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David Veilleux-The Next Canadian Legend
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| DJP19 |
Posted on 13-10-2011 04:42
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A stage win would be nice. Best of luck!
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 13-10-2011 04:43
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DJP19 wrote:
A stage win would be nice. Best of luck!
We can only hope! Thank you, I've been very busy lately, with school and hockey, and other things......
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| DJP19 |
Posted on 13-10-2011 04:45
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valverde321 wrote:
DJP19 wrote:
A stage win would be nice. Best of luck!
We can only hope! Thank you, I've been very busy lately, with school and hockey, and other things......
I know what you mean. The tour of Beijing was so good this year 
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 13-10-2011 04:56
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DJP19 wrote:
valverde321 wrote:
DJP19 wrote:
A stage win would be nice. Best of luck!
We can only hope! Thank you, I've been very busy lately, with school and hockey, and other things......
I know what you mean. The tour of Beijing was so good this year
The what?
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 13-10-2011 08:23
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DJP19 wrote:
A stage win would be nice. Best of luck!
+1 Good luck to David, i hope he will be agressive 
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 13-10-2011 13:58
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
DJP19 wrote:
A stage win would be nice. Best of luck!
+1 Good luck to David, i hope he will be agressive
Thanks Avin
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 13-10-2011 23:51
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 Tour du Haut Var Stage 1
February 20th, 2013
Hi guys. My plan for today, consists of resting for most of the stage, and then preparing for any possible moves later in the stage. I dont think I will have to do much, but that hill 20km out, could be the launching pad for some moves, and I just cant be sure. For now I;m just a protected rider in the team, as there is no clear cut leader, but I'm fine with that, as I have a lot of other strong riders on the team with me, and I'm not targeting this race anyway.
The stage started off with a huge breakaway of over 10 riders. Normally a breakaway wouldn't be let go on the first stage of a race, but being only two days, and with the number of riders in it, its a possibility that they stay away.
However a bunch of the sprinters teams take pulls at the front and bring back the breakaway riders with 15km left in the very un-eventful stage so far.
The sprint starts up and I've decided to risk my overall ambitions to try and help Ben Swift with a stage win. I go hard at the front for about 400m before Swifty pulls out of my slipstream. Other sprinters come flying past me, and thats job done for me, I can sit up.
Marcato takes the victory on the stage, with Valverde using the small incline to his advantage. Swifty finished a solid 5th which is alright considering, he had a one man lead-out. The first 4 positions were very tightly fought over, but in the end a Frenchman didn't prevail, and only one stage left for them to do so! Can they do it?
 1 | Marco Marcato | Acqua & Sapone | 3h56'40 |  2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | Anthony Geslin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 4 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ | s.t. |  5 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 6 | Pierre Rolland | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 7 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 8 | Sandy Casar | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. |  9 | Remmert Wielinga | Rossiya | s.t. |  10 | Johan Mombaerts | Big Mat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | ... |  24 | David Veilleux | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
GC
| 1 | Marco Marcato | Acqua & Sapone | 3h56'20 | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 8 | | 3 | Anthony Geslin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 12 | | 4 | Luca Paolini | Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | + 14 | | 5 | Sergio Henao | Team Europcar | + 16 | | 6 | Thomas Dekker | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 18 | | 7 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ | + 20 | | 8 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 9 | Pierre Rolland | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 10 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | ... | | 26 | David Veilleux | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Marco Marcato | Acqua & Sapone | 25 | 25 | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 20 | 20 | | 3 | Anthony Geslin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 16 | 16 | | 4 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ | 14 | 14 | | 5 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | 12 | 12 |
KoM
| 1 | Armindo Fonseca | Bretagne - Schuller | 26 | 26 | | 2 | Jonas Ljungblad | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | 16 | 16 | | 3 | Adrien Petit | Team Europcar | 16 | 16 | | 4 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ | 12 | 12 | | 5 | Albert Timmer | Skil - Shimano | 10 | 10 |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 14-10-2011 08:25
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Nice fifth by Swifty, good luck for the second stage.
I must confess to something: I was looking on the second to last picture and thought what a great lead-out for you. And then i realized at the finishing line David is not riding for Europcar 
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 14-10-2011 14:00
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Nice fifth by Swifty, good luck for the second stage.
I must confess to something: I was looking on the second to last picture and thought what a great lead-out for you. And then i realized at the finishing line David is not riding for Europcar
Thank you! That can happen sometimes, but it was still a great leadout
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 17-10-2011 01:56
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Tour du Haut Var Stage 2
February 21st, 2013
Hi everyone! We're now onto stage 2 and it's slightly harder than yesterdays stage. My plan is to support Swifty who has become the team leader. I'm not sure, but a day in the breakaway could be whats on the menu for me. Today is still sunny and warm, perfect for riding. Let's get to the racing!
The days action begins with an 11 man breakaway. There's normally not much worry about a break this large, but as its the final stage Acqua will want to bring this one back.
Now with 100km to go (base of the climb at 106km) Arvesen attacks looking to bridge the gap up to leaders.
At the top of the climb he's gained 2 minutes on the peloton, but only 1:30 on the breakaway. He will have to descend quickly if he is to catch them with a gap of 2:35.
Near the bottom of the descent, Arvesen has brought it to within a minute, but he cant be expected to get any closer with a long flat section coming up.
And so eventually he is brough back, with 30km to go. It was a great effort by him, but it never looked like it was going to work out.
Now with 15km to go, the rest of the breakaway has been brought back. At the top of the final hill, I'm feeling the pressure, and I have to drop back to stop my heart from exploding out of my chest. Obviously I'm not in as great form as I first thought, which wont be good for next week.
And because of the hill, Swifty is all alone in the front group, of 30 riders. Mostly Movistar and Acqua riders.
The sprint begins with Dimitri Muravyev leading it out for a couple of his team-mates behind him. Swift is on the far right, following Valverde.
But in the closing metres Valverde passes Muravyev and takes the win and the overall! What a way to start the season for him!
A minute or so after the winners, I arrive at the finish. It wasn't my best effort, but I dont see what else I could have done better!
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 5h32'02 |  2 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Rossiya | s.t. | | 3 | Manuel Vázquez | Movistar Team | s.t. |  4 | Eduard Vorganov | Rossiya | s.t. | | 5 | Remmert Wielinga | Rossiya | s.t. |  6 | Juan Mauricio Soler | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Pierre Rolland | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 8 | Evan Oliphant | Endura Racing | s.t. | | 9 | Marco Marcato | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | 10 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | ... | | 64 | David Veilleux | Sky ProCycling | +1'16 |
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| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 9h28'10 | | 2 | Marco Marcato | Acqua & Sapone | + 12 | | 3 | Manuel Vázquez | Movistar Team | + 24 | | 4 | Anthony Geslin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 5 | Thomas Dekker | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 30 | | 6 | Eduard Vorganov | Rossiya | + 32 | | 7 | Remmert Wielinga | Rossiya | s.t. | | 8 | Juan Mauricio Soler | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | Pierre Rolland | Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. | | 10 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | ... | | 47 | David Veilleux | Sky ProCycling | +1'48 |
Points
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 25 | 45 | | 2 | Marco Marcato | Acqua & Sapone | 7 | 32 | | 3 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Rossiya | 26 | 26 | | 4 | Anthony Geslin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 5 | 21 | | 5 | Pierre Rolland | Bretagne - Schuller | 9 | 19 |
KoM
| 1 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Rossiya | 42 | 42 | | 2 | Igor Dessel | Landbouwkrediet | 40 | 40 | | 3 | Evan Oliphant | Endura Racing | 36 | 36 | | 4 | Christophe Le Mével | Roubaix Lille Métropole | 32 | 32 | | 5 | Armindo Fonseca | Bretagne - Schuller | 0 | 26 |
- Omloop Het Nieuwsblad February 27th, 2013
- Special Report!
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 17-10-2011 09:40
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Well, no chance against Valverde... Looking forward to this "Special Report" 
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 17-10-2011 10:31
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tsmoha wrote:
Well, no chance against Valverde... Looking forward to this "Special Report"
+1
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 17-10-2011 18:11
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
tsmoha wrote:
Well, no chance against Valverde... Looking forward to this "Special Report"
+1
Thanks guys! Its not too special, but I like it.
I also have a bit more motivation lately, however I have lots of schoolwork due wednesday morning and tonight I have hockey, so I might not have an update for a couple days.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 23-10-2011 21:17
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Edited by valverde321 on 08-12-2011 02:32
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 23-10-2011 21:24
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Too bad the photo is damaged (I still think to know, which shirt is it.. and if it's this shirt, it's a great choice!)
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 23-10-2011 21:33
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tsmoha wrote:
Too bad the photo is damaged (I still think to know, which shirt is it.. and if it's this shirt, it's a great choice!)
Thanks Did I really do that good a job that you can't tell who's jersey it is? Well it was recently made. and I loved it
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| cuxu |
Posted on 23-10-2011 21:41
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valverde321 wrote:
tsmoha wrote:
Too bad the photo is damaged (I still think to know, which shirt is it.. and if it's this shirt, it's a great choice!)
Thanks Did I really do that good a job that you can't tell who's jersey it is? Well it was recently made. and I loved it
I also know which jersey it is
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 23-10-2011 21:42
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I think I know which one it is too. And it's a great choice since it's a beautiful jersey.
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 23-10-2011 22:22
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i know exactly which jersey it is and i love it looks amazing! |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 24-10-2011 02:21
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Thanks guys, sounds like I made the right decision unless I'm using a different shirt from what all of you guys are thinking of.....
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