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David Veilleux-The Next Canadian Legend
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 11-03-2011 00:21
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 GP la Marseilaisse
My Plan: My hopes for this stage are to help my leader, Kern and if it comes down to a mass sprint at the end, I think I can help out Arashiro, if my legs aren't screaming too much.
Early on Cyril Gautier attacked. In fact only 10km into the stage. No one else could follow his attack and he was left alone, but the peloton initially saw him as a threat and chased him back, but as soon as he "returned" he attacked oncemore. Unable to bring along any other riders he was alone again, just as the road went up.
Because of this incline Gautier was able to increase his gap to the peloton and eventually he gained 2 minutes on the pack.
Meanwhile on the longest hill of the day at the middle point of the stage, I was struggling. My legs weren't used to this speed on a hill like this, and I began to fall back. On the very long descent I managed to bring myself back to the peleton, however.
The main group turned on the jets to try and reach Gautier, but he was riding on an extra gear, and was even pulling away with 5km to go. I guess at that point the bunch gave up on 1st place and just began to think about finishing 2nd.
Gautier crossed the line in first place. An absolutely fantastic victory, for him, and the first of the season for our team.
And in the sprint for second place, Kern placed third, rounding out a great race for Europcar.
Results:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | 3h54'04 | | 2 | Yann Huguet | Skil - Shimano | + 1'30 | | 3 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 4 | Nicolas Vogondy | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 5 | Sandy Casar | FDJ | s.t. | | 6 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ | s.t. |  7 | Gianni Meersman | FDJ | s.t. | | 8 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 9 | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 10 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ | s.t. | | ... |  31 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 11-03-2011 04:13
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 Tour of Oman
So its my first stage race. This years version has an interesting climb on the 4th stage, which I hope to be able to help Voeckler on. Speaking of Voeckler here's the official pre-race startlist.
Sky
1. G.Thomas
2. D.Appollonio
3. K.Arvesen
4. J.A.Flecha
5. G.Henderson
6. J.Hunt
7. L.P.Nordhaug
8. B.Swift
Europcar
11. C.Kern
12. S.Chavanel
13. M.Claude
14. D.Gaudin
15. S.Haddou
16. G.Le Floch
17. D.Veilleux
18. T.Voeckler
Christina Watches
21. M.Rasmussen
22. A.Furlan
23. M.Hester
24. R.Jørgensen
25. G.Lilholt
26. J.Madsen
27. J.Odgaard
28. D.Vestergaard
Caja Rural
31. J.Moreno
32. Í.Cuesta
33. D.De la Cruz
34. F.Ferrari
35. J.Herrada
36. A.Mora
37. A.Ryabkin
38. J.Sobrino
Miche
41. S.Schumacher
42. W.Aranzazu
43. R.Cesaro
44. L.Rocchetti
45. C.Zaballa
46. V.Zagorodny
D'Angelo
51. M.Rubiano
52. F.Baliani
53. S.Campagnaro
54. H.Frusto
55. R.Komori
56. G.Muraglia
Skil - Shimano
61. S.Geschke
62. R.Chaigneau
63. K.De Kort
64. M.Docker
65. F.Han
66. R.Kluge
67. R.Van Zandbeek
68. T.Veelers
PureBlack
71. G.A.Chadwick
72. D.Barry
73. S.Lyttle
74. J.McCoy
75. M.Torckler
76. J.Williamson
Topsport
81. D.Cornu
82. J.Baugnies
83. K.Boeckmans
84. K.De Ketele
85. P.Jacobs
86. G.Joseph
87. S.Neirynck
88. J.Salomein
Team Type 1
91. J.Kocjan
92. A.Bazzana
93. D.Callegarin
94. W.Dugan
95. O.Kerkhof
96. V.Kobzarenko
97. S.Stewart
98. M.Verschoor
UnitedHealth
101. C.Jones
102. J.Clarke
103. D.Frattini
104. R.Förster
105. M.Jenkins
106. K.Menzies
107. A.Pinfold
108. M.Schmitt
CCC Polsat
111. J.Morajko
112. D.Batek
113. A.Honkisz
114. B.Janiaczyk
115. S.Janiszewski
116. T.Kiendys
117. R.Ratajczyk
118. A.Schulze
Adria Mobil
121. T.Nose
122. K.Fajt
123. M.Gnezda
124. M.Haller
125. A.Hocevar
Landbouwkrediet
131. S.Delfosse
132. F.Amorison
133. K.Barbé
134. H.Dekkers
135. B.Gourgue
136. K.Peeters
137. B.Scheirlinckx
138. B.Traksel
Colnago
141. F.Savini
142. M.Belletti
143. G.Brambilla
144. M.Caddeo
145. M.Frapporti
146. P.Locatelli
147. A.Pasqualon
148. S.Stortoni
Itera - Katusha
151. R.Wielinga
152. K.Baranov
153. I.Frolov
154. P.Kochetkov
155. E.Kovalev
156. D.Mokrov
157. A.Prishpetniy
158. A.Solomennikov
PSK Whirlpool
161. J.Hudecek
162. A.Broz
163. T.Buchácek
164. T.Danacik
165. D.Dvorsky
166. F.Kloucek
Veranda's
171. T.Degand
172. W.De Vocht
173. J.Drucker
174. R.Goris
175. S.Van Dijk
176. A.Van Groen
177. S.Van den Houte
178. J.Vanlandschoot
ISD CT
181. O.Sheydyk
182. D.Karnulin
183. M.Vasilyev
V Australia
191. Z.Davies
192. T.Shelden
My main worries for this race will be someone like Stefan Schumacher and also Sobrino in the sprints. Other than that, its quite obvious Team Sky came here to win with some very strong riders. They don't have a major GC threat though so maybe Voeckler can win, it, as he's one of the top favourites.
Edited by valverde321 on 11-03-2011 04:15
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| baia |
Posted on 11-03-2011 11:43
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Great break with Cyril...fantastic...Kern´s 3rd place is very good too...great start.. |
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Posted on 11-03-2011 11:55
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Great win with Cyril, I hope David can make his mark in the Tour of Oman. Good Luck 
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Posted on 11-03-2011 18:54
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Great break and win with Cyril, David did well too. Maybe a breakaway vicotory in Oman with David 
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Posted on 11-03-2011 19:06
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Fantastic win from Gautier. 
And go David! 
Edited by FreitasPCM on 11-03-2011 19:06
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 11-03-2011 19:13
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Awesome win with Cyril, alone since the beginning!!
Good luck for Oman, looking forward to it =)
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 11-03-2011 20:32
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Thanks everyone. That was one of my favourite stages to play on PCM10 ever. Just the way I was able to attack away from the peloton and then to get one of those "emotional" wins like Haussler in the 09 Tour.
And I should be able to get another stage up tonight (very early tommorow morning for those in EU) as I have a hockey game tonight. It might be my last game if we lose, so wish me luck that my team can win and then we might make it to the finals.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 11-03-2011 20:35
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Good luck Hope you can win it, come on ! Do it in Valverde style, at his best
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 12-03-2011 17:29
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Tour of Oman Stage 1
My Plan: My plan for this stage is to stay out of danger. I may be needed for the sprint train, and I may also be needed for the mountain stage for my leaders, Voeckler and Kern. The DS has already told me I will have a chance at a breakaway, but he told me, not on the first day, because the sprint teams will be eager to get a victory.
Today the heat realyl affected us, and we got lots of water in.
I carefully rode in the bunch with most of my team-mates. Arashiro, was protected from the wind all day long, but he already said he didn't want anyone protecting him because he was out of form. The DS said to protect him anyway.
Like expected it came down to a mass sprint. Arashiro charged for the line, while Chavanel had picked the wrong wheel, putting the whole sprint in jeopardy.
In the end, Ben Swift won the stage. But I was pleased with my own performance.
Stage:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time |  1 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | 4h00'24 |  2 | Manuel Belletti | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 3 | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. |  4 | Tom Veelers | Skil - Shimano | s.t. |  5 | Greg Henderson | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |  6 | Pavel Kochetkov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. |  7 | Joaquín Sobrino | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 8 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 9 | Bert Scheirlinckx | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 10 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | ... | | 29 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. |
GC
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | 4h00'04 | | 2 | Manuel Belletti | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 8 | | 3 | René Jørgensen | Team Christina Watches - Onfone | + 10 | | 4 | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet | + 12 | | 5 | Fabricio Ferrari | Caja Rural | + 14 | | 6 | Jarl Salomein | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 7 | William Dugan | Team Type 1 | + 18 | | 8 | Tom Veelers | Skil - Shimano | + 20 | | 9 | Greg Henderson | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 10 | Pavel Kochetkov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | ... | | 32 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. |
Points:
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | General | | 1 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | 25 | 25 | | 2 | Manuel Belletti | Colnago - CSF Inox | 20 | 20 | | 3 | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet | 16 | 16 | | 4 | Tom Veelers | Skil - Shimano | 14 | 14 | | 5 | Greg Henderson | Sky ProCycling | 12 | 12 |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 12-03-2011 21:21
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Fantastic Result in Mediteranean
Pierre Rolland has given Europcar its best result of the season. He climbed his way up Mt. Faron to finish 2nd on the last stage of the Tour de Mediteraneen 30 seconds behind countryman Moncoutie of Cofidis, but Rolland also won the General Classification 31 seconds ahead of Moncoutie. Rolland is very thrilled, and hopes its a sign of things to come.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 13-03-2011 16:47
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Tour of Oman Stage 2
My Plan: Today I was told I would be the free rider on the team. That meant if there was a strong break, I would join. I had to cover attacks from possible GC threats.
And guess what happened today? I got in the BOTD. And it was a good day for it as the temperature was 25C rather than yestersays 39C, thanks in large part to the overcast skies today.
Unfortunately the BOTD was caught with 5km left. After a strong attack with 8km left, I decided to glance back and see if anyone was following me, but I literally saw up Jeremy Hunt's nose, and thats when I knew it was over.
But Kern still had enough energy to try an attack with 4km to the line. He got a nice gap and only Stef Schumacher could follow. But they were passed inside 1km, by the sprinters.
And from this angle it looks like Swift won from a breakaway, but he didn't, it just looks that way. He should have recieved a time-gap but we wont complain.
Results:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | 2h51'59 | | 2 | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 3 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 4 | Manuel Belletti | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 5 | Angelo Furlan | Team Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 6 | Andrew Pinfold | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 8 | Koen De Kort | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 9 | Joaquín Sobrino | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 10 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | | ... | | 55 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. |
GC
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | 6h51'43 | | 2 | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet | + 20 | | 3 | Manuel Belletti | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 28 | | 4 | René Jørgensen | Team Christina Watches - Onfone | + 30 | | 5 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky ProCycling | + 32 | | 6 | Fabricio Ferrari | Caja Rural | + 34 | | 7 | Alessandro Bazzana | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 8 | Ales Broz | PSK Whirlpool - Author | + 36 | | 9 | Ryohei Komori | D'Angelo & Antenucci-Nippo | + 38 | | 10 | Joaquín Sobrino | Caja Rural | + 40 | | ... | | 40 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. |
Points
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | General | | 1 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | 25 | 50 | | 2 | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet | 20 | 36 | | 3 | Manuel Belletti | Colnago - CSF Inox | 14 | 34 | | 4 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky ProCycling | 16 | 24 | | 5 | Joaquín Sobrino | Caja Rural | 7 | 16 |
Edited by valverde321 on 13-03-2011 16:52
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Posted on 14-03-2011 02:30
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I decided to glance back and see if anyone was following me, but I literally saw up Jeremy Hunt's nose, and thats when I knew it was over.
Haha, Great Line 
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 14-03-2011 02:43
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Mresuperstar wrote:
I decided to glance back and see if anyone was following me, but I literally saw up Jeremy Hunt's nose, and thats when I knew it was over.
Haha, Great Line
Thanks, usually I try too hard, but hey, I must be hilarious.
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Posted on 14-03-2011 18:01
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Just stretching up....but it will come... |
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Posted on 16-03-2011 03:13
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Tour of Oman Stage 3
My Plan: So its the final flat stage before the decisive mountain and time trial stages, so I hope to stay out of trouble, but more importantly keep Kern and Tommy out of trouble. We want a sprint today.
We see a break. Normal for a long flat stage like today, and like 80% of the time they were brought back in the final 20km of the stage.
I was unable to see, just how the sprint unfolded because I was at the back with Voeckler and Kern, but the result was great. No one can beat Swift so a 3rd place and 5th place on the stage is very good.
Stage Result
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | 5h19'29 | | 2 | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 3 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 4 | Tom Veelers | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 5 | Saïd Haddou | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 6 | Joaquín Sobrino | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 7 | Manuel Belletti | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 8 | Andrew Pinfold | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Angelo Furlan | Team Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | 10 | Bobbie Traksel | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | ... | | 17 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. |
GC
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | 12h10'52 | | 2 | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet | + 28 | | 3 | Manuel Belletti | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 48 | | 4 | René Jørgensen | Team Christina Watches - Onfone | + 50 | | 5 | Davide Frattini | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 6 | Olaf Kerkhof | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 7 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | + 52 | | 8 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 9 | Fabricio Ferrari | Caja Rural | + 54 | | 10 | Alessandro Bazzana | Team Type 1 | s.t. |
Points
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | General | | 1 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | 25 | 75 | | 2 | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet | 20 | 56 | | 3 | Manuel Belletti | Colnago - CSF Inox | 9 | 43 | | 4 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | 16 | 31 | | 5 | Tom Veelers | Skil - Shimano | 14 | 28 |
Edited by valverde321 on 16-03-2011 03:15
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| DJP19 |
Posted on 16-03-2011 03:19
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Nice podium, good luck on the moutain stage with voekler Maybe David can steal a win at the top(from breakaway) |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 16-03-2011 03:29
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DJP19 wrote:
Nice podium, good luck on the moutain stage with voekler Maybe David can steal a win at the top(from breakaway)
Thanks! Voeckler is our best rider but Kern is in much better shape so we'll see, who wins it. And I hope for that too, but Veilleux will probably be needed for the climb to help Voeckler/Kern.
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 16-03-2011 16:40
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Nice results in stage three, looking forward for the mountain stage
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| baia |
Posted on 16-03-2011 17:30
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Good result... |
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