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Breaking the Curse
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-11-2012 06:58
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Curious for today's report 
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 23-11-2012 10:24
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Today's report has been delayed. Overslept this morning, and I don't have enough time before work to write it. It will be up tonight or tomorrow morning 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-11-2012 10:26
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Haha, don't worry about it. Main thing is you had a good night's rest  |
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Posted on 23-11-2012 10:31
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Ian Butler wrote:
Haha, don't worry about it. Main thing is you had a good night's rest
I was playing fifa until about 2.30 in the morning... may have lost track of the time! haha
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 23-11-2012 10:34
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the_hoyle wrote:
Ian Butler wrote:
Haha, don't worry about it. Main thing is you had a good night's rest
I was playing fifa until about 2.30 in the morning... may have lost track of the time! haha
Playing Fifa till the early hours, now that sounds very familiar |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-11-2012 10:36
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That's the problem with tv's and games. Years ago, all you could do before sleeping was reading a book, which puts you to sleep. But watching tv and playing games keeps you up |
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Posted on 23-11-2012 10:38
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Ian Butler wrote:
That's the problem with tv's and games. Years ago, all you could do before sleeping was reading a book, which puts you to sleep. But watching tv and playing games keeps you up
Games are just too ADDICTIVE, you just don't know when to stop |
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Posted on 23-11-2012 10:43
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When the sun comes up, that's usually my queue to stop |
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Posted on 23-11-2012 10:51
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Ian Butler wrote:
When the sun comes up, that's usually my queue to stop
Or when the birds start chirping |
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Posted on 23-11-2012 23:09
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 8th July 2011 - Le Tour de France
(Le Mans - Châteauroux)
I have some very fond memories of Châteauroux. This is where I got my first Tour de France win, and today's I hope to get my first victory of this year's Tour.
After some promising days that have ended up uphill finishes, today it is pan flat, so perfect for me. Want nothing less than a win!
14km: A group of 7 riders got away at the beginning of the stage. We were happy to let that go, but that was the maximum number of guys who could get in the break.
34km: With that in mind, HTC just sat close to the front, and it was Leopard who put up the chase.
55km: Leopard did a great job, pulling the break back. But soon, further attacks began to happen.
64km: A group of 4 riders formed off the front, and this time Garmin and Sky took control, with a little help from SaxoBank.
132km: The escapees gained a maximum of 9'08" over the peleton before the pace was upped with around 80km to go.
169km: 5th place was on offer at the Intermediate Sprint, and I took the 11 points on offer, ahead of Freire and Farrar.
203km: The breaks gap over the peleton began to tumble, and with 15km to go, it was down to less than a minute. Surprisingly, Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) attacked the field, but did not get far...
216km: With everything back together, the lead outs got themselves organised. The HTC guys did great, hitting the front hard, but I lost Renshaw's wheel trying to go through a gap that wasn't there. Thinking quickly, I dived onto the wheel of Boasson Hagen.
218km: As the sprint began, I was a slightly gapped by Farrar, Boasson Hagen and Davis, but I was feeling strong, and closing in fast!
219km: But I wasn't fast enough! Boasson Hagen takes a tight win, and a photo finish has to separate Farrar and myself. I guess the wait goes on...
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | 5h00'17 | | 2 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 3 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 4 | Allan Davis | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 5 | Óscar Freire | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Leopard Trek | 26h39'15 | | 2 | Andy Schleck | Leopard Trek | + 5 | | 3 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 42 | | 4 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 51 | | 5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | + 52 | | ... | | 37 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 2'30 |
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | 161 | | 2 | Óscar Freire | Rabobank Cycling Team | 138 | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | 132 | | 4 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 128 | | 5 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 127 |
| 1 | Lars Ytting Bak | HTC - Highroad | 5 | | 2 | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Katusha Team | 2 | | 3 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - ISD | 2 | | 4 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | 1 | | 5 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1 |
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | 26h40'07 | | 2 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 25 | | 3 | Gerald Ciolek | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1'06 | | 4 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 1'22 |
| 1 | Leopard Trek | 78h58'51 | | 2 | Katusha Team | + 1'25 | | 3 | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 4 | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 2'10 | | 5 | Sky ProCycling | + 2'13 | | ... | | 8 | HTC - Highroad | + 3'06 |
HTC - Highroad Classification Overview
| + 19 |  | 29 | + 19Bert Grabsch | + 2'05 | | + 19 |  | 5 | + 19Mark Cavendish | 127pts | | + 19 |  | 1 | + 19Lars Ytting Bak | 5pt | | + 19 |  | 6 | + 19Tejay Van Garderen | + 1'52 |
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Posted on 23-11-2012 23:32
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Great stage from Mr Cavendish, pity he didn't get the win though |
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Posted on 23-11-2012 23:57
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sutty68 wrote:
Great stage from Mr Cavendish, pity he didn't get the win though
It was a shame, but 3rd is still good. The next stage has been played, and the report will be up tomorrow!
No spoilers of course, but its a good day for HTC!
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Posted on 24-11-2012 00:25
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Are you playing Fifa again  |
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Posted on 24-11-2012 00:27
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sutty68 wrote:
Are you playing Fifa again
No... not tonight.
I just want to make you wait that's all! [insert evil laugh here]
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Posted on 24-11-2012 00:29
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Posted on 24-11-2012 00:37
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sutty68 wrote:
#?*\"*!
Now now sutty... I won't have that sort of language on my thread
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Posted on 24-11-2012 03:36
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Posted on 24-11-2012 10:04
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Mark, Mark, Mark... 
You're not winning!!! 
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Posted on 24-11-2012 10:19
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@sutty: so you should be! I don't want any of that censorship again! It's impossible to work out what you were saying was it 'balls' that you said?
@Ian: I know... I'm sorry!
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Posted on 24-11-2012 11:03
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9th July 2011 - Le Tour de France
(Aigurande - Super-Besse Sancy)
The Tour enters the Massif Central, and as a result, the route begins to start going upwards. After a gentle start, today's stage has the Tour's first 'summit finish' ending in the ski resort of Super-Besse.
My focus will be on that first Intermediate Sprint, and then after it will be all about Tejay.
9km: The first attack started early in the stage. 5 riders tried to get away, including Allan Davis (Astana), who was clearly targeting the Intermediate Sprint.
14km: I asked the Team Car if I should maybe attack as well, but the decision was made to pull them back instead.
54km: Even was brought back together for a while as we took full control at the front, but approaching the first KoM sprint, Vasil Kiryienka (Movistar) attacked.
59km: Kiryienka gained around 45" over the peleton, before help came in the form of Philippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma). Like Pozzato's attack yesterday, this caught everyone by surprise, as we all saw Gilbert as an outside bet for a stage win today.
83km: With the Intermediate Sprint just on the horizon, we managed to pull everything back together, and the prospect of 20 points on the line had to ready to go. But there was a spanner in the works... Kiryienka attacked again with 1.4km to the Check Point, and was joined by Sylvain Chavanel (QuickStep) and David Moncoutié (Cofidis). As a result, I could only take 4th place in the sprint, but it was 13 points added to my total.
99km: Chavanel was clearly motivated for the KoM today, and set off on his own out front. Behind him, was the Moncoutié/Kiryienka group, and behind them was Lars, who had attacked in order to defend his KoM jersey.
154km: On the climb to the last KoM sprint, Lars was first to be brought back. Leopard and Katusha had taken control, and the peleton's size had been whittled away to just 54 riders.
174km: With only Chavanel left dangling out in front of the peleton, we decided to make a move. Kanstantsin attacked, but was clearly seen as a marked man by Leopard.
181km: Next to attack was Sandy Cesar (FDJ). The Frenchman was feeling strong, and wanted to the give the spectators a homegrown finish today.
184km: Cesar was pulled back, and with just 2km to go, we attacked again, but this time with Tejay. He was countered by Samuel Sánchez (Euskatel) and Bradley Wiggins (Sky), but Leopard were driving hard behind.
185km: Sadly for Tejay, he was caught with 600m to go, and it is Andy Schleck who takes the victory. French Television provided this great shot at the finish, where you can see the Yellow Jersey of Fabian Cancellara celebrating Schleck's win in the background.
| 1 | Andy Schleck | Leopard Trek | 4h26'38 | | 2 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 3 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 4 | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 5 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | ... | | 93 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 8'30 |
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Leopard Trek | 31h05'53 | | 2 | Andy Schleck | Leopard Trek | + 5 | | 3 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 51 | | 4 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky ProCycling | + 1'19 | | 5 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | + 1'20 | | ... | | 74 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | + 11'00 |
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | 161 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | HTC - Highroad | 140 | | 3 | Óscar Freire | Rabobank Cycling Team | 138 | | 4 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | 132 | | 5 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 128 |
| 1 | Sylvain Chavanel | Quick·Step Cycling Team | 6 | | 2 | Lars Ytting Bak | HTC - Highroad | 5 | | 3 | Maxime Monfort | Leopard Trek | 3 | | 4 | Andy Schleck | Leopard Trek | 2 | | 5 | JoaquÃm RodrÃguez | Katusha Team | 2 |
| 1 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Quick·Step Cycling Team | 31h07'51 | | 2 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 16 | | 3 | Tejay van Garderen | HTC - Highroad | + 46 | | 4 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 55 | | 5 | Roman Kreuziger | Pro Team Astana | + 2'17 |
| 1 | Leopard Trek | 92h18'45 | | 2 | HTC - Highroad | + 3'06 | | 3 | Sky ProCycling | + 3'42 | | 4 | Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 4'21 | | 5 | Team Europcar | + 4'25 | |
HTC - Highroad Classification Overview
| + 19 | | 16 | + 19Tony Martin | + 2'44 | | + 19 | | 2 | + 19Mark Cavendish | 140pts | | + 19 | | 2 | + 19Lars Ytting Bak | 5pt | | + 19 | | 3 | + 19Tejay Van Garderen | + 46 |
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