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A Day in the Life | Sweet Delight

Ian Butler

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Posted on 03-01-2014 10:47

Tour de France Champion

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Living the Life - Part I of I

Ever since that Christmas day, things have been good in my life. I'm enjoying successes and happiness both in my professional and private life. The team camps were absolutely great and we're all ambitious to get the most out of this season.

Becca and I are having so much fun living together. Sometimes it's a bit weird, seeing our history, but we don't let it get to us. We both lead busy lives anyway.

For now, I'm enjoying a couple of great months in my life. I can only pray it lasts as long as it can...

Hi everyone!

We're past halfway Paris - Nice now.

Paris - Nice: Stage 5

For me the single most important day of my first half of the season. Simply no race or stage will be bigger for me up until the National Championships. (Well, maybe in CritÃ©rium du DauphinÃ©).
It's a tough climb to Station Saint-HonorÃ©, but I've prepared well.

I woke up with amazing legs, so it was time to put them to the test!

The Race

Malori was looking for a way out. He escaped very early in the race and was part of the daily break.

Meanwhile, I was hidden in the peloton. In order to save enough energy for the final climb, I was somewhere around the 40th place. If there would be a crash, I could be in trouble, but I took the risk.

But then, when it mattered, at the foot of the final climb to Saint HonorÃ©, I appeared out of nowhere. Roche stayed near to help where possible. I felt I was getting stronger, minute after minute.

Two kilometers into the climb, I launched a first attack. Roche professionaly dropped the pace, giving me about ten meters advantage over the competition.

The strongest climbers found my wheel. We formed a front group of about six. I never got out of the lead, I kept dictating the pace.

I decided I wouldn't give anyone the time to catch their breath. The audience was going crazy and I couldn't even hear myself breathe. All I heard was: Henry, Henry, Henry! It's on days like this I'm so glad and proud to be French!

A second attack! It was mental and physical warfare, I really wanted to take everything out today I could get.

I held the speed of the acceleration for longer than I thought was possible and longer than I ever did on training. I was having the best day ever in my cycling career.

I gained 30 seconds... 40 seconds... 50 seconds... A minute?
On the flatter section of the climb, I expected to lose some of that time, but I just kept going. 1 minute 10 seconds...

The audience was going wild now. A guy with sunglasses ran alongside me in his underwear, holding a French flag. I appreciate the gesture, but I really wished these guys would take it easy. It can be dangerous at times.

Either way, I was flying by now! The audience was screaming me uphill, so to speak.

Wanting to grab every possible second, I didn't even think to celebrate. I crossed the line in disbelief, but mostly completely dead. I had used every single bit of energy in my body for today.

I didn't celebrate by putting my arms up, but I let out a scream of relief. I think it was so loud the entire peloton must've heared it lower on the climb!

Almost two minutes passed before the first chaser crossed the line. Oh my God, how did I ever gain so much time on these guys?

Kwiatkowski crossed the line, completely broken, dead as a dog. I almost felt sorry for him.

I get into the Yellow Jersey, and with quite a lead! YES!

Result

1	Henry Vergnaud	Citigroup Pro Cycling	5h02'12
2	Sergio Henao	Sky Procycling	+ 1'48
3	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	+ 1'57
4	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
5	Andy Schleck	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
6	FrÃ¤nk Schleck	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 3'45
7	MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 4'06
9	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
10	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.

Spoiler

11	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	+ 4'20
12	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	s.t.
13	Rohan Dennis	Garmin - Sharp	+ 5'36
14	Ion Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 9'01
15	Luis LeÃ³n SÃ¡nchez	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 9'12
16	Bradley Wiggins	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 9'51
17	Yury Trofimov	Katusha Team	s.t.
18	Pieter Weening	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
19	John Gadret	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
20	Rui Costa	Movistar Team	s.t.
21	Ian Boswell	Sky Procycling	s.t.
22	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	s.t.
23	Richie Porte	Katusha Team	s.t.
24	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
25	Roman Kreuziger	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
26	JÃ©rÃ´me Coppel	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
27	Lou Smeets	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
28	Giovanni Visconti	Lampre - Merida	+ 10'21
29	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
30	RÃ©my Di Gregorio	Team Europcar	s.t.
31	Petr Ignatenko	Katusha Team	s.t.
32	Nicolas Roche	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
33	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
34	Silvio Herklotz	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
35	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
36	Louis Meintjes	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
37	Tony Gallopin	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
38	Matteo Montaguti	BMC Racing Team	+ 10'43
39	David LÃ³pez	Sky Procycling	+ 10'58
40	Michael Albasini	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 11'16
41	Jens Voigt	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
42	AndrÃ© Cardoso	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 12'37
43	AmaÃ«l Moinard	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
44	Yelko Gomez	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
45	IvÃ¡n Velasco	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Sylvain Chavanel	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Lieuwe Westra	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Jonathan Hivert	Sojasun	s.t.
49	Fabian Cancellara	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
50	Ivan Basso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
51	Robert Vrecer	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
52	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
53	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre - Merida	+ 13'01
54	Thomas Dekker	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
55	David De la Fuente	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
56	AdriÃ¡n Palomares	Movistar Team	s.t.
57	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	s.t.
58	Jonathan Tiernan-Locke	Sky Procycling	s.t.
59	JosÃ© Alberto BenÃtez	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
60	Jean-Marc Marino	Sojasun	s.t.
61	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
63	Pello Bilbao	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
64	Ioannis Tamouridis	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
65	Romain Sicard	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
66	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	+ 13'34
67	Lachlan Morton	Garmin - Sharp	+ 15'02
68	Kristijan Durasek	Lampre - Merida	+ 15'44
69	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Katusha Team	s.t.
70	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 16'01
71	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Sky Procycling	s.t.
73	Lasse BÃ¸chman	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
74	Brice Feillu	Sojasun	s.t.
75	Anthony Charteau	Team Europcar	s.t.
76	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Davide Malacarne	Team Europcar	s.t.
78	JesÃºs Del Nero	Movistar Team	s.t.
79	Stefano Agostini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
80	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
81	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
82	Perrig Quemeneur	Team Europcar	s.t.
83	Nicki SÃ¸rensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
84	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	+ 17'38
85	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.fr	s.t.
86	Kristof Vandewalle	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
87	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
88	Daniele Ratto	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
89	Larry Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
90	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
91	Assan Bazayev	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
92	JÃ©rÃ©mie Galland	Sojasun	s.t.
93	Adriano Malori	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 18'41
94	Xabier Zandio	Sky Procycling	+ 19'37
95	Miguel MÃnguez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
96	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	s.t.
97	SÃ©bastien Minard	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 20'28
98	GrÃ©gory Rast	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 20'47
99	Manuele Boaro	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
100	Raymond Kreder	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
101	Daryl Impey	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
102	Maarten Wynants	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
103	Frederik Willems	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
104	Yukiya Arashiro	Team Europcar	s.t.
105	Daniele Bennati	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
106	Luke Roberts	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
107	Grega Bole	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 22'35
108	Matteo Tosatto	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
109	Roger Beuchat	BMC Racing Team	+ 23'10
110	Luke Durbridge	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
111	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	+ 23'59
112	Jakob Rathe	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
113	Julien Antomarchi	La Pomme Marseille	s.t.
114	Jack Bauer	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
115	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
116	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
117	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
118	Danail Petrov	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 27'18
119	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
120	Timofey Kritskiy	Katusha Team	s.t.
121	Anthony Ravard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
122	Marco Haller	Katusha Team	s.t.
123	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
124	Laurent Pichon	FDJ.fr	s.t.
125	David McCann	Sojasun	s.t.
126	Nariyuki Masuda	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
127	AurÃ©lien Duval	La Pomme Marseille	s.t.
128	Dimitriy Muravyev	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
129	Matthew Goss	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
130	Yohan Offredo	FDJ.fr	s.t.
131	Vicente ReynÃ¨s	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
132	Koldo FernÃ¡ndez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
133	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
134	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	s.t.
135	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	s.t.
136	Jonas Aaen JÃ¸rgensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
137	Michael Matthews	Sojasun	s.t.
138	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
139	Bryan Coquard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
140	Jean-Lou Paiani	Sojasun	s.t.
141	Brett Lancaster	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
142	Alexander Porsev	Katusha Team	s.t.
143	Ben Swift	Sky Procycling	s.t.
144	Dennis Van Winden	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
145	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ.fr	s.t.
146	Piercarlo Molinaro	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
147	Baden Cooke	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
148	SÃ©bastien Rosseler	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
149	Karsten Kroon	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
150	Marko Kump	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
151	Francisco JosÃ© Pacheco	Movistar Team	s.t.
152	Romain Feillu	Team Europcar	s.t.
153	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
154	Angelo Tulik	Team Europcar	s.t.
155	Ian Bibby	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
156	Sebastian Lander	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
157	Eloy Teruel	Movistar Team	s.t.
158	Alex Rasmussen	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
159	Caleb Ewan	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 29'21
160	Dylan van Baarle	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
161	Yoann Paillot	La Pomme Marseille	+ 30'56
162	Toms Skujins	La Pomme Marseille	s.t.
163	Alex Dowsett	Movistar Team	s.t.
164	Wesley Kreder	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
165	LaszlÃ³ Bodrogi	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
166	Rick Flens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
167	JÃ¼rgen Van de Walle	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
168	Martial Pignol	Sojasun	s.t.
169	Davide ViganÃ²	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
170	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
171	Thomas Rostollan	La Pomme Marseille	s.t.
172	Thomas Vaubourzeix	La Pomme Marseille	s.t.
173	Christopher Sutton	Sky Procycling	s.t.
174	JÃ¼rgen Roelandts	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
175	Barry Markus	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
176	Christopher Jennings	La Pomme Marseille	s.t.
177	Valentin Iglinskiy	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
178	Boy Van Poppel	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
179	Alexandre Lemair	La Pomme Marseille	s.t.
180	Giacomo Nizzolo	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
181	Mark Renshaw	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
182	Greg Henderson	Lotto Belisol	+ 32'45
183	Jaffar Khvostunov	Astana Pro Team	+ 37'44
184	Ilario Ragone	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 40'29

It felt amazing standing there on the podium. I've been on my share of podiums last year, but none compared to this. It looked like a true celebration of life. It looked like I was voted President or something. Everyone was just cheering, clapping, chanting my name. I felt like a God. The French always need someone to cheer for. It looks like I conquered a lot of French hearts today.

General Classification

1	Henry Vergnaud	Citigroup Pro Cycling	20h16'57
2	Sergio Henao	Sky Procycling	+ 1'22
3	MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 1'57
4	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 2'41
5	Andy Schleck	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 3'40
6	FrÃ¤nk Schleck	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 4'08
7	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	+ 4'17
8	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 4'29
9	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	+ 5'01
10	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	+ 5'44

Spoiler

11	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	+ 5'51
12	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	+ 6'11
13	Rohan Dennis	Garmin - Sharp	+ 8'59
14	Luis LeÃ³n SÃ¡nchez	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 9'32
15	Pieter Weening	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 10'33
16	Ion Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 11'54
17	Rui Costa	Movistar Team	+ 13'14
18	Roman Kreuziger	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 13'26
19	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	+ 13'47
20	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	+ 13'58
21	Yury Trofimov	Katusha Team	+ 14'09
22	Bradley Wiggins	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 14'18
23	Nicolas Roche	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 14'56
24	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 15'10
25	Tony Gallopin	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 15'13
26	Richie Porte	Katusha Team	+ 15'21
27	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Astana Pro Team	+ 15'27
28	Petr Ignatenko	Katusha Team	+ 15'51
29	Matteo Montaguti	BMC Racing Team	+ 16'07
30	Jens Voigt	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 16'08
31	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 16'25
32	David LÃ³pez	Sky Procycling	+ 16'28
33	Michael Albasini	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 16'29
34	Giovanni Visconti	Lampre - Merida	+ 16'41
35	Sylvain Chavanel	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 17'09
36	Lieuwe Westra	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 17'29
37	Fabian Cancellara	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
38	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 17'33
39	Thomas Dekker	Garmin - Sharp	+ 17'41
40	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Pro Team	+ 17'43
41	Silvio Herklotz	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 18'21
42	Lou Smeets	Lotto Belisol	+ 18'33
43	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	+ 18'44
44	Ian Boswell	Sky Procycling	+ 18'46
45	RÃ©my Di Gregorio	Team Europcar	+ 19'29
46	JÃ©rÃ´me Coppel	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 19'49
47	Brice Feillu	Sojasun	+ 20'27
48	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 20'33
49	John Gadret	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 20'50
50	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 20'53
51	AmaÃ«l Moinard	BMC Racing Team	+ 21'26
52	Ivan Basso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 21'46
53	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	+ 21'56
54	Jonathan Tiernan-Locke	Sky Procycling	s.t.
55	Louis Meintjes	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 22'01
56	Robert Vrecer	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 22'04
57	Jonathan Hivert	Sojasun	+ 22'06
58	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 22'20
59	Pello Bilbao	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 22'28
60	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
61	Ioannis Tamouridis	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
62	Romain Sicard	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
63	AndrÃ© Cardoso	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 22'35
64	IvÃ¡n Velasco	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
65	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	+ 22'44
66	Nicki SÃ¸rensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
67	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre - Merida	+ 22'46
68	JosÃ© Alberto BenÃtez	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 22'59
69	Lachlan Morton	Garmin - Sharp	+ 23'07
70	Kristof Vandewalle	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 23'40
71	Jean-Marc Marino	Sojasun	+ 24'00
72	Yelko Gomez	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 24'05
73	JesÃºs Del Nero	Movistar Team	+ 24'06
74	David De la Fuente	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 24'29
75	Lasse BÃ¸chman	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 24'39
76	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Katusha Team	s.t.
77	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	+ 24'50
78	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Sky Procycling	+ 24'56
79	Stefano Agostini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 25'10
80	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 25'11
81	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Belisol	+ 25'17
82	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	+ 25'28
83	Kristijan Durasek	Lampre - Merida	+ 25'29
84	Davide Malacarne	Team Europcar	+ 25'46
85	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 25'52
86	AdriÃ¡n Palomares	Movistar Team	s.t.
87	Daryl Impey	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 26'00
88	Daniele Bennati	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
89	JÃ©rÃ©mie Galland	Sojasun	+ 27'07
90	Anthony Charteau	Team Europcar	+ 27'16
91	Daniele Ratto	Lampre - Merida	+ 27'23
92	Assan Bazayev	Astana Pro Team	+ 27'44
93	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.fr	+ 28'57
94	Miguel MÃnguez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 29'04
95	Luke Durbridge	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 29'15
96	Maarten Wynants	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 30'31
97	Perrig Quemeneur	Team Europcar	+ 30'32
98	Xabier Zandio	Sky Procycling	+ 30'42
99	GrÃ©gory Rast	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 31'07
100	Adriano Malori	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 31'25
101	SÃ©bastien Minard	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 32'00
102	Grega Bole	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 32'22
103	Matteo Tosatto	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 32'43
104	Ben Swift	Sky Procycling	+ 32'44
105	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	+ 33'15
106	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 33'17
107	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 33'20
108	Larry Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	+ 33'55
109	Manuele Boaro	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 34'11
110	Yukiya Arashiro	Team Europcar	+ 35'18
111	Raymond Kreder	Garmin - Sharp	+ 36'20
112	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 36'42
113	Francisco JosÃ© Pacheco	Movistar Team	+ 36'44
114	JÃ¼rgen Roelandts	Lotto Belisol	+ 36'45
115	Ian Bibby	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 36'48
116	Karsten Kroon	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 37'10
117	Matthew Goss	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 37'11
118	SÃ©bastien Rosseler	Garmin - Sharp	+ 37'26
119	Jakob Rathe	Garmin - Sharp	+ 37'32
120	Jack Bauer	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
121	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre - Merida	+ 37'47
122	Dimitriy Muravyev	Astana Pro Team	+ 37'52
123	Michael Matthews	Sojasun	+ 38'08
124	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 38'30
125	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	+ 38'37
126	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ.fr	s.t.
127	Yohan Offredo	FDJ.fr	+ 38'41
128	Bryan Coquard	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 38'50
129	Roger Beuchat	BMC Racing Team	+ 39'27
130	Brett Lancaster	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 39'59
131	Sebastian Lander	BMC Racing Team	+ 40'07
132	Laurent Pichon	FDJ.fr	+ 40'37
133	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	s.t.
134	Marko Kump	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 40'42
135	Anthony Ravard	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 40'50
136	Luke Roberts	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 40'56
137	Timofey Kritskiy	Katusha Team	+ 40'59
138	Giacomo Nizzolo	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 41'16
139	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Pro Team	+ 41'17
140	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 41'55
141	Caleb Ewan	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 42'02
142	Julien Antomarchi	La Pomme Marseille	+ 42'11
143	Romain Feillu	Team Europcar	+ 42'31
144	Dennis Van Winden	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 43'00
145	Marco Haller	Katusha Team	+ 43'41
146	Frederik Willems	Lotto Belisol	+ 43'44
147	Dylan van Baarle	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 43'50
148	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 43'55
149	Baden Cooke	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 44'02
150	David McCann	Sojasun	+ 44'15
151	AurÃ©lien Duval	La Pomme Marseille	+ 44'36
152	Wesley Kreder	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 44'41
153	Danail Petrov	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 44'44
154	Piercarlo Molinaro	Lampre - Merida	+ 45'42
155	Koldo FernÃ¡ndez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 46'23
156	Alex Dowsett	Movistar Team	+ 47'07
157	Alexander Porsev	Katusha Team	+ 47'44
158	Nariyuki Masuda	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 47'58
159	Vicente ReynÃ¨s	Lotto Belisol	+ 48'05
160	Valentin Iglinskiy	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 49'55
161	LaszlÃ³ Bodrogi	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
162	Toms Skujins	La Pomme Marseille	+ 50'05
163	Mark Renshaw	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 50'41
164	Angelo Tulik	Team Europcar	+ 50'44
165	Jonas Aaen JÃ¸rgensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 51'11
166	Martial Pignol	Sojasun	+ 52'03
167	Barry Markus	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 52'08
168	Boy Van Poppel	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
169	Davide ViganÃ²	Lampre - Merida	+ 52'12
170	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 52'25
171	Christopher Sutton	Sky Procycling	+ 52'46
172	Jean-Lou Paiani	Sojasun	s.t.
173	Rick Flens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 52'51
174	Greg Henderson	Lotto Belisol	+ 54'56
175	Christopher Jennings	La Pomme Marseille	+ 55'41
176	Yoann Paillot	La Pomme Marseille	+ 56'35
177	Thomas Vaubourzeix	La Pomme Marseille	s.t.
178	Alex Rasmussen	Garmin - Sharp	+ 59'08
179	Eloy Teruel	Movistar Team	+ 59'09
180	Thomas Rostollan	La Pomme Marseille	+ 1h01'05
181	JÃ¼rgen Van de Walle	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h01'47
182	Alexandre Lemair	La Pomme Marseille	+ 1h02'11
183	Jaffar Khvostunov	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h27'26
184	Ilario Ragone	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h30'48

Analysis & Daily Thoughts

Everything today has been so amazing and it's all been happening so fast. From the minute I left Contador behind me, I've had such a rush of adrenaline.

The podium ceremony was like a movie. Afterwards I was taken to doping controle, but I didn't care, I knew I'd pass the test with 10/10. Nothing could break my mood!

Then I had to sign a bunch of autographs for people I didn't know, but they adored me for some reason. The press was next. The French press was especially praiseful about me. They said I was young, a climber, an attacker, a daredevil, a strong-minded guy, already National Champion and I would be the next French chouchou, like Voeckler was. Being born on the National holiday doesn't hurt in the process.

I have to say I'm not sure if I'm ready to become all that. I just want to race and win as much as possible, get everything out of my career as possible.

It might not be logical, but today's victory felt better than that stage win in the Vuelta last season. Here, on my home soil, between so many fans, it's a feeling I never want to forget.

Now up to tomorrow. I will defend this jersey with my life.
See you then!
Henry

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Nice win

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Fantastic solo win

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Epic win for Henry, must be the biggest one so far! It is also looking very good for Henry in the GC now, let's hope he can hang on, and secure the overall victory

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Great show from Henry, now let see how he can handle the pressure put by the (French) press on the Young French Talent

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What an incredible win!

But i hope they don't make him the next Pinot.

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Posted on 03-01-2014 11:34

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Wow what a win, awesome Henry. French public will rightly go crazy.

That guy in underwear probably is ill by now, weather looked pretty cold.

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Posted on 03-01-2014 12:10

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That was a Great show of strength from Henry

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Posted on 03-01-2014 13:26

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krisa - Thanks

nice is definitely an understatement here, though

Selwink - Agree

I had so much fun in that stage!

anderspcm - It's definitely the biggest one, especially since this was a direct battle against guys like Nibali, Henao... Keeping the GC will be hard, but with wings, Henry can fly

tpinot - That'll be the main challenge. Rolland & Pinot might give him some tips.

Dippofix - I hope so, too. Thanks, the victory tastes sweet!

Shonak - If Henry ever wants to run for president, now's the time to do it, I bet he's pretty popular

though if he wants real fame, he has to win a TDF stage! That underpants guy will not be running along tomorrow, I think so too.

sutty68 - It was the showing of a pure climber

Thanks for the great comments!
It's for stages like this I started this story! Henry is turning into a strong, pure climber, just the kind of rider I love!

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Posted on 03-01-2014 14:35

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Marseillaise Madness - Part I

I had just won stage 5 of Paris - Nice. It definitely was a turning point in my career and life. The French only care about a handful of races. Mostly it's all about the Tour and Paris - Roubaix, but Paris - Nice has gained in importance over the last few years.

The French are a curious people. Many a talent have wasted away under big expectations and too much pressure. Keeping my blog allowed my readers to warn me about this. I swore I wouldn't let the madness get to me.

But coming off the podium after my final appearance of the day (young jersey), a fat man approached me. He had the biggest moustache and no neck.

"Mr. Vergnaud?"
"That's me."

He was breathing so loud it made me nervous. Suddenly I found myself being pushed into a small area. It was just him and me...

Hi everyone!

Closing in on the finale of Paris - Nice!

Paris - Nice: Stage 6

There's but one thing on my mind today: don't lose any time, not a second.

The Race

I don't think I've ever been more concentrated. Luckily I was able to get some sleep after last night's excitement. I was ready to defend my honors and, more importantly, my jersey!

Having a good atmosphere in the team pays off on days like this. We ride as one! One for all, all for onel.

On the final climb, it was up to me. My job? Easy; stop any attack. Well, I meant easy to describe, not easy to do...

I jumped from wheel to wheel, trying to stop any attack. I didn't take turns, didn't ride a meter in the wind. Kill all attacks.

Gilbert wins his first for Lotto (well, his second career at Lotto) in the breakaway. I succeed in my task and keep the lead.

Result

1	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Belisol	3h21'45
2	AndrÃ© Cardoso	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
3	Pieter Weening	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
4	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	s.t.
5	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	+ 46
6	Bradley Wiggins	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
7	Sergio Henao	Sky Procycling	s.t.
8	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
9	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
10	MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
11	Henry Vergnaud	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.

Paris - Nice: Stage 7

Biggest threat today would be the wind. Blowing 61km/h, I'll have to be careful not to get blown away.

The Race

I had a little more time to enjoy my jersey today. I'm so proud of it. The fans alongside the road were just fantastic. I even saw some Chinese kids, having a flag with my name on it!

As soon as we hit the coastside, the peloton blew to pieces. Malori deserves a medal after today, keeping me at the front with powers beyong my imagination. What a strong, flat rider.

Visconti took the stage, another one for the breakaway.

Result

1	Giovanni Visconti	Lampre - Merida	3h41'44
2	Jonathan Hivert	Sojasun	s.t.
3	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	+ 37
4	Matthew Goss	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 1'28
5	JÃ¼rgen Roelandts	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
6	Bryan Coquard	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
7	Giacomo Nizzolo	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
8	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	s.t.
9	Ben Swift	Sky Procycling	s.t.
10	Daryl Impey	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
11	Henry Vergnaud	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.

General Classification

1	Henry Vergnaud	Citigroup Pro Cycling	27h22'40
2	Sergio Henao	Sky Procycling	+ 1'22
3	MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 1'57
4	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 2'41
5	Andy Schleck	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 3'40
6	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	+ 4'17
7	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 4'29
8	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	+ 5'01
9	FrÃ¤nk Schleck	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 5'20
10	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	+ 5'44

Analysis & Daily Thoughts

One. More. Stage.

Just the time trial left now. At the start, it immediately goes up towards the top of Col d'Eze. Then it's the descend, which is pretty tricky. The final kilometers are pancake flat.

I'm not sure if I can do this, but this jersey has given me wings so far, I won't let my team mates down. Tomorrow I might just take my second World Tour stage race in a row. It's about time climbers started winning general classifications again!

I'm ready.
Henry

sutty68

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Posted on 03-01-2014 14:41

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Henry looks good in the yellow jersey

But i wonder who the fat guy was

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Posted on 03-01-2014 14:50

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Congrats on winning th Paris-Nice GC. There should be no problem defending the jersey tommorow. Henry, the next Edvald Boasson HAgen

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Descent ride for Henry in stage 6 & 7, let's hope he can hang on to his lead at the time trial, maybe he should try to gain time on the ascent

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Waoo alone with a strange guy in Marseille? Sounds more a thriller than a cycling story...

Fortunately we know Henry survives as he is still wearing yellow just before the last stage.

And hopefully after the last stage too

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sutty68 - I wonder, too. If you see him, tell him I'm looking for him

muttisr - Well, you certainly predicted what was coming

thanks a lot! The next EBH, qua talent maybe, but Henry's strengths lay elsewhere

anderspcm - That's the plan, thanks!

duxili - Yeah, let's hope it isn't turning into a horror story

You'll know the answer to that in a second

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Marseillaise Madness - Part II

Half an hour later, I was able to get out of there, finally. The moustache man turned out to be a big famous reporter. As a cyclist, I'm not really up to date with the rest of the world.

He was asking me all kinds of questions, to do some kind of profile. After a long talk, I told him I'd think about it.

As soon as I got out of there, another man approached me.
Jeez, is it too much to ask to leave me alone for a while?

It seemed my victory had done more than I wished it did.

Paris - Nice: Stage 8

Just 32.5 kilometers left in this Paris - Nice. I'm not a fan of time trials, but this one I should be able to handle.

The Race

It's the first time World Champion Time Trial De Gendt could show off his jersey. He would go on to take the stage, too.

I was the last one to go. Riding mostly on adrenaline, but focused enough!

The uphill part was perfectly for me. I didn't lose any time to my direct threats. In fact, I gained time!

First provisional time on the climb! But now for the hard part. I took no risk in the downhill.

But I stayed upright. The Yellow Jersey had given me wings once again. I'm performing better than ever!

Result

1	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	49'39
2	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 36
3	Nicolas Roche	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 50
4	Luke Durbridge	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 51
5	Ion Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
6	MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 56
7	Henry Vergnaud	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
8	Luis LeÃ³n SÃ¡nchez	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1'10
9	Fabian Cancellara	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 1'11
10	Lieuwe Westra	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 1'17

Spoiler

11	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
12	Sergio Henao	Sky Procycling	s.t.
13	Adriano Malori	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 1'23
14	JÃ©rÃ´me Coppel	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 1'24
15	Rui Costa	Movistar Team	s.t.
16	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1'26
17	Pieter Weening	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 1'27
18	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1'29
19	Roman Kreuziger	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
20	Michael Albasini	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 1'31
21	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	+ 1'36
22	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Belisol	+ 1'37
23	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	+ 1'41
24	Sylvain Chavanel	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 1'42
25	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	+ 1'44
26	Rohan Dennis	Garmin - Sharp	+ 1'47
27	Andy Schleck	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
28	Bradley Wiggins	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
29	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	+ 1'50
30	Ian Bibby	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
31	Richie Porte	Katusha Team	s.t.
32	Jens Voigt	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 1'52
33	FrÃ¤nk Schleck	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 1'54
34	Tony Gallopin	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 1'57
35	Daniele Bennati	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 1'59
36	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
37	Giovanni Visconti	Lampre - Merida	+ 2'01
38	Yohan Offredo	FDJ.fr	+ 2'08
39	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Sky Procycling	+ 2'09
40	Thomas Dekker	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
41	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Pro Team	+ 2'10
42	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	+ 2'13
43	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	+ 2'14
44	David LÃ³pez	Sky Procycling	+ 2'15
45	Daniele Ratto	Lampre - Merida	+ 2'17
46	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
47	Matteo Montaguti	BMC Racing Team	+ 2'19
48	Yury Trofimov	Katusha Team	+ 2'21
49	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	+ 2'23
50	Lasse BÃ¸chman	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 2'24
51	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
52	Kristijan Durasek	Lampre - Merida	+ 2'26
53	Manuele Boaro	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 2'32
54	Dylan van Baarle	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
55	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 2'33
56	Alex Dowsett	Movistar Team	+ 2'34
57	Louis Meintjes	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 2'35
58	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 2'36
59	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 2'37
60	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	+ 2'38
61	Silvio Herklotz	Citigroup Pro Cycling	s.t.
62	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.fr	+ 2'40
63	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 2'44
64	Ian Boswell	Sky Procycling	+ 2'45
65	Jonathan Hivert	Sojasun	s.t.
66	JÃ¼rgen Roelandts	Lotto Belisol	+ 2'46
67	SÃ©bastien Minard	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 2'47
68	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
69	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	+ 2'49
70	Pello Bilbao	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
71	Lou Smeets	Lotto Belisol	+ 2'50
72	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	+ 2'51
74	Ioannis Tamouridis	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 2'52
75	SÃ©bastien Rosseler	Garmin - Sharp	+ 2'54
76	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	s.t.
77	LaszlÃ³ Bodrogi	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
78	Ben Swift	Sky Procycling	+ 2'55
79	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	s.t.
80	Alex Rasmussen	Garmin - Sharp	+ 2'57
81	Petr Ignatenko	Katusha Team	+ 2'58
82	Romain Sicard	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 2'59
83	Kristof Vandewalle	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
84	IvÃ¡n Velasco	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 3'00
85	Brett Lancaster	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
86	Daryl Impey	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 3'02
87	JesÃºs Del Nero	Movistar Team	s.t.
88	Xabier Zandio	Sky Procycling	+ 3'03
89	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre - Merida	+ 3'04
90	Maarten Wynants	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 3'05
91	Matthew Goss	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 3'06
92	Timofey Kritskiy	Katusha Team	+ 3'07
93	Michael Matthews	Sojasun	+ 3'08
94	Ivan Basso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 3'09
95	AndrÃ© Cardoso	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
96	Grega Bole	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 3'10
97	David McCann	Sojasun	s.t.
98	Jonathan Tiernan-Locke	Sky Procycling	+ 3'11
99	Eloy Teruel	Movistar Team	+ 3'12
100	Yoann Paillot	La Pomme Marseille	s.t.
101	Barry Markus	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 3'13
102	Davide Malacarne	Team Europcar	s.t.
103	AmaÃ«l Moinard	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
104	Bryan Coquard	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 3'14
105	Rick Flens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 3'15
106	Greg Henderson	Lotto Belisol	s.t.
107	Julien Antomarchi	La Pomme Marseille	+ 3'18
108	Baden Cooke	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
109	John Gadret	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 3'19
110	Wesley Kreder	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
111	Lachlan Morton	Garmin - Sharp	+ 3'20
112	Dennis Van Winden	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 3'21
113	Stefano Agostini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
114	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	s.t.
115	RÃ©my Di Gregorio	Team Europcar	s.t.
116	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 3'22
117	Romain Feillu	Team Europcar	+ 3'23
118	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre - Merida	+ 3'24
119	Jack Bauer	Garmin - Sharp	+ 3'26
120	AurÃ©lien Duval	La Pomme Marseille	s.t.
121	Dimitriy Muravyev	Astana Pro Team	+ 3'28
122	JÃ©rÃ©mie Galland	Sojasun	s.t.
123	Brice Feillu	Sojasun	+ 3'29
124	Francisco JosÃ© Pacheco	Movistar Team	s.t.
125	Nariyuki Masuda	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
126	Jakob Rathe	Garmin - Sharp	+ 3'32
127	Nicki SÃ¸rensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
128	JosÃ© Alberto BenÃtez	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
129	Robert Vrecer	Euskaltel - Euskadi	s.t.
130	David De la Fuente	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 3'34
131	Yukiya Arashiro	Team Europcar	+ 3'35
132	GrÃ©gory Rast	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
133	Luke Roberts	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 3'36
134	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Katusha Team	+ 3'37
135	Marko Kump	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 3'38
136	Yelko Gomez	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
137	Piercarlo Molinaro	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
138	Miguel MÃnguez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 3'39
139	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
140	Larry Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	+ 3'41
141	Caleb Ewan	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
142	Alexandre Lemair	La Pomme Marseille	+ 3'42
143	Mark Renshaw	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 3'46
144	Martial Pignol	Sojasun	+ 3'48
145	Giacomo Nizzolo	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 3'49
146	Assan Bazayev	Astana Pro Team	+ 3'50
147	AdriÃ¡n Palomares	Movistar Team	s.t.
148	Jean-Marc Marino	Sojasun	s.t.
149	Perrig Quemeneur	Team Europcar	s.t.
150	Christopher Sutton	Sky Procycling	+ 3'51
151	Raymond Kreder	Garmin - Sharp	+ 3'52
152	Alexander Porsev	Katusha Team	+ 3'53
153	Marco Haller	Katusha Team	+ 3'54
154	Angelo Tulik	Team Europcar	+ 3'56
155	Karsten Kroon	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
156	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
157	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
158	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ.fr	+ 3'57
159	Matteo Tosatto	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
160	Valentin Iglinskiy	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
161	Anthony Charteau	Team Europcar	+ 3'58
162	Boy Van Poppel	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 3'59
163	Laurent Pichon	FDJ.fr	s.t.
164	JÃ¼rgen Van de Walle	Lotto Belisol	+ 4'00
165	Danail Petrov	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
166	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 4'01
167	Thomas Rostollan	La Pomme Marseille	+ 4'02
168	Sebastian Lander	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
169	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	s.t.
170	Toms Skujins	La Pomme Marseille	+ 4'06
171	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
172	Koldo FernÃ¡ndez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 4'10
173	Frederik Willems	Lotto Belisol	+ 4'12
174	Roger Beuchat	BMC Racing Team	+ 4'15
175	Anthony Ravard	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 4'16
176	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
177	Vicente ReynÃ¨s	Lotto Belisol	+ 4'18
178	Jonas Aaen JÃ¸rgensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 4'21
179	Christopher Jennings	La Pomme Marseille	+ 4'24
180	Jean-Lou Paiani	Sojasun	+ 4'27
181	Davide ViganÃ²	Lampre - Merida	+ 4'32
182	Jaffar Khvostunov	Astana Pro Team	+ 4'36
183	Thomas Vaubourzeix	La Pomme Marseille	+ 4'39
184	Ilario Ragone	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 4'47

General Classification

1	Henry Vergnaud	Citigroup Pro Cycling	28h13'15
2	Sergio Henao	Sky Procycling	+ 1'43
3	MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 1'57
4	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 3'02
5	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 3'33
6	Andy Schleck	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 4'31
7	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	+ 5'11
8	Matthias Frank	BMC Racing Team	+ 5'49
9	FrÃ¤nk Schleck	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 6'18
10	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	+ 6'24

Spoiler

11	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	+ 6'36
12	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	+ 7'29
13	Pieter Weening	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 10'16
14	Luis LeÃ³n SÃ¡nchez	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 10'58
15	Rohan Dennis	Garmin - Sharp	+ 11'39
16	Roman Kreuziger	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 13'59
17	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	+ 14'43
18	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	+ 15'56
19	Nicolas Roche	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 16'39
20	Ion Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 16'57
21	Giovanni Visconti	Lampre - Merida	+ 17'22
22	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 17'29
23	Tony Gallopin	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 18'03
24	Bradley Wiggins	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 18'28
25	Michael Albasini	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 18'53
26	Jens Voigt	RadioShack - Leopard	s.t.
27	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 19'02
28	Fabian Cancellara	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 19'33
29	Lieuwe Westra	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 19'39
30	Sylvain Chavanel	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 19'44
31	Rui Costa	Movistar Team	+ 20'26
32	Thomas Dekker	Garmin - Sharp	+ 20'43
33	Yury Trofimov	Katusha Team	+ 21'41
34	JÃ©rÃ´me Coppel	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 22'06
35	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Astana Pro Team	+ 22'47
36	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 22'57
37	Richie Porte	Katusha Team	+ 22'59
38	Matteo Montaguti	BMC Racing Team	+ 23'29
39	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	+ 23'33
40	AndrÃ© Cardoso	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 23'56
41	Jonathan Hivert	Sojasun	+ 24'09
42	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	+ 24'10
43	Brice Feillu	Sojasun	+ 24'12
44	David LÃ³pez	Sky Procycling	+ 24'31
45	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 24'36
46	Petr Ignatenko	Katusha Team	+ 24'37
47	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Belisol	+ 25'06
48	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana Pro Team	+ 26'18
49	Lou Smeets	Lotto Belisol	+ 26'26
50	Silvio Herklotz	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 26'47
51	Ian Boswell	Sky Procycling	+ 27'19
52	JesÃºs Del Nero	Movistar Team	+ 28'01
53	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	+ 28'34
54	RÃ©my Di Gregorio	Team Europcar	+ 28'38
55	Michal Golas	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 28'57
56	Kristof Vandewalle	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 29'12
57	John Gadret	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
58	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 29'19
59	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 29'43
60	Pello Bilbao	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 30'20
61	AmaÃ«l Moinard	BMC Racing Team	+ 30'27
62	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha Team	+ 30'38
63	Jonathan Tiernan-Locke	Sky Procycling	+ 30'55
64	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	+ 30'56
65	Romain Sicard	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 31'15
66	IvÃ¡n Velasco	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 31'23
67	Robert Vrecer	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 31'24
68	JosÃ© Alberto BenÃtez	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 31'34
69	Daryl Impey	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 31'35
70	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 31'38
71	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 31'39
72	Ioannis Tamouridis	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 32'03
73	Lachlan Morton	Garmin - Sharp	+ 32'15
74	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.fr	+ 32'30
75	Lasse BÃ¸chman	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 32'51
76	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Sky Procycling	+ 32'53
77	Daniele Bennati	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 33'02
78	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre - Merida	+ 33'18
79	Yelko Gomez	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 33'31
80	Jean-Marc Marino	Sojasun	+ 33'38
81	Adriano Malori	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 33'41
82	Kristijan Durasek	Lampre - Merida	+ 33'43
83	Nicki SÃ¸rensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 33'44
84	David De la Fuente	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 33'51
85	Louis Meintjes	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 33'57
86	Maarten Wynants	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 34'29
87	Daniele Ratto	Lampre - Merida	+ 34'43
88	Davide Malacarne	Team Europcar	+ 34'47
89	Stefano Agostini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 35'59
90	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto Belisol	+ 36'21
91	AdriÃ¡n Palomares	Movistar Team	+ 37'10
92	GrÃ©gory Rast	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 37'15
93	JÃ©rÃ©mie Galland	Sojasun	+ 37'18
94	SÃ©bastien Minard	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 37'20
95	Ivan Basso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 38'01
96	Ben Swift	Sky Procycling	+ 38'12
97	Luke Durbridge	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 38'15
98	Miguel MÃnguez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 38'31
99	Anthony Charteau	Team Europcar	+ 38'42
100	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Katusha Team	+ 38'55
101	Assan Bazayev	Astana Pro Team	+ 39'02
102	Yukiya Arashiro	Team Europcar	+ 39'46
103	JÃ¼rgen Roelandts	Lotto Belisol	+ 40'24
104	Grega Bole	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 40'35
105	Xabier Zandio	Sky Procycling	+ 41'13
106	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 41'32
107	Yohan Offredo	FDJ.fr	+ 41'42
108	Michael Matthews	Sojasun	+ 42'09
109	Raymond Kreder	Garmin - Sharp	+ 42'45
110	Francisco JosÃ© Pacheco	Movistar Team	+ 42'46
111	Matthew Goss	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 42'50
112	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre - Merida	+ 43'44
113	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 44'01
114	Ian Bibby	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 44'26
115	Bryan Coquard	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 44'37
116	Manuele Boaro	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 45'43
117	Giacomo Nizzolo	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 45'58
118	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	+ 45'59
119	Matteo Tosatto	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 46'25
120	Perrig Quemeneur	Team Europcar	+ 47'18
121	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ.fr	+ 47'24
122	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.fr	+ 47'29
123	Brett Lancaster	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 47'49
124	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	+ 48'15
125	Caleb Ewan	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 48'16
126	Jack Bauer	Garmin - Sharp	+ 48'26
127	Romain Feillu	Team Europcar	+ 48'27
128	Karsten Kroon	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 48'34
129	Dimitriy Muravyev	Astana Pro Team	+ 48'48
130	Dennis Van Winden	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 48'54
131	SÃ©bastien Rosseler	Garmin - Sharp	+ 49'20
132	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 49'23
133	Laurent Pichon	FDJ.fr	+ 49'26
134	Jakob Rathe	Garmin - Sharp	+ 50'04
135	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Pro Team	+ 50'10
136	Larry Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	+ 50'32
137	Timofey Kritskiy	Katusha Team	+ 51'34
138	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 51'53
139	Baden Cooke	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 52'10
140	Julien Antomarchi	La Pomme Marseille	+ 52'57
141	Sebastian Lander	BMC Racing Team	+ 53'09
142	Anthony Ravard	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 53'15
143	Marko Kump	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 53'20
144	Alex Dowsett	Movistar Team	+ 54'31
145	Luke Roberts	Orica - GreenEdge	+ 55'00
146	Marco Haller	Katusha Team	+ 55'44
147	Wesley Kreder	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 56'09
148	Roger Beuchat	BMC Racing Team	+ 56'38
149	Piercarlo Molinaro	Lampre - Merida	+ 56'48
150	David McCann	Sojasun	+ 57'10
151	Dylan van Baarle	Citigroup Pro Cycling	+ 57'35
152	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 57'36
153	Danail Petrov	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 57'43
154	AurÃ©lien Duval	La Pomme Marseille	+ 57'47
155	LaszlÃ³ Bodrogi	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 59'07
156	Mark Renshaw	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 59'17
157	Koldo FernÃ¡ndez	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 59'33
158	Alexander Porsev	Katusha Team	+ 59'46
159	Valentin Iglinskiy	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h00'10
160	Jonas Aaen JÃ¸rgensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 1h00'22
161	Frederik Willems	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h00'52
162	Nariyuki Masuda	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h01'12
163	Vicente ReynÃ¨s	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h01'23
164	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 1h01'31
165	Barry Markus	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h01'39
166	Martial Pignol	Sojasun	+ 1h02'09
167	Christopher Sutton	Sky Procycling	+ 1h02'55
168	Toms Skujins	La Pomme Marseille	+ 1h03'56
169	Angelo Tulik	Team Europcar	+ 1h05'08
170	Davide ViganÃ²	Lampre - Merida	+ 1h05'44
171	Jean-Lou Paiani	Sojasun	+ 1h08'26
172	Greg Henderson	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h08'39
173	Rick Flens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h10'30
174	Boy Van Poppel	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h10'34
175	Yoann Paillot	La Pomme Marseille	+ 1h14'11
176	Alex Rasmussen	Garmin - Sharp	+ 1h14'17
177	Christopher Jennings	La Pomme Marseille	+ 1h14'29
178	Thomas Vaubourzeix	La Pomme Marseille	+ 1h14'43
179	Eloy Teruel	Movistar Team	+ 1h16'45
180	Alexandre Lemair	La Pomme Marseille	+ 1h22'37
181	Thomas Rostollan	La Pomme Marseille	+ 1h23'06
182	JÃ¼rgen Van de Walle	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h26'37
183	Jaffar Khvostunov	Astana Pro Team	+ 2h06'58
184	Ilario Ragone	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 2h13'19

First French winner since Jalabert in 1997, you can imagine the reaction of the crowd! There was a small riot at the podium, everyone was just celebrating so hard. It was kind of scary there, for a while, some fanatics out there. But mostly I was enjoying it.

Points Classification

1	Henry Vergnaud	Citigroup Pro Cycling	101
2	MichaÅ‚ Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma - QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team	100
3	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team	91
4	Sergio Henao	Sky Procycling	86
5	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	66

So close, but I took the Points Jersey, too! Yes!

Mountain Jersey

1	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	57
2	Manuele Mori	Lampre - Merida	48
3	Brice Feillu	Sojasun	41
4	Lou Smeets	Lotto Belisol	41
5	Henry Vergnaud	Citigroup Pro Cycling	33

Needless to say, I took the Young Jersey, too. Best team was Radioshack, we came in 3th.

Analysis & Daily Thoughts

Well... That's it. I'm star struck. It still has to sink in. My phone has been ringing non stop here. Becca is going crazy. The attention I get is phenomenal; letters, phone calls, I'm the town hero over here.

At the age of 22, I have achieved more than I could even pray for starting my career at Citigroup. I wonder what else I can achieve if I put my mind to it! I will never know if I don't go for it 100%. Oh, and remind me to ask for a raise one of these days.

The French attention is huge, a bit scary at times, but for one thing it can be quite handy.
Pinot, Rolland and me, we all share one thing: we're mostly climbers. That means that the coming editions of the Tour will feature a bit less TT kilometers. Wouldn't that be a coincidence, now?

With Kristoff still injured, the team is looking for a replacement in Milan - San Remo. With my current form, I thought I might be of use for the team, so I took a step forward.

Hope to see you there,
Henry Vergnaud.

Edited by Ian Butler on 03-01-2014 22:45

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