Tour de France '07 - History as it should've been
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Posted on 03-06-2012 16:10
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Just great!
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Posted on 03-06-2012 16:17
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Love this! And the results seem to be extremely realistic
Cant wait for the next reports!
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Posted on 03-06-2012 16:20
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Great sprint from Hunter there, a really tough sprint.
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valverde321 wrote:
Love this! And the results seem to be extremely realistic
Cant wait for the next reports!
I seem to remember you writing that the 2007 Tour was your favourite one Well, that makes two of us!
A thing that's not realistic about this story, is that the riders don't do victory celebrations. It's very annoying, because any photogallery from any stage should have a celebration pic.
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Posted on 03-06-2012 17:32
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Close battle for the green jersey But I think Boonen will wear that jersey in Paris |
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Posted on 03-06-2012 17:38
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If he survives in the mountains, that is |
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Posted on 03-06-2012 18:07
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Great story and a very close sprint. Although i think you'll find the tour was in Europe all along |
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Posted on 03-06-2012 18:24
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Geezar10 wrote:
Great story and a very close sprint. Although i think you'll find the tour was in Europe all along
Thanks!
As an Englishman you would know that you guys refer to mainland Europe as just Europe, and don't regard yourselves as part of it
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Stage 3 [IMG-r]https://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac43/christian_gr/tour07/profil3.gif[/IMG-r]
Waregem - Compiègne
236.5 km
Tuesday 10 July
This was the longest stage in this year’s Tour de France. After yesterday's stage in Flanders, the peloton entered France today along some of the roads used for the Paris-Roubaix race.[IMG-r]https://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac43/christian_gr/tour07/stu.jpg[/IMG-r]
One man with fond memories of today's finishing town, where Paris-Roubaix starts, was Stuart O'Grady, the current king of the cobbles.
"I wouldn't mind if the Tour went over a few sections of cobbles, I guess. I haven't been here since I won Roubaix, so it'll bring back a few good memories for sure", O'Grady said.
Usually by now in the Tour de France, we will have seen the Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen (Predictor - Lotto) bag a stage win or at least stamp his mark on the race in one way or another. So far this year, the Aussie has been remarkably quiet, with a 4th and a 10th place in the two sprint finishes we've had until now. Maybe today would prove to be a day for McEwen?
His team certainly thought so, as they were among the chasers limiting the advantage of the five-man breakaway that eventually got away after a hectic start to the stage.
Predictor - Lotto still had faith in McEwen. Johan Van Summeren did a good job pulling the peloton along.
With only one 4th category climb on the stage, Pérez' polkadot jersey was still safe on his shoulders. Almost surprisingly, you could say, the Basque rider wasn't part of today's break. When the escapees had surrendered to the might of the peloton, the sprinters got another challenge to deal with. Tour of Flanders-winner Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) decided to have a go!
Alessandro Ballan sensed an opportunity!
After some initial confusion back in the peloton, the sprint trains got their steam going again. It was touch and go whether Ballan would make it! Had he spoiled the day for Boonen & co?
Tom Boonen (Quickstep - Innergetic) came powering past Ballan on the run-in!
Ballan was caught within sight of the finishing line as the sprinters launched their final dash for the line. Boonen was heading for the win, but just as the Belgian was about to put his arms in the air to celebrate his second stage victory, someone popped out from nowhere!
Robbie McEwen (Predictor - Lotto) came from far behind to nick the win from Boonen on the line!
We had just witnessed a McEwen special! He was invisible until the last metres, where his incredible acceleration took him past everyone!
McEwen had this to say about his 12th win in a Tour de France:
"My teammates did an amazing job. I felt like I was dying, but everybody was. It was a very hard stage."
As a consolation for Tom Boonen, he's back in green. The other jerseys are unchanged. With the bonuses for 2nd place, Boonen is edging closer to the yellow jersey.
Stage results
1 | Robbie McEwen | Predictor - Lotto | 5h20'28 | 2 | Tom Boonen | Quick Step - Innergetic | s.t. | 3 | Thor Hushovd | Crédit Agricole | s.t. | 4 | Erik Zabel | Team Milram | s.t. | 5 | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | s.t. | 6 | Robert Hunter | Barloworld | s.t. | 7 | Filippo Pozzato | Liquigas | s.t. | 8 | Alessandro Ballan | Lampre - Fondital | s.t. | 9 | Romain Feillu | Agritubel | s.t. | 10 | Daniele Bennati | Lampre - Fondital | s.t. | 11 | Mark Cavendish | T-Mobile Team | s.t. | 12 | Sébastien Chavanel | Française des Jeux | s.t. | 13 | Robert Förster | Team Gerolsteiner | s.t. | 14 | Anthony Geslin | Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | 15 | Sébastien Hinault | Crédit Agricole | s.t. |
General classification
1 | Fabian Cancellara | Team CSC | 13h41'11 | 2 | Andreas Klöden | Astana Team | + 11 | 3 | Tom Boonen | Quick Step - Innergetic | + 14 | 4 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 19 | 5 | Thor Hushovd | Crédit Agricole | + 23 | 6 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Team | s.t. |
Spoiler 7 | Benoît Vaugrenard | Française des Jeux | s.t. | 8 | George Hincapie | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 9 | Sylvain Chavanel | Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone | + 24 | 10 | Cadel Evans | Predictor - Lotto | s.t. | 11 | Bradley Wiggins | Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone | s.t. | 12 | Robert Hunter | Barloworld | + 26 | 13 | Vladimir Gusev | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 14 | David Zabriskie | Team CSC | + 27 | 15 | Thomas Dekker | Rabobank | s.t. | 16 | David Millar | Saunier Duval - Prodir | + 28 | 17 | Vladimir Karpets | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | 18 | Alberto Contador | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | + 29 | 19 | Andrey Kashechkin | Astana Team | + 30 | 20 | José Iván Gutiérrez | Caisse d'Epargne | + 31 | 21 | Manuel Quinziato | Liquigas | + 33 | 22 | Levi Leipheimer | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 23 | Andriy Grivko | Team Milram | s.t. | 24 | Paolo Savoldelli | Astana Team | s.t. | 25 | Linus Gerdemann | T-Mobile Team | + 35 | 26 | Michael Rogers | T-Mobile Team | + 36 | 27 | Mikel Astarloza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 37 | 28 | Sébastien Rosseler | Quick Step - Innergetic | + 38 | 29 | Óscar Pereiro | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | 30 | William Bonnet | Crédit Agricole | + 39 | 31 | Rik Verbrugghe | Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone | s.t. | 32 | Christophe Moreau | AG2R Prévoyance | s.t. | 33 | Brett Lancaster | Team Milram | s.t. | 34 | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | + 40 | 35 | Kim Kirchen | T-Mobile Team | s.t. | 36 | Jens Voigt | Team CSC | + 41 | 37 | Filippo Pozzato | Liquigas | + 42 | 38 | Alejandro Valverde | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | 39 | Markus Fothen | Team Gerolsteiner | s.t. | 40 | Yaroslav Popovych | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 41 | Marzio Bruseghin | Lampre - Fondital | s.t. | 42 | Stefan Schumacher | Team Gerolsteiner | + 43 | 43 | Denis Menchov | Rabobank | s.t. | 44 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Quick Step - Innergetic | + 44 | 45 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R Prévoyance | + 45 | 46 | Christian Vande Velde | Team CSC | s.t. | 47 | Gert Steegmans | Quick Step - Innergetic | + 46 | 48 | Robbie McEwen | Predictor - Lotto | s.t. | 49 | Laurent Lefèvre | Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | 50 | Stef Clement | Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | 51 | Antonio Colom | Astana Team | s.t. | 52 | Daniele Bennati | Lampre - Fondital | + 47 | 53 | Bert Grabsch | T-Mobile Team | s.t. | 54 | Tomas Vaitkus | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 55 | Carlos Barredo | Quick Step - Innergetic | s.t. | 56 | Erik Zabel | Team Milram | + 48 | 57 | Philippe Gilbert | Française des Jeux | s.t. | 58 | Sérgio Paulinho | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 59 | Bernhard Kohl | Team Gerolsteiner | s.t. | 60 | Haimar Zubeldia | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 49 | 61 | Thomas Lövkvist | Française des Jeux | s.t. | 62 | Jérôme Pineau | Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | 63 | Chris Horner | Predictor - Lotto | s.t. | 64 | Alessandro Ballan | Lampre - Fondital | + 50 | 65 | Egoi MartÃnez | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 66 | Stéphane Goubert | AG2R Prévoyance | s.t. | 67 | Christian Moreni | Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone | s.t. | 68 | Leif Hoste | Predictor - Lotto | + 51 | 69 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Crédit Agricole | s.t. | 70 | Sandy Casar | Française des Jeux | + 52 | 71 | Patrik Sinkewitz | T-Mobile Team | + 53 | 72 | Thomas Voeckler | Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | 73 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Rabobank | + 54 | 74 | Juan José Cobo | Saunier Duval - Prodir | s.t. | 75 | Christian Knees | Team Milram | s.t. | 76 | Carlos Sastre | Team CSC | + 55 | 77 | Matteo Tosatto | Quick Step - Innergetic | s.t. | 78 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Team | s.t. | 79 | Mathieu Sprick | Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | 80 | Marcus Burghardt | T-Mobile Team | + 56 | 81 | Nicolas Portal | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | 82 | Manuel Beltrán | Liquigas | s.t. | 83 | Sven Krauss | Team Gerolsteiner | + 57 | 84 | Nick Nuyens | Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone | s.t. | 85 | Romain Feillu | Agritubel | + 58 | 86 | Johan Vansummeren | Predictor - Lotto | s.t. | 87 | Sergueï Ivanov | Astana Team | s.t. | 88 | Heinrich Haussler | Team Gerolsteiner | s.t. | 89 | Christophe Le Mével | Crédit Agricole | s.t. | 90 | Kurt Asle Arvesen | Team CSC | s.t. | 91 | Fabian Wegmann | Team Gerolsteiner | s.t. | 92 | Xavier Florencio | Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | 93 | Michael Boogerd | Rabobank | s.t. | 94 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 95 | David Arroyo | Caisse d'Epargne | + 59 | 96 | Bram De Groot | Rabobank | s.t. | 97 | Fränk Schleck | Team CSC | s.t. | 98 | Tadej Valjavec | Lampre - Fondital | s.t. | 99 | Mark Cavendish | T-Mobile Team | + 1'00 | 100 | Axel Merckx | T-Mobile Team | s.t. | 101 | Michael Albasini | Liquigas | s.t. | 102 | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | 103 | Iban Mayo | Saunier Duval - Prodir | s.t. | 104 | David Cañada | Saunier Duval - Prodir | s.t. | 105 | Johann Tschopp | Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | 106 | Iker Camaño | Saunier Duval - Prodir | s.t. | 107 | Bram Tankink | Quick Step - Innergetic | + 1'01 | 108 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Barloworld | s.t. | 109 | Grégory Rast | Astana Team | s.t. | 110 | Sylvain Calzati | AG2R Prévoyance | s.t. | 111 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 112 | Cyril Dessel | AG2R Prévoyance | s.t. | 113 | Charlie Wegelius | Liquigas | s.t. | 114 | Daniel Navarro | Astana Team | + 1'02 | 115 | Patrice Halgand | Crédit Agricole | s.t. | 116 | Stuart O'Grady | Team CSC | s.t. | 117 | José Vicente GarcÃa Acosta | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | 118 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Française des Jeux | s.t. | 119 | Patxi Vila | Lampre - Fondital | s.t. | 120 | Juan Mauricio Soler | Barloworld | + 1'03 | 121 | Marcel Sieberg | Team Milram | s.t. | 122 | Simon Gerrans | AG2R Prévoyance | s.t. | 123 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Française des Jeux | + 1'04 | 124 | Iñigo Cuesta | Team CSC | s.t. | 125 | BenjamÃn Noval | Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | 126 | Alexandre Botcharov | Crédit Agricole | s.t. | 127 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone | + 1'05 | 128 | Iñaki Isasi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | 129 | Steven De Jongh | Quick Step - Innergetic | + 1'06 | 130 | Francisco José Ventoso | Saunier Duval - Prodir | s.t. | 131 | Bernhard Eisel | T-Mobile Team | s.t. | 132 | Murilo Fischer | Liquigas | s.t. | 133 | Anthony Charteau | Crédit Agricole | s.t. | 134 | Ralf Grabsch | Team Milram | s.t. | 135 | Paolo Bossoni | Lampre - Fondital | s.t. | 136 | Juan Miguel Mercado | Agritubel | s.t. | 137 | Pieter Weening | Rabobank | s.t. | 138 | Robert Förster | Team Gerolsteiner | + 1'07 | 139 | David De la Fuente | Saunier Duval - Prodir | s.t. | 140 | Cédric Vasseur | Quick Step - Innergetic | s.t. | 141 | Kjell Carlström | Liquigas | s.t. | 142 | Dario Cioni | Predictor - Lotto | s.t. | 143 | John Gadret | AG2R Prévoyance | s.t. | 144 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Liquigas | s.t. | 145 | Grischa Niermann | Rabobank | s.t. | 146 | Alessandro Cortinovis | Team Milram | s.t. | 147 | Sébastien Chavanel | Française des Jeux | + 1'08 | 148 | Michael Rasmussen | Rabobank | s.t. | 149 | Fred Rodriguez | Predictor - Lotto | + 1'09 | 150 | Mario Aerts | Predictor - Lotto | s.t. | 151 | Stéphane Augé | Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone | s.t. | 152 | Anthony Geslin | Bouygues Télécom | + 1'10 | 153 | Frederik Willems | Liquigas | s.t. | 154 | Amets Txurruka | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'11 | 155 | Alberto Ongarato | Team Milram | s.t. | 156 | Lilian Jégou | Française des Jeux | s.t. | 157 | Claudio Corioni | Lampre - Fondital | s.t. | 158 | Xabier Zandio | Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | 159 | Christophe Rinero | Saunier Duval - Prodir | + 1'12 | 160 | Nicolas Jalabert | Agritubel | + 1'13 | 161 | Sébastien Hinault | Crédit Agricole | + 1'14 | 162 | Julian Dean | Crédit Agricole | s.t. | 163 | Enrico Poitschke | Team Milram | s.t. | 164 | Ludovic Turpin | AG2R Prévoyance | s.t. | 165 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Barloworld | + 1'15 | 166 | Giampaolo Cheula | Barloworld | s.t. | 167 | Danilo Napolitano | Lampre - Fondital | + 1'16 | 168 | Wim Vansevenant | Predictor - Lotto | + 1'17 | 169 | Enrico Degano | Barloworld | + 1'18 | 170 | Peter Wrolich | Team Gerolsteiner | + 1'19 | 171 | Rubén Lobato | Saunier Duval - Prodir | s.t. | 172 | Cédric Hervé | Agritubel | + 1'34 | 173 | Geraint Thomas | Barloworld | + 5'43 | 174 | Nicolas Vogondy | Agritubel | + 5'59 | 175 | Moisés Dueñas | Agritubel | + 6'01 | 176 | Ivan Parra | Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone | + 6'08 | 177 | Daniele Righi | Lampre - Fondital | + 6'09 | 178 | José Luis Arrieta | AG2R Prévoyance | s.t. | 179 | Jorge Azanza | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 6'11 | 180 | Eduardo Gonzalo | Agritubel | + 6'12 | 181 | Félix Cárdenas | Barloworld | s.t. | 182 | Benoit Salmon | Agritubel | + 6'26 | 183 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone | + 6'32 | 184 | Freddy Bichot | Agritubel | s.t. | 185 | Mickaël Delage | Française des Jeux | + 6'39 | 186 | Francisco Pérez | Caisse d'Epargne | + 7'28 | 187 | Iñigo Landaluze | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 13'03 | 188 | Ronny Scholz | Team Gerolsteiner | + 16'44 | 189 | Alexander Efimkin | Barloworld | + 17'04 |
Points classification
1 | Tom Boonen | Quick Step - Innergetic | | 85 | 2 | Thor Hushovd | Crédit Agricole | | 82 | 3 | Robert Hunter | Barloworld | | 81 | 4 | Robbie McEwen | Predictor - Lotto | | 75 | 5 | Erik Zabel | Team Milram | | 73 |
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Posted on 03-06-2012 20:41
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Yes! I like McEwen a lot, great to see a win from him.
So far it's really realistic. And I like the journalistic way of presenting the results. |
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Posted on 03-06-2012 20:45
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Nice to see Boonen isn't dominating the sprints completely. I hope Hushovd can steal a win or two along with Cav before the end of the tour though. Great reporting so far, can't wait for the next stage. |
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Posted on 03-06-2012 20:49
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Robbie!
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Posted on 03-06-2012 20:54
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Not sure if we should be congratulating you for the first stage win in the tour, in the 2nd stage, or wait more until we reach a more mountainous terrain (specially those finishing in a sprint) So for now, I'll stick with congratulations for the reporting style and the pictures. They're amazing! I like how you're making all the pictures realistic, in angles and positions that they would have been taken by someone who was there. Oh and also congrats for the stats, they're proving to be very realistic
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Posted on 03-06-2012 21:01
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lluuiiggii wrote:
Not sure if we should be congratulating you for the first stage win in the tour, in the 2nd stage, or wait more until we reach a more mountainous terrain (specially those finishing in a sprint) So for now, I'll stick with congratulations for the reporting style and the pictures. They're amazing! I like how you're making all the pictures realistic, in angles and positions that they would have been taken by someone who was there. Oh and also congrats for the stats, they're proving to be very realistic
You're absolutely right. It's like you're really following TDF (in a quickened pace, then). |
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You do great so far! This could turn into my new favourite story, since 2007 Tour de France was one of the best along with the 2009 edition! I really like this way to report, it looks great and the text is very good.
Really look forward for the mountain stages.. So many memories keep it up! |
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lluuiiggii wrote:
Not sure if we should be congratulating you for the first stage win in the tour, in the 2nd stage, or wait more until we reach a more mountainous terrain (specially those finishing in a sprint) So for now, I'll stick with congratulations for the reporting style and the pictures. They're amazing! I like how you're making all the pictures realistic, in angles and positions that they would have been taken by someone who was there. Oh and also congrats for the stats, they're proving to be very realistic
Apart from thanks, I think I'll just say:
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Ian Butler wrote:
Yes! I like McEwen a lot, great to see a win from him.
So far it's really realistic. And I like the journalistic way of presenting the results.
It kind of helps that I'm actually a journalist
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Posted on 03-06-2012 21:16
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Very nice.. you do a great job here...
Why didn´t BMC contacted you for their project ?
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Posted on 03-06-2012 21:20
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Squire wrote:
Ian Butler wrote:
Yes! I like McEwen a lot, great to see a win from him.
So far it's really realistic. And I like the journalistic way of presenting the results.
It kind of helps that I'm actually a journalist
That should help, indeed
Interesting choice of career! You sometimes do reports about sports? |
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Squire wrote:
Ian Butler wrote:
Yes! I like McEwen a lot, great to see a win from him.
So far it's really realistic. And I like the journalistic way of presenting the results.
It kind of helps that I'm actually a journalist
That should help, indeed
Interesting choice of career! You sometimes do reports about sports? |
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