Procycling	+ 5'51
41	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	+ 5'53
42	Thomas Damuseau	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 6'11
43	Lou Smeets	Lotto Belisol	+ 6'12
44	Mikhail Ignatiev	Katusha Team	+ 6'15
45	RubÃ©n Plaza	Movistar Team	+ 6'17
46	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	+ 6'22
47	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 6'23
48	Rohan Dennis	Garmin - Sharp	+ 6'24
49	Kristof Vandewalle	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 6'39
50	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	+ 6'44
51	Stephen Cummings	BMC Racing Team	+ 6'48
52	Jure Kocjan	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 6'50
53	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
54	Michael MÃ¸rkÃ¸v	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 6'59
55	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 7'05
56	Johannes FrÃ¶hlinger	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 7'07
57	Haimar Zubeldia	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 7'12
58	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	+ 7'22
59	AndrÃ© Cardoso	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
60	Ian Bibby	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 7'23
61	Pieter Weening	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 7'33
62	Christian Vande Velde	Garmin - Sharp	+ 7'36
63	Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 7'45
64	Dries Devenyns	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 7'51
65	Yohan Offredo	FDJ.fr	+ 7'52
66	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 7'59
67	Ben Hermans	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 8'04
68	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team	+ 8'13
69	Nelson Oliveira	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 8'20
70	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	+ 8'27
71	Maarten Wynants	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 8'32
72	Baden Cooke	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 8'34
73	Grega Bole	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 8'42
74	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 8'45
75	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	+ 8'46
76	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	+ 8'47
77	Robert Vrecer	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 8'50
78	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin - Sharp	+ 8'54
79	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 8'56
80	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	+ 8'58
81	Valerio Agnoli	Astana Pro Team	+ 9'02
82	Dimitriy Muravyev	Astana Pro Team	+ 9'04
83	Simon Clarke	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 9'06
84	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
85	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	+ 9'10
86	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 9'18
87	MikaÃ«l ChÃ©rel	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 9'19
88	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ.fr	+ 9'20
89	Alessandro Ballan	BMC Racing Team	+ 9'21
90	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 9'22
91	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	+ 9'23
92	Adriano Malori	Lampre - Merida	+ 9'24
93	Luke Durbridge	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 9'25
94	Thomas Peterson	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 9'26
95	RubÃ©n PÃ©rez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 9'28
96	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
97	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 9'29
98	Leigh Howard	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 9'34
99	Kristjan Koren	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 9'35
100	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
101	Sylwester Szmyd	Movistar Team	s.t.
102	Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
103	Nicki SÃ¸rensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 9'38
104	Pablo Urtasun	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 9'41
105	FranÃ§ois Parisien	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 9'43
106	Matti Breschel	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 9'47
107	Yelko Gomez	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 9'50
108	JosÃ© Rujano	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 9'54
109	Barry Markus	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 10'03
110	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	+ 10'04
111	Timofey Kritskiy	Katusha Team	+ 10'10
112	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 10'13
113	Gediminas Bagdonas	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 10'27
114	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 10'29
115	Alex Dowsett	Movistar Team	+ 10'30
116	Koldo FernÃ¡ndez	Garmin - Sharp	+ 10'34
117	Julien BÃ©rard	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 10'37
118	Marcos GarcÃa	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 10'40
119	Maxim Belkov	Katusha Team	s.t.
120	Svein Tuft	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 10'41
121	John-Lee Augustyn	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 10'44
122	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 10'58
123	David Arroyo	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 10'59
124	Matthew Hayman	Sky Procycling	+ 11'01
125	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 11'08
126	Jacques Janse Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
127	Andrew Fenn	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 11'16
128	Gert Steegmans	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
129	Brett Lancaster	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 11'24
130	Aidis Kruopis	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
131	Michael SchÃ¤r	BMC Racing Team	+ 11'30
132	Kris Boeckmans	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 11'34
133	Steve Chainel	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 11'36
134	Matteo Tosatto	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 11'37
135	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team	+ 11'39
136	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 11'44
137	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
138	BenoÃ®t Vaugrenard	FDJ.fr	+ 11'45
139	Jonathan Cantwell	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 11'46
140	Lee de Jong	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 11'49
141	GrÃ©gory Rast	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 11'50
142	IvÃ¡n Velasco	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 11'51
143	Vincent JÃ©rÃ´me	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 12'00
144	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	+ 12'01
145	Pim Ligthart	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 12'02
146	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 12'05
147	Joost Van Leijen	Lotto Belisol	+ 12'07
148	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	+ 12'17
149	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 12'18
150	MickaÃ«l Delage	FDJ.fr	s.t.
151	Davide ViganÃ²	Lampre - Merida	+ 12'26
152	Patrick Gretsch	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 12'28
153	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Belisol	+ 12'29
154	Manuele Boaro	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
155	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 12'36
156	SÃ©bastien Minard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
157	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 12'37
158	Anthony Geslin	FDJ.fr	+ 12'40
159	Dominique Rollin	FDJ.fr	s.t.
160	Laurent Pichon	FDJ.fr	s.t.
161	Ioannis Tamouridis	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 12'58
162	Tom Veelers	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 12'59
163	Gaetan Bille	Lotto Belisol	+ 13'00
164	JosuÃ© Moyano	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 13'10
165	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
166	Marco Pinotti	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 13'26
167	Freqalsi Debesay	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 13'29
168	Juan JosÃ© Lobato	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 13'41
169	Miguel MÃnguez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 13'48
170	JÃ©rÃ©my Roy	FDJ.fr	+ 14'10
171	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	+ 15'31
172	Leocadio Manresa	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 15'37
173	Danilo Hondo	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 16'13
174	Kenny Van Hummel	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 16'25
175	Albert Timmer	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 17'02
176	Ariel Maximiliano Richeze	Lampre - Merida	+ 17'20
177	Matthew Lloyd	Lampre - Merida	+ 17'34
178	Antonio Piedra	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 17'44
179	Bradley Potgieter	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 18'09
180	Christopher Sutton	Sky Procycling	+ 19'29
181	Alex Rasmussen	Garmin - Sharp	+ 20'41
182	Bert De Backer	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 21'19
183	Miguel Ubeto	Lampre - Merida	+ 21'45
184	Jetse Bol	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 21'47
185	Hayden Roulston	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 21'57
186	Davide Cimolai	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
187	Adrien Niyonshuti	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 22'01
188	AndrÃ© Greipel	Lotto Belisol	+ 22'02
189	Warren Barguil	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 22'16
190	Martin Reimer	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 22'25
191	Martin Wesemann	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 23'22
192	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 26'12
193	Alexander Porsev	Katusha Team	+ 28'09
194	Dylan van Baarle	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 31'42
195	Juan AndrÃ©s Oliver	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 37'08
196	Armando Minnucci	Katusha Team	+ 41'17

Analysis & Daily Thoughts

One week has passed, but the first rest day is still three days away. What follows now is a tough succession of mountain stages. I'm motivated to make something of it! I'm doing good now. After the initial fright of a Grand Tour, I got over myself. I'd rather empty myself trying to fight then finish 3 weeks without even trying to put in a great effort!

I will fight this weekend!
Henry

PS funny (or sad) detail: I score the first 2 WT points for our team!

Edited by Ian Butler on 27-12-2013 11:17

Ian Butler

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Posted on 27-12-2013 13:54

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Night of the Champagne - Part VII

I couldn't believe this. Was this some sort of revenge? Did she do this because I showed up late the last time? I was starting to lose hope.

Maybe the lady in red has lost its romance, no longer did it seem like a fairy tale. It had become real and too painful. This was not how it was supposed to happen.

Maybe it was time to let go...

Hey,

Two more stages completed and things are clearing up, surprisingly! First, some sad news.

Jonas Ljungblad

After winning stage 5 in the Tour of Colorado, arguably the biggest victory of his career since the National Championships 2005, Jonas has told us and the media that he will retire right after the race. He will stay on the team as a sprinting coach.

Vuelta a EspaÃ±a - Stage 8

A stage for the climbers. I want to try something.

The Race

Making plans and keeping them is a whole other thing, especially in a Grand Tour... I got stuck somewhere in the middle of the pack.

At the final climb, I got a little better. I organized a chase and even got a view of the group of favorites.

However, I missed the energy to get back in that group. Not a good day, but not a bad day either.

Result

1	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	4h30'09
2	Andy Schleck	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
3	Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	s.t.
4	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp	+ 44
5	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	s.t.
6	Bradley Wiggins	Sky Procycling	+ 1'22
7	Tom Danielson	Garmin - Sharp	+ 2'10
8	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Leocadio Manresa	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.

I finished 22th. Keeping the time loss limited, though.

Vuelta a EspaÃ±a - Stage 9

I'm tired of getting stuck in the bunch. So today I want to attack!

The Race

Keen to finally show my national jersey, I started the race aggressively.

I gave it my all, but the peloton wouldn't let me go. I don't know why, but it really sucked for me.

It sucked double because the breakaway of the day would make it to the finish. I could've been there!

For me, this was a bad day. For the audience, it was a great day, though. The sprint of the favorites was amazing to watch.

However, I think that final climb is on the limit of a responsible profile, look at how steep!

Because of the attempted breakaway at the start, I lacked energy at the final climb. Luckily I didn't lose too much time.

Result

1	JÃ©rÃ©my Roy	FDJ.fr	4h22'06
2	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
3	Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
4	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	s.t.
5	Maarten Wynants	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 21
7	Marco Pinotti	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 3'05
8	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 3'42
9	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
10	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	+ 3'51

Spoiler

11	Andy Schleck	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 4'13
12	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
13	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 4'47
14	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Sergio Henao	Sky Procycling	s.t.
16	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky Procycling	s.t.
17	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Bradley Wiggins	Sky Procycling	s.t.
19	Tom Danielson	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
20	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Valerio Agnoli	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
22	JosÃ© Rujano	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
23	Rohan Dennis	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
24	Grega Bole	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Tony Gallopin	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
26	Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	s.t.
27	Roman Kreuziger	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
28	Julien BÃ©rard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
29	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
30	Stephen Cummings	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
31	Peter Velits	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
32	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
33	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Sky Procycling	s.t.
34	Haimar Zubeldia	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
35	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
36	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
37	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
38	Tom Slagter	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
39	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	s.t.
40	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
41	Alessandro Ballan	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
42	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
43	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
44	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	s.t.
45	Cameron Meyer	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
46	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
48	Luke Durbridge	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
49	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	s.t.
50	Egor Silin	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
51	Thor Hushovd	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
52	Ian Stannard	Sky Procycling	s.t.
53	Leigh Howard	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
54	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
55	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
56	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
57	Simon Clarke	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
58	Francis De Greef	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
59	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
60	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha Team	s.t.
62	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	s.t.
63	Robert Vrecer	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
64	Johan Vansummeren	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
65	Dries Devenyns	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
67	David LÃ³pez	Sky Procycling	s.t.
68	Mikel Astarloza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
69	Marcos GarcÃa	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	GrÃ©gory Rast	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
71	SÃ©bastien Minard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
72	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Michel Kreder	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
74	Baden Cooke	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
75	Steve Chainel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
76	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	s.t.
77	MikaÃ«l ChÃ©rel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
78	Andrew Fenn	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Matti Breschel	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
80	Pablo Urtasun	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
81	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
82	Ben Hermans	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
83	Pieter Weening	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
84	RubÃ©n Plaza	Movistar Team	s.t.
85	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
86	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
87	Thomas Rohregger	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
88	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
89	Svein Tuft	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
90	Pim Ligthart	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Ioannis Tamouridis	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
92	Yohan Offredo	FDJ.fr	s.t.
93	Kenny Van Hummel	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Daniele Pietropolli	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
95	Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
96	AndrÃ© Cardoso	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
97	John-Lee Augustyn	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
98	Vincent JÃ©rÃ´me	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
99	Michael MÃ¸rkÃ¸v	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
100	Christian Vande Velde	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
101	Lee de Jong	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
102	Henry Vergnaud	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
103	Michael SchÃ¤r	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
104	Dimitriy Muravyev	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
105	Gediminas Bagdonas	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
106	Jure Kocjan	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
107	Nicki SÃ¸rensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
108	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
109	Sylwester Szmyd	Movistar Team	s.t.
110	Yelko Gomez	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
111	Lou Smeets	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
112	Kristjan Koren	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
113	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
114	Adriano Malori	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
115	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
116	Matthew Lloyd	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
117	Thomas Damuseau	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
118	FranÃ§ois Parisien	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
119	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ.fr	s.t.
120	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
121	IvÃ¡n Velasco	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
122	Nelson Oliveira	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
123	BenoÃ®t Vaugrenard	FDJ.fr	s.t.
124	JosuÃ© Moyano	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
125	Mikhail Ignatiev	Katusha Team	s.t.
126	Matteo Tosatto	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
127	Joost Van Leijen	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
128	Luca Paolini	Katusha Team	s.t.
129	Antonio Piedra	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
130	Anthony Geslin	FDJ.fr	s.t.
131	MickaÃ«l Delage	FDJ.fr	s.t.
132	David Arroyo	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
133	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
134	Koldo FernÃ¡ndez	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
135	Dominique Rollin	FDJ.fr	s.t.
136	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
137	Jacques Janse Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
138	Maxim Belkov	Katusha Team	s.t.
139	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
140	RubÃ©n PÃ©rez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
141	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	+ 9'37
142	Thomas Peterson	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
143	Kristof Vandewalle	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
144	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
145	Daniele Bennati	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
146	Juan JosÃ© Lobato	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
147	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
148	Brett Lancaster	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
149	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
150	Gert Steegmans	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
151	Matthew Hayman	Sky Procycling	s.t.
152	Danilo Hondo	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
153	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
154	Christopher Sutton	Sky Procycling	s.t.
155	Jetse Bol	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
156	Martin Reimer	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
157	Tom Veelers	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
158	Miguel Ubeto	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
159	Manuele Boaro	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
160	Alexander Porsev	Katusha Team	s.t.
161	Barry Markus	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
162	Johannes FrÃ¶hlinger	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
163	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
164	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
165	Martin Wesemann	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
166	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
167	Bert De Backer	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
168	Jonathan Cantwell	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
169	Patrick Gretsch	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
170	Gaetan Bille	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
171	Laurent Pichon	FDJ.fr	s.t.
172	Timofey Kritskiy	Katusha Team	s.t.
173	Davide ViganÃ²	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
174	Alex Dowsett	Movistar Team	s.t.
175	Adrien Niyonshuti	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
176	Freqalsi Debesay	MTN - Qhubeka	s.t.
177	Davide Cimolai	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
178	Warren Barguil	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
179	Albert Timmer	Team Argos - Shimano	s.t.
180	AndrÃ© Greipel	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
181	Miguel MÃnguez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
182	Hayden Roulston	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
183	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
184	Dylan van Baarle	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
185	Kris Boeckmans	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
186	Ian Bibby	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
187	Leocadio Manresa	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
188	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
189	Aidis Kruopis	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
190	Ariel Maximiliano Richeze	Lampre - Merida	+ 12'35
191	Alex Rasmussen	Garmin - Sharp	+ 15'52
192	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 18'12
193	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
194	Bradley Potgieter	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 19'34
195	Armando Minnucci	Katusha Team	+ 21'25
196	Juan AndrÃ©s Oliver	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 21'57

General Classification

1	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp	34h16'29
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	+ 36
3	Andy Schleck	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 48
4	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 1'20
5	Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	+ 2'00
6	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 3'08
7	Bradley Wiggins	Sky Procycling	+ 4'18
8	Tom Danielson	Garmin - Sharp	+ 4'42
9	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 5'52
10	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Sky Procycling	+ 5'56
(...)
22	Henry Vergnaud	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 8'12

Spoiler

11	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 6'05
12	Roman Kreuziger	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 6'08
13	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 6'13
14	Cameron Meyer	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 6'29
15	Peter Velits	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 6'37
16	Sergio Henao	Sky Procycling	+ 6'38
17	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	+ 6'51
18	Egor Silin	Astana Pro Team	+ 6'57
19	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	+ 7'06
20	Tony Gallopin	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 7'10
21	Tom Slagter	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 7'20
22	Henry Vergnaud	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 8'12
23	Vasil Kiryienka	Sky Procycling	+ 8'22
24	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 8'31
25	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	+ 8'53
26	Francis De Greef	Lotto Belisol	+ 9'02
27	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	+ 9'27
28	Haimar Zubeldia	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 9'43
29	Rohan Dennis	Garmin - Sharp	+ 10'35
30	Stephen Cummings	BMC Racing Team	+ 10'59
31	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 11'22
32	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Pro Team	+ 11'24
33	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	+ 11'33
34	Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 11'58
35	Mikel Astarloza	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 12'02
36	Pieter Weening	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 12'21
37	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team	+ 12'24
38	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 12'46
39	Lou Smeets	Lotto Belisol	+ 12'52
40	Valerio Agnoli	Astana Pro Team	+ 13'13
41	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha Team	s.t.
42	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	+ 13'30
43	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 13'34
44	RubÃ©n Plaza	Movistar Team	+ 14'06
45	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 14'24
46	Dries Devenyns	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 14'31
47	Thomas Rohregger	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 14'36
48	Jure Kocjan	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 14'39
49	Johan Vansummeren	Garmin - Sharp	+ 15'11
50	Gianni Meersman	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 15'14
51	Thomas Damuseau	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 15'15
52	Thor Hushovd	BMC Racing Team	+ 15'27
53	David LÃ³pez	Sky Procycling	+ 15'28
54	Robert Vrecer	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 15'30
55	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	+ 15'36
56	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Astana Pro Team	+ 15'41
57	Alberto Losada	Katusha Team	+ 15'50
58	Daniele Pietropolli	Lampre - Merida	+ 16'01
59	AndrÃ© Cardoso	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 16'13
60	Maarten Wynants	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 16'18
61	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	+ 16'29
62	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 16'34
63	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	+ 16'47
64	JÃ©rÃ©my Roy	FDJ.fr	+ 16'56
65	Michel Kreder	Garmin - Sharp	+ 17'15
66	Ian Stannard	Sky Procycling	+ 17'30
67	Simon Clarke	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 17'38
68	Yelko Gomez	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 17'39
69	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	+ 17'50
70	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 17'53
71	Christian Vande Velde	Garmin - Sharp	+ 18'13
72	Marcos GarcÃa	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 18'29
73	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	+ 18'30
74	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 18'33
75	Ian Bibby	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 18'39
76	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 19'13
77	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 19'34
78	JosÃ© Rujano	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 19'39
79	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin - Sharp	+ 19'42
80	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 19'48
81	Mikhail Ignatiev	Katusha Team	+ 20'02
82	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
83	Kristjan Koren	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 20'23
84	Sylwester Szmyd	Movistar Team	s.t.
85	Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
86	Ben Hermans	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 20'41
87	Michael MÃ¸rkÃ¸v	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 20'46
88	John-Lee Augustyn	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 20'47
89	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	+ 20'52
90	Nelson Oliveira	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 20'57
91	Alessandro Ballan	BMC Racing Team	+ 21'10
92	Pablo Urtasun	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 21'13
93	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ.fr	+ 21'25
94	IvÃ¡n Velasco	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 21'36
95	Yohan Offredo	FDJ.fr	+ 21'39
96	Dimitriy Muravyev	Astana Pro Team	+ 21'41
97	David Arroyo	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 21'47
98	Matti Breschel	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 21'52
99	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 21'55
100	Luke Durbridge	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 22'02
101	Ioannis Tamouridis	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
102	Nicki SÃ¸rensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 22'15
103	Baden Cooke	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 22'21
104	Marco Pinotti	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 22'26
105	Grega Bole	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 22'29
106	Lee de Jong	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 22'37
107	Julien BÃ©rard	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 22'42
108	Leocadio Manresa	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 22'44
109	Adriano Malori	Lampre - Merida	+ 23'05
110	RubÃ©n PÃ©rez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 23'15
111	Maxim Belkov	Katusha Team	+ 23'17
112	Leigh Howard	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 23'21
113	FranÃ§ois Parisien	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 23'30
114	Jacques Janse Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 23'45
115	Luca Paolini	Katusha Team	+ 23'52
116	JosuÃ© Moyano	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 23'58
117	Daniele Bennati	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 24'04
118	Kristof Vandewalle	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 24'06
119	SÃ©bastien Minard	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 24'08
120	Steve Chainel	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 24'13
121	Koldo FernÃ¡ndez	Garmin - Sharp	+ 24'21
122	GrÃ©gory Rast	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 24'27
123	Vincent JÃ©rÃ´me	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 24'37
124	Thomas Peterson	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 25'04
125	Dominique Rollin	FDJ.fr	+ 25'17
126	Matteo Tosatto	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 25'24
127	Johannes FrÃ¶hlinger	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 25'44
128	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 25'52
129	MickaÃ«l Delage	FDJ.fr	+ 26'05
130	Ignatas Konovalovas	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 26'24
131	Pim Ligthart	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 26'25
132	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	+ 27'15
133	Joost Van Leijen	Lotto Belisol	+ 27'21
134	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	+ 27'35
135	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 28'04
136	MikaÃ«l ChÃ©rel	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 28'06
137	Timofey Kritskiy	Katusha Team	+ 28'47
138	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 29'00
139	Gediminas Bagdonas	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 29'14
140	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 29'19
141	Svein Tuft	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 29'28
142	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 29'45
143	BenoÃ®t Vaugrenard	FDJ.fr	+ 29'57
144	Andrew Fenn	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 30'03
145	Michael SchÃ¤r	BMC Racing Team	+ 30'17
146	Antonio Piedra	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 30'21
147	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team	+ 30'26
148	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 30'33
149	Warren Barguil	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 30'50
150	Patrick Gretsch	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 31'05
151	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Belisol	+ 31'16
152	Gert Steegmans	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 31'20
153	Matthew Lloyd	Lampre - Merida	+ 31'21
154	Anthony Geslin	FDJ.fr	+ 31'27
155	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 31'28
156	Gaetan Bille	Lotto Belisol	+ 31'37
157	Kris Boeckmans	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 31'38
158	Kenny Van Hummel	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 31'39
159	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 31'48
160	Freqalsi Debesay	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 32'06
161	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 32'40
162	Alex Dowsett	Movistar Team	+ 34'07
163	Matthew Hayman	Sky Procycling	+ 34'38
164	Jonathan Cantwell	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 35'23
165	Davide ViganÃ²	Lampre - Merida	+ 36'03
166	Manuele Boaro	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 36'06
167	Laurent Pichon	FDJ.fr	+ 36'17
168	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto Belisol	+ 36'35
169	Barry Markus	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 37'06
170	Jonas Vangenechten	Lotto Belisol	+ 37'56
171	Brett Lancaster	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 38'27
172	Aidis Kruopis	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
173	Danilo Hondo	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 39'50
174	Tom Veelers	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 40'02
175	Albert Timmer	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 40'39
176	Juan JosÃ© Lobato	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 40'44
177	Miguel MÃnguez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 40'51
178	Martin Reimer	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 41'02
179	Jetse Bol	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 41'51
180	AndrÃ© Greipel	Lotto Belisol	+ 42'06
181	Christopher Sutton	Sky Procycling	+ 43'06
182	Adrien Niyonshuti	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 44'49
183	Miguel Ubeto	Lampre - Merida	+ 45'22
184	Ariel Maximiliano Richeze	Lampre - Merida	+ 47'21
185	Bert De Backer	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 48'22
186	Hayden Roulston	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 49'00
187	Davide Cimolai	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
188	Martin Wesemann	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 50'25
189	Alex Rasmussen	Garmin - Sharp	+ 52'53
190	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	+ 55'12
191	Alexander Porsev	Katusha Team	s.t.
192	Dylan van Baarle	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 58'45
193	Bradley Potgieter	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 59'46
194	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h00'26
195	Juan AndrÃ©s Oliver	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 1h22'08
196	Armando Minnucci	Katusha Team	+ 1h26'38

By some miracle I am placed 22th in the General Classification!

Analysis & Daily Thoughts

Just one more stage before the rest day. We will try to make the most of it.
I'm a bit torn now. Being in a 22th position in the GC is not what I expected, and I feel like I haven't done anything to deserve it. So now I can either fight for a spot in the top 25, or lose more time and try to get a stage win..

See you tomorrow,
Henry

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