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A Tale of Two
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 04-09-2012 12:12
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This reminds me at Froome and Wiggins in last years Vuelta, but I'm sure that Eric and VDB can handle this situation 
I think that Froome is the main threat for Lotto.
Btw, nice result on La Planche des belles filles  (are you sure that the camera was broken and not only interested in the girl )
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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| johannes-w |
Posted on 04-09-2012 12:15
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 A  for me - I was finally able to catch up with your story
But also loads of for your two amazing younsters!!! They are both having a great season and seem to be improving nicely. Maybe Eric should try to ullrich his leader and go for the win himself
I really enjoy reading your reports - keep it up 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-09-2012 12:16
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@PCM rulezz: I don't even think Eric payed any attention to the finish
Froome, Nibali and Contador are the greatest threats, I believe. Our team can manage it just fine, it's nice for Eric to wear the jersey but he couldn't keep it until Paris. He's too young and inexperienced for that. But it does give confidence about his future career, though!
@johannes-w: You definitely deserve a banana for catching up thanks for following |
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| Katusha |
Posted on 04-09-2012 12:34
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Hahah You are cheater Ian I make joke.You may send stats with private messages because I want to learn so.Please 
Edited by Katusha on 04-09-2012 12:34
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| francopell |
Posted on 04-09-2012 12:40
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Eric should be leader now
Is Jurgen even stronger than Eric? Eric is obviously the better TT'er on a course which suits someone like that |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 04-09-2012 12:48
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Great Time-trial And for yellow jersey |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 04-09-2012 13:02
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Wow, your flying through these stages at the moment
Great to see Van den Broeck in yellow
And Eric in fourth place as back up, keep it going |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-09-2012 13:18
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@Katusha: I'll think about it
@francopell: Jurgen is much stronger than Eric in the mountains. Eric is a better TT-er, obviously, but I think the difference is going to be made in the mountain stages (unlike irl)
@JuanMotr: Thanks
@sutty68: Let's hope we can keep as many riders as possible at the front of the classification, you never know when it might come in handy |
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| cj2002 |
Posted on 04-09-2012 13:29
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Loads of great results, Ian. You've clearly done a great job training Eric. I reckon we could learn a thing or two from you. Fingers crossed for the rest of the Tour, hoping for a great result for the whole team. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-09-2012 13:33
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Le Tour De France - Stage 11
This is almost the exact same stage from the Dauphinée. We'll even use the same tactic, more or less.
We had a long chat with most guys of the team during the race, changing tactics in-race, which is quite unusual. We had to get Jurgen to gain as much time as possible between him and his opponents. So we came up with a battle plan. Unfortunately for me, that battle plan involved me losing this beautiful jersey. However, I was willing to make that sacrifice for the team.
As soon as we hit the ascending ground on the Grand Colombier, Jurgen planted himself in my wheel and I started making the pace, a truly excruciating pace, I might proudly add.
In the descend, we took a quick look around us to see if anyone important had dropped. To our pleasant surprise, both De Gendt and Froome were either badly placed or were having a bad day, because they were chasing.
On Col de Richemond, I was able to pull Jurgen for a couple more km, but I was running out of gas, I have to admit.
So I jerked my head sideways, made brief eye contact with Jurgen, which was enough for him to understand it was time to attack. He accelerated immediately out of my wheel.
My job was done, now it was up to Jurgen to finish it.
I have to admit it was a sad moment for me. There went my jersey, my fifteen seconds of fame.
Even De Gendt and Froome passed me by near the end.
Contador won the stage, with Jurgen a great second. He's in yellow again!
Over 2 minutes later, I crossed the finish line. I was heartily surprised by the roaring applause I got from the audience. I'm fairly unknown to the French, as my major achievements in my career have been in the Giro and in Tirreno-Adriatico!
Result
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | 5h23'53 | | | 2 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 3 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 4 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 6 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 7 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 8 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Arnold Jeannesson | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 10 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 43 | | | 11 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 12 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | | 13 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'38 | | | 14 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'56 | | | 15 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 2'22 | IanButler | | 16 | Rein Taaramae | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 3'19 | | | 17 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 18 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Movistar Team | + 3'42 | | | 19 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 20 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 21 | Francis De Greef | Lotto-Belisol | + 4'20 | IanButler |
GC
| 1 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | 43h11'05 | IanButler | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | + 9 | | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 36 | | | 4 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'31 | | | 5 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'36 | | | 6 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'45 | | | 7 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 1'55 | IanButler | | 8 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'23 | | | 9 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'49 | | | 10 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 3'13 | | | 11 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 3'21 | | | 12 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 3'57 | | | 13 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 4'09 | | | 14 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 4'28 | | | 15 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 6'01 | | | 16 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Movistar Team | + 7'13 | | | 17 | Rein Taaramae | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 9'11 | | | 18 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 10'17 | | | 19 | Francis De Greef | Lotto-Belisol | + 10'49 | IanButler | | 20 | Sergio Luis Henao | Sky Pro Cycling | + 11'03 | |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | 192 | | 2 | André Greipel | Team Saxo Bank | 165 | | 3 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | 157 | | 4 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ-BigMat | 141 | | 5 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | 127 |
KoM
| 1 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | 25 | | | 2 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | 20 | | | 3 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | 16 | IanButler | | 4 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 16 | | | 5 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin-Barracuda | 14 | |
Combativity Award
Cameron Meyer won today's Combativity Award!
Today was really hard, both physically and mentally, but tomorrow is an even harder stage, so I'm going to get some rest now. See you tomorrow! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-09-2012 13:34
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cj2002 wrote:
Loads of great results, Ian. You've clearly done a great job training Eric. I reckon we could learn a thing or two from you. Fingers crossed for the rest of the Tour, hoping for a great result for the whole team.
Thanks a lot! |
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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 04-09-2012 13:35
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Well it was great to see Eric with the Maillot Jaune but now it's time to work for Jurgen. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 04-09-2012 13:37
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@Schleck96: Indeed, now he can concentrate 99% on helping (let's save 1% for the white jersey ) |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 04-09-2012 13:37
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 Well, at least VDB leads. If you lose a bit more time working for him, then you might even get to go on an attack later on for personal glory perhaps? |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 04-09-2012 13:41
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Nice result for VDB, he must be proud of Eric.
Eric lost his yellow but he is still in white, isn't he?
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 04-09-2012 13:41
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@jph27: That's not out of the question However, winning a TDF stage is not something easily done, but he can try. First we'll try to put more distance between VDB and good TT riders as Nibali and Contador.
@PCM rulezz: He's very comfortably in white
Edited by Ian Butler on 04-09-2012 13:42
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| Katusha |
Posted on 04-09-2012 13:42
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Eric's look is good now.His objectives should top 10 happen. |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 04-09-2012 13:43
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So sad to see Eric 7th... but great to see Jurgen in yellow |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 04-09-2012 13:51
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Still a decent ride by Eric though!
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| johannes-w |
Posted on 04-09-2012 13:58
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Too bad Eric had to lose some time for the greater good of the team, but at least VDB is leading
By the way I love those time-trial-battles between De Gendt and Eric Hopefully Eric will win the next one again |
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