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A Tale of Two
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 03-09-2012 12:52
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JuanMotr wrote:
Nice to see Eric in the white jersey 
And how is Stijn doing?
Stijn is injured, or recovering from an injury I think. 
Calm start so far, with less one contender for the Tour after Wiggins's fall. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 03-09-2012 12:52
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Eric doing a great job in looking after the interests of Van den Broeck |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 03-09-2012 13:38
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FreitasPCM wrote:
JuanMotr wrote:
Nice to see Eric in the white jersey
And how is Stijn doing?
Stijn is injured, or recovering from an injury I think.
Calm start so far, with less one contender for the Tour after Wiggins's fall.
I know he is injured but I want to know how is he recovering |
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 03-09-2012 13:49
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Eric is doing a great job I hope he will do the same in mountain stages
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-09-2012 17:02
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Thanks for the replies
@PCM rulezz: I agree about the "good news". On the other hand, I think Froome came here as leader, not Wiggins, so it's Froome we have to watch out for mainly
@JuanMotr: Stijn's recovering on schedule, Poland is out of the question, Eneco Tour is more than probable
@FreitasPCM: Indeed, but it proves that even the flat/hilly stages can be very dangerous for GC contenders.
@sutty68: He's a team player 
@ste_18: I hope so, too. His form is great, so he should be able to continue his job into the mountains!
Edited by Ian Butler on 03-09-2012 17:02
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 03-09-2012 17:11
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Good luck.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-09-2012 17:43
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Thanks! Next stage won't be long |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 03-09-2012 18:09
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Jerseys-thingie seems not to have worked 
Good result for Eric though!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-09-2012 18:14
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Le Tour De France - Stage 4
Today was a mighty dangerous stage to lose time.
Today we had a strange day as the breakaway was reeled in more than 100km before the finish. The peloton acted very nervously and we all did our best to keep Jurgen at the front.
With 50km left to go, Rodriguez launched an attack, Wegmann followed. The latter would attack a couple more times in this stage.
In the first part of the race, Jurgen was mainly protected by Meersman. Now that the real hills were coming, Vanendert relieved him of the job and kept him excellently positioned.
But when Gilbert went, even Vanendert blew his legs in order to keep Jurgen at the front.
The peloton started to crumble and I sawVanendert dropping. That was my queue!
I pulled so hard I'm surprised my legs didn't fall off.
Going into the final 100m, I even accelerated and brought Jurgen to the finish line, with success, as there are some time gaps!
Of course, Gilbert won! He'll wear the yellow jersey tomorrow.
Result
| 1 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | 4h27'54 | | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 37 | | | 3 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 53 | | | 4 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 5 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 6 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'04 | | | 7 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'12 | | | 8 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | | 9 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 10 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 11 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 12 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 13 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 14 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 15 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | |
GC
| 1 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | 14h03'38 | | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 41 | | | 3 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 47 | IanButler | | 4 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | + 51 | | | 5 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | + 54 | IanButler | | 6 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 57 | | | 7 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 58 | | | 8 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'05 | | | 9 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 10 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 1'10 | | | 11 | Maxime Monfort | BMC Racing Team | + 1'11 | | | 12 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 13 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'13 | | | 14 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 1'15 | | | 15 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | |
Points
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | 55 | | 2 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | 54 | | 3 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | 52 | | 4 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | 52 | | 5 | André Greipel | Team Saxo Bank | 50 |
KoM
| 1 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | 4 | | 2 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Argos-Shimano | 2 | | 3 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | 2 | | 4 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 1 | | 5 | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team | 1 |
Combativity Award
Fabian Wegmann attacked multiple times. This being his second day riding very offensive, he's the deserved winner of this prize.
The next three days are flat, so let's hope everything goes right and nobody loses time! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-09-2012 18:15
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fcancellara wrote:
Jerseys-thingie seems not to have worked
Good result for Eric though!
Nope, but thanks anyway. I'm just happy the game didn't crash at my attempt to correct the jerseys (my computer tends to do things like that)
Thanks |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 03-09-2012 18:16
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That happen to me too. I eventually had to uninstall the game to fix that.  |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 03-09-2012 18:17
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Fantastic job from Eric. VDB has to win this tour with a teammate like him 
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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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-09-2012 18:19
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@Miguel98: I'm sorry to hear that...
@PCM rulezz: Thanks, Eric can be a real workhorse let's hope the team and Jurgen hold up until Paris! |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 03-09-2012 18:23
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All Belgian riders have all-85 stats? 
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 03-09-2012 18:24
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Another great ride from Eric and Jurgen making the GC look rather nice for Lotto Belisol |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-09-2012 18:32
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@fcancellara: Not really, no
@sutty68: Thanks, though Eric's place will be hard to keep and Jurgen has to move up a little bit more. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-09-2012 18:38
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Le Tour De France - Stage 5 - 7
Stage 5
Because of a mass crash and a teams bluffing, a breakaway makes it to the finish, making Offredo the new leader in the Tour De France.
| 1 | Yoann Offredo | FDJ-BigMat | 4h30'23 | | | 2 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 4 | Anthony Charteau | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 5 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ-BigMat | + 16'13 | | | 6 | André Greipel | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 7 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 8 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 9 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 10 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | |
Stage 6
This time the peloton takes no risks.
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | 3h58'50 | | | 2 | André Greipel | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 3 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 4 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 5 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 7 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 8 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 9 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 10 | Allan Davis | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | |
Stage 7
Another mass sprint, another victory for Mark Cavendish.
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | 4h46'01 | | | 2 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 4 | André Greipel | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 5 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 8 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 9 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 10 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | |
Okay, three relatively easy days. Tomorrow is a new climb in the Tour De France: Planche des Belles Filles. I hope I see many beautiful girls up there, or I'll be bitterly disappointed.
This is how it is before the first mountainous stage:
GC
| 1 | Yoann Offredo | FDJ-BigMat | 27h33'29 | | | 2 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 1'36 | | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 2'17 | | | 4 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 2'23 | IanButler | | 5 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | + 2'27 | | | 6 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | + 2'30 | IanButler | | 7 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 2'33 | | | 8 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'34 | | | 9 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'41 | | | 10 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 11 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 2'46 | | | 12 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 2'47 | | | 13 | Maxime Monfort | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 14 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 2'49 | | | 15 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 2'51 | | | 16 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 17 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 2'52 | | | 18 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | + 2'53 | | | 19 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 2'57 | | | 20 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | 189 | | 2 | André Greipel | Team Saxo Bank | 156 | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | 143 | | 4 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ-BigMat | 134 | | 5 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | 120 | | 6 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | 99 | | 7 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 80 | | 8 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | 74 | | 9 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos-Shimano | 68 | | 10 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | 64 |
KoM
| 1 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | 4 | | 2 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | 2 | | 3 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Argos-Shimano | 2 | | 4 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | 2 | | 5 | Yoann Offredo | FDJ-BigMat | 1 |
See you tomorrow, where I'll have a lot of action, since I'm the main mountain domestique! |
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| francopell |
Posted on 03-09-2012 18:41
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Eric is the Froome of the 2013 Tour? |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 03-09-2012 19:00
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The time gaps may be a bit bigger, but the guys are still holding firm in the top five |
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 03-09-2012 19:00
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Great start of Tour...What victory for Offredo!! |
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