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A Day in the Life | Sweet Delight
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| anderspcm |
Posted on 10-01-2014 20:09
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Fantastic Vuelta for Henry, a podium finish in the GC and the points + young riders classification! 
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 10-01-2014 20:23
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Yeah, when you can choose from 2nd GC, Points, Youth and Team, Team just has to be the most important classification.  
But seriously, great Vuelta for Henry, it's only one more step from here on...
And stay with Becca. 
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 10-01-2014 20:32
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What a Vuelta for the team 
Gig 'em Aggies
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 10-01-2014 21:39
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A great vuelta for the team and for Henry. And I'd take Becca. She is your best friend and she is a lot better then Sofia
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 10-01-2014 23:02
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Henry should be very happy with his runners up spot coming so soon after his crash |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 11-01-2014 01:48
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Amazing finish to his second Vuelta! Two jerseys, heck - I hope Henry still has room at home for them.
Oh, and #TeamBecca. Although she's really like... not good with her feelings.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-01-2014 09:49
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krisa - Thanks!
Selwink - Yeah, next season I hope to do sort of the same, except of the injury
anderspcm - It sure is a great time now
Dippofix - Well Team Classification is something special. I've never won it on PCM before in a GT But of course, Henry loves his other achievements just a bit more
welker3257 - Nothing to add 
Jakstar22 - Noted
sutty68 - Yeah, he really is! Talking about a good comeback!
Shonak - Those jerseys sure are great. Especially the Points Jersey, conquered on the final race day.
Well, she and Henry go well together, then
Got a (sort of) free weekend now. So I'd like to move ahead a bit.
I'm backing up my entire laptop right now, after that I'll get to racing.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-01-2014 10:50
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The Night of the Heartache - Part IV I walked Becca to her house. She was recovering pretty fast, which pleased me. I told her "good night" and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
During the next month, during the Vuelta, I would have a lot of thinking to do. She would expect an answer when I returned.
This was such a hard choice. Either way I lose someone I care about.
When I got home, I checked my messages before going to bed. I remember the phone call which Becca asked me not to answer.
The voice was Van Impe's.
"Henry, listen, I've got some bad news. It's still under the radar so keep it quiet for now, we'll go public during the Vuelta.
The thing is... Citigroup has been involved in a major banking scandal. I'm afraid they'll be pulling the plug out of the team at the end of the season. So in the Vuelta, you'll be riding for the future of the team, give it your all, mate. Well... Good night, see you next week."
What?
Oh man, what a terrible evening this turned into.
Hey everyone! The final race before the Worlds for me! After my amazing Vuelta, Duvivier couldn't risk not taking me to the World Championships this year. Julien must be pretty angry but that's the way it is.
The World Championships are in Spain this year. So I know my way around there by now!
 Grand Prix de Wallonie
For those who don't know; Wallonie is the Southern part of Belgian. It's a bit of an odd place, between Flanders and France. Which practically means they speak French but still have great fries.
The Race With a rider in the breakaway, we could take a waiting position in the race.
Trofimov tried to go the distance. I did most of the chasing. I felt pretty strong.
However, Trofimov is no sucker. He kept a little gap. The climb to the Citadel would decide the winner!
Luckily the climb was long enough to allow me to go full power! I came to speed and passed him.
Oh yes! My first one day race victory of the year!
Result | 1 | Henry Vergnaud | Citigroup Pro Cycling | 4h38'04 | | 2 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 3 | Bob Jungels | RadioShack - Leopard | + 24 | | 4 | Rob Ruijgh | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Jurgen Van Goolen | Accent Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | 7 | Dries Devenyns | Citigroup Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 8 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha Team | + 1'00 | | 10 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. |
Analysis & Daily Thoughts
I'm happy with this victory and it gives me great courage and confidence towards the World Championships. Maybe there will be a miracle?
I'd love to see the look on Julien's face if there was!
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| duxili |
Posted on 11-01-2014 10:58
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Ah those Bankers 
At least you are doing the job aren't you?
With or without Citigroup I am not worried for your cycling future.
Because regarding your sentimental life, I am getting really worried. At least we will know soon 
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 11-01-2014 11:50
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A nice win here. And that's sad to see Citigroup going so early. It might turn into Celesio
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-01-2014 11:57
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duxili - I think the team is getting a lot of attention, so no problem there personally, Henry has had a tough year so far...
Jakstar22 - Well, wouldn't that just be a miracle |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-01-2014 11:57
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The Vuelta was one of the most hectic periods of my life. I never expected to fight for the podium so I had to be there every single day. I had podium ceremonies with the young jersey and many interviews to give. Then I had this blog to update!
When that was all over, I had to think about Sofia, Becca, but also about Citigroup and Van Impe. I didn't have a second to spare.
One night, I made a decision. It was a dream that made me see it very clearly. What followed was a peaceful sleep. I won the stage the next day.
Time for the World Championships!
World Championships - Team Time Trial
Citigroup finished 3rd, how about that? We were just behind runner-up Quickstep and winner Team Sky.
World Championships - Individual Time Trial
Favorite for the title Martin looked well on his way to beat the African's time, but he missed out!
Thomas De Gendt, reigning World Champion Time Trial, stepped up and took his 2nd consecutive title. Don't forget we signed him, we'll have the WC ITT next year in our squad!
World Championships - Road Race
It seems I have left an impression in Spain, because I saw my name multiple times on the profile!
The race was just a tad too long and hard for me. Aged 23, I lack the extra stamina I needed today. I reacted, but always a bit too slow and too late.
At the front, absolute favorite Peter Sagan went down! Word in the peloton is Evans made a big steering mistake and Sagan had to pay for it.
I ended up in a chasing group, but nobody wanted to work with me. It was too late, I had missed the cut and wouldn't be fighting for the title.
Another Spaniard, it has been coming to him, Valverde wins the title, finally!
I end up 11th. Not bad on my first attempt, but I had hoped for more.
World Championships - Individual Time Trial Result | 1 | Thomas De Gendt | 1h03'07 | | 2 | Chris Froome | + 1'17 | | 3 | Tony Martin | + 1'40 | | 4 | Bradley Wiggins | + 1'49 | | 5 | Richie Porte | + 2'11 | | 6 | Lieuwe Westra | + 2'29 | | 7 | Tejay Van Garderen | + 2'35 | | 8 | Vincenzo Nibali | + 2'39 | | 9 | Fabian Cancellara | + 2'44 | | 10 | Rui Costa | + 2'49 |
Spoiler | 11 | Travis Bickle | + 2'56 | | 12 | Simon Spilak | + 2'58 | | 13 | Peter Velits | + 2'59 | | 14 | Michał Kwiatkowski | + 3'06 | | 15 | Alberto Contador | + 3'07 | | 16 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | + 3'10 | | 17 | Janez Brajkovič | + 3'13 | | 18 | Rohan Dennis | + 3'14 | | 19 | Jakob Fuglsang | + 3'16 | | 20 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | + 3'20 | | 21 | Andrew Talansky | + 3'25 | | 22 | Sylvain Chavanel | + 3'35 | | 23 | Michael Rogers | s.t. | | 24 | Taylor Phinney | + 3'43 | | 25 | Maxime Monfort | + 3'45 | | 26 | Adriano Malori | + 3'51 | | 27 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | + 3'52 | | 28 | Andreas Klöden | + 3'54 | | 29 | Jan Barta | + 3'55 | | 30 | Bob Jungels | + 3'56 | | 31 | Stef Clement | + 4'03 | | 32 | Svein Tuft | + 4'04 | | 33 | Beñat Intxausti | + 4'07 | | 34 | Vladimir Gusev | + 4'12 | | 35 | Rigoberto Urán | s.t. | | 36 | Jonathan Castroviejo | s.t. | | 37 | Haimar Zubeldia | + 4'17 | | 38 | Dario Cataldo | + 4'25 | | 39 | Jérémy Roy | + 4'32 | | 40 | Luke Durbridge | + 4'34 | | 41 | Leopold König | + 4'36 | | 42 | Rafal Majka | + 4'37 | | 43 | Sergey Firsanov | + 4'38 | | 44 | Marcel Wyss | + 4'40 | | 45 | Lars Boom | s.t. | | 46 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | + 4'41 | | 47 | Andriy Grivko | + 4'43 | | 48 | Marco Pinotti | + 4'44 | | 49 | Bert Grabsch | + 4'46 | | 50 | Tiago Machado | s.t. | | 51 | Kristof Vandewalle | + 4'50 | | 52 | Maciej Bodnar | + 4'55 | | 53 | Alex Rasmussen | + 4'58 | | 54 | Patrick Gretsch | + 5'00 | | 55 | Kristjan Koren | + 5'03 | | 56 | Julien Vermote | + 5'05 | | 57 | Mikhail Ignatiev | + 5'18 | | 58 | Riccardo Zoidl | + 5'21 | | 59 | Alexander Kristoff | + 5'22 | | 60 | Vitaliy Popkov | s.t. | | 61 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | + 5'26 | | 62 | Anton Vorobyev | + 5'27 | | 63 | Daryl Impey | + 5'33 | | 64 | Martin Kohler | + 5'38 | | 65 | Andrey Kashechkin | + 5'50 | | 66 | Michael Schär | + 5'53 |
World Championships - Road Race Result | 1 | Alejandro Valverde | 6h30'06 | | 2 | Philippe Gilbert | s.t. | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | s.t. | | 4 | Rui Costa | s.t. | | 5 | Cadel Evans | s.t. | | 6 | Sergio Henao | s.t. | | 7 | Joaquím Rodríguez | + 1'49 | | 8 | Jelle Vanendert | s.t. | | 9 | Carlos Betancur | s.t. | | 10 | Michael Albasini | s.t. | | 11 | Henry Vergnaud | s.t. |
Spoiler | 12 | Michał Kwiatkowski | s.t. | | 13 | Sebastian Langeveld | + 2'19 | | 14 | Peter Sagan | s.t. | | 15 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | + 3'55 | | 16 | Andy Schleck | s.t. | | 17 | Rigoberto Urán | s.t. | | 18 | Daniel Moreno | + 8'46 | | 19 | André Cardoso | s.t. | | 20 | Juan Antonio Flecha | s.t. | | 21 | Michele Scarponi | + 10'00 | | 22 | Simon Gerrans | + 11'22 | | 23 | John Degenkolb | + 12'10 | | 24 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | s.t. | | 25 | Enrico Gasparotto | s.t. | | 26 | Alexander Kristoff | s.t. | | 27 | Giovanni Visconti | s.t. | | 28 | Bauke Mollema | s.t. | | 29 | Thomas De Gendt | s.t. | | 30 | Chris Horner | s.t. | | 31 | Maxim Iglinskiy | s.t. | | 32 | Greg Van Avermaet | s.t. | | 33 | Warren Barguil | s.t. | | 34 | Moreno Moser | s.t. | | 35 | Heinrich Haussler | s.t. | | 36 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | s.t. | | 37 | Roman Kreuziger | s.t. | | 38 | Luca Paolini | s.t. | | 39 | Ryder Hesjedal | s.t. | | 40 | Alberto Contador | s.t. | | 41 | Nairo Quintana | s.t. | | 42 | Tom Boonen | s.t. | | 43 | Thibaut Pinot | s.t. | | 44 | Geraint Thomas | s.t. | | 45 | Chris Froome | s.t. | | 46 | Pieter Weening | s.t. | | 47 | Zdenek Stybar | s.t. | | 48 | Thor Hushovd | s.t. | | 49 | Damiano Cunego | s.t. | | 50 | Fabian Cancellara | s.t. | | 51 | Jakob Fuglsang | s.t. | | 52 | Simon Spilak | s.t. | | 53 | Alessandro Ballan | s.t. | | 54 | Simon Geschke | s.t. | | 55 | Thomas Voeckler | s.t. | | 56 | Rafal Majka | s.t. | | 57 | Matti Breschel | s.t. | | 58 | Simon Clarke | s.t. | | 59 | Richie Porte | s.t. | | 60 | Gerald Ciolek | s.t. | | 61 | Beñat Intxausti | s.t. | | 62 | Tiago Machado | s.t. | | 63 | Arthur Vichot | s.t. | | 64 | Tejay Van Garderen | s.t. | | 65 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | s.t. | | 66 | Alexandr Kolobnev | s.t. | | 67 | Rinaldo Nocentini | s.t. | | 68 | Paul Martens | s.t. | | 69 | Chris Anker Sørensen | s.t. | | 70 | Lars Boom | s.t. | | 71 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | s.t. | | 72 | Robert Gesink | s.t. | | 73 | Lieuwe Westra | s.t. | | 74 | Janez Brajkovič | s.t. | | 75 | Nicki Sørensen | s.t. | | 76 | Tony Martin | s.t. | | 77 | Andreas Klöden | s.t. | | 78 | Matthew Goss | s.t. | | 79 | Taylor Phinney | s.t. | | 80 | Sylvain Chavanel | s.t. | | 81 | Pierre Rolland | s.t. | | 82 | Tom Danielson | s.t. | | 83 | Levi Leipheimer | s.t. | | 84 | Matthias Frank | s.t. | | 85 | Leopold König | s.t. | | 86 | Ian Stannard | s.t. | | 87 | Johann Tschopp | s.t. | | 88 | Allan Davis | s.t. | | 89 | Fabian Wegmann | s.t. | | 90 | Tomasz Marczynski | s.t. | | 91 | Michael Mørkøv | s.t. | | 92 | Paul Voss | s.t. | | 93 | Jens Voigt | s.t. | | 94 | Eduard Vorganov | s.t. | | 95 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | s.t. | | 96 | Michael Rogers | s.t. | | 97 | Jure Kocjan | + 13'37 | | 98 | Sylwester Szmyd | s.t. | | 99 | Caleb Ewan | s.t. | | 100 | Sérgio Paulinho | s.t. | | 101 | Thomas Löfkvist | s.t. | | 102 | Marek Rutkiewicz | s.t. | | 103 | David Millar | s.t. | | 104 | Daryl Impey | s.t. | | 105 | Grega Bole | s.t. | | 106 | Yury Trofimov | s.t. | | 107 | Samuel Sánchez | s.t. | | 108 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | s.t. | | 109 | Alexey Lutsenko | s.t. | | 110 | Mikhail Ignatiev | s.t. | | 111 | Lars Ytting Bak | s.t. | | 112 | Igor Antón | s.t. | | 113 | Björn Leukemans | s.t. | | 114 | Martin Elmiger | s.t. | | 115 | Marcel Wyss | s.t. | | 116 | Pavel Brutt | s.t. | | 117 | Stefan Denifl | s.t. | | 118 | Travis Bickle | s.t. | | 119 | François Parisien | s.t. | | 120 | Christian Vande Velde | s.t. | | 121 | Grégory Rast | s.t. | | 122 | Vitaliy Buts | s.t. | | 123 | Peter Velits | s.t. | | 124 | David Veilleux | s.t. | | 125 | Andriy Grivko | s.t. | | 126 | Sébastien Reichenbach | s.t. | | 127 | George Preidler | s.t. | | 128 | Nick Nuyens | s.t. | | 129 | Vladimir Gusev | s.t. | | 130 | Yaroslav Popovych | s.t. | | 131 | Jan Barta | s.t. | | 132 | David Zabriskie | s.t. | | 133 | Bob Jungels | s.t. | | 134 | Martin Hebik | s.t. | | 135 | Matej Mugerli | s.t. | | 136 | Andrey Zeits | s.t. | | 137 | Egor Silin | s.t. | | 138 | Denys Kostyuk | s.t. | | 139 | Jure Golcer | s.t. | | 140 | Bernhard Eisel | s.t. | | 141 | Ricardo Mestre | s.t. | | 142 | Alexander Efimkin | s.t. | | 143 | Maxime Monfort | s.t. | | 144 | Andrey Kashechkin | s.t. | | 145 | Niki Terpstra | s.t. | | 146 | Assan Bazayev | s.t. | | 147 | Dimitriy Muravyev | s.t. | | 148 | Oliver Zaugg | s.t. | | 149 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | s.t. | | 150 | Nuno Ribeiro | s.t. | | 151 | Laurent Didier | s.t. | | 152 | Volodymir Gustov | s.t. | | 153 | Svein Tuft | s.t. | | 154 | Juraj Sagan | s.t. | | 155 | Borut Božic | + 15'40 | | 156 | Michal Golas | s.t. | | 157 | Fränk Schleck | s.t. | | 158 | Maxim Belkov | s.t. | | 159 | Luis León Sánchez | + 19'02 | | 160 | Bradley Wiggins | + 21'26 |
My season isn't over yet. I'm not sure where, but I still have some races left!
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| duxili |
Posted on 11-01-2014 12:06
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What a suspense come on man! Let us know!!!!!
Good to see Henry again. I am sure lower category races would bring him more victories
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 11-01-2014 12:09
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11th on the first attempt is fantastic. Great job Henry
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| anderspcm |
Posted on 11-01-2014 12:10
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Surprising to see De Gendt winning the Time Trial two years in a row I guess 11th place is acceptable for Henry since it was his first World Championship race.
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 11-01-2014 12:13
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Good job Henry, and nice to see Valverde finally getting that victory.
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| fronaldo |
Posted on 11-01-2014 12:36
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In Vuelta..while wearing points jersey..you also used green bike while your teammate use your custom Citigroup Cannondale bike..how you do that? How to assign specific bike like Henry? |
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| baia |
Posted on 11-01-2014 13:16
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Great Vuelta, Henry´s 2nd will bring some more pressure on him now.. good World race result for his 1st attempt..
*fronaldo - use c1, c2, c3 in equipment.. hope you don´t mind Ian..
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-01-2014 13:49
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duxili - The suspense will end in 5 minutes
Jakstar22 - Thanks Hope to do better each year.
anderspcm - De Gendt surprises everyone here, I think  he developed quite impressive (84 TT)
Dippofix - Valverde must be pleased, after so many podium places
fronaldo - Answered by baia
baia - Not at all, thanks for helping out! Pressure is rising with every result for Henry. Hope he can deal with it properly! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-01-2014 13:49
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A comment to bump the report to the next page. I don't always do this but the next update is a pretty big one, I think |
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