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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 03-09-2012 19:03
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Hopefully up there will be some nice chicks  and Eric will be first to see them  |
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Posted on 03-09-2012 19:11
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Good luck at the climb of the beautiful girls.
It seems that Greipel can't win a sprint now he has left Lotto 
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 19:21
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@francopell: Hopefully not, although a 2nd place wouldn't be too bad But VDB will probably outshine him in the mountains.
@sutty68: We hope to be there for a very long time
@ste_18: It's a great start for him, every Frenchmen's wet dream, I guess
@JuanMotr: I hope he keeps concentrated on the race
@PCM rulezz: Greipel isn't winning many stages, that's true. But Lotto hasn't been winning too many sprints either, so it worked better together 
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Posted on 03-09-2012 19:21
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Good luck to see the beautiful girls, should be a lot of work for Eric in that stage ! |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 03-09-2012 19:25
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and i forgot to add that we all want to see some photos of them |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-09-2012 20:00
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@Marcellus51: Thanks, he'll have his hands full... eyes too
@JuanMotr: Of course! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-09-2012 20:21
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Le Tour De France - Stage 8
Today will be a great test for all GC riders, as well for me.
Dennis Vanendert was in the breakaway of the day, which made our job a lot easier.
He even took a little bonus for the team, as no one sprinted for the Supersprint.
But then SaxoBank and Sky thought it had been enough for the breakaway. They started working to reel them back in.
Near the foot of the Planche Des Belles Filles, De Gendt attacked. Jelle Vanendert closed the gap and took Jurgen with him!
However, everything came back together. Kiserlovski attacked, no one followed. All GC contenders were looking at each other. I found Jurgen at the front and he ordered me to start making my famous killing-pace (as he called it on the recon camp we had in May.) I delivered and he followed.
We had created a little gap, as Nibali was lurking for Froome way too long. We used it to our advantage and I kept going full gas until the final km.
And, hello, what's this?
I delivered Jurgen close to the finish and finished the climb on a slower pace. My job was done! I was happy to see I still finished 11th!
Unfortunately, the finish camera crashed, so we have no image of it, but Kiserlovski won in front of Jurgen!
Result
| 1 | Robert Kiserlovski | Team Argos-Shimano | 4h55'46 | | | 2 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | + 8 | IanButler | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 32 | | | 4 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 5 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | | 7 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 8 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 10 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 11 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 55 | IanButler | | 12 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 1'22 | | | 13 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 14 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 15 | Arnold Jeannesson | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 1'37 | | | 16 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 17 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 18 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 19 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 20 | Mikel Nieve | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | |
GC
| 1 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | 32h31'53 | IanButler | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 11 | | | 3 | Yoann Offredo | FDJ-BigMat | + 30 | | | 4 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | + 35 | | | 5 | Robert Kiserlovski | Team Argos-Shimano | + 39 | | | 6 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 40 | IanButler | | 7 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 43 | | | 8 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 45 | | | 9 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 51 | | | 10 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 11 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 1'05 | | | 12 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 1'17 | | | 13 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'18 | | | 14 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 1'30 | | | 15 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'45 | | | 16 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 1'50 | | | 17 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 2'06 | | | 18 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Movistar Team | + 2'09 | | | 19 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | + 2'19 | IanButler | | 20 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 3'03 | |
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 | 141 | | 5 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | 120 |
KoM
| 1 | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team | 7 | | | 2 | Robert Kiserlovski | Team Argos-Shimano | 5 | | | 3 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | 4 | | | 4 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | 3 | IanButler | | 5 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | 3 | |
Combativity Award
Vasil Kiryienka.
Well, we didn't expect to have the leader's jersey so soon in the race, but we'll do everything in our power to hold it! The team's doing excellent.
While, on personal goals, I'm riding beyond my wildest expectations. It's unimaginable that I can create a pace too high for riders as Evans to follow. I'm growing a lot here and I think I'm getting ready for a leadership position in the team, maybe in a GT next year. But of course, I'm still 100% domestique for Jurgen here, as he is (still) definitely the better man, maybe the best here...
Edited by Ian Butler on 03-09-2012 20:23
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| francopell |
Posted on 03-09-2012 20:42
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Did you actually do a recon camp?
Jurgen in yellow is good and Eric looks very very strong |
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| TomC |
Posted on 03-09-2012 20:48
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Well done! Keep it as long as it's possible |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 03-09-2012 20:51
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haha i couldn't read text when i saw that pic I was laughing that hard
Ian you deserve a 
Edited by JuanMotr on 03-09-2012 20:55
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-09-2012 08:29
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@francopell: I sent some minor helpers, to see what effect is really has
@TomC: We'll try to keep it all the way to Paris!
@JuanMotr: You wanted pictures, didn't you? I think Eric could've won the stage but he stopped at the pretty girls for a friendly "chat" |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-09-2012 09:35
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Le Tour De France - Stage 9
Today is another hard, hilly stage. The final day before the first rest day, so we can and will have to go full gas today.
The team worked hard, with mostly Bart De Clerq, Jurgen Van De Walle and Francis De Greef up front.
Quickly the peloton started to break up.
Sagan snatched away the remaining points at the Supersprint easily.
Whoever out there still doubting us: Lotto-Belisol is strong and we intend to keep the yellow jersey!
Jelle Vanendert took most of the final climb for his account.
Rolland tried to break away but failed.
Now Jelle's job was done, it was up to me. I tried to catch some late attackers, but it was too late.
Tony Martin took the win for Omega Pharma - Quickstep.
Eventually, the pace we made was so hard that we didn't really had a sprint in the end. Finally, rest!
Result
| 1 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 4h19'23 | | | 2 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 45 | | | 4 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | + 1'31 | IanButler | | 5 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 6 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | | 7 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 8 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | | 9 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 10 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 11 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 12 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 13 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 14 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 15 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 16 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 17 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 18 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 19 | Maxime Monfort | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 20 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | |
GC
| 1 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | 36h52'47 | IanButler | | 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 11 | | | 3 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | + 35 | | | 4 | Robert Kiserlovski | Team Argos-Shimano | + 39 | | | 5 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 40 | IanButler | | 6 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 43 | | | 7 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 45 | | | 8 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 51 | | | 9 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 10 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 1'05 | | | 11 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 1'17 | | | 12 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'18 | | | 13 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 1'20 | | | 14 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 1'30 | | | 15 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 1'32 | | | 16 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'45 | | | 17 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 1'50 | | | 18 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Movistar Team | + 2'09 | | | 19 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | + 2'19 | IanButler | | 20 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'38 | |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | 189 | | 2 | André Greipel | Team Saxo Bank | 156 | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | 146 | | 4 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ-BigMat | 141 | | 5 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | 120 |
KoM
| 1 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | 10 | | 2 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ-BigMat | 9 | | 3 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 7 | | 4 | Hubert Dupont | Team Europcar | 7 | | 5 | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team | 7 |
Combativity Award
Arthut Vichot won today's prize.
So right before the time trial, we hold the jersey. The time trial won't be too kind on Jurgen, though. But I started thinking, not for on the long term, but maybe I have a shot at grabbing that jersey, if it was only for a day! We'll see what happens after the rest day, at the time trial!
In other news: Lotto-Belisol signed two riders for next year: Klaas Lodewyck and Jens Keukeleire.
Edited by Ian Butler on 04-09-2012 09:36
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Posted on 04-09-2012 10:05
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Klaas Lodewyck is good sign. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-09-2012 10:08
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I think so, too. Especially since Willems is leaving! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-09-2012 10:16
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Le Tour De France - Stage 10
The Time Trial.
I was off, standing 5th on the GC.
8 minutes later, Jurgen was off.
I finished 5th, and to my annoyance I saw De Gendt was 3th, 4 seconds ahead of me!
But then the rest came in, and my annoyance faded. Instead, an enormous thrill came over me, holy cow, I'll be wearing the yellow jersey tomorrow!
Result
| 1 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 52'43 | | | 2 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | + 10 | | | 3 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 31 | | | 4 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 34 | | | 5 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 35 | IanButler | | 6 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'16 | | | 7 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'25 | | | 8 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1'31 | | | 9 | Richie Porte | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'33 | | | 10 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 1'38 | | | 11 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 1'41 | | | 12 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | + 1'42 | IanButler | | 13 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | + 2'00 | | | 14 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | + 2'03 | | | 15 | Andreas Klöden | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 2'05 | | | 16 | Maxime Monfort | BMC Racing Team | + 2'06 | | | 17 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 2'07 | | | 18 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto-Belisol | + 2'08 | IanButler | | 19 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 2'09 | | | 20 | Anthony Roux | FDJ-BigMat | + 2'17 | |
GC
| 1 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | 37h46'45 | IanButler | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 2 | | | 3 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 17 | | | 4 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | + 27 | IanButler | | 5 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 34 | | | 6 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | + 36 | | | 7 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 1'03 | | | 8 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 1'17 | | | 9 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 2'03 | | | 10 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | + 2'38 | | | 11 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'50 | | | 12 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'54 | | | 13 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 2'57 | | | 14 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 3'05 | | | 15 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3'16 | | | 16 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 3'23 | | | 17 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 3'41 | | | 18 | Robert Kiserlovski | Team Argos-Shimano | + 3'42 | | | 19 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 3'45 | | | 20 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 3'48 | |
This is unbelievable, truly unbelievable. Jurgen lost the jersey (for now) but at least it stays in the team!
However, I'll still work my ass of for Jurgen tomorrow. I'm 100% convinced that he's the one to finish the Tour first, I don't have enough experience for a thing like that yet. Although I start to believe that I can ride for a beautiful GC place myself! Especially since there's an even longer TT coming up.
Jurgen lost some time to the competition (mostly Froome), so that means he'll have to take time in the mountains, it won't be easy!
Tomorrow is almost the exact same stage as in the dauphinée, so we'll know what to do! |
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Posted on 04-09-2012 10:18
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Great stage 8 for Eric...Van Den Broeck takes the leader jersey thanks to Eric
EDIT: Also Great stage 10...now you have the yellow jersey
Will VDB still be the leader of the team?
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-09-2012 10:20
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@ste_18: Thanks. Eric and Jelle Vanendert are really helpful for trying to win the tour with Van Den Broeck! |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 04-09-2012 10:46
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See, I think you should attack VDB now just to make things interesting. |
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| Katusha |
Posted on 04-09-2012 10:50
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Congratulations!!! Also I want to ask Eric and Stijin stats? |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-09-2012 12:11
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@jph27: It's not Froome and Wiggins
@Katusha: Thanks! However, I don't show stats |
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