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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-05-2014 22:06
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Just do the story when you have time on your hands, we will still be here reading and commenting no matter how long you take  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 17-05-2014 22:07
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Thanks guys!
I really haven't had 10 minutes to play PCM.
See what I can do, but tomorrow might be difficult, too. Next week will be pretty full, also... |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-05-2014 22:18
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As long as the story doesn't end prematurely, that is all that matters |
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| jona500 |
Posted on 18-05-2014 12:29
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I agree with all above reactions: We will wait, just don't end it 
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 21-05-2014 19:31
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Judging by your signature, I guess this is over. Is it? Don't want to spoiler it or something similar, but if yes, real shame. However, I am looking forward to that new "Coming Soon" project.
Also, by watching (selecting it actually) I found out that I am dead. 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 21-05-2014 19:38
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Modern Times isn't dead. I'd say it's in a temporary coma.
But it's only fair to keep you all in the loop:
I've been very busy lately. I haven't played PCM since Paris - Roubaix in this story. Haven't had any time to do so. I've been taking my admin duties rather seriously and I also have been working for school and playing my new instrument (saxophone)
I have been planning something for when PCM 14 comes out for several months now. So it's 100% certain there's something coming when PCM 14 is released.
But I hadn't planned on starting this story, that just happened. And I don't want to end this. Though from experience I know I haven't been able to juggle 2 stories at once so far...
So at the moment I'm not sure. I guess time will be the decisive factor. The PCM 14 thing I've been preparing for months has the priority, though. The reason why I can't explain just yet, but you'll understand when it gets here. So if I have time to keep this going besides that, I'll definitely do it.
The technical problems are also gettting on my nerves, I admit 
@admir: That makes the death count: 2 
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| FonsDeSpons |
Posted on 21-05-2014 20:17
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I hope that this story will continue but if it doesn't i just know the next 'pcm14 thing' will probably be super awesome and i am really curious! |
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| baia |
Posted on 21-05-2014 20:31
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Hope you can find some time... curious about pcm14 long term project, i´ll be here..... if not dead.
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Posted on 21-05-2014 23:59
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Don't worry, the PCM Medical Team are on stand by with the Defibrillator for when you need a jump start
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-05-2014 09:22
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Thanks again guys. Like I said, I don't want this to end, though. Even if the pace is very slow, I'll still come back to this.
But because of all the great comments, I'm treating you to an update or two today! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-05-2014 09:22
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For the first time in my life, I completed the Ardennes classics. I was hoping to repeat my performance at the Amstel Gold Race from two years ago, but the race was made much harder now than then. I finished 17th, having a helping hand in Simon Yates' third place, though! The victory was for Kwiatkowski!
In La Flèche Wallonne, I attempted to get into the break of the day. Despite my many attempts, I missed the cut. I had an anonymous day in the peloton. Well, in this Belgian Jersey, you're never anonymous, but you know what I mean. Simon Yates sprinted to a 7th place up the Mur. Dan Martin won that sprint.
And then it was time for my last remaining monument. I've raced every other monument at least once. Liège was a nice experience. This time I did get into the breakaway of the day! Riding around at the front all day in that Belgian Jersey was fantastic. The final 20 kilometer were too much for me, though. Way too much climbing. I finished 51th. But most important: Simon Yates took the victory here!
That's another monument for our team. We've been doing well the last few years. We've won Milan - Sanremo with Goss, Gerrans and Matthews, we've won De Ronde and Roubaix, we've won Liège with Gerrans and now with Yates.
I'm ready for the Giro now. My lack of competative racing is no longer a problem, I think. I've been racing well lately. Bring on the Giro!
Matt
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-05-2014 10:47
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 Giro d'Italia - Stage 1
Very excited to be here, very excited indeed!
It's my first time in the Giro, and my second Grand Tour overall. I have a feeling this will suit me better than the Tour de France. They say this is most beautiful Grand Tour and the most romantic race of the calendar. I'll judge for myself!
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 A daring first stage. This could just as well be for a sprinter (we brought Ewan as main sprinter) or for a late attack. The hill is tough enough to make a move on, and close enough to the finish. If Ewan is still at the front over the last hill, I work for him.
It was a rough start for us. Durbridge went down, but luckily he was able to finish the race. Ewan fell off the pace with 30 kilometers to go. Right before the final climb of the day, the peloton caught the breakaway.
With Kittel struggling, I decided not to wait and let the peloton bring him over the hill so he can kill us in the sprint. No, I took the offense!
The peloton, so close to the finish, wasn't going to let me ride away!
But I made it to the top alone. I knew I wouldn't lose ground in the downhill, maybe I could even win a second or two! Every second mattered now.
Could I hold off a sprinting peloton?
I could!
Holy sh*t, this is amazing! First stage in the Giro, first victory in the Giro! I told you this race would suit me better!
| 1 | Matthias Vleminckx | Orica GreenEdge | 3h30'38 | | 2 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 3 | Marcel Kittel | TEAM Cube | s.t. | | 4 | Rick Zabel | TEAM Cube | s.t. | | 5 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Daryl Impey | TEAM Cube | s.t. | | 7 | Vincenzo Nibali | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 8 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | s.t. | | 10 | Rigoberto Urán | Lotto Belisol | s.t. |
This is just incredible. I never expected to stand on the podium on my first stage in the Giro, in the pink jersey nonetheless. A big day for my career!
Giro d'Italia - Stage 2
Wearing the pink jersey is an amazing honor. Surely I would do anything to defend it. Anything!
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 The Team Time Trial. We've been waiting for this day for a while, we've trained for this. We brought some experts to finish the job today. I am very confident I will keep the leader's jersey after this stage.
We worked together perfectly and had no significant problems. It would really surprise me if we didn't pull this off. We worked long and hard for this stage!
| 1 | Orica GreenEdge | 19'31 | | 2 | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 9 | | 3 | Catalunya | + 18 | | 4 | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 5 | Lotto Belisol | + 21 | | 6 | Team Sky | s.t. | | 7 | Lampre - Merida | + 28 | | 8 | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | Astana Pro Team | + 38 | | 10 | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 44 |
Yes! That's two victories in two days! Our Giro is already a success! But we're not going to sit around just yet. There's plenty more where that came from!
Giro d'Italia - Stage 3
Thanks to our massive effort at the Team Time Trial, I remain in the Pink Jersey. I really want to keep this as long as possible. If I could keep it until the end of the first week, that'd just be heaven!
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 Today is a challenge. Defending the jersey here will not be easy. We'll need all our strength to do so.
The team worked hard all day, for which I have to thank them again!
But the question was: would it be enough? The final hill started to weigh on me. The team was loyal and stuck by me, surrounded me, talking me up that hill.
Luckily there was still a downhill. Quite some riders had broken away, so the chase was on!
By then, the rain was coming down pretty hard. Roads were slippery, there were some casualties.
Meanwhile, we were gaining ground on the riders who attacked before. Maybe we could still save my jersey?
The breakaway stayed out of reach today and fought for the victory of the day. It was Belkov who conquered Italy today!
I rode one hell of a final kilometer and - thanks to especially Simon Yates - saved the Pink Jersey for at least another day!
| 1 | Maxim Belkov | Tinkoff - Saxo | 5h08'08 | | 2 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani CSF | + 22 | | 3 | Salvatore Puccio | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 4 | Jérôme Cousin | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 5 | Rigoberto Urán | Lotto Belisol | + 1'30 | | 6 | Federico Canuti | YellowFluo | s.t. | | 7 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 8 | Vincenzo Nibali | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 9 | Kristof Vandewalle | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 10 | Philip Deignan | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 11 | Matthias Vleminckx | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. |
| 1 | Matthias Vleminckx | Orica GreenEdge | 8h59'27 | | 2 | Cameron Meyer | Orica GreenEdge | + 20 | | 3 | Romain Bardet | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 4 | Jakob Fuglsang | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 29 | | 5 | Rafal Majka | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 6 | Andrew Talansky | Catalunya | + 38 | | 7 | Janier Acevedo | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 8 | Rigoberto Urán | Lotto Belisol | + 41 | | 9 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | + 42 | | 10 | Vincenzo Nibali | Lampre - Merida | + 48 |
Spoiler | 11 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 12 | Pierre Rolland | Astana Pro Team | + 57 | | 13 | Brian Bulgac | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1'03 | | 14 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | + 1'11 | | 15 | Diego Rosa | Androni Giocattoli | + 1'17 | | 16 | Sergey Chernetskiy | RusVelo | + 1'26 | | 17 | Damiano Caruso | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1'33 | | 18 | Dario Cataldo | Bardiani CSF | + 1'46 | | 19 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Cannondale | + 1'51 | | 20 | Tsgabu Grmay | Garmin Sharp | + 1'56 | | 21 | Marcel Meisen | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2'13 | | 22 | Jay McCarthy | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 23 | Yohan Offredo | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 24 | Leopold König | Catalunya | + 2'22 | | 25 | Javier Moreno | Catalunya | s.t. | | 26 | Alejandro Valverde | Catalunya | s.t. | | 27 | Imanol Erviti | Catalunya | s.t. | | 28 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 29 | Jesse Sergent | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 30 | Ian Boswell | Team Sky | + 2'26 | | 31 | Andrew Fenn | Team Sky | s.t. | | 32 | Michele Gaia | Team Sky | s.t. | | 33 | Adriano Malori | Team Sky | s.t. | | 34 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Sky | s.t. | | 35 | Diego Milán | Team Sky | s.t. | | 36 | Romain Feillu | Team Sky | s.t. | | 37 | Stefano Usai | Team Sky | s.t. | | 38 | Arnold Jeannesson | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2'32 | | 39 | Anthony Roux | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 40 | Davide Appollonio | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 41 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 42 | Cyril Gautier | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 43 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 44 | Marcel Kittel | TEAM Cube | + 2'39 | | 45 | Beñat Intxausti | Astana Pro Team | + 2'41 | | 46 | Simon Spilak | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 47 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 48 | Vladislav Gorbunov | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 49 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 50 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 51 | Silvan Dillier | TEAM Cube | + 2'47 | | 52 | Rick Zabel | TEAM Cube | s.t. | | 53 | Rüdiger Selig | TEAM Cube | s.t. | | 54 | Daryl Impey | TEAM Cube | s.t. | | 55 | Max Kroes | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 56 | Julian Kern | TEAM Cube | s.t. | | 57 | Matthias Friedemann | TEAM Cube | s.t. | | 58 | Paul Martens | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 59 | Jos Van Emden | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 60 | Eric Young | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 61 | Tom Veelers | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 62 | Stefan Schäfer | TEAM Cube | s.t. | | 63 | Dylan van Baarle | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 64 | Maarten Wynants | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 65 | Luka Mezgec | Movistar Team | + 2'55 | | 66 | Nacer Bouhanni | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 67 | Daniel Moreno | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 68 | Mikel Nieve | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 69 | Higinio Fernández | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 70 | Rubén Pérez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 71 | José Herrada | Androni Giocattoli | + 3'01 | | 72 | Andrea Zordan | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 73 | Manuel Belletti | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 74 | Francesco Failli | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 75 | Ryan Anderson | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 76 | Ivan Rovny | RusVelo | + 3'10 | | 77 | Eduard Vorganov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 78 | Alexander Foliforov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 79 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3'17 | | 80 | Giovanni Visconti | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 81 | Carlos Verona | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 82 | Pieter Serry | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 83 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 84 | Kevin De Weert | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 85 | Victor Campenaerts | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 86 | Dries Devenyns | ASUS | + 3'20 | | 87 | Matthew Goss | ASUS | s.t. | | 88 | Steven Kruijswijk | ASUS | s.t. | | 89 | George Preidler | ASUS | s.t. | | 90 | Thomas Damuseau | FDJ.fr | + 3'27 | | 91 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 92 | Lloyd Mondory | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 93 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Garmin Sharp | + 3'28 | | 94 | Eros Capecchi | Bardiani CSF | + 3'30 | | 95 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 96 | Federico Pozzetto | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 97 | Andrea Manfredi | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 98 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale | + 3'35 | | 99 | Davide Malacarne | Cannondale | s.t. | | 100 | Matteo Rabottini | YellowFluo | + 3'40 | | 101 | Blaz Jarc | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 102 | Gregory Brenes | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 103 | Genki Yamamoto | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 104 | Cristiano Monguzzi | YellowFluo | s.t. | | 105 | Patrick Facchini | YellowFluo | s.t. | | 106 | Nelson Oliveira | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 107 | Peter Velits | Garmin Sharp | + 3'41 | | 108 | Michael Kolar | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 6'08 | | 109 | Zico Waeytens | Lotto Belisol | + 6'10 | | 110 | Angelo Pagani | Lampre - Merida | + 6'17 | | 111 | Elia Favilli | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 112 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | + 6'20 | | 113 | Nikolas Maes | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 114 | Giorgio Brambilla | Lampre - Merida | + 6'27 | | 115 | Michael Schwarzmann | TEAM Cube | + 6'42 | | 116 | Jesús Del Nero | Movistar Team | + 6'50 | | 117 | Jonas Ahlstrand | ASUS | + 7'15 | | 118 | Gavin Mannion | Trek Factory Racing | + 8'39 | | 119 | Alex Howes | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 120 | Bradley Wiggins | Orica GreenEdge | + 9'10 | | 121 | Tyler Magner | Trek Factory Racing | + 9'45 | | 122 | Kenny Van Hummel | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 9'53 | | 123 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Trek Factory Racing | + 10'46 | | 124 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin Sharp | + 13'06 | | 125 | Maxim Belkov | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 14'32 | | 126 | Salvatore Puccio | Lampre - Merida | + 15'25 | | 127 | Esteban Chaves | Orica GreenEdge | + 16'13 | | 128 | Simon Yates | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 129 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani CSF | + 16'19 | | 130 | Jérôme Cousin | FDJ.fr | + 16'26 | | 131 | Philip Deignan | BMC Racing Team | + 16'31 | | 132 | Kristof Vandewalle | Lotto Belisol | + 16'34 | | 133 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R La Mondiale | + 16'38 | | 134 | Federico Canuti | YellowFluo | + 17'44 | | 135 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 18'06 | | 136 | Pello Bilbao | Catalunya | + 18'15 | | 137 | Julien Vermote | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 138 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 139 | Reto Hollenstein | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 140 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 141 | Julien Duval | AG2R La Mondiale | + 18'25 | | 142 | Laurent Pichon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 143 | Julien Fouchard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 144 | Sylvain Chavanel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 145 | Nicola Ruffoni | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 146 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 18'34 | | 147 | Bernhard Eisel | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 148 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 18'48 | | 149 | Luca Ascani | Androni Giocattoli | + 18'54 | | 150 | Simone Campagnaro | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 151 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | RusVelo | + 19'03 | | 152 | Alexandr Kolobnev | RusVelo | s.t. | | 153 | Boy Van Poppel | ASUS | + 19'13 | | 154 | Johan Mombaerts | FDJ.fr | + 19'20 | | 155 | Julien Bérard | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 156 | Fabien Bacquet | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 157 | Julien El Fares | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 158 | Stefano Agostini | Bardiani CSF | + 19'23 | | 159 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale | + 19'28 | | 160 | Cristian Ottaviani | Cannondale | s.t. | | 161 | Mauro Finetto | YellowFluo | + 19'33 | | 162 | Fedor Chupov | RusVelo | + 20'15 | | 163 | Caleb Ewan | Orica GreenEdge | + 21'52 | | 164 | Leonid Krasnov | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 22'01 | | 165 | Unai Iparragirre | Catalunya | + 22'10 | | 166 | Lluis Guillermo Mas | Catalunya | s.t. | | 167 | Anthony Watts | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 168 | Maxime Vantomme | Lotto Belisol | + 22'13 | | 169 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 170 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 171 | Bert De Backer | ASUS | + 23'08 | | 172 | Theo Bos | ASUS | s.t. | | 173 | Albert Torres | Catalunya | + 23'14 | | 174 | Steven Tronet | FDJ.fr | + 23'15 | | 175 | Antonio Santoro | Bardiani CSF | + 23'18 | | 176 | Alberto Cecchin | Cannondale | + 23'23 | | 177 | Matteo Pelucchi | Cannondale | s.t. | | 178 | Jonathan Bertrand | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 24'09 | | 179 | Jakob Rathe | Trek Factory Racing | + 24'32 | | 180 | Nathan Brown | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 181 | Javier Matellini | Androni Giocattoli | + 24'59 | | 182 | Luke Durbridge | Orica GreenEdge | + 25'03 | | 183 | Yves Lampaert | Lotto Belisol | + 25'24 | | 184 | Cristiano Fumagalli | YellowFluo | + 25'38 | | 185 | Nikolai Trussov | RusVelo | + 26'09 | | 186 | Kirill Yatsevich | RusVelo | s.t. | | 187 | Cheng Ji | ASUS | + 26'19 | | 188 | Andrea Peron | Bardiani CSF | + 26'29 | | 189 | Mitchell Docker | Orica GreenEdge | + 26'30 | | 190 | Davide Viganò | Cannondale | + 26'34 | | 191 | Sam Bassetti | Trek Factory Racing | + 26'39 | | 192 | Davide Cassano | YellowFluo | s.t. | | 193 | Marco Zanotti | YellowFluo | + 27'34 | | 194 | Dennis Wagner | Trek Factory Racing | + 29'55 | | 195 | Daniele Colli | YellowFluo | s.t. | | 196 | Charles Garrett | Trek Factory Racing | + 33'11 |
So far, this Giro has been just perfect, though defending that jersey in stage 3 was one of the toughest moments of my professional career. I'm happy I waited so long before making my debut here. At the age of 25, I feel I'm mature enough to bring this Giro to a successful ending.
Tomorrow will be even harder to defend this jersey. Let's give it our best shot!
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| Martial1 |
Posted on 22-05-2014 11:43
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Fantastic start to the Giro!!! Matthias in pink 
Also, even if you have to prematurely end this story, I'm really looking forward to what you have planned with PCM 2014. |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 22-05-2014 12:39
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Good start at the Giro!!!!!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-05-2014 13:06
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Martial1 - Thanks the PCM14 thing will be great, I can tell you that! But I hope I can combine the two stories, of course
Jakstar22 - Thanks, man!
Get ready for some awesome racing! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-05-2014 13:06
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Giro d'Italia - Stage 4
Still in Pink and ready to roll!
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 This is a dangerous stage to lose the jersey. But I'm ready to fight for every last second!
The team wearing the leader's jersey is put under a lot of stress and work. Luckily we were relieved every once in a while! They must've been thinking my jersey was doomed today.
Then the pace went up dramatically. Some riders were ready to attack. I was at the front!
I survived for a long time, with Simon Yates backing me up, but then I had to let them go. So close to the top!
But I managed to keep the front of the race within eyesight. Over the hill, I threw myself downhill!
With 4 kilometers left to go, I saw Nibali. That meant I was at the front of the race. My jersey was saved, but maybe I could do even better!
Yates once again proved to be invaluable. He launched me for the final sprint!
Unbelievable! Third win here, including the Team Time Trial, but a victory in the Pink Jersey! That's a dream coming true. So perfect!
| 1 | Matthias Vleminckx | Orica GreenEdge | 5h53'31 | | 2 | Rigoberto Urán | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 3 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 4 | Vincenzo Nibali | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 5 | Simon Yates | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 6 | Andrew Talansky | Catalunya | s.t. | | 7 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | s.t. | | 8 | Romain Bardet | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 9 | Leopold König | Catalunya | s.t. | | 10 | Esteban Chaves | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. |
The world is at my feet right now. I feel so good! Coming here was the best thing I ever did!
Giro d'Italia - Stage 5
So fate decided I could spend some more days in Pink. Let's make the most of it!
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 This seems like a perfect match for me. A profile I can relate to. Tough near the end, but should end on a sprint. Let's try to make it four!
I'm going all in for the Points Jersey. At the intermediate sprint, I picked up some more points for that!
On the final uphill, only König made a move forward.
The team took immediate control and didn't let him go very far. We were very confident and I was almost sure we'd be drinking champagne again this evening!
Simon Yates was up here, again! He launched me perfectly on a slightly uphill finish.
My legs felt heavy, and the last 100 meters seemed to go on forever, but I was in the lead!
I can't believe it! I can't believe this!
| 1 | Matthias Vleminckx | Orica GreenEdge | 4h31'19 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | + 12 | | 3 | Beñat Intxausti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | Caleb Ewan | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 5 | Rigoberto Urán | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 6 | Andrew Talansky | Catalunya | s.t. | | 7 | Dario Cataldo | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 8 | Simon Yates | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 9 | Giovanni Visconti | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Garmin Sharp | s.t. |
| 1 | Matthias Vleminckx | Orica GreenEdge | 19h23'35 | | 2 | Romain Bardet | Orica GreenEdge | + 1'14 | | 3 | Rigoberto Urán | Lotto Belisol | + 1'23 | | 4 | Jakob Fuglsang | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 5 | Rafal Majka | Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 6 | Chris Froome | Team Sky | + 1'24 | | 7 | Andrew Talansky | Catalunya | + 1'32 | | 8 | Janier Acevedo | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 9 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 1'34 | | 10 | Vincenzo Nibali | Lampre - Merida | + 1'42 |
Spoiler | 11 | Pierre Rolland | Astana Pro Team | + 1'51 | | 12 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | + 2'05 | | 13 | Diego Rosa | Androni Giocattoli | + 2'11 | | 14 | Sergey Chernetskiy | RusVelo | + 2'20 | | 15 | Damiano Caruso | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2'27 | | 16 | Cameron Meyer | Orica GreenEdge | + 2'37 | | 17 | Dario Cataldo | Bardiani CSF | + 2'40 | | 18 | Tsgabu Grmay | Garmin Sharp | + 2'50 | | 19 | Leopold König | Catalunya | + 3'16 | | 20 | Ian Boswell | Team Sky | + 3'20 | | 21 | Brian Bulgac | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 22 | Anthony Roux | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3'26 | | 23 | Arnold Jeannesson | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 24 | Beñat Intxausti | Astana Pro Team | + 3'27 | | 25 | Simon Spilak | Astana Pro Team | + 3'35 | | 26 | Julian Kern | TEAM Cube | + 3'41 | | 27 | Paul Martens | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 28 | Mikel Nieve | Movistar Team | + 3'49 | | 29 | José Herrada | Androni Giocattoli | + 3'55 | | 30 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Cannondale | + 4'08 | | 31 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 4'11 | | 32 | Giovanni Visconti | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 33 | Carlos Verona | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 34 | Eros Capecchi | Bardiani CSF | + 4'24 | | 35 | Matteo Rabottini | YellowFluo | + 4'34 | | 36 | Peter Velits | Garmin Sharp | + 4'35 | | 37 | Max Kroes | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 5'04 | | 38 | Daniel Moreno | Movistar Team | + 5'12 | | 39 | Davide Malacarne | Cannondale | + 5'52 | | 40 | Jay McCarthy | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 6'26 | | 41 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Sky | + 6'46 | | 42 | Cyril Gautier | AG2R La Mondiale | + 6'52 | | 43 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | + 6'54 | | 44 | Elia Favilli | Lampre - Merida | + 7'11 | | 45 | Ivan Rovny | RusVelo | + 7'30 | | 46 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 7'36 | | 47 | Pieter Serry | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 7'37 | | 48 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Garmin Sharp | + 7'41 | | 49 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | + 7'59 | | 50 | Rick Zabel | TEAM Cube | + 8'14 | | 51 | Silvan Dillier | TEAM Cube | s.t. | | 52 | Daryl Impey | TEAM Cube | s.t. | | 53 | Rüdiger Selig | TEAM Cube | s.t. | | 54 | Eduard Vorganov | RusVelo | + 8'24 | | 55 | Alexander Foliforov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 56 | Gregory Brenes | Garmin Sharp | + 8'54 | | 57 | Genki Yamamoto | Garmin Sharp | + 10'15 | | 58 | Alejandro Valverde | Catalunya | + 10'55 | | 59 | Adriano Malori | Team Sky | + 10'59 | | 60 | Michele Gaia | Team Sky | s.t. | | 61 | Diego Milán | Team Sky | s.t. | | 62 | Thomas Damuseau | FDJ.fr | + 11'06 | | 63 | Andrew Fenn | Team Sky | + 11'19 | | 64 | Davide Appollonio | AG2R La Mondiale | + 11'25 | | 65 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 66 | Zico Waeytens | Lotto Belisol | + 11'37 | | 67 | Matthias Friedemann | TEAM Cube | + 11'40 | | 68 | Luka Mezgec | Movistar Team | + 11'48 | | 69 | Higinio Fernández | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 70 | Andrea Zordan | Androni Giocattoli | + 11'54 | | 71 | Francesco Failli | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 72 | Ryan Anderson | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 73 | Yohan Offredo | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 11'55 | | 74 | Marcel Meisen | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 12'00 | | 75 | Andrea Manfredi | Bardiani CSF | + 12'03 | | 76 | Jesse Sergent | BMC Racing Team | + 12'09 | | 77 | Romain Feillu | Team Sky | + 12'13 | | 78 | Cristiano Monguzzi | YellowFluo | s.t. | | 79 | Vladislav Gorbunov | Astana Pro Team | + 12'28 | | 80 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 81 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 82 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 13'04 | | 83 | Kevin De Weert | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 84 | Matthew Goss | ASUS | + 13'07 | | 85 | Steven Kruijswijk | ASUS | s.t. | | 86 | Dries Devenyns | ASUS | s.t. | | 87 | George Preidler | ASUS | s.t. | | 88 | Mickaël Delage | FDJ.fr | + 13'14 | | 89 | Lloyd Mondory | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 90 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani CSF | + 13'17 | | 91 | Patrick Facchini | YellowFluo | + 13'27 | | 92 | Fabio Sabatini | Cannondale | + 14'13 | | 93 | Marcel Kittel | TEAM Cube | + 14'37 | | 94 | Eric Young | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 14'45 | | 95 | Manuel Belletti | Androni Giocattoli | + 14'59 | | 96 | Angelo Pagani | Lampre - Merida | + 15'10 | | 97 | Nikolas Maes | Lotto Belisol | + 15'13 | | 98 | Imanol Erviti | Catalunya | + 15'14 | | 99 | Giorgio Brambilla | Lampre - Merida | + 15'20 | | 100 | Rubén Pérez | Movistar Team | + 15'47 | | 101 | Tom Veelers | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 16'11 | | 102 | Maarten Wynants | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 103 | Jos Van Emden | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 104 | Nacer Bouhanni | Movistar Team | + 16'19 | | 105 | Simon Yates | Orica GreenEdge | + 17'07 | | 106 | Victor Campenaerts | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 17'35 | | 107 | Dylan van Baarle | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 17'39 | | 108 | Federico Pozzetto | Bardiani CSF | + 17'48 | | 109 | Blaz Jarc | Garmin Sharp | + 17'58 | | 110 | Esteban Chaves | Orica GreenEdge | + 18'15 | | 111 | Stefan Schäfer | TEAM Cube | + 18'33 | | 112 | Stefano Usai | Team Sky | + 18'44 | | 113 | Bradley Wiggins | Orica GreenEdge | + 18'57 | | 114 | Nelson Oliveira | Garmin Sharp | + 19'26 | | 115 | Maxim Belkov | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 19'46 | | 116 | Michael Kolar | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 20'26 | | 117 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | + 20'38 | | 118 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani CSF | + 21'33 | | 119 | Jonas Ahlstrand | ASUS | s.t. | | 120 | Michael Schwarzmann | TEAM Cube | + 21'34 | | 121 | Jesús Herrada | Movistar Team | + 23'08 | | 122 | Jesús Del Nero | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 123 | Pello Bilbao | Catalunya | + 23'29 | | 124 | Javier Moreno | Catalunya | + 24'03 | | 125 | Alex Howes | Trek Factory Racing | + 24'25 | | 126 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale | + 24'40 | | 127 | Salvatore Puccio | Lampre - Merida | + 25'12 | | 128 | Tyler Magner | Trek Factory Racing | + 25'31 | | 129 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Trek Factory Racing | + 25'38 | | 130 | Kenny Van Hummel | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 25'39 | | 131 | Caleb Ewan | Orica GreenEdge | + 26'05 | | 132 | Jérôme Cousin | FDJ.fr | + 26'13 | | 133 | Philip Deignan | BMC Racing Team | + 26'18 | | 134 | Kristof Vandewalle | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 135 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R La Mondiale | + 26'25 | | 136 | Gavin Mannion | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 137 | Martin Kohler | BMC Racing Team | + 27'03 | | 138 | Luca Ascani | Androni Giocattoli | + 27'27 | | 139 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 27'53 | | 140 | Reto Hollenstein | BMC Racing Team | + 28'02 | | 141 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 28'21 | | 142 | Julien Bérard | FDJ.fr | + 29'07 | | 143 | Johan Mombaerts | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 144 | Julien El Fares | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 145 | Stefano Agostini | Bardiani CSF | + 29'10 | | 146 | Luke Durbridge | Orica GreenEdge | + 29'16 | | 147 | Julien Vermote | BMC Racing Team | + 30'26 | | 148 | Julien Fouchard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 30'33 | | 149 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Belisol | + 31'06 | | 150 | Julien Duval | AG2R La Mondiale | + 31'17 | | 151 | Simone Campagnaro | Androni Giocattoli | + 31'46 | | 152 | Nicola Ruffoni | Lampre - Merida | + 31'49 | | 153 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | RusVelo | + 31'55 | | 154 | Federico Canuti | YellowFluo | + 32'02 | | 155 | Cristian Ottaviani | Cannondale | + 32'20 | | 156 | Mauro Finetto | YellowFluo | + 32'25 | | 157 | Laurent Pichon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 32'43 | | 158 | Sylvain Chavanel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 159 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin Sharp | + 32'47 | | 160 | Bernhard Eisel | Astana Pro Team | + 32'52 | | 161 | Alexandr Kolobnev | RusVelo | + 33'21 | | 162 | Boy Van Poppel | ASUS | + 33'31 | | 163 | Fabien Bacquet | FDJ.fr | + 33'38 | | 164 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | + 34'01 | | 165 | Leonid Krasnov | Tinkoff - Saxo | + 34'53 | | 166 | Unai Iparragirre | Catalunya | + 36'28 | | 167 | Maxime Vantomme | Lotto Belisol | + 36'31 | | 168 | Theo Bos | ASUS | + 37'26 | | 169 | Bert De Backer | ASUS | s.t. | | 170 | Albert Torres | Catalunya | + 37'32 | | 171 | Steven Tronet | FDJ.fr | + 37'33 | | 172 | Alberto Cecchin | Cannondale | + 37'41 | | 173 | Lluis Guillermo Mas | Catalunya | + 38'28 | | 174 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto Belisol | + 38'31 | | 175 | Matteo Pelucchi | Cannondale | + 39'09 | | 176 | Javier Matellini | Androni Giocattoli | + 39'17 | | 177 | Jakob Rathe | Trek Factory Racing | + 39'24 | | 178 | Yves Lampaert | Lotto Belisol | + 39'42 | | 179 | Jonathan Bertrand | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 39'55 | | 180 | Anthony Watts | BMC Racing Team | + 40'23 | | 181 | Mitchell Docker | Orica GreenEdge | + 42'48 | | 182 | Antonio Santoro | Bardiani CSF | + 43'31 | | 183 | Sam Bassetti | Trek Factory Racing | + 44'25 | | 184 | Nikolai Trussov | RusVelo | + 45'50 | | 185 | Kirill Yatsevich | RusVelo | + 46'22 | | 186 | Cristiano Fumagalli | YellowFluo | + 47'19 | | 187 | Nathan Brown | Trek Factory Racing | + 47'27 | | 188 | Andrea Peron | Bardiani CSF | + 48'10 | | 189 | Davide Viganò | Cannondale | + 48'15 | | 190 | Davide Cassano | YellowFluo | + 48'47 | | 191 | Marco Zanotti | YellowFluo | + 49'15 | | 192 | Cheng Ji | ASUS | + 49'55 | | 193 | Dennis Wagner | Trek Factory Racing | + 54'21 | | 194 | Daniele Colli | YellowFluo | + 57'42 | | 195 | Fedor Chupov | RusVelo | + 59'41 | | 196 | Charles Garrett | Trek Factory Racing | + 1h07'11 |
Amazing. This Giro is working miracles for me. For the moment, I'm feeling unbeatable. I guess I'm in the shape I should've been around the cobbled classics. My entire season is just 2 months behind. I hope I can keep it up for as long as possible!
See you tomorrow, for a sprint stage,
Matt |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 22-05-2014 13:37
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Wow, can't believe he survived stage 4!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 22-05-2014 13:53
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Amazing that he managed to fihjt his way back on stage 4 and incredible that he continues winning in spite of all the hard days. It could come back and bite him in the final week though I fear...
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 22-05-2014 14:01
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What an amazing start to the Giro for Matthias and for the team |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-05-2014 14:23
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Ollfardh - I hadn't expected it either. Form is high at the moment!
Atlantius - I think you may be right. But on the other hand, I prefer 4 stage wins in week 1 and not finishing the Giro then finishing the giro without victories that final week is real tough with quite some mountains.
sutty68 - Surely Orica won't be unhappy about the Giro so far |
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