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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 05-09-2012 08:33
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@JuanMotr: I'm glad you're proud of Eric, I hope Jurgen is, too 
@glpsace: What can I say? Thank you so much for that very, very kind post  I have to agree with sutty68, your English is almost flawless! I hope I'll keep on entertaining you with this story, I'll certainly try my best! Thanks again, I'm very honored that you spend your first (and hopefully not last) post on my story, it's truly amazing! Thank you. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 05-09-2012 09:53
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Le Tour De France - Stage 16 - 17
Stage 16
Breakaway made it to the finish.
Result
| 1 | Robert Hunter | Team Garmin-Barracuda | 3h37'36 | | | 2 | Steve Houanard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 3 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 4 | Christophe Riblon | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 5 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Anthony Charteau | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 2'26 | | | 8 | Christophe Kern | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 9 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 5'00 | | | 10 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | |
Stage 17
This is the queen stage of Tour De France 2013!
Recognize this?
I was off to a decent start, but in the descend of the Aubisque, I took quite a fall!
I was lucky that Van De Walle was there to wait for me and bring me back. He'll truly be missed upon his retirement in October, he's the greatest helper you can imagine.
On the next two climbs, Tourmalet and Aspin, it was up to us to make the pace, but the team is tired. So after a while, it was just Vanendert, me, Jurgen and De Greef, who was regaining some energy inside the small peloton.
Frank took most of the KoM points and is on his way to become the King of the Mountains.
We need time on Contador, so we have to take some risks. What we did next was definitely a risk, as it put Jurgen out in the open without any help with still more than 15km to go! I launched him and he was off on his own on the Peyresourde.
I lost touch once again.
But everyone has a weak moment, and we were very unfortunate that today was Jurgen's. Contador caught him and went on to win the stage.
Result
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | 6h04'30 | | | 2 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 3 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 57 | | | 4 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 5 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 6 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 8 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 9 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 1'31 | | | 10 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 11 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 2'22 | | | 12 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 13 | Arnold Jeannesson | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 14 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 15 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 3'31 | IanButler | | 16 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 4'33 | | | 17 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 18 | Richie Porte | Sky Pro Cycling | + 5'56 | | | 19 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 20 | Francis De Greef | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler |
GC
| 1 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | 72h14'28 | IanButler | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | + 51 | | | 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 2'36 | | | 4 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 3'31 | | | 5 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 4'16 | | | 6 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 4'42 | | | 7 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 5'10 | | | 8 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 5'21 | | | 9 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 7'01 | | | 10 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 8'57 | | | 11 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 9'05 | | | 12 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 9'18 | IanButler | | 13 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 12'07 | | | 14 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Movistar Team | + 14'03 | | | 15 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 15'39 | | | 16 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 21'54 | | | 17 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 24'00 | | | 18 | Arnold Jeannesson | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 26'38 | | | 19 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 26'42 | | | 20 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 26'51 | |
Points
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | 286 | | | 2 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | 204 | | | 3 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 178 | | | 4 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | 137 | | | 5 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | 128 | IanButler |
KoM
| 1 | Mathias Frank | BMC Racing Team | 114 | | | 2 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | 77 | | | 3 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | 63 | | | 4 | Christophe Riblon | Ag2r La Mondiale | 48 | | | 5 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | 46 | IanButler |
Team Classification
| 1 | Lotto-Belisol | 217h07'43 | IanButler | | 2 | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 14'39 | | | 3 | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 16'12 | |
Combativity Award
David Moncoutié.
Well, tomorrow's our last chance. Let's give it our everything! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-09-2012 10:20
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That was such a shame for Jurgen, being beaten on the line by Contador
To finish 15th after your earlier fall and then launching VDB's attack, you need a massive pat on the back |
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 05-09-2012 10:22
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sutty68 wrote:
That was such a shame for Jurgen, being beaten on the line by Contador
To finish 15th after your earlier fall and then launching VDB's attack, you need a massive pat on the back
Totally agrees...You're doing a great work for Jurgen |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 05-09-2012 10:35
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Thanks both
Eric's really learning about his potential in this TDF, with his enormously hard work. I think there's no doubt he'll return as a leader one day.
The final mountain stage coming up! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 05-09-2012 10:44
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Le Tour De France - Stage 18
Today I had a bad start, still a bit shook up from the fall. The entire team worked hard again today, it was our final chance to get more time between Jurgen and the other ones!
And then, on the final climb, Jurgen showed us all what one motivated Belgian cyclist and his bike really can do.
I was unable to help today. However, I did get better near the end of the race, and I found myself riding faster and faster on the Peyresourde, maybe I could go to the front and help Jurgen by watching Contador in some way.
I never got to Contador, but it appeared that Jurgen didn't need any help today. In my opinion it's pretty obvious: this is the strongest rider in the peloton at the moment, you cannot tamper with this man: Jurgen Van Den Broeck!
And then it was waiting for the time differences.
I did extremely well at the end and finish 7th!
Result
| 1 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | 4h44'58 | IanButler | | 2 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 1'24 | | | 3 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 4 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'47 | | | 5 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 2'24 | | | 6 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 2'42 | | | 7 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 3'26 | IanButler | | 9 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 10 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 11 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 12 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 13 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 14 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Movistar Team | + 4'33 | | | 15 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 5'44 | | | 16 | Christophe Kern | FDJ-BigMat | + 6'13 | | | 17 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | + 6'39 | IanButler | | 18 | Mikel Nieve | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 8'20 | | | 19 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 20 | Christophe Le Mével | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | |
GC
| 1 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | 76h59'26 | IanButler | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | + 2'38 | | | 3 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 4'55 | | | 4 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 6'02 | | | 5 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 6'34 | | | 6 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 7'24 | | | 7 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 7'42 | | | 8 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 7'45 | | | 9 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 9'43 | | | 10 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 12'23 | | | 11 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 12'31 | | | 12 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 12'44 | IanButler | | 13 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 15'33 | | | 14 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Movistar Team | + 18'36 | | | 15 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 24'11 | | | 16 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 29'44 | | | 17 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 36'27 | | | 18 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 36'28 | | | 19 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | + 36'32 | IanButler | | 20 | Arnold Jeannesson | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 39'10 | | | 21 | Francis De Greef | Lotto-Belisol | + 40'18 | IanButler |
Points
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | 286 | | | 2 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | 204 | | | 3 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 178 | | | 4 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | 148 | IanButler | | 5 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | 137 | |
KoM
| 1 | Mathias Frank | BMC Racing Team | 114 | | | 2 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | 77 | | | 3 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | 67 | IanButler | | 4 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | 64 | | | 5 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | 60 | |
Combativity Award
Cameron Meyer, once again!
Well, Jurgen is well on his way to win this Tour De France, and be the first Belgian winner since Lucien Van Impe in 1976.
Stage 19
| 1 | Steve Houanard | Ag2r La Mondiale | 4h38'44 | | | 2 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Nicolas Vogondy | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 4 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 13'49 | | | 5 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 6 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Robert Hunter | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 10 | Oscar Freire | Movistar Team | s.t. | |
Time Trial tomorrow!
I still have a shot at the top 10, I should think! How wonderful would that be? |
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| Logghje |
Posted on 05-09-2012 10:57
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Tour victory for Jürgen and a top-10 for Eric should be in the pocket
Well done. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 05-09-2012 11:46
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Thanks |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 05-09-2012 11:49
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Great win for Jurgen and good luck in Time-Trial |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 05-09-2012 11:55
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We'll do our best |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 05-09-2012 12:02
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Le Tour De France - Stage 20
I had two goals today:
1. Try and get into the top 10
2. Beat De Gendt!
I was off.
I was extremely happy to see Gesink riding in front of me, near the end I even caught him!
Froome was incredible and beat the best time!
Jurgen rode a decent time trial, but was it enough to keep Froome at the distance?
Result
| 1 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | 1h11'04 | | | 2 | Richie Porte | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'23 | | | 3 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'54 | | | 4 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | + 1'56 | | | 5 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 2'09 | | | 6 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 2'22 | IanButler | | 7 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | + 2'28 | | | 8 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | + 2'57 | | | 9 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | + 3'12 | | | 10 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | + 3'15 | | | 11 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 3'21 | | | 12 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | + 3'23 | IanButler | | 13 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 3'24 | | | 14 | Denis Menchov | Katusha Team | + 3'30 | | | 15 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4'01 | | | 16 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4'11 | | | 17 | Jean-Christophe Péraud | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 4'16 | | | 18 | Rein Taaramae | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 4'22 | | | 19 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4'23 | | | 20 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 4'26 | |
YES IT IS!
Le Tour De France - Stage 21
This was an incredible stage. Take a look at this picture, I vote "best picture of the year". This team was unbelievable. Lotto-Belisol is the only team who finishes with 9 riders, who wins the Team Classification, the strongest team in Tour De France 2013! I'm proud to be a part of it.
Goss won the prestigious sprint on the Champs-Elysée.
And those were my last meters in the Tour, I'm going to miss it.
Tour de France review will follow. |
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Posted on 05-09-2012 12:12
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yeah!! yellow for Jurgen and TOP 10 for Eric  !!!! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 05-09-2012 12:17
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Le Tour De France 2013 - Review
This was the 100th edition of the Tour De France. These are the 2013 Classifications:
General Classification
Spoiler | 1 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | 86h00'11 | IanButler | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'32 | | | 3 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'43 | | | 4 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 5'55 | | | 5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 7'29 | | | 6 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 9'35 | | | 7 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 9'56 | | | 8 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | + 10'46 | | | 9 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 10'48 | | | 10 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 11'43 | IanButler | | 11 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 12'21 | | | 12 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 17'06 | | | 13 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 18'23 | | | 14 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Movistar Team | + 20'54 | | | 15 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 26'33 | | | 16 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 33'50 | | | 17 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 35'14 | | | 18 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 37'27 | | | 19 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | + 40'48 | IanButler | | 20 | Arnold Jeannesson | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 42'47 | | | 21 | Francis De Greef | Lotto-Belisol | + 42'58 | IanButler | | 22 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 45'51 | | | 23 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 46'30 | | | 24 | Mikel Nieve | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 47'21 | | | 25 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 48'00 | | | 26 | Rein Taaramae | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 48'34 | | | 27 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 50'13 | | | 28 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 53'17 | | | 29 | Richie Porte | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 30 | Sergio Luis Henao | Sky Pro Cycling | + 54'22 | | | 31 | Christophe Le Mével | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 56'11 | | | 32 | Maxime Monfort | BMC Racing Team | + 58'47 | | | 33 | Denis Menchov | Katusha Team | + 59'32 | | | 34 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Argos-Shimano | + 1h01'49 | | | 35 | Robert Kiserlovski | Team Argos-Shimano | + 1h02'00 | | | 36 | Christophe Riblon | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h02'35 | | | 37 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto-Belisol | + 1h05'20 | IanButler | | 38 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 1h09'09 | | | 39 | Chris Horner | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1h10'09 | | | 40 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h11'41 | | | 41 | Hubert Dupont | Team Europcar | + 1h12'10 | | | 42 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 1h15'06 | | | 43 | Mathias Frank | BMC Racing Team | + 1h17'46 | | | 44 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 1h25'22 | | | 45 | Christophe Kern | FDJ-BigMat | + 1h29'48 | | | 46 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 1h34'53 | | | 47 | Nicolas Roche | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h42'27 | | | 48 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 1h43'02 | | | 49 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | + 1h46'49 | | | 50 | John Gadret | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1h51'23 | | | 51 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1h52'25 | | | 52 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 1h53'12 | | | 53 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 1h53'57 | | | 54 | Fabian Wegmann | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 1h57'31 | | | 55 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1h58'39 | | | 56 | Levi Leipheimer | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 1h58'59 | | | 57 | Jean-Christophe Péraud | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2h01'27 | | | 58 | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team | + 2h02'28 | | | 59 | Amets Txurruka | Katusha Team | + 2h05'39 | | | 60 | Thomas Voeckler | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h06'46 | | | 61 | Rubén Plaza | Katusha Team | + 2h14'41 | | | 62 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 2h15'55 | | | 63 | Bruno Pires | Team Saxo Bank | + 2h17'19 | | | 64 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h19'25 | | | 65 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 2h20'36 | | | 66 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 2h21'13 | | | 67 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 2h21'59 | | | 68 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h22'45 | | | 69 | Gianni Meersman | Lotto-Belisol | + 2h29'27 | IanButler | | 70 | Peter Stetina | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 2h30'34 | | | 71 | Julien El Fares | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 2h31'44 | | | 72 | Paul Martens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h33'25 | | | 73 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 2h33'53 | | | 74 | Thomas Rohregger | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 2h36'52 | | | 75 | Sylvester Szmyd | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 2h43'44 | | | 76 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h45'42 | | | 77 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 78 | Jürgen Van De Walle | Lotto-Belisol | + 2h46'21 | IanButler | | 79 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | + 2h46'53 | | | 80 | Michael Albasini | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h47'08 | | | 81 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ-BigMat | + 2h47'10 | | | 82 | Yoann Offredo | FDJ-BigMat | + 2h49'48 | | | 83 | Pieter Weening | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2h50'03 | | | 84 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-ISD | + 2h51'57 | | | 85 | Branislau Samoilau | Movistar Team | + 2h56'06 | | | 86 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 2h56'28 | | | 87 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | + 3h00'52 | | | 88 | Ben Hermans | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 3h01'13 | | | 89 | Haimar Zubeldia | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 3h01'48 | | | 90 | Nicolas Vogondy | FDJ-BigMat | + 3h01'50 | | | 91 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 3h02'02 | | | 92 | Daniel Navarro Garcia | Team Saxo Bank | + 3h03'18 | | | 93 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3h03'59 | | | 94 | Christian Knees | Team Argos-Shimano | + 3h06'16 | | | 95 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | + 3h08'35 | | | 96 | Juan Jose Oroz | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 3h09'14 | | | 97 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | + 3h10'45 | IanButler | | 98 | Anthony Roux | FDJ-BigMat | + 3h11'41 | | | 99 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | + 3h11'49 | | | 100 | Anthony Charteau | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 3h12'11 | | | 101 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Pro Cycling | + 3h12'18 | | | 102 | Massimo Codol | Acqua & Sapone | + 3h13'19 | | | 103 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | + 3h13'46 | | | 104 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | + 3h14'18 | | | 105 | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | + 3h15'16 | | | 106 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3h18'30 | | | 107 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | Lampre-ISD | + 3h20'10 | | | 108 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3h20'33 | | | 109 | Gert Dockx | Lotto-Belisol | + 3h21'27 | IanButler | | 110 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 3h24'54 | | | 111 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | + 3h25'04 | | | 112 | Vitaliy Buts | Lampre-ISD | + 3h26'14 | | | 113 | Thor Hushovd | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3h27'12 | | | 114 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos-Shimano | + 3h29'34 | | | 115 | Oscar Freire | Movistar Team | + 3h30'41 | | | 116 | Marco Marzano | Lampre-ISD | + 3h30'44 | | | 117 | David Arroyo | Movistar Team | + 3h31'19 | | | 118 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Argos-Shimano | + 3h33'23 | | | 119 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 3h37'11 | | | 120 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 3h37'14 | | | 121 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3h40'06 | | | 122 | Steve Chainel | FDJ-BigMat | + 3h40'45 | | | 123 | Allan Davis | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 3h40'55 | | | 124 | Nicki Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | + 3h45'23 | | | 125 | Francesco Ginanni | Acqua & Sapone | + 3h45'25 | | | 126 | Luis Pasamontes R. | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 3h46'22 | | | 127 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 3h46'30 | | | 128 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 3h47'35 | | | 129 | Mathieu Ladagnous | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 3h48'47 | | | 130 | Steve Houanard | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3h48'53 | | | 131 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 3h50'30 | | | 132 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 3h52'30 | | | 133 | Simon Geschke | Team Argos-Shimano | + 3h55'02 | | | 134 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 3h55'35 | | | 135 | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | + 3h56'50 | | | 136 | Matteo Bono | Lampre-ISD | + 3h57'09 | | | 137 | Kristijan Koren | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 3h58'24 | | | 138 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | + 3h58'44 | | | 139 | Santo Anza | Acqua & Sapone | + 4h02'59 | | | 140 | Fabio Taborre | Acqua & Sapone | + 4h06'05 | | | 141 | Maarten Tjallingii | Team Argos-Shimano | + 4h11'44 | | | 142 | Dries Devenyns | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 4h14'56 | | | 143 | Luca Barla | Acqua & Sapone | + 4h16'22 | | | 144 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 4h17'04 | | | 145 | Robert Hunter | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 4h18'37 | | | 146 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | + 4h21'15 | | | 147 | Rubén Pérez Moreno | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 4h22'36 | | | 148 | Grega Bole | Lampre-ISD | + 4h25'08 | | | 149 | Yann Huguet | Team Argos-Shimano | + 4h27'44 | | | 150 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 4h42'09 | |
Points Classification
Spoiler | 1 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | 364 | | | 2 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | 283 | | | 3 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 236 | | | 4 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | 160 | | | 5 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | 152 | IanButler | | 6 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | 151 | | | 7 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 144 | | | 8 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | 139 | | | 9 | Robert Hunter | Team Garmin-Barracuda | 139 | | | 10 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | 137 | | | 11 | Steve Houanard | Ag2r La Mondiale | 128 | | | 12 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 112 | | | 13 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | 101 | IanButler | | 14 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | 101 | | | 15 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | 94 | | | 16 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | 94 | | | 17 | Oscar Freire | Movistar Team | 94 | | | 18 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 91 | | | 19 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | 91 | | | 20 | Anthony Charteau | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | 91 | | | 21 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 90 | | | 22 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | 89 | | | 23 | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team | 80 | | | 24 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | 79 | | | 25 | Thor Hushovd | Orica-GreenEDGE | 75 | | | 26 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | 73 | | | 27 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | 73 | | | 28 | Fabian Wegmann | Team Garmin-Barracuda | 71 | | | 29 | Yoann Offredo | FDJ-BigMat | 69 | | | 30 | Nicolas Vogondy | FDJ-BigMat | 65 | | | 31 | Allan Davis | Orica-GreenEDGE | 65 | | | 32 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | 62 | | | 33 | Christophe Riblon | Ag2r La Mondiale | 56 | | | 34 | Christophe Kern | FDJ-BigMat | 50 | | | 35 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos-Shimano | 49 | | | 36 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel Euskadi | 48 | | | 37 | Steve Chainel | FDJ-BigMat | 48 | | | 38 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 45 | | | 39 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | 44 | | | 40 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | 41 | | | 41 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 41 | | | 42 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | 41 | | | 43 | Thomas Voeckler | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 40 | | | 44 | Pieter Weening | Orica-GreenEDGE | 40 | | | 45 | Francesco Ginanni | Acqua & Sapone | 40 | | | 46 | Chris Horner | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 35 | | | 47 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | 34 | | | 48 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas-Cannondale | 32 | | | 49 | Mathias Frank | BMC Racing Team | 29 | | | 50 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | 29 | | | 51 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | 27 | | | 52 | Amets Txurruka | Katusha Team | 27 | | | 53 | Richie Porte | Sky Pro Cycling | 24 | | | 54 | Grega Bole | Lampre-ISD | 24 | | | 55 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | 23 | | | 56 | Anthony Roux | FDJ-BigMat | 22 | | | 57 | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | 22 | | | 58 | Wout Poels | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 21 | | | 59 | Vincent Jérôme | Team Europcar | 21 | | | 60 | Robert Kiserlovski | Team Argos-Shimano | 20 | | | 61 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | 20 | IanButler | | 62 | Christophe Le Mével | Team Garmin-Barracuda | 20 | | | 63 | Julien El Fares | Euskaltel Euskadi | 20 | | | 64 | Thomas Rohregger | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 20 | | | 65 | Ben Hermans | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 20 | | | 66 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | 20 | IanButler | | 67 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Argos-Shimano | 20 | | | 68 | Matteo Bono | Lampre-ISD | 20 | | | 69 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | 19 | | | 70 | Rubén Plaza | Katusha Team | 18 | | | 71 | Gianni Meersman | Lotto-Belisol | 18 | IanButler | | 72 | Christian Knees | Team Argos-Shimano | 18 | | | 73 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Argos-Shimano | 17 | | | 74 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-ISD | 17 | | | 75 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | Lampre-ISD | 17 | | | 76 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ-BigMat | 16 | | | 77 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin-Barracuda | 15 | | | 78 | Juan Jose Oroz | Euskaltel Euskadi | 15 | | | 79 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | 15 | | | 80 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Movistar Team | 14 | | | 81 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | 14 | | | 82 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | 14 | | | 83 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | 13 | | | 84 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | 13 | | | 85 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 13 | | | 86 | Arnold Jeannesson | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | 11 | | | 87 | Hubert Dupont | Team Europcar | 11 | | | 88 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin-Barracuda | 11 | | | 89 | Bradley Wiggins | Sky Pro Cycling | 11 | | | 90 | Jürgen Van De Walle | Lotto-Belisol | 11 | IanButler | | 91 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | 11 | | | 92 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 10 | | | 93 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | 10 | | | 94 | Maxime Monfort | BMC Racing Team | 8 | | | 95 | Massimo Codol | Acqua & Sapone | 8 | | | 96 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Astana Pro Team | 8 | | | 97 | Francis De Greef | Lotto-Belisol | 7 | IanButler | | 98 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | 6 | | | 99 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r La Mondiale | 6 | | | 100 | Santo Anza | Acqua & Sapone | 6 | | | 101 | Levi Leipheimer | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 5 | | | 102 | Michael Albasini | Orica-GreenEDGE | 4 | | | 103 | Mikel Nieve | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 3 | | | 104 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 3 | | | 105 | Denis Menchov | Katusha Team | 2 | | | 106 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto-Belisol | 2 | IanButler | | 107 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | 2 | | | 108 | Mathieu Ladagnous | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | 2 | | | 109 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Pro Cycling | 1 | | | 110 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 1 | | | 111 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | 1 | |
King of the Mountains
Spoiler | 1 | Mathias Frank | BMC Racing Team | 114 | | | 2 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | 77 | | | 3 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | 67 | IanButler | | 4 | Luis León Sánchez | Rabobank Cycling Team | 64 | | | 5 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | 60 | | | 6 | Christophe Riblon | Ag2r La Mondiale | 58 | | | 7 | Chris Horner | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 39 | | | 8 | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | 35 | | | 9 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 34 | | | 10 | Fränk Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 31 | | | 11 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | 28 | | | 12 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin-Barracuda | 26 | | | 13 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | 26 | | | 14 | Alberto Contador | Team Saxo Bank | 25 | | | 15 | Robert Gesink | Rabobank Cycling Team | 25 | | | 16 | Ryder Hesjedal | Team Garmin-Barracuda | 24 | | | 17 | Hubert Dupont | Team Europcar | 23 | | | 18 | Rubén Plaza | Katusha Team | 22 | | | 19 | Christophe Kern | FDJ-BigMat | 21 | | | 20 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-ISD | 20 | | | 21 | Thomas Rohregger | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 18 | | | 22 | Robert Hunter | Team Garmin-Barracuda | 18 | | | 23 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | 17 | | | 24 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas-Cannondale | 14 | | | 25 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel Euskadi | 14 | | | 26 | Christophe Le Mével | Team Garmin-Barracuda | 14 | | | 27 | Steve Houanard | Ag2r La Mondiale | 14 | | | 28 | Matteo Bono | Lampre-ISD | 14 | | | 29 | Alexandre Geniez | Team Argos-Shimano | 13 | | | 30 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | 12 | IanButler | | 31 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | 12 | | | 32 | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team | 11 | | | 33 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 10 | | | 34 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 10 | | | 35 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ-BigMat | 10 | | | 36 | Nico Sijmens | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | 10 | | | 37 | Amets Txurruka | Katusha Team | 9 | | | 38 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | 8 | | | 39 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 7 | | | 40 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | 7 | | | 41 | Francis De Greef | Lotto-Belisol | 6 | IanButler | | 42 | Robert Kiserlovski | Team Argos-Shimano | 5 | | | 43 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | 4 | IanButler | | 44 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | 4 | | | 45 | Pieter Weening | Orica-GreenEDGE | 4 | | | 46 | Roman Kreuziger | Astana Pro Team | 2 | | | 47 | Arnold Jeannesson | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | 2 | | | 48 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Team Saxo Bank | 2 | | | 49 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | 2 | | | 50 | Lieuwe Westra | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2 | | | 51 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 2 | | | 52 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | 2 | | | 53 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | Lampre-ISD | 2 | | | 54 | Fabian Wegmann | Team Garmin-Barracuda | 1 | | | 55 | Yoann Offredo | FDJ-BigMat | 1 | | | 56 | Nicolas Vogondy | FDJ-BigMat | 1 | | | 57 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos-Shimano | 1 | | | 58 | Alessandro Proni | Acqua & Sapone | 1 | |
Young Rider Classification
Team Classification
Combativity Award
Congratulations to Cameron Meyer, who wins the Overall Combativity Award!
Review
Well, we couldn't be happier. The entire team is real ecstatic, everyone came down, Stijn is here too. Jurgen achieved his main goal in his career, he won Tour De France. It's even more beautiful that it's the 100th edition of it. More than 35 years, after Van Impe in 1976, but finally a Belgian Tour winner!
He's the first to admit ho couldn't have done it without the team. I'm very glad to hear that. And, of course, my top 10 place is extremely beautiful, I would have signed for that in advance! This Young Jersey is one to be very proud of. I believe I can come back here one day to battle for the win myself, I really learned much these past few weeks. Actually, now that I have had some time to think about it, there wasn't a day that I didn't wear a jersey, I was always in white and even a day in yellow!
And so we say goodbye to this adventure. We don't know what's the plan for next year yet. I heard Jurgen say he might want to try and win the Giro and the Vuelta as well, so he has all three GC's on his palmares. But it could well be that he rides the Tour again next year.
Thanks to all of you who were with us during this beautiful tour, and Stijn will be blogging when the Eneco Tour starts, bye! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-09-2012 12:18
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What a Brilliant victory for Van den Broeck, Well Done
And a great all round performance from Eric
And doesnt Eric look great receiving his Best Young Rider award
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 05-09-2012 12:20
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@JuanMotr: Thanks for the bananas 
@sutty68: Thanks a lot! Jurgen owes a lot to his ability to recover |
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| roturn |
Posted on 05-09-2012 12:22
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Great overall win. Congrats also to your top10. Well done.
3 Belgiums in the top10 here. You don`t see this very often I guess.
Also nice to see you in the Young jersey, even if there was not the highest competition.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 05-09-2012 12:23
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Mattias Frank was the rider of the race! (no offense)
Great for Jurgen. Great for Eric. Great for Lotto.
Big congratulations!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 05-09-2012 12:28
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@roturn: Thanks No, but with all those TT kilometers, De Gendt was destined to be in top 10. Jurgen is extremely good in the climbs and Lombaerts was also lucky that there were so many TT kilometers
Young Jersey was probably Eric's the minute the start list was official
@TheManxMissile: Frank rode an excellent Tour, I agree! Thanks |
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| Abelbaba |
Posted on 05-09-2012 12:34
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nice tour win
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 05-09-2012 12:40
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Love the story Ian. Can't stop reading it. Great win with Jurgen. Great riding for lombaerts. Hope stij gets back soon.
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