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Henry Vergnaud - A New Hope | Lotto-Belisol
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-06-2012 10:59
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Hello everyone,
Just finished the prologue of Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen.
As you can see it's just a flat, short TT, not really my thing, but I did the best I could anyway!
I was one of the final riders to start today, and I was quite impressed with the crowd, there was a massive show-up today, in spite of the bad weather.
I instantly knew I was in Belgium, just take a look at this:
Let me tell you something, NEVER BEFORE did I have to race between giant beer bottles. Only in Belgium, you gotta love it, though.
Unfortunately, I wasn't strong enough to pull off a top 25, which is what I was hoping for. Instead I ended as 41th. Phinney was amazingly strong and won easily.
Schedule Update
There have been some changes in the schedule. I'll still be racing the same races but Van Den Broeck will now be riding Tour of Romandie instead of Basque Country. So I'll be helping Meersman and De Greef over there.
Too bad, I was anxious to learn from him. But I'll get other chances. At least I still get to race the classics for Vanendert!
Well, I'm off to bed, Big day tomorrow. A lot of hills (I like!) and a lot of cobbles (I don't like!).
Let's see what we can do there.
See you there,
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 23-06-2012 12:38
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Your report style is very nice.
Good luck in West-Vlaanderen and you are totally right about that beer bottle  (love that picture btw)
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 23-06-2012 13:49
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41st was still a good result for you, what was the time difference  |
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| johannes-w |
Posted on 23-06-2012 15:33
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Wow a whole lot of new entries It' s looking very nice so far. Great start for the team with the victory for Roelandts and a well ... a moderate start for Henry But the races, which suit him more will come soon hopefully Good luck for the next stage! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-06-2012 17:37
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Thanks to all!
@ PCM rulezz: It was surprising to see a big beer bottle in PCM, but Belgium is Belgium
@ Sutty: 1'58". He had a solid start but near the end the wind practically blew him away, he's way too short and light to resist the wind
@ johannes-w: Yeah, I want to give this story a nice pace because I'm going away for 3 weeks in less than a month and I want to build up a "fanbase" which won't be gone after those 3 weeks  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 23-06-2012 17:48
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@ Sutty: 1'58". He had a solid start but near the end the wind practically blew him away, he's way too short and light to resist the wind
He sounds a bit like myself he he |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-06-2012 23:31
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Hello,
Two thirds of Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen have already passed. Today's stage was a real strength sapper! I heard the commentator say.
He was right, though, just take a look at this profile:
We sent Dockx in the breakaway of the day
As soon as we set foot (some even literally) on the cobbles, I lost some places in the peloton. So Dennis Vanendert, Bart De Clerq and I decided to ride together, Dennis' girlfriend took this picture, De Clerq is the first, I'm in the middle. We had a nice chat, I really got to know them better, they're cool guys, I look forward racing with them again!
Taking it easy in a group left behind by the fast pace of BMC!
Meanwhile in the breakaway: It was raining attacks. Dockx strategically waited and always jumped on Steegmans' wheel, since he was the strongest rider in the breakaway. After the attacks cooled down, with less than 10km to go, Dockx attacked himself, no one had the energy left to follow.
Dockx gets our team yet another victory, and what a beauty this one is! He outsmarted Steegmans!
Almost half an hour later, Vanendert, De Clerq and myself are about to arrive. Since we didn't really compete in the race (because we can't ride cobbles), we decided to do a little one-on-one sprint, just me and Vanendert. I think De Clerq was a bit chicken, but whatever. Unfortunately, I lost that sprint (the last 2km were nearly all cobbles), but he was so far ahead of me that I could get this picture, this way it looks like I won, by far! Actually he was so far ahead I think he stopped and made the picture himself...
Result (look for me at 141, and look how much time I lost on Vanendert, I'm almost ashamed. Though he rides cobbles better than me, well, that's pretty clear today!)
| 1 | Gert Dockx | Lotto - Belisol Team | 4h41'28 | | 2 | Kevyn Ista | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 2'05 | | 3 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick Step | + 2'25 | | 4 | Baptiste Planckaert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 2'35 | | 5 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick Step | + 4'10 | | 6 | Markus Fothen | Team NSP - Ghost | + 4'18 | | 7 | Joren Segers | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 4'28 | | 8 | Jelle Wallays | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 4'36 | | 9 | Jonathan Mould | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 4'59 | | 10 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis | + 5'13 | | 12 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 13 | Leif Hoste | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 14 | Loïc Vliegen | Idemasport - Biowanze | s.t. | | 15 | Kévin Thome | Wallonie-Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 16 | Rafaâ Chtioui | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 17 | Daniel Silva | Onda - Boavista | s.t. | | 18 | Dimitri Le Boulch | Bigmat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 19 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 20 | Franck Bouyer | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 21 | Mathias Vanholderbeke | Colba - Superano Ham | s.t. | | 22 | Daniel Westmattelmann | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 23 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 24 | Dominique Cornu | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 25 | Andreas Klier | Garmin - Barracuda | + 6'07 | | 26 | Sébastien Rosseler | Garmin - Barracuda | + 7'00 | | 27 | Marc de Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 7'11 | | 28 | Stefan Poutsma | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 29 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick Step | + 8'01 | | 30 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick Step | + 9'02 | | 31 | Michel Kreder | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 32 | Rens te Stroet | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | + 9'21 | | 33 | Martin Elmiger | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 34 | Steve Houanard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 35 | Pieter Ghyllebert | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 36 | Laurens De Vreese | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 37 | Markus Eichler | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 38 | Julien Stassen | Idemasport - Biowanze | s.t. | | 39 | Jérôme Baugnies | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 40 | Lucas Schädlich | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 41 | Kevin Claeys | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 42 | Antoine Leleu | Idemasport - Biowanze | s.t. | | 43 | Philip Deignan | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 44 | Théo Vimpère | Bigmat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 45 | Stefan Schäfer | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 46 | Guillaume Faucon | Bigmat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 47 | Pieter Serry | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 48 | Leopold König | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 49 | Sven Forberger | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 50 | Blaz Jarc | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 51 | Kai Reus | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 10'12 | | 52 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Argos - Shimano | + 10'45 | | 53 | Johan Le Bon | Bretagne - Schuller | + 10'54 | | 54 | Florian Guillou | Bretagne - Schuller | + 11'44 | | 55 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto - Belisol Team | s.t. | | 56 | Jean-Luc Delpech | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 57 | Gaëtan Bille | Lotto - Belisol Team | s.t. | | 58 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 59 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | + 12'06 | | 60 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 12'16 | | 61 | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 62 | Renaud Dion | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 63 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick Step | s.t. | | 64 | Jean-Marc Bideau | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 65 | Stijn Ennekens | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 66 | Yannick Mayer | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 67 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 68 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 69 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 70 | Dominic Klemme | Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 71 | Raymond Kreder | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 72 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 73 | Pim de Beer | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 74 | Christian Vandevelde | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 75 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 76 | Nathan Haas | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 77 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 78 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 79 | Yann Huguet | Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 80 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Barracuda | s.t. | | 81 | Rob Goris | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 82 | Michael Van Staeyen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 83 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 84 | Kristof Goddaert | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 85 | Sven Nys | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 86 | Nicolas Rousseau | Bigmat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 87 | Fabio Polazzi | Wallonie-Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 13'05 | | 88 | James Vanlandschoot | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 13'41 | | 89 | Bas Stamsnijder | Cyclingteam De Rijke | + 14'31 | | 90 | Remco Te Brake | Cyclingteam De Rijke | s.t. | | 91 | Wouter Haan | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 92 | Reto Hollenstein | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 93 | Matthias Bertling | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 94 | Alexandre Geniez | Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 95 | Mats Boeve | Cyclingteam De Rijke | + 15'06 | | 96 | Sébastien Delfosse | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 16'01 | | 97 | Dion Beukeboom | Cyclingteam De Rijke | s.t. | | 98 | Tom Goovaerts | Colba - Superano Ham | s.t. | | 99 | Antoine Demoitié | Idemasport - Biowanze | s.t. | | 100 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 16'23 | | 101 | Nicolas Bazin | Bigmat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 102 | Jeroen Boelen | Cyclingteam De Rijke | + 18'42 | | 103 | Sjoerd Kouwenhoven | Cyclingteam De Rijke | s.t. | | 104 | Hélder Oliveira | Onda - Boavista | s.t. | | 105 | Koen de Kort | Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 106 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 107 | Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel | Cofidis | s.t. | | 108 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis | s.t. | | 109 | Loïc Pestiaux | Idemasport - Biowanze | s.t. | | 110 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick Step | s.t. | | 111 | Ben Gastauer | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 112 | Sander Armée | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 113 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis | s.t. | | 114 | Andy Cappelle | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 115 | Thomas Damuseau | Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 116 | Robert Retschke | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 117 | Simon Geschke | Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 118 | Koen Barbé | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 119 | Steven Caethoven | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | 120 | Peter Schulting | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 121 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 122 | Olivier Chevalier | Wallonie-Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 123 | Tom Vanbecelaere | Colba - Superano Ham | s.t. | | 124 | Kévin Suarez | Colba - Superano Ham | s.t. | | 125 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones | Cofidis | s.t. | | 126 | Arnaud Geromboux | Idemasport - Biowanze | + 19'42 | | 127 | David Gutierrez | Onda - Boavista | s.t. | | 128 | Robin Stenuit | Wallonie-Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 20'58 | | 129 | Florian Monreal | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 130 | Adam Hansen | Lotto - Belisol Team | s.t. | | 131 | Celio Sousa | Onda - Boavista | s.t. | | 132 | Guillaume Blot | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 133 | Armindo Fonseca | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 134 | Alexander Nordhoff | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 21'54 | | 135 | Sven Van Den Houte | Colba - Superano Ham | + 22'21 | | 136 | Kevin Van Melsen | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 23'23 | | 137 | Grégory Habeaux | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 24'10 | | 138 | Sjors Roosen | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 139 | Maxime Anciaux | Idemasport - Biowanze | s.t. | | 140 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol Team | + 25'11 | | 141 | Henry Vergnaud | Lotto - Belisol Team | + 25'41 | | 142 | Olivier Pardini | Colba - Superano Ham | + 25'50 | | 143 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis | s.t. | | 144 | Mathieu Drujon | Bigmat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 145 | Kevin Kohlvelter | Team Differdange - Macig-Sportfoot.de | s.t. | | 146 | Joop de Gans | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | s.t. | | 147 | Ronan Racault | Bigmat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 148 | Matteo Pelucchi | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 149 | Tom Dumoulin | Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 150 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma - Quick Step | s.t. | | 151 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick Step | s.t. | | 152 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol Team | s.t. | | 153 | Rick Ottema | Cyclingteam De Rijke | s.t. | | 154 | Sven Jodts | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 155 | Timon Seubert | Team NetApp | + 27'13 | | 156 | César Bihel | Team Differdange - Macig-Sportfoot.de | s.t. | | 157 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 158 | Jonathan Dewitte | Wallonie-Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 159 | Jonathan Boverie | Idemasport - Biowanze | s.t. | | 160 | Domingos Gonçalves | Onda - Boavista | s.t. | | 161 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 162 | Jan Barta | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 163 | Anthony Ravard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 28'15 | | 164 | Jaco Venter | Team Differdange - Macig-Sportfoot.de | + 28'22 | | 165 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 166 | Arnaud Labbe | Cofidis | s.t. | | 167 | Justin Van Hoecke | Wallonie-Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 168 | René Obst | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 169 | Tom Thill | Team Differdange - Macig-Sportfoot.de | s.t. | | 170 | Christian Patron | Wallonie-Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 171 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 172 | Jurgen François | Colba - Superano Ham | s.t. | | 173 | Bob Schoonbroodt | Cyclingteam De Rijke | s.t. | | 174 | Steven Cozza | Team NetApp | s.t. | | 175 | Flavien Dassonville | Bigmat - Auber 93 | + 29'16 | | 176 | Christopher Jones | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 32'34 | | 177 | Gaël Malacarne | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 178 | Jonathan Dufrasne | Wallonie-Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | s.t. | | 179 | Roy Jans | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 180 | Björn Thurau | Team Europcar | + 33'54 | | 181 | Sander Oostlander | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | + 34'50 | | 182 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 35'17 | | 183 | Bruno Lima | Onda - Boavista | + 37'47 | | 184 | Frank Dressler-Lehnhof | Team Differdange - Macig-Sportfoot.de | s.t. | | 185 | Jim Vercruyce | Colba - Superano Ham | s.t. | | 186 | Alex Meenhorst | Team Differdange - Macig-Sportfoot.de | s.t. | | 187 | Bram Nolten | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | 188 | René Heinze | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 189 | Rudy Molard | Cofidis | + 38'43 | | 190 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 191 | René Hooghiemster | Team NSP - Ghost | + 41'27 | | 192 | Scott Law | An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. | | 193 | Max Losch | Team Differdange - Macig-Sportfoot.de | s.t. |
Well, at least I feel I'm getting in shape, despite the cobbles I had a good day. Tomorrow's quite flat, so Dockx shouldn't have any problems holding that jersey! Especially with us working for him.
Race Update
The Strade Bianche has been ridden today.
Van Der Sande was in the breakaway of the day.
Unfortunately he didn't make it. We didn't send a strong team so no results for us there, only this lovely shot of the breakaway with Lotto-Belisol:
In case you want to know, Ginanni won in front of Eisel and Gatto. Nice win for the Italian.
Last stage of West-Vlaanderen tomorrow. Also the first day of Paris-Nice. However, I won't be racing again until the end of the month after tomorrow.
See you tomorrow!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 23-06-2012 23:41
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Great win for the team Henry |
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Posted on 24-06-2012 00:34
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Like other people have said your reports are very nice. Lotto-Belisol works nicely also. Keep it up |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 24-06-2012 08:36
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Great win for Dockx
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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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 24-06-2012 10:22
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Yeah, Dockx got lucky in the finale, he surely wasn't the strongest of the breakaway
Final race in West-Vlaanderen coming up later today! |
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| johannes-w |
Posted on 24-06-2012 10:41
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Another win? Great job! You should teach me how to get through with a break away as I always seem to get caught lately
Also nice group pic Vanendert's girlfriend took |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 24-06-2012 12:55
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Hi,
Last stage of West-Vlaanderen today and well, we we're all at Dockx' service, to take that beautiful jersey home with us!
At the end there was a 3-4% slope so I was allowed to try something.
Unfortunately for me, the hard work of the day wore me down and the mass sprint was inevitable.
A nice win by Kévin Thome. Dockx came in an impressive 4th and is the new winner of Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (on top of the mountain and young jersey!). Congratulations to the team, we did an excellent job today!
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| 1 | Gert Dockx | Lotto - Belisol Team | 9h04'47 | | 2 | Kevyn Ista | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 1'37 | | 3 | Baptiste Planckaert | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 2'21 | | 4 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick Step | + 2'32 | | 5 | Jelle Wallays | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 2'42 | | 6 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick Step | + 2'54 | | 7 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 3'02 | | 8 | Loïc Vliegen | Idemasport - Biowanze | + 3'18 | | 9 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | + 3'19 | | 10 | Leif Hoste | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 3'22 |
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| 11 | Dimitri Le Boulch | Bigmat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 12 | Dominique Cornu | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | 13 | Markus Fothen | Team NSP - Ghost | + 3'56 | | 14 | Rafaâ Chtioui | Team Europcar | + 4'44 | | 15 | Joren Segers | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 4'52 | | 16 | Jonathan Mould | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 5'01 | | 17 | Kévin Thome | Wallonie-Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 5'07 | | 18 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 5'17 | | 19 | Sébastien Rosseler | Garmin - Barracuda | + 5'20 | | 20 | Daniel Silva | Onda - Boavista | + 5'22 | | 21 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 5'35 | | 22 | Romain Zingle | Cofidis | + 5'44 | | 23 | Franck Bouyer | Team Europcar | + 5'46 | | 24 | Mathias Vanholderbeke | Colba - Superano Ham | + 5'58 | | 25 | Daniel Westmattelmann | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 5'59 | | 26 | Andreas Klier | Garmin - Barracuda | + 6'02 | | 27 | Stefan Poutsma | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | + 7'20 | | 28 | Antoine Leleu | Idemasport - Biowanze | + 7'26 | | 29 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma - Quick Step | + 7'27 | | 30 | Guillaume Faucon | Bigmat - Auber 93 | + 7'36 | | 31 | Marc de Maar | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 7'41 | | 32 | Blaz Jarc | Team NetApp | + 7'42 | | 33 | Michel Kreder | Garmin - Barracuda | + 8'39 | | 34 | Rens te Stroet | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | + 8'44 | | 35 | Kai Reus | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 8'57 | | 36 | Julien Stassen | Idemasport - Biowanze | + 9'02 | | 37 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick Step | + 9'07 | | 38 | Martin Elmiger | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 9'32 | | 39 | Stefan Schäfer | Team NSP - Ghost | + 9'34 | | 40 | Lucas Schädlich | Team NSP - Ghost | + 9'36 | | 41 | Théo Vimpère | Bigmat - Auber 93 | + 9'41 | | 42 | Sven Forberger | Team NSP - Ghost | + 9'42 | | 43 | Laurens De Vreese | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 9'44 | | 44 | Pieter Ghyllebert | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 9'50 | | 45 | Ronan Van Zandbeek | Argos - Shimano | + 9'51 | | 46 | Steve Houanard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 9'52 | | 47 | Philip Deignan | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 9'53 | | 48 | Markus Eichler | Team NetApp | + 9'54 | | 49 | Pieter Serry | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 9'55 | | 50 | Leopold König | Team NetApp | + 9'57 | | 51 | Kevin Claeys | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 10'00 | | 52 | Jérôme Baugnies | Team NetApp | + 10'01 | | 53 | Jean-Marc Bideau | Bretagne - Schuller | + 10'22 | | 54 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | + 11'02 | | 55 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 11'17 | | 56 | Johan Le Bon | Bretagne - Schuller | + 11'28 | | 57 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Barracuda | + 11'39 | | 58 | Christian Vandevelde | Garmin - Barracuda | + 11'45 | | 59 | Gaëtan Bille | Lotto - Belisol Team | + 11'48 | | 60 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick Step | + 12'07 | | 61 | Jean-Luc Delpech | Bretagne - Schuller | + 12'11 | | 62 | Kristof Goddaert | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 12'22 | | 63 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 12'23 | | 64 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | + 12'25 | | 65 | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 12'31 | | 66 | Florian Guillou | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 67 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto - Belisol Team | + 12'32 | | 68 | Rory Sutherland | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 69 | Rob Goris | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 12'35 | | 70 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 71 | Nathan Haas | Garmin - Barracuda | + 12'38 | | 72 | Raymond Kreder | Garmin - Barracuda | + 12'41 | | 73 | Stijn Ennekens | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 12'42 | | 74 | Dominic Klemme | Argos - Shimano | + 12'43 | | 75 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | + 12'45 | | 76 | Yannick Mayer | Team NSP - Ghost | + 12'49 | | 77 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 12'50 | | 78 | Nicolas Rousseau | Bigmat - Auber 93 | + 12'56 | | 79 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 12'58 | | 80 | Renaud Dion | Bretagne - Schuller | + 12'59 | | 81 | Michael Van Staeyen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 13'01 | | 82 | Sven Nys | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | + 13'02 | | 83 | Yann Huguet | Argos - Shimano | + 13'07 | | 84 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 13'08 | | 85 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Barracuda | + 13'09 | | 86 | Pim de Beer | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | + 13'22 | | 87 | Fabio Polazzi | Wallonie-Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 14'22 | | 88 | James Vanlandschoot | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 14'42 | | 89 | Bas Stamsnijder | Cyclingteam De Rijke | + 14'44 | | 90 | Alexandre Geniez | Argos - Shimano | + 15'05 | | 91 | Remco Te Brake | Cyclingteam De Rijke | + 15'08 | | 92 | Wouter Haan | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | + 15'25 | | 93 | Mats Boeve | Cyclingteam De Rijke | + 15'29 | | 94 | Reto Hollenstein | Team NetApp | + 15'30 | | 95 | Matthias Bertling | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 15'39 | | 96 | Dion Beukeboom | Cyclingteam De Rijke | + 15'55 | | 97 | Antoine Demoitié | Idemasport - Biowanze | + 16'24 | | 98 | Nicolas Bazin | Bigmat - Auber 93 | + 16'54 | | 99 | Sjoerd Kouwenhoven | Cyclingteam De Rijke | + 16'55 | | 100 | Sébastien Delfosse | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 101 | Tom Goovaerts | Colba - Superano Ham | + 17'13 | | 102 | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 17'17 | | 103 | Hélder Oliveira | Onda - Boavista | + 17'48 | | 104 | Koen de Kort | Argos - Shimano | + 18'38 | | 105 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 18'40 | | 106 | Jeroen Boelen | Cyclingteam De Rijke | + 18'52 | | 107 | Loïc Pestiaux | Idemasport - Biowanze | + 19'01 | | 108 | Robert Retschke | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 19'06 | | 109 | Andy Cappelle | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 19'16 | | 110 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick Step | + 19'17 | | 111 | Steven Caethoven | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 19'19 | | 112 | Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel | Cofidis | + 19'20 | | 113 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis | s.t. | | 114 | Ben Gastauer | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 19'21 | | 115 | Koen Barbé | Landbouwkrediet - Euphony | s.t. | | 116 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis | + 19'29 | | 117 | Olivier Chevalier | Wallonie-Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 19'35 | | 118 | Thomas Damuseau | Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 119 | Peter Schulting | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | + 19'37 | | 120 | Tom Vanbecelaere | Colba - Superano Ham | s.t. | | 121 | Sander Armée | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 19'38 | | 122 | Simon Geschke | Argos - Shimano | + 19'39 | | 123 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | + 19'40 | | 124 | Kévin Suarez | Colba - Superano Ham | + 19'46 | | 125 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones | Cofidis | + 19'50 | | 126 | Adam Hansen | Lotto - Belisol Team | + 20'15 | | 127 | Arnaud Geromboux | Idemasport - Biowanze | + 20'51 | | 128 | David Gutierrez | Onda - Boavista | + 21'00 | | 129 | Celio Sousa | Onda - Boavista | + 21'54 | | 130 | Florian Monreal | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 22'04 | | 131 | Guillaume Blot | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 132 | Robin Stenuit | Wallonie-Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 22'05 | | 133 | Armindo Fonseca | Bretagne - Schuller | + 22'10 | | 134 | Sven Van Den Houte | Colba - Superano Ham | + 22'49 | | 135 | Alexander Nordhoff | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 23'05 | | 136 | Maxime Anciaux | Idemasport - Biowanze | + 23'39 | | 137 | Kevin Van Melsen | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 24'02 | | 138 | Tom Dumoulin | Argos - Shimano | + 24'52 | | 139 | Grégory Habeaux | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 25'07 | | 140 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol Team | + 25'14 | | 141 | Sjors Roosen | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | + 25'15 | | 142 | Kevin Kohlvelter | Team Differdange - Macig-Sportfoot.de | + 25'22 | | 143 | Henry Vergnaud | Lotto - Belisol Team | + 25'42 | | 144 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol Team | + 25'49 | | 145 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick Step | + 26'27 | | 146 | Joop de Gans | Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | + 26'30 | | 147 | Ronan Racault | Bigmat - Auber 93 | + 26'46 | | 148 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis | + 26'48 | | 149 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma - Quick Step | + 26'49 | | 150 | Matteo Pelucchi | Team Europcar | + 26'56 | | 151 | Olivier Pardini | Colba - Superano Ham | + 26'57 | | 152 | Mathieu Drujon | Bigmat - Auber 93 | + 27'01 | | 153 | Jonathan Dewitte | Wallonie-Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 27'03 | | 154 | César Bihel | Team Differdange - Macig-Sportfoot.de | + 27'13 | | 155 | Jan Barta | Team NetApp | + 27'29 | | 156 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | + 27'32 | | 157 | Timon Seubert | Team NetApp | + 28'06 | | 158 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | + 28'08 | | 159 | Domingos Gonçalves | Onda - Boavista | + 28'16 | | 160 | Bob Schoonbroodt | Cyclingteam De Rijke | + 28'40 | | 161 | Steven Cozza | Team NetApp | + 28'44 | | 162 | Justin Van Hoecke | Wallonie-Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 29'02 | | 163 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | + 29'14 | | 164 | Tom Thill | Team Differdange - Macig-Sportfoot.de | s.t. | | 165 | Anthony Ravard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 29'17 | | 166 | Jaco Venter | Team Differdange - Macig-Sportfoot.de | + 29'19 | | 167 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 29'20 | | 168 | René Obst | Team NSP - Ghost | + 29'26 | | 169 | Arnaud Labbe | Cofidis | + 29'39 | | 170 | Sven Jodts | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 31'28 | | 171 | Rick Ottema | Cyclingteam De Rijke | + 32'11 | | 172 | Jonathan Boverie | Idemasport - Biowanze | + 32'27 | | 173 | Christopher Jones | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 32'41 | | 174 | Jonathan Dufrasne | Wallonie-Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 32'42 | | 175 | Gaël Malacarne | Bretagne - Schuller | + 33'13 | | 176 | Roy Jans | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 33'15 | | 177 | Björn Thurau | Team Europcar | + 33'55 | | 178 | Jurgen François | Colba - Superano Ham | + 34'03 | | 179 | Flavien Dassonville | Bigmat - Auber 93 | + 34'35 | | 180 | Christian Patron | Wallonie-Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole | + 35'40 | | 181 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | + 36'19 | | 182 | René Heinze | Team NSP - Ghost | + 38'13 | | 183 | Jim Vercruyce | Colba - Superano Ham | + 38'40 | | 184 | Rudy Molard | Cofidis | + 43'37 | | 185 | Alex Meenhorst | Team Differdange - Macig-Sportfoot.de | + 45'11 | | 186 | Sander Oostlander | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | + 45'25 | | 187 | Bruno Lima | Onda - Boavista | + 45'32 | | 188 | Bram Nolten | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | + 46'28 | | 189 | Frank Dressler-Lehnhof | Team Differdange - Macig-Sportfoot.de | + 47'55 | | 190 | Guillaume Bonnafond | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 49'24 | | 191 | René Hooghiemster | Team NSP - Ghost | + 51'50 | | 192 | Max Losch | Team Differdange - Macig-Sportfoot.de | + 52'16 | | 193 | Scott Law | An Post - Sean Kelly | + 52'25 |
I can look back with a smile, we got results and that's what counts! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 24-06-2012 13:15
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Tour de France Champion
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A Great GC win for the team, well done |
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| chraanz |
Posted on 24-06-2012 13:59
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Nice story. Can you show a screenshot of the stats? |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 24-06-2012 14:34
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Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 8389
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Nice win there with Dockx. Henry will show up later on, I hope. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 24-06-2012 15:08
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Tour de France Champion
Posts: 21854
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Bad news, people.
I asked around a bit and there's a mighty big chance that the upcoming patch will require a restart of the career.
I didn't know about that since I bought my first PCM game last year in about August so I started playing with the latest patch.
The thought of starting over kind of made me lose my motivation with this. I'm not that far in career mode yet but still, I hope you understand!
However, I'll be starting a new story whenever the patch has installed, properly, so if you're still interested, you could follow that!
Just as a way to end this story: I was just done riding Critérium International: Van Den Broeck won the last stage and the GC and Vergnaud came in 8th, quite a ride!
Thanks to everyone for following this, your posts were a lot of fun to read!
I hope you enjoyed this fast and short story and I hope you'll be there with me in the next one, which will last much longer and will be much better, that's a promise!
Edited by Ian Butler on 24-06-2012 15:09
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 24-06-2012 21:35
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World Champion
Posts: 10891
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Sad, but you'll come back stronger. After you comeback from holiday, all the patches and DB will be ready, so a good time for you to start long story
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 24-06-2012 22:15
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Tour de France Champion
Posts: 21854
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Thanks I already have an interesting new idea, involving a Orica - GreenEdge but more: what it coul've been. I don't know the details yet but imagine Evans & Porte and many other riders. Not mainly a sprinting team, but also strong in tours and cobbles, and possibly a younger team.
But anyway, I have more than a month to work it out, and I'll get used to PCM 12 in the mean time.
I hope you'll follow that story! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 25-06-2012 09:02
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Tour de France Champion
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Just as you start to get into the story, something has to spoil it, so sad 
But Good Luck when you bounce back with a bigger and better story |
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