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David Veilleux-The Next Canadian Legend
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 28-09-2011 00:16
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 too bad... |
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| johannes-w |
Posted on 28-09-2011 07:16
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baseballlover312 wrote:
too bad...
+1 i really hope that you will continue it, because i really like the story of david , but on the other hand there are more important things so good luck for school |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 29-09-2011 09:34
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I will miss your story a lot, but i am in the same situation with my story (only work instead of school) so i understand it is sometimes hard to find a time to play.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 29-09-2011 18:38
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Thanks everyone, as I've said. I still intend to play a little bit, but I have to admit PCM is losing its touch for me atm, as well as being really busy with school.
Its probably something to do with the cycling season drawing to a close.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 29-09-2011 21:04
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As the others said, it's a pity as I enjoyed this story a lot. But that's really unimportant Also, I think stories are at it's best when the writer puts much passion and joy in it, so just take your time. And take a look at Squire's Discovery Chanel story: It ran for almost 2 years now and he still posts from time to time - always a highlight.
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| olabj |
Posted on 29-09-2011 21:17
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cunego59 wrote:
As the others said, it's a pity as I enjoyed this story a lot. But that's really unimportant Also, I think stories are at it's best when the writer puts much passion and joy in it, so just take your time. And take a look at Squire's Discovery Chanel story: It ran for almost 2 years now and he still posts from time to time - always a highlight.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 30-09-2011 07:58
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olabj wrote:
cunego59 wrote:
As the others said, it's a pity as I enjoyed this story a lot. But that's really unimportant Also, I think stories are at it's best when the writer puts much passion and joy in it, so just take your time. And take a look at Squire's Discovery Chanel story: It ran for almost 2 years now and he still posts from time to time - always a highlight.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-10-2011 03:37
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 Santos Tour Down Under Stage 5
January, 22nd, 2013
Today is the big day. Today is the Willunga Hill stage. Its the Queen stage of the tour, and many riders will be planning attacks today. The hill is a little far from the finish line, but that shouldn't stop a good TTer, who can hold his speed, for a small group victory. I want to try and gain some time on Finetto, although he's been in amazing form so far, so he could very well win the Overall Classification.
Today's breakaway contains 7 riders, none too close to be a threat for the GC. Much later in the stage, the 7 riders were swept up by the peloton, but that didn't stop them from getting a lot of TV time for their sponsors.
On the final passing of Willunga, Mauro Finetto, attacked, and made a huge gap back to the others. Eisel also tried to get away from the peloton, but he was quickly swept up, after getting a mere 20 seconds or so. Finetto, still looks strong, but I've commanded my team to work at the front to try and bring back Finetto.
At this point we're just hoping to try and snag 2nd place after Finetto still has a couple seconds lead over the main bunch. Downing was gassed so he gave me a good lead-out.
But with a late surge from Bozic, Finetto was brought back without anyone else losing any time on him. Sure he won the stage, but this means I can still make a move tomorrow to take the overall lead. I also finished 10th again, which is a pretty good finish for me.
 1 | Mauro Finetto | Liquigas - Cannondale | 3h12'34 |  2 | Borut Božic | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 3 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Lampre - ISD | s.t. |  4 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |  5 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 6 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 7 | Emanuele Sella | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. |  8 | Patrik Sinkewitz | Saunier Duval - Highroad | s.t. |  9 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |  10 | David Veilleux | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Mauro Finetto | Liquigas - Cannondale | 15h59'06 | | 2 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 21 | | 3 | David Veilleux | Sky ProCycling | + 22 | | 4 | Russell Downing | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 5 | Mark Cavendish | Saunier Duval - Highroad | s.t. | | 6 | Borut Božic | Katusha Team | + 26 | | 7 | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 8 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | + 28 | | 9 | Francisco José Ventoso | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 10 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Lampre - ISD | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Mauro Finetto | Liquigas - Cannondale | 8 | 28 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | Saunier Duval - Highroad | 0 | 12 | | 3 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 0 | 10 | | 4 | David Veilleux | Sky ProCycling | 0 | 8 | | 5 | Russell Downing | Sky ProCycling | 0 | 8 |
KoM
| 1 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | Sky ProCycling | 0 | 22 | | 2 | Mauro Finetto | Liquigas - Cannondale | 16 | 16 | | 3 | Andy Cappelle | Quickstep - Omega Pharma | 0 | 16 | | 4 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0 | 16 | | 5 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | 0 | 16 |
Edited by valverde321 on 02-10-2011 04:10
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| kitface |
Posted on 02-10-2011 07:51
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I don't care if we only get one report per year, if they're as high a standard as this, I'm satisfied. Great work. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 02-10-2011 07:59
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kitface wrote:
I don't care if we only get one report per year, if they're as high a standard as this, I'm satisfied. Great work.
+1, well said.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 02-10-2011 13:12
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I thought when I got a e-mail that there was a reply on this thread, I was pretty sure it was just someone saying that they had liked the thread, but I checked it out anyway, and was happily surprised with what I saw. Nice Work. And to Kit, I +2 |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-10-2011 15:30
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@ Kitface - Wow, thanks a lot. I'm trying to have more writing in my reports too, I'm just terrible of thinking of stuff to write for reports.
@ Pelli - Thank you.
@ bblvr - Thank you! Glad I could surprise you! I had lots of time last night.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 02-10-2011 15:33
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I think you don't necessarily need to write more. The reports are absolutely fine the way they are. At least I wouldn't write anything just for the writing's sake. Anyway, very nice that you try to keep this up.
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 02-10-2011 15:41
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Hold on to the podium David.  |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-10-2011 23:55
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Thanks guys. Another update coming tonight!
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 03-10-2011 03:25
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Santos Tour Down Under Stage 6
January, 23rd, 2013
Today is the last stage of the Tour Down Under, and so its also my final chance to try and take the Overall victory. Finetto still looks very strong, but I think I can atleast move up into 2nd, but my goal is for 1st place. Despite the very hilly appearance to the profile, the climbs aren't all that steep, and are also short, so they shouldn't be too much trouble for me. Teklehaimanot, should take the KoM and also Young Rider victory, which would be a great start to the season for the team.
Today's main breakaway contained only two riders, Rosseler and Paolini. With the stage being so short, Liquigas didn't want to take any chances, and so they were only allowed a minute or so.
The break was caught with about 11km left, and with 8km to go, Finetto attacked, so I followed. Westra was also there, but he soon fell back to the peloton. And after a couple km's of riding in Finetto's group, I felt myself cracking. I didn't want to emplode, so I slowed my pace a bit and hoped I could still hold off the peloton.
The sprint starts with 2.5km left, and Finetto is in the lead with Bozic right behind him. I'm hiding behind them, but in the pic, I'm in about 4th position.
But Finetto keeps up his amazing form and takes another stage victory. I cant believe how many stages he's won, I've lost count, but he's been really amazing in this race. Of course I'm also happy with my results, as I think I've improved my sprinting a little bit. I also think I can survive the smaller climbs better.
| 1 | Mauro Finetto | Liquigas - Cannondale | 2h18'20 | | 2 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 3 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 4 | Borut Božic | Katusha Team | s.t. |  5 | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |  6 | Mark Cavendish | Saunier Duval - Highroad | s.t. | | 7 | Diego Milán | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 8 | Francisco José Ventoso | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |  9 | Bernhard Eisel | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 10 | Davide Viganò | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | ... | | 23 | David Veilleux | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
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| 1 | Mauro Finetto | Liquigas - Cannondale | 18h17'16 | | 2 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 27 | | 3 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | + 32 | | 4 | David Veilleux | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 5 | Mark Cavendish | Saunier Duval - Highroad | s.t. | | 6 | Russell Downing | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 7 | Borut Božic | Katusha Team | + 36 | | 8 | Pablo Urtasun | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 9 | Francisco José Ventoso | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 38 | | 10 | Sébastien Rosseler | Team RadioShack | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Mauro Finetto | Liquigas - Cannondale | 8 | 36 | | 2 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 4 | 14 | | 3 | Mark Cavendish | Saunier Duval - Highroad | 0 | 12 | | 4 | Luca Paolini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 12 | 12 | | 5 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | 6 | 10 | | 6 | David Veilleux | Sky ProCycling | 0 | 8 | | 7 | Russell Downing | Sky ProCycling | 0 | 8 | | 8 | Leif Hoste | Lotto - Ridley | 0 | 8 | | 9 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | Sky ProCycling | 0 | 8 | | 10 | Sébastien Rosseler | Team RadioShack | 8 | 8 |
KoM
| 1 | Bernhard Eisel | Leopard Trek | 16 | 24 | | 2 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | Sky ProCycling | 0 | 22 | | 3 | Emanuele Sella | Saxo Bank SunGard | 8 | 20 | | 4 | Sébastien Rosseler | Team RadioShack | 20 | 20 | | 5 | Mauro Finetto | Liquigas - Cannondale | 0 | 16 |
Youth
| Giacomo Nizzolo | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | 18h17'54 (1) | | Daniel Teklehaimanot | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | + 0 (2) | | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | s.t. | + 1 (3) |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 03-10-2011 08:25
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Ow no, just kicked of the podium... Man, that's bad luck, stupid bonus seconds for Bole... Anyhow, great TDU!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 03-10-2011 12:21
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WTF? Teklehaimanot lost both the KOM AND YOUTH by 0 seconds. |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 03-10-2011 13:20
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That was really sad end of TDU for Sky, podium lost and two jersey for your african eagle too. But great performance by David anyway
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 03-10-2011 16:24
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Oh, come on, David loses his podium place, Daniel the KoM and youth rankings, everybody hates Sky. Not me, of course. |
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