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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 02-02-2013 10:24
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Hi everyone! We're very glad of our recent efforts and we made the paper more than once because of it! Cycling-section news:
Selection of the Belgian Team in three days
The Belgian selection for the World Championships will be revealed in three days. Leaders of the Belgian squad will be Tom Boonen and Phil Gilbert.
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Some young riders were considered for the final selection, such as upcoming Stijn Van Gent, Pieter Serry, Michael Van Staeyen and Willy Wouters, but in the end experience was opted over youth for the profile that takes the rider multiple times over the Cauberg.
We'll let you know as soon as the selection is released, but we already know we're not part of it. And we must admit that's more than understandably, Belgium's got so much talent, we didn't expect a place among the 9 finest! Not yet, anyway. Let's just keep this up and maybe we'll earn a place in the future.
Willy Wouters wins in Colorado
Lotto Belisol Wouters, 21 years of age, won the second stage of the Tour of Colorado. Boasson Hagen remains leader.
Overijse Classic: 1-2 for Lotto Belisol
Lotto Belisol pulled a one-two in the Druivenkoers Overijse. Stijn Van Gent broke away 60 km from the finish, only to be joined by team mate Jurgen Roelandts. They rode to the finish together, where Roelandts gave the win to Van Gent
Well, two smaller items, but it's always nice getting a mention, isn't it?
Though that part about: "Roelandts gave the win...", hell, the reporter probably wasn't even there! But it doesn't matter, what happens on the road is the most important thing. The media will always be the media. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 02-02-2013 10:38
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Always nice to see the team make it in to the daily papers  |
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| andy222c |
Posted on 02-02-2013 12:06
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Great update! and a fear decision by the Belgian team coach. Both Stijn and Willy will have their chance at the World's in a few years either way 
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 02-02-2013 13:31
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Too bad that they will not ride the WC 
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 02-02-2013 15:12
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For sure I knew they will win! It's a shame they didn't made the cut. But at least it's realistic. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-02-2013 08:31
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sutty68: Thanks I've noticed Lotto Belisol is mentioned a lot in the real Gentenaar - Sportkrant so it isn't unrealistic to put them in there frequently
andy222c: Thanks! I believe they will, but they need some more experience at big races first. Guys like Leukemans will prove of much more value for Gilbert than some young 22-year old neopro!
PCM rulezz: They'll have their chances
JuanMotr: Thanks a lot!
Well, I didn't live up to what I said, things lasted longer than I thought. I'm away today as well, but I'm not sure when I'll return home. So I might do a race this evening, if not, it's tomorrow evening. Doing the best I can |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-02-2013 08:35
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Hi everyone! While I'm recovering from Overijse, and preparing for my next one-day World Tour race, I've some exciting news!
The long season is taking its toll on several riders, and this caused for some chances in the schedule. Nothing is confirmed yet(!) but Willy and I might get the opportunity to enter some more (World Tour) races to finish the season. Plausible races we could still enter include the Canadian Classics, Giro del Piemonte, Giro di Lombardia and the new Tour of Beijing. But like I said, nothing's certain yet and we'll have to look into it.
I'd say Beijing is most likely, since I already got told, off the record, that we might get compensated for our long absence by some more end-of-season races. Let's hope we get the spot!
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| Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 03-02-2013 08:51
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You're an incredible story-writer IB, loving this one.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-02-2013 09:00
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Teddy The Creator - Thanks a lot, mate Good to know you're following!! |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 03-02-2013 09:56
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Nice update, sounds good
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-02-2013 10:19
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Thanks |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-02-2013 10:19
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Tour of Colorado - Stage 3
The third stage here, the final one before the decisive time trial. I planned to gain some time on Time Trialist Edvald Boasson Hagen today.
Team Sky lay down the pace today.
The first real danger was when Quintana decided to attack.
Team Sky, very unlike them, bluffed and stopped the chase. So it was up to others, I didn't want to take the risk so I stepped in with our men.
As soon as we caught them, I expected another attempt from Quintana, this time I was ready to slip away with him.
We got caught by a non-bluffing, all-powerful, bloody-frustrating Team Sky! I needed to gain time on Boasson Hagen, otherwise this Tour is already lost! So I threw myself out there, again.
In the downhill, I got caught once again...
De Greef launched me in a final, kamikaze attempt. At 86km/h I rode away slowly from the pack.
But in the final flat kilometers were too much to handle alone.
On top of it all, guess who took the stage win? Yeah, that's right...
Well, I think it's fair to say I'm disappointed. I'm in great shape and I tried everything to shake Boasson Hagen. I have to bow my head to him, he is the better of the two. I lacked the strength and I'll have to fight for the podium instead, which isn't bad, of course, but after my great start, I started dreaming of more!
Result
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | 5h20'53 | | | 2 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | s.t. | | | 3 | Branislau Samoilau | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 4 | Stéphane Poulhies | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 5 | Willy Wouters | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 6 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 7 | Rigoberto Uran | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 8 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 9 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 10 | David López GarcÃa | Movistar Team | s.t. | |
General Classification
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | 9h27'16 | | | 2 | Willy Wouters | Lotto Belisol | + 25 | IanButler | | 3 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | MTN-Qhubeka | + 37 | | | 4 | David Millar | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 39 | | | 5 | Joost Posthuma | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 41 | | | 6 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 43 | | | 7 | Branislau Samoilau | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 46 | | | 9 | Andrew Talansky | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 10 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 47 | |
Tomorrow is a mountain time trial. Let's hope for the best! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-02-2013 11:03
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Tour of Colorado - Stage 4
The individual time trial. The previous stage has taken a bigger toll than I'd expected, Boasson Hagen is slow! I take my second stage win in this tour!
Result
| 1 | Willy Wouters | Lotto Belisol | 33'24 | IanButler | | 2 | Darwin Atapuma | Colombia Coldeportes | + 13 | | | 3 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 21 | | | 4 | Branislau Samoilau | Movistar Team | + 27 | | | 5 | Rigoberto Uran | Sky Pro Cycling | + 38 | | | 6 | Matthew Busche | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 7 | Xabier Zandio | Sky Pro Cycling | + 43 | | | 8 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 49 | | | 9 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | + 53 | | | 10 | Jakob Fuglsang | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 57 | |
GC
| 1 | Willy Wouters | Lotto Belisol | 10h01'05 | IanButler | | 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | + 28 | | | 3 | Branislau Samoilau | Movistar Team | + 45 | | | 4 | Darwin Atapuma | Colombia Coldeportes | + 47 | | | 5 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 57 | | | 6 | Matthew Busche | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'06 | | | 7 | Rigoberto Uran | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'07 | | | 8 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 1'15 | | | 9 | Jakob Fuglsang | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'20 | | | 10 | Xabier Zandio | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | |
Tour of Colorado - Stage 5
A sprint, Boasson Hagen takes back some time because of the boni seconds...
Result
| 1 | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | 2h57'04 | | | 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 3 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 4 | Robert Wagner | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 5 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 6 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 7 | Baptiste Planckaert | Landbouwkrediet-Euphony | s.t. | | | 8 | Filippo Fortin | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 9 | Stéphane Poulhies | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | | 10 | Alex Rasmussen | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | |
GC
| 1 | Willy Wouters | Lotto Belisol | 12h58'09 | IanButler | | 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | + 16 | | | 3 | Branislau Samoilau | Movistar Team | + 45 | | | 4 | Darwin Atapuma | Colombia Coldeportes | + 47 | | | 5 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 57 | | | 6 | Matthew Busche | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'06 | | | 7 | Rigoberto Uran | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'07 | | | 8 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 1'15 | | | 9 | Jakob Fuglsang | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'20 | | | 10 | Xabier Zandio | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | |
Tour of Colorado - Stage 6
Another sprint, more time lost, this is getting too close!
Result
| 1 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas-Cannondale | 4h04'44 | | | 2 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 4 | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 5 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 6 | Robert Wagner | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 7 | Alexander Serebryakov | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 8 | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 9 | Filippo Fortin | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 10 | Keven Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | |
GC
| 1 | Willy Wouters | Lotto Belisol | 17h02'53 | IanButler | | 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | + 8 | | | 3 | Branislau Samoilau | Movistar Team | + 45 | | | 4 | Darwin Atapuma | Colombia Coldeportes | + 47 | | | 5 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 57 | | | 6 | Matthew Busche | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'06 | | | 7 | Rigoberto Uran | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'07 | | | 8 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 1'15 | | | 9 | Jakob Fuglsang | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'20 | | | 10 | Xabier Zandio | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | |
Tour of Colorado - Stage 7
We tried to keep the breakaway away, but Sky hunted them down, and the inevitable happened. I lost the jersey on the final day, those damn bonification seconds!
Result
| 1 | Robert Wagner | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 2h31'01 | | | 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 3 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 4 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 5 | Alexander Serebryakov | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 6 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 7 | Theo Bos | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Guillaume Boivin | SpiderTech powered by C10 | s.t. | | | 9 | Alex Rasmussen | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 10 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | |
Final Classification
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | 19h33'50 | | | 2 | Willy Wouters | Lotto Belisol | + 4 | IanButler | | 3 | Branislau Samoilau | Movistar Team | + 49 | | | 4 | Darwin Atapuma | Colombia Coldeportes | + 51 | | | 5 | Damiano Caruso | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 1'01 | | | 6 | Matthew Busche | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'10 | | | 7 | Rigoberto Uran | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'11 | | | 8 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 1'19 | | | 9 | Jakob Fuglsang | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'24 | | | 10 | Xabier Zandio | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | |
Points
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | 133 | | | 2 | Willy Wouters | Lotto Belisol | 70 | IanButler | | 3 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas-Cannondale | 51 | | | 4 | Robert Wagner | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 51 | | | 5 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 50 | |
Mountain Points
| 1 | Willy Wouters | Lotto Belisol | 28 | IanButler | | 2 | Joost Van Leijen | Lotto Belisol | 18 | IanButler | | 3 | Keven Lacombe | SpiderTech powered by C10 | 16 | | | 4 | Julio César Reyes | Colombia Coldeportes | 14 | | | 5 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas-Cannondale | 10 | |
Young Rider: Edvald Boasson Hagen
Best Team: Team Sky
Losing the lead on the final day is rough to take. I had it in me to win this, but a second place is what I go home with. The Mountain Jersey is my only consolation. This is a bitter pill to swallow... Still, I managed to win two stages and finish on the podium, so a lot of mixed feelings here!
Classique de Plouay
A flat, World Tour race. André Greipel was our absolute leader. He had just recovered from an illness, and it seems he wasn't recovered to form properly yet...
Result
| 1 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 4h59'45 | | | 2 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 3 | Robbie McEwen | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 4 | Daniel Oss | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 5 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 6 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 7 | Allan Davis | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 8 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 9 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 10 | Graeme Brown | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | (...) | | 17 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | IanButler |
The next race will be The World Port Classics, a new two-day stage race. I hope I can get a sprinting chance myself there! |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 04-02-2013 11:05
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Bad luck in Colarado. I thought you had it after the TT
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 04-02-2013 11:26
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Such a shame for Willy to lose the Leaders Jersey on the last day
Still he rode a Great race and should be proud of himself |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 04-02-2013 11:36
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Nice try, but Boasson-Hagen is just better. For now
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 04-02-2013 16:37
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2nd is still a good result for Willy. If you won 2 stages and you are 2nd in GC, there is no reason to be sad.
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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| dienblad |
Posted on 04-02-2013 16:53
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PCM logic, EBH wins a mountain stage in an almost mass sprint.... But it isn't that strange, as he dropped all climbers in the Tour last year. 
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 04-02-2013 17:01
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Oh no. That's really bad. Poor Willy 
Well, second is still great
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| pcm2009fan |
Posted on 04-02-2013 17:03
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Ouch, just 4 seconds But Eddie Boss was on fire there in Colorado. |
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