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David Veilleux-The Next Canadian Legend
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 15-08-2011 18:33
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Kreuziger has some time to make up  Good Luck
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 16-08-2011 00:10
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Thanks guys. I'm hoping for 2nd from Kreuziger, 1st looks to be pretty much locked up already with Sanchez doing so well. But we'll just have to see.
And another update tonight so that I can hopefully finish the Vuelta and ToB updates tommorow, since a lot of my friends are out of town, so today was my last day with some of them until pretty much when school starts.
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Posted on 16-08-2011 04:31
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 Vuelta a Espana Stages 11-16
Stage 11
Maybe the theme of this years Vuelta, breakaways. Another one survives this time with a few frenchies, something the Spanish will want to make amends to, for the home crowds in the days to come. For now not too much time lost for Kreuziger.
Result:
Stage 12
Now we have a very flat, hilly stage, and despite all odds, there were many attacks late in the race. Roche really took it to everyone else, and Kreuziger held on for 2nd place, a good result for him. If those hills were too steep for most guys, I'm wondering if some guys will even get over the mountains to come? 
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Stage 13
Two hilly stages in succession, and this time, Sanchez gets back to his winning ways, while Kreuziger cracks, losing over 1 minute to Sanchez. He maybe loses all his chance to take 2nd place, but a podium or Top 5 might still be possible.
Result:
Stage 14
What kind of GT would this be if there wasn't a breakaway win in the whole 3 weeks? Oh wait, there's been a breakaway win every other stage Well this stage takes true to the breakaway madness as Laurent Didier makes the most of his opportunity and wins. The rest of the riders come in a couple minutes behind. Roman Kreuziger lost 8 minutes to Didier, so about 3 if you do the math, to Sanchez the leader of the race.
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Stage 15
We've got another mountain stage this time not quite as monstrous. Kreuziger "survives" but still loses a bit of time to Sanchez. And even though he loses time, he almost guarantee's a Top 10 with an ITT still to come, later in the race. Dapena gets in a solo move, and actually gets himself into the Top 10 in the GC, so a good result for him.
Result:
Stage 16
And so finally a flat stage, and you'd think the break would give it a rest with trying to stay away till the end and all, but apparently people want to win a stage or something, and the peloton (Except Sky of course) are too lazy to bring them back. Its an FDJ 1-2. Where were all these frenchies in the Tour?
Result:
Overall Ranking After Stage 16
| Place | Name | Team | Overall | | 1 | Samuel Sanchez | Euskaltel | 65h 22m '15 | | 2 | Nicholas Roche | AG2R | 3'16 | | 3 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre | 5'32 | | 4 | Frank Schleck | Leopard | 5'45 | | 5 | Bauke Mollema | Rabobank | 6'21 | | 6 | Franco Pellizoti | Radioshack | 8'13 | | 7 | Roman Kreuziger | SKY | 8'25 | | 8 | David Garcia Dapena | Caja Rural | 11'14 | | 9 | Javier Moreno | Caja Rural | 14'54 | | 10 | David De la Fuente | Geox | 15'42 |
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Posted on 16-08-2011 08:38
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Haha, the frenchies are almost dominating the Vuelta  By the way keep up the good work valverde |
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Posted on 16-08-2011 12:11
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Do the frenchies know they have their own GT 
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Posted on 16-08-2011 17:54
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Posted on 17-08-2011 00:08
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Thanks guys! The Frenchies are really dominating, and I think the best rider in the U23 Ranking is French too, so they might dominate in a couple years.
And sorry, I lost track of time, but I should have an update later tonight.
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Posted on 17-08-2011 03:00
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Vuelta a Espana Stages 17-21
Stage 17
So whats up with these Frenchies? Well guess what, at this rate every French rider in the race will get a stage win and this time it was Romain Feillu from a breakaway. It wasn't too bad of a stage for the GC contenders either.
Result:
Stage 18
A mountain stage, but the mountain ends about 40km from the line. Kreuziger attacked early on, and on the descent, Sammy Sanchez began to catch him, but he held them off for the stage win. Though if the stage had ended at the top of the climb he would have had a 1'30 gap to Sanchez, so he lost 1 minute on the descent.
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Stage 19:
Garci Dapena, attacked late in the stage, and thanks to him getting himself into GC contention in the break the other day, he now had to be followed by Kreuziger, and again Kreuziger gains a bit of time on the other "real" contenders.
Result:
Stage 20
The final TT of the race and its 36km long. Konovalovas won the stage to make it two stage wins ine final week, and Kreuziger also got into the Top 5. The real surprise was Dowsett who finished 4th. Kreuziger really cut back on his GC rivals and moves into the Top 5 again.
Result:
Stage 21
What can I say, its the final stage, and its flat. Its not as prestigous as Paris, but its still pretty nice. And what do you know, this time it A. didn't end in a break B. a French rider didn't win, so when those two things dont happen you know its a sprint stage. This time Theo Bos, the Dutchie.
Result:
Final General Classification:
Points:
1. Sammy Sanchez 196
KoM;
1. David Garci Dapena 143
Young Rider:
1. Tejay Vangarderen
2. Rigoberto Uran
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Posted on 17-08-2011 03:29
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 Tour of Britain
Stage Winners:
| Stage | Winner | Best Sky Rider | | 1 | Rochdale-Blackpool | Hugo Houle (Spidertech) | Ben Swift (3rd) | | 2 | Stoke-On-Trent | Marcel Fischer (NSP) | Ben Swift (5th) | | 3 | Newtown-Swansea | Marcel Fischer (NSP) | Ben Swift (3rd) | | 4 | Minehead-Teaghnmouth | Massimo Graziato (Farnese Vini) | Peter Kennaugh (4th) | | 5 | Tavistock-Glastonbury | Christian Jorgensen (Glud & Marstrand) | Peter Kennaugh (2nd) | | 6 | King's Lynn-Great Yarmouth | Ben Swift (Sky ProCycling) | Ben Swift (1st) | | 7 | Bury St. Edmunds-Colchester | Johnathan Bellis (Endura) | Ben Swift (4th) | | 8 | London - London | Justin Williams (Team Type 1) | Ben Swift (3rd) |
Analysis:
The first stage, surprisingly ended up with a single rider staying clear. Houle went away with a couple km's left, and the peloton couldn't get organized to chase him back down.
Stage two, had the German Marcel Fischer win, from a break again. I guess the sprinters feel there a better stages still to come for them (or PCM's simulation is just that bad, that a breakaway wins absolutely every stage )
Stage 3 saw Marcel Fischer, win from a breakaway again. This time he was accompanied by 2 others, but Ben Swift still did well to take 5th.
Stage 4 and another break won. This time the Italian Grazziato. Not much else happened.
Stage 5 had a breakaway too. This time Jorgensen won ahead of his other BOTD companion Peter Kennaugh.
Stage 6 finally ended in a mass sprint and Ben Swift was the fastest rider on the day. A great win for Sky, and a great morale booster for the team going into the bottom of the 9th, of the season.
Stage 7 was another mass sprint and Johnny Bellis won for his Endura racing team. What a great win for him and his team.
Stage 8 and it ended off the week and one day Stage Race in London, with a sprint. Williams took the stage ahead of the two previous stage winners Bellis and Swift, in that order.
Final GC:
| Place | Name | Team | Overall | | 1 | Marcel Fischer | Team NSP | 28h 17'35 | | 2 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky ProCycling | 1'52 | | 3 | Johnathan McEvoy | Team Raleigh | 2'36 | | 4 | Ben Siwft | Sky ProCycling | 3'36 | | 5 | Johnathan Bellis | Endura | 4'24 | | 6 | Massimo Graziato | Farnese Vini | 8'50 | | 7 | Mark McNally | Endura | 10'02 | | 8 | Christian Jorgensen | Glud & Marstrand | 11'29 | | 9 | Peter Stetina | Jelly Belly | 15'21 | | 10 | Arturo Mora | Caja Rural | 16'58 |
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Posted on 17-08-2011 04:04
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Great podium with Kreuziger! Also good result in Britain. I'm sure that was an important race for Team Sky.
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Posted on 17-08-2011 04:07
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Great to read, and the results all in all weren't to bad either
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Posted on 17-08-2011 05:14
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Posted on 17-08-2011 16:52
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@DJP-Yeah thanks, he did well, and he used the tactic of building up his form as the 3 weeks went along so thats why he was so strong in the Final week.
And yes the Tour of Britain is one of the most important races for Sky.
@MResuperstar-Thanks, of course were always trying our best to please the greedy no hearted sponsors.
@rorzcp- Yeah he was in a league of his own!
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Posted on 17-08-2011 17:59
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September, 24th, 2012
Hi everyone. Just here in the Netherlands for the World Chamionships. Tommorow is the ITT, and the course goes over the Cauberg, as well as the RR a few days after, so this will be one tough TT for most of the riders. Talking with a bunch of the riders, it seems there will a bunch of new teams next season too. I've heard some things about an Australian team, but other than that, I haven't heard much.
Ask David:
DJP19 wrote:
Question for David:
What made you get into cycling and how did you first breakthrough?
I'm not sure, what made me get into cycling, but I loved riding my bike at a young age. Its really hard to describe, whats so great about riding a bike, but I just really enjoy it. I first broke through, when I started to ride fairly well in the Canadian Cyclocross tour, some of my best results in the Cyclocross Canadian Chamionships, where I finished 3rd in 2002. Then I started to ride road a bit with a Club in Quebec, and some people told me I was really good, so in 2006 I signed up for the U23 Canadian TT Championships and I won them. The next two years afterwards, I also won. My first real team was Jittery Joe's in 2007. And a year later I moved to Kelly Benefits, and the rest you could say is history .
So as always thanks everyone, and feel free to ask a question if you like.
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Posted on 17-08-2011 18:52
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Good luck David.
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Posted on 18-08-2011 05:51
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World Championships ITT: Startlist:
Spoiler Germany
1. T.Martin
2. B.Grabsch
3. M.Kittel
4. S.Schumacher
Switzerland
11. F.Cancellara
12. R.Bertogliati
13. M.Frank
14. S.Morabito
Great Britain
21. B.Wiggins
22. G.Thomas
Spain
31. A.Contador
32. B.Intxausti
33. L.L.Sánchez
34. S.Sánchez
Australia
41. R.Porte
42. J.Bobridge
43. C.Meyer
44. M.Rogers
Slovenia
51. J.Brajkovic
52. K.Koren
53. S.Spilak
Italy
61. V.Nibali
62. M.Biondo
63. M.Pinotti
64. M.Scarponi
Belgium
71. M.Monfort
72. D.Cornu
73. L.Hoste
74. S.Rosseler
USA
81. T.Phinney
82. L.Leipheimer
83. T.Van Garderen
84. D.Zabriskie
Netherlands
91. T.Dekker
92. T.Dumoulin
93. J.Posthuma
France
101. J.Coppel
102. J.Peraud
103. P.Poux
Denmark
111. A.Rasmussen
112. J.Fuglsang
Ukraine
121. Y.Popovych
122. V.Popkov
Norway
131. E.Boasson Hagen
132. R.Borgersen
Czech Republic
141. F.Rabon
142. J.Hudecek
Portugal
151. S.Paulinho
152. T.Machado
Russia
161. M.Ignatiev
162. V.Gusev
163. A.Ovechkin
164. Y.Trofimov
Kazakhstan
171. A.Vinokourov
172. A.Kashechkin
173. D.Muravyev
Canada
181. D.Veilleux
South Africa
191. J.Perry
Luxembourg
201. K.Kirchen
Slovakia
211. P.Velits
Poland
221. M.Bodnar
222. M.Kwiatkowski
223. P.Niemiec
Austria
231. M.Brändle
Colombia
241. R.Urán
Sweden
251. F.Kessiakoff
I'd say its a tough lineup alright. Certainly the favourites going in are Cancellara and Tony Martin. The only real problem with them starting last is that rain is a possibility and that could really slow down their times, so some earlier starters could get a helpful advantage. Also a bunch of Sky riders have a good chance, like Thomas, Boasson Hagen and soon to depart Rogers.
As for me, I really have no clue. It will be hard to win obviously but the hills somewhat favour me being inside the Top 30, so basically being one of the 30 best TTers in the world. That would be awesome.
Just looking forward to the race later today, and hopefully someone can ask me a question so that I have something to answer for my next Blog Entry......
Bye.
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Posted on 18-08-2011 12:40
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Question for David:
Can I ask another question?
And if so, which Sky teammate do you get along with the best?
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Posted on 18-08-2011 18:54
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Yeah thats fine. I think the only time you shouldn't be allowed is asking twice in a row, other than that it should be fine.
Which I will now add to the rules of Asking David^^^
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Posted on 18-08-2011 19:39
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World Championships ITT: Netherlands
September, 25th, 2012
David's Plan:
Not sure how much plan I even need to put into this race. I think the fact the directors picked me over Svein Tuft speaks for itself. I have to do well. There is rain in the forecast but hopefully that will miss the area we are in. I know that Vinokourov is starting right behind me, so I think thats enough motivation to go my fastest. If he passes me I know its all over.
Before I started it was time to start, I had some spare time to follow how Geraint Thomas was doing. In the first time check he had the fastest time by 30 seconds. In the 2nd Time Check he had the fastest by 16 seconds. But at the finish he took over top spot by 45 seconds, to Rosseler who was 2nd at the time. So expected him to win actually with Thomas missing most of the rain, before it began to pour just before I went out.
5-4-3-2-1-GO!! I went down the ramp. My heart was pounding, this was the biggest stage I have ever been on. It was hard to focus and get into a rythmn at first, but soon I reached the 1st time check. I had beaten the time by 30 seconds!! This was probably too fast of a start, so I slowed down by an average of 2km/h. And I started to feel better.
A couple minutes after I started my teammate Boasson Hagen started. He was a favourite at this point because everyone knows how much he likes dreadful weather, so the conditions suited him. But his times didn't show that. He must have been having an off day for him. Still a Top 10 finish though, so he can be happy.
On the 2nd check I had dropped to 8th place about 1 minute behind Thomas' time. At this point I wanted to hold on for a TOp 20 spot as the win looked lost with Martin and Cancellara still left.
There goes Fabian! He went through the course 5 seconds back on Thomas in TC #1. 7 Seconds back in TC #2, so what would his time be? He is the only one that can beat Thomas now!
I saw the line and went my fastest for it. After the Cauberg, I couldn't feel my legs anymore, it was like they were controlling themselves. But I crossed the line +1'54 of Thomas, to be honest an awful time. I was really hoping for more. I think I can do well in two days though for the RR.
And the winner of the stage is........................
Results:
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Leopard Trek | 1h04'53 | | 2 | Geraint Thomas | Sky ProCycling | + 7 | | 3 | Tony Martin | HTC - Highroad | + 11 | | 4 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 20 | | 5 | Bradley Wiggins | Katusha Team | + 23 | | 6 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | + 25 | | 7 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 26 | | 8 | Thomas Dekker | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 29 | | 9 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | + 38 | | 10 | Artem Ovechkin | Motorpoint | + 42 | | 11 | Stefan Schumacher | Miche - Guerciotti | + 45 | | 12 | Alberto Contador | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 48 | | 13 | Sérgio Paulinho | Team RadioShack | + 54 | | 14 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 55 | | 15 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | + 58 | | 16 | Maxime Monfort | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 17 | Tom Dumoulin | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. | | 18 | Paul Poux | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 19 | Peter Velits | HTC - Highroad | + 1'03 | | 20 | Jakob Fuglsang | Leopard Trek | + 1'08 | | 21 | Michael Rogers | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 22 | Sébastien Rosseler | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 23 | Alex Rasmussen | HTC - Highroad | + 1'11 | | 24 | Yaroslav Popovych | Team RadioShack | + 1'12 | | 25 | Marcel Kittel | Skil - Shimano | s.t. | | 26 | Richie Porte | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 1'13 | | 27 | Vitaliy Popkov | ISD - Lampre Continental | + 1'14 | | 28 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 29 | Michał Kwiatkowski | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 1'16 | | 30 | Jérôme Coppel | Saur - Sojasun | + 1'18 | | 31 | Jack Bobridge | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 32 | Cameron Meyer | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 1'19 | | 33 | Janez Brajkovič | Miche - Guerciotti | + 1'22 | | 34 | David Zabriskie | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 35 | Joost Posthuma | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 36 | Levi Leipheimer | Team RadioShack | + 1'24 | | 37 | Rigoberto Urán | Sky ProCycling | + 1'26 | | 38 | Andrey Kashechkin | Big Mat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 39 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Pro Team Astana | + 1'27 | | 40 | Matthias Brändle | Geox - TMC | s.t. | | 41 | Dominique Cornu | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 1'28 | | 42 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1'30 | | 43 | Tejay Van Garderen | HTC - Highroad | s.t. | | 44 | Tiago Machado | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 1'33 | | 45 | Kim Kirchen | Leopard Trek | + 1'37 | | 46 | Frantisek Rabon | HTC - Highroad | + 1'38 | | 47 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Pro Team Astana | + 1'40 | | 48 | Maurizio Biondo | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 49 | Marco Pinotti | HTC - Highroad | + 1'46 | | 50 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Sky ProCycling | + 1'47 | | 51 | Bert Grabsch | HTC - Highroad | + 1'49 | | 52 | Rubens Bertogliati | Team Type 1 | s.t. | | 53 | David Veilleux | Sky ProCycling | + 1'54 | | 54 | Michele Scarponi | Lampre - ISD | + 1'56 | | 55 | Kristjan Koren | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1'58 | | 56 | Maciej Bodnar | - | + 1'59 | | 57 | James Perry | - | + 2'02 | | 58 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - ISD | + 2'05 | | 59 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 2'13 | | 60 | Matthias Frank | BMC Racing Team | + 2'15 | | 61 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - ISD | + 2'18 | | 62 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | + 2'19 | | 63 | Jiri Hudecek | - | + 2'26 | | 64 | Reidar Borgersen | Joker - Merida | + 2'38 | | 65 | Leif Hoste | Katusha Team | + 2'50 | | 66 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Team Raleigh | + 3'06 |
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Posted on 18-08-2011 19:46
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Jez... Have a lot to catch up
So close for Thomas :/ Almost in Top 50 in Worlds ITT is good result for David.... I think Quite realistic results for Worlds ITT
Now let's see what happend after Turkey
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