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A Tale of Two
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 23-08-2012 13:54
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Good luck here in Colorado
Btw, is that snow on the first picture of the prologue?
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 23-08-2012 13:55
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PCM rulezz wrote:
Good luck here in Colorado
Btw, is that snow on the first picture of the prologue?
I think its just rain  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 14:52
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Strangely enough, it sounded like rain and it looked like snow  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 15:37
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Tour of Colorado - Stage 3
Well, this is the queen stage of this Tour of Colorado. Today we had to make the difference. The two biggest obstacles of the day were the Cottonwood Pass and the Independence Pass.
Bille went to war for the KoM jersey and gets the maximum points on the Cottonwood Pass. He's already almost certain of the jersey and the stage race isn't even halfway yet!
It was up to Omega-Pharma Quickstep to chase down the breakaway.
Their pace was everything but fast and a peloton of over 90 riders survived the Independence Pass. I was badly positioned, otherwise I would've tried an attack.
So it looked like it would be up to the breakaway riders to fight for the win (Bille had already returned to the peloton on the final climb)
In the end, it was Camaño, the racer of Endura Racing, that takes the win! Stijn finished a nice 8th place.
However, for me this race was a bit of a disappointment. There were no attacks, no big breaks in the peloton. The only thing that'll stir up the GC is the Mountain Time Trial of tomorrow.
Result
| 1 | Iker Camaño | Endura Racing | 5h18'46 | | | 2 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 3 | Ivan Rovny | RusVelo | s.t. | | | 4 | Romain Hardy | Bretagne-Schuller | s.t. | | | 5 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'21 | | | 6 | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 7 | André Schulze | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 8 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 9 | Marcel Wyss | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 10 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 11 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 12 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 13 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 14 | Andreas Dietziker | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 15 | Daniele Righi | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 16 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 17 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 18 | Julien Antomarchi | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 19 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 20 | Alexander Serebryakov | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | |
GC
| 1 | Iker Camaño | Endura Racing | 9h38'53 | | | 2 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp | + 12 | | | 3 | Ivan Rovny | RusVelo | + 22 | | | 4 | Romain Hardy | Bretagne-Schuller | + 29 | | | 5 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 1'14 | | | 6 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 1'30 | IanButler | | 7 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Gaëtan Bille | Lotto-Belisol | + 1'31 | IanButler | | 9 | Rubens Bertogliati | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 1'33 | | | 10 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'34 | |
I still share my place/time with Van Garderen. Tomorrow we'll fight out our battle on the time trial hill, that promises to be good!
In other news: Sep Vanmarcke, upcoming Flandrien, has signed a contract with Argos - Shimano, which will most likely promote to ProTour at the end of the season. He'll be their main rider for the cobbled classics, which they'll have to ride now.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 15:58
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While we're nearing page 20, I just wanted to check: those people following, is there anything you'd like to see changed or is it still going well enough for you? (reports, screenshots, pace...) |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 23-08-2012 16:05
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It's perfect. 
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 16:08
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Thanks 
I've added a palmares of both riders in the first (intro) post. I didn't want to make it too detailed, so I just did the GTs for Eric and important (cobbled) races for Stijn. I hope you all like it! |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 23-08-2012 16:31
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soooo faaaast
i leave it for 12hours and 2pages fill up!!
i knwo you dont do stats, but could you give an idea of who they are similar to in terms of ability (cause for now im sure they are both the best riders ever and you just suck )?
Really good, maybe like a bit more information on the other riders in Lotto and how the team is doing away from these two.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 17:08
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I'll give a few hints about their abilities:
Stijn & Renshaw should be co-leaders when it comes to sprinter, neither is much better than the other.
Stijn has grown in COB a lot already and is now better than Roelandts, however he doesn't even come close to Boonen or Cancellara yet. He should be able to win a cobbled race next season, though, with a bit of luck.
And about Eric I'll just say this: He and Van Garderen have much in common
I'm not the best PCM player, but I don't think that's relevant here, I just want to make a great story. I don't think I suck, though
I'll try to give a little more info about Lotto!
Edited by Ian Butler on 23-08-2012 17:08
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 23-08-2012 17:48
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will Eric go to world championship in Time Trial? |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 18:02
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Eric won't be racing the WC this year. Van Gent has been considered but because of the hilly profile, I think they'll give a priority to Gilbert and Van Avermaet and riders like that.
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 23-08-2012 18:08
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is there a better ITT in belgium than Eric? |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 18:22
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Tour of Colorado - Stage 4
Where the opening time trial was mostly downhill, this is mostly uphill. It should suit Eric better.
The first, flat part of the race was not so good. At the first checkpoint I had a 15 second deficit on Van Garderen.
Van Garderen rode excellent and rode past Bille.
But he had taken a fast start and faded a lot near the end, while I found my legs from the Giro, going uphill. I caught Bille (who started even before Van Garderen) on the finish line and squashed Van Garderen's time with 27"! And that's how you win your first stage race!
Camaña knew his days of glory were over, as he lost 2'04" today.
Result
| 1 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | 24'04 | IanButler | | 2 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 27 | | | 3 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'22 | | | 4 | Andreas Dietziker | Team NetApp | + 1'30 | | | 5 | Marcel Wyss | Team NetApp | + 1'32 | | | 6 | Alex Rasmussen | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 1'33 | | | 7 | Adriano Malori | Lampre-ISD | + 1'35 | | | 8 | Peter Stetina | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 1'40 | | | 9 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 1'41 | | | 10 | Markus Fothen | Team NSP-GHOST | + 1'43 |
Tour of Colorado - Stage 7
The next 3 days were just a matter of keeping the jersey. Them being all flat profiles, it wasn't that hard. Everyone worked hard, including myself!
Of course, there were some falls, but I was never part of them.
Antomarchi won the final stage and I won my first stage race, and what a beauty it is!
GC
| 1 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | 19h22'34 | IanButler | | 2 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 27 | | | 3 | Iker Camaño | Endura Racing | + 34 | | | 4 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp | + 35 | | | 5 | Ivan Rovny | RusVelo | + 1'01 | | | 6 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 1'25 | | | 7 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'28 | | | 8 | Marcel Wyss | Team NetApp | + 1'39 | | | 9 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 1'51 | | | 10 | Markus Fothen | Team NSP-GHOST | s.t. | |
KoM
| 1 | Gaëtan Bille | Lotto-Belisol | 38 | IanButler | | 2 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp | 18 | | | 3 | Maciej Bodnar | Liquigas-Cannondale | 18 | | | 4 | Iker Camaño | Endura Racing | 16 | | | 5 | Jarl Salomein | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 14 | |
Points
| 1 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | 50 | | | 2 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | 49 | IanButler | | 3 | Alex Rasmussen | Team Garmin-Barracuda | 42 | | | 4 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | 40 | | | 5 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 39 | |
This was a huge success. This year is too good to be true, for the both of us! I think we can have a great future ahead of us, if we keep working hard!
However, this season is coming to an end, already. I merely have 2 races more to ride, the two in Canada, while Stijn will finish his season next week with GP Jes Scherens.
But we'll stay with you until the end of the seasons, with results from the team!
In other news:
Classique de Plouay:
| 1 | André Greipel | Lotto-Belisol | 5h19'10 | IanButler | | 2 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Tom Veelers | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 4 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 5 | Robbie McEwen | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 6 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 7 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 8 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 9 | Daniel Oss | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 10 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | |
Excellent work from Greipel, getting his 11th win of the season.
In other news:
Jurgen is now 4th in the GC in the Vuelta! He's behind Contador, Valverde and Anton.
See you for the next race (GP Jef Scherens) |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 18:23
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JuanMotr wrote:
is there a better ITT in belgium than Eric?
Eric has improved much in TT this season, but De Gendt is still better! (I gave De Gendt more TT than the official database)
However, with a great form, he could make NC TT next year, but that'll depend on his (and De Gendt's) calender. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 18:35
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Updated the first blog with a more complete bio since their career started at Lotto-Belisol, including victories per year, notable results, GT results and for Stijn cobbled results. Will be updated regularly. |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 23-08-2012 18:38
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Ian Butler wrote:
JuanMotr wrote:
is there a better ITT in belgium than Eric?
Eric has improved much in TT this season, but De Gendt is still better! (I gave De Gendt more TT than the official database)
However, with a great form, he could make NC TT next year, but that'll depend on his (and De Gendt's) calender.
thanks for answer
btw: perfect time trial from Eric he really deserved to win in Colorado |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 19:23
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Thanks |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 23-08-2012 19:29
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What is the Tour of Colorado anyway?
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 23-08-2012 19:31
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baseballlover312 wrote:
What is the Tour of Colorado anyway?
Another race where Eric is dominating 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 22:28
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It's actually the first race he's won |
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