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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 23-01-2014 10:03
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I agree about the Andy Schleck part. It was like Chocolate Mud Cake every day of the year 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-01-2014 16:15
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Jakstar22 - Exactly  I'd like for Henry to have a more successful career than Schleck Well, he has a nice career, but it could've been much better. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-01-2014 16:15
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The Wedding Crashers - Part III I opened the message Becca had sent me.
"You're not getting cold feet, are you?
Love you."
I answered with a simple smiley, there was no time for something else. Meanwhile Warren had returned with my parents. After a quick hug with mother, we got ready to leave for the church.
I was going to pull this off!
 Tour de Suisse - Unfortunate Chain Reaction
The Tour de Suisse was lost for me anyway, I'm just here to warm up for the Tour, so I can live with that.
In the next stages, I lost some time and took some Mountain points. In the end, I conquered the Mountain Jersey and finished 15th.
Valverde came out on top, with Nibali in 2nd, Froome in third. They seem in good shape.
Warren, my best man, ended up 11th, good for him!
Despite the bad luck, I leave Switzerland with a good feeling towards the National Championships and the Tour de France. Not battling for the GC allowed me to sit back and observe my competitors for the next four weeks.
Next up, the National Championships!
Henry
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 23-01-2014 16:36
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Lets hope Henry can become the National Champion  |
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| duxili |
Posted on 23-01-2014 16:55
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Only one way to the revenge: French Champion!
(oh Top 3 in le Tour can do it as well  )
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-01-2014 17:18
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sutty68 - Your wish is my command
duxili - I will have my revenge! Top 3 in the Tour seemed far off at the start of the season. But I'm not sure it's impossible anymore |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-01-2014 17:18
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All eyes on the National Championships this time of the year!
 French National Championships - Road Race 2015
This is one of the only races where only Gold is good enough for me. I didn't come here to be 2nd or 3rd. I wanted to win, and to win only!
Le Bon and Offredo would both work for me.
The Race Le Bon broke from the peloton and was the strongest at the front. A good move by him, forcing Europcar and AG2R to do the work.
As I said, we need to get rid of the sprinters. We can't take them to the line. About 23 kilometers from the finish, Offredo launched me into a long attack. It was a big risk, but I needed to take it!
I kept the peloton at a distance but didn't gain much.
Le Bon dropped out of the front group and took over a lap later.
I still wasn't gaining much, but I knew the peloton was ready to crack. Europcar and AG2R must've been out of domestiques. The leaders would come out to play soon!
The final 10 kilometers I was on my own. It was too much of a risk to let the chasers join me. It was 6 against 1!
Heading into the final lap, I was starting to doubt my decision to attack from far out. I was still only at 20 seconds. But then it happened. Behind me, the game of hesitation began, they started fighting for a second and a third place. I kept going. 30 seconds, 40 seconds.
For five laps, I had been fighting like a demon to keep my 20 seconds. In the final lap, I suddenly had a minute to spare. Which was great, gave me time to celebrate the victory! They had cracked, at last!
And so I'm halfway Magne's record of 4 road titles. Today's victory was the final percentage and morale boost I needed for the Tour. Starting with a 3 km prologue on Corsica, I'm ready to start in my very first Tour de France, nobody will stand in my way now. I will ride the biggest annual sports event in the jersey of my home country. What could be greater?
Result
| 1 | Henry Vergnaud | Team Celesio - Macquarie | 4h19'15 | | 2 | Arthur Vichot | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 54 | | 3 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 1'02 | | 4 | Romain Hardy | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 5 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 6 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 7 | Hubert Dupont | Sojasun | s.t. | | 8 | Jonathan Hivert | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 2'06 | | 9 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 10 | Julien Simon | Rapha Condor - JLT | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Yohan Offredo | Team Celesio - Macquarie | s.t. | | 12 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 13 | Julien Antomarchi | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 14 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 15 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 16 | Guillaume Levarlet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 17 | Yannick Martinez | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 18 | Jérôme Coppel | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. | | 19 | Brice Feillu | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 20 | Johan Le Bon | Team Celesio - Macquarie | s.t. | | 21 | Romain Sicard | Nutrixxion - Abus | s.t. | | 22 | Matthieu Ladagnous | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 23 | Thomas Damuseau | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 24 | Axel Domont | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 25 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 26 | Warren Barguil | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 27 | Cyril Gautier | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 28 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 29 | Anthony Roux | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 30 | Romain Feillu | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 31 | Guillaume Malle | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 32 | Johan Mombaerts | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 33 | Christophe Riblon | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 34 | Clément Koretzky | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 35 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 36 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 37 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 38 | Jérémy Roy | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 39 | Aurélien Passeron | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 40 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 41 | Christophe Le Mével | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 42 | Sylvain Georges | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 43 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 44 | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar | + 2'57 | | 45 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 46 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 47 | Gaël Malacarne | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 48 | Samuel Dumoulin | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 49 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 50 | Vincent Jérôme | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 51 | Loris Baudouin | Leopard - Trek Continental Team | s.t. | | 52 | Jérémie Galland | Sojasun | s.t. | | 53 | Nacer Bouhanni | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 54 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 55 | Dimitri Le Boulch | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 56 | Antoine Lavieu | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 57 | Brice Bigot | Team Plussbank | s.t. | | 58 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 59 | Laszló Bodrogi | Sojasun | s.t. | | 60 | Kenny Elissonde | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'37 | | 61 | Cyril Lemoine | Sojasun | + 4'46 | | 62 | Arnaud Courteille | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 4'57 | | 63 | Stéphane Rossetto | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 64 | Mickaël Delage | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 65 | Steve Houanard | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 66 | Paul Poux | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 67 | Nadir Haddou | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 68 | Alban Brisson | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 69 | Adrien Petit | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 70 | Armindo Fonseca | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 71 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | La Pomme Marseille | + 5'14 | | 72 | Damien Monier | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 73 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 74 | Jean-Marc Bideau | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 75 | Maryan Hary | Leopard - Trek Continental Team | s.t. | | 76 | Julien Loubet | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 77 | Romain Lemarchand | Team Plussbank | s.t. | | 78 | Julien Duvivier | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 79 | Léonard Cadot | Team Plussbank | s.t. | | 80 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 81 | Cyrille Monnerais | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 82 | Etienne Tortelier | Sojasun | s.t. | | 83 | Mathieu Chiocca | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | + 5'37 | | 84 | Martial Pignol | Sojasun | + 6'44 | | 85 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 86 | Sébastien Minard | Adria Mobil | s.t. | | 87 | David Le Lay | Sojasun | s.t. | | 88 | Yoann Paillot | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 89 | Julien Fouchard | Team Plussbank | s.t. | | 90 | John Gadret | Team Plussbank | s.t. | | 91 | Yannick Talabardon | Team Plussbank | + 8'13 | | 92 | Christophe Laborie | Sojasun | s.t. | | 93 | Maxime Daniel | Comstar | s.t. | | 94 | Kevin Lalouette | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 95 | Perrig Quemeneur | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 96 | Kilian Patour | Team Plussbank | s.t. | | 97 | Maxime Le Montagner | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 98 | Kévin Kempf | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 99 | Aimé Godon | Crelan - Euphony | + 9'22 | | 100 | Yuriy Krivtsov | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 101 | Sébastien Hinault | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 102 | Morgan Kneisky | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 11'49 | | 103 | Ronan Guillou | Leopard - Trek Continental Team | + 16'04 | | 104 | Yannick Gautron | Crelan - Euphony | s.t. |
Other National Championships.
Bibby has a chance to become British Champion in a few days, though, but don't get your hopes up. The competition is fierce.
Nation: Winner Road Race / Winner Time Trial
France: Vergnaud / Sicard
Belgium: Stuyven / De Gendt
The Netherlands: Slagter / Van Emden
Germany: Greipel / Martin
USA: Talansky / Bickle
Colombia: Henao / Henao
España: Anton / J. Rodriguez
Italy: Gasparotti / Malori
Counting down to the Tour de France!
Henry
Edited by Ian Butler on 23-01-2014 17:20
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 23-01-2014 17:24
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Yay, Great performance from Henry 
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 23-01-2014 17:42
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Hopefully he will be able to show the jersey with his arms in the air at one of the classic climbs of the Tour...
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Posted on 23-01-2014 18:32
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Fine work Ian Henry will look great in the tricolour
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-01-2014 18:41
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Faillu - I can see why French, but why should he join a Russian team?
sutty68 - I think so, too! Thanks!
Atlantius - That's the dream. I just checked, though. On his birth day & National Holiday it's a flat stage 
the_hoyle - Thanks!
No more updates today, sorry.
I'll start the Tour tomorrow. Expect the report of stage 1 between 5 and 6 o' clock |
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| duxili |
Posted on 23-01-2014 18:42
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Juste
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Posted on 23-01-2014 20:48
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Great!!!, French Champion again  . Would be great if you win the stage of the Bastille Day. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-01-2014 21:51
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duxili - All I need
24sebaf1 - Thank you! I thought about Bastille, too, but I think we have a flat stage that day ASO probably had more faith in Démare and Coquard than in the French climbers... |
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Posted on 23-01-2014 21:54
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Great to see Henry getting his jersey back
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Posted on 23-01-2014 21:55
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The only true french champ. 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 24-01-2014 08:57
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anderspcm - Yes it is! Especially after seeing the jersey you made
Shonak - maybe he is for the next decade |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 24-01-2014 09:05
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Great win. He's really getting better!!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 24-01-2014 16:59
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Jakstar22 - Still growing Thanks! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 24-01-2014 16:59
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Wow.
The Tour de France is big.
Really, really big.
It's a circus, seems bigger than life, you get thrown from one thing into another. And I'm not even talking about the race!
Here's what happened the past two days.
Tour de France 2015
After 4 days of Corsica, we head to the North.
The first two mountain stages are right before the first rest day. There is also a 40 km time trial.
On the agenda this year: the legendary Mont Ventoux.
The final week sees very harsh mountain stages, with the toughest stage on stage 20. Stage 21 finishes on the traditional Champs, but not with a mass sprint. This time it ends with an individual time trial.
Squad
I'm the absolute leader here. Everyone will be working for me. Kristoff will go his chances in the sprints, but when it comes down to it, he listens to me.
This gives me a lot of confidence but also quite some stress. I'm not afraid to be ambitious. It's only my first Tour, but I'm brave/foolish enough to talk out loud: I want to be on the podium in Paris!
Prologue
This is where it happens. My first experience of the Tour de France. The crowd was surreal. So loud, so many.
Only 3 kilometers to start. I probably could've gone 10 seconds faster if I hadn't been so nervous and made so many mistakes.
Stage 2
Travis Bickle in his very first Maillot Jaune. Ready for the first real stage in this Tour.
And then we waited. We waited for 10 kilometers, until... The first (and so far only) attacker in this Tour, Pignol! Cofidis with a plan to conquer the mountain jersey early on, it seems.
One thing I shouldn't be afraid of is that I'll disappear into the background here. Wearing this jersey, I'm afraid the camera will always find me, wherever I am!
No goals for me in this stage. I stayed within the 20% front riders, to avoid gaps.
The finale was terrible. ASO has screwed up badly with this finish. Many turns made for a dangerous mass sprint. It's a miracle nobody went down. Greipel ended up winning easily.
And we have our first gap! Rodriguez and Kwiatkowski are the first victims, GC-wise.
Result - Prologue | 1 | Travis Bickle | Cannondale Pro Cycling | 3'29 | | 2 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 2 | | 3 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3 | | 4 | Tony Martin | Katusha Team | + 5 | | 5 | Bradley Wiggins | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 7 | | 6 | Bob Jungels | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 7 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 10 | | 8 | Geraint Thomas | Katusha Team | + 12 | | 9 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 15 | | 10 | Lars Boom | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 18 |
Result - Stage 2 | 1 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | 4h00'51 | | 2 | Marcel Kittel | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 3 | Aidis Kruopis | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 5 | Nacer Bouhanni | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 7 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Bryan Coquard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | Carlos Barbero | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 10 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Celesio - Macquarie | s.t. |
General Classification | 1 | Travis Bickle | Cannondale Pro Cycling | 4h04'20 | | 2 | Bob Jungels | RadioShack - Leopard | + 7 | | 3 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 15 | | 4 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | + 18 | | 5 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 6 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 19 | | 7 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Celesio - Macquarie | s.t. | | 8 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 20 | | 9 | Carlos Barbero | RadioShack - Leopard | + 21 | | 10 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | (...) | | 29 | Henry Vergnaud | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 36 |
Spoiler | 11 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 12 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 22 | | 13 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 23 | | 14 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 25 | | 15 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 26 | | 16 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 27 | | 17 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 29 | | 18 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | + 31 | | 19 | Nikias Arndt | Team Argos - Shimano | + 32 | | 20 | Simon Spilak | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 21 | Jakob Fuglsang | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 22 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | + 33 | | 23 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 24 | John Degenkolb | Sky Procycling | + 34 | | 25 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 26 | Robert Gesink | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 35 | | 27 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 28 | Marcel Kittel | Katusha Team | + 36 | | 29 | Henry Vergnaud | Team Celesio - Macquarie | s.t. | | 30 | Lou Smeets | Lotto Belisol | + 37 | | 31 | Kris Boeckmans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 38 | | 32 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 33 | Mark Christian | Sky Procycling | + 39 | | 34 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 35 | Alexander Porsev | Katusha Team | + 40 | | 36 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Leopard | + 41 | | 37 | Juan José Lobato | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 42 | | 38 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 39 | Aidis Kruopis | Astana Pro Team | + 43 | | 40 | Bryan Coquard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 41 | Andrea Guardini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 42 | Yauheni Hutarovich | RadioShack - Leopard | + 44 | | 43 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 44 | Matthew Goss | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 45 | | 45 | Tosh Van der Sande | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 46 | Dadley Mitchell | Team Celesio - Macquarie | s.t. | | 47 | Carlos Betancur | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 46 | | 48 | Michal Golas | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 49 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | + 48 | | 50 | Caleb Ewan | Orica - GreenEdge | + 52 | | 51 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 52 | Nacer Bouhanni | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 54 | | 53 | Charly Berry | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 54 | Tarik Chaoufi | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 55 | | 55 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 56 | | 56 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 57 | | 57 | Tony Martin | Katusha Team | + 59 | | 58 | Nikolas Maes | Lotto Belisol | + 1'00 | | 59 | Bradley Wiggins | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1'01 | | 60 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'04 | | 61 | Geraint Thomas | Katusha Team | + 1'06 | | 62 | Lars Boom | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1'12 | | 63 | Stef Clement | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1'13 | | 64 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 65 | Richie Porte | Katusha Team | + 1'14 | | 66 | Tiago Machado | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'15 | | 67 | Rohan Dennis | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 68 | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 69 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1'16 | | 70 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 71 | Leocadio Manresa | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 1'17 | | 72 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 73 | Anthony Roux | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 74 | Lasse Bøchman | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1'18 | | 75 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 76 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | + 1'19 | | 77 | Leopold König | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 78 | Dario Cataldo | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 79 | Sebastian Langeveld | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 80 | Wout Poels | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 1'20 | | 81 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 82 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 83 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 84 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol | + 1'21 | | 85 | Nick Nuyens | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 86 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ.fr | + 1'22 | | 87 | Kristjan Koren | Sojasun | s.t. | | 88 | Jérémy Roy | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1'23 | | 89 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 90 | Daryl Impey | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 91 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Belisol | + 1'24 | | 92 | Matthieu Ladagnous | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 93 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 94 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | + 1'25 | | 95 | Jonathan Hivert | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 96 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 97 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 1'26 | | 98 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 99 | Ivan Basso | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 100 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 101 | Daniele Bennati | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1'27 | | 102 | Grégory Rast | RadioShack - Leopard | + 1'28 | | 103 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 104 | Levi Leipheimer | Sojasun | s.t. | | 105 | Louis Meintjes | Team Celesio - Macquarie | s.t. | | 106 | Christophe Laborie | Sojasun | + 1'29 | | 107 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 108 | Moreno Hofland | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 109 | Domenico Pozzovivo | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'30 | | 110 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 111 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 112 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Celesio - Macquarie | s.t. | | 113 | Arthur Vichot | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1'31 | | 114 | Michael Matthews | Sojasun | + 1'32 | | 115 | Danny Van Poppel | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 116 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1'33 | | 117 | Davide Appollonio | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 118 | Rob Ruijgh | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 119 | Filippo Pozzato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 120 | Baden Cooke | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 121 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1'34 | | 122 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 123 | Dominik Nerz | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 1'35 | | 124 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 125 | Rémi Pauriol | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 126 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 127 | Tom Veelers | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 128 | Yohan Offredo | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 1'36 | | 129 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 130 | Christophe Riblon | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 131 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'37 | | 132 | Fabio Felline | BMC Racing Team | + 1'38 | | 133 | Anuar Manan | Sojasun | s.t. | | 134 | Romain Feillu | Team Europcar | + 1'39 | | 135 | Rory Sutherland | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 136 | Andrew Fenn | Sky Procycling | + 1'40 | | 137 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ.fr | + 1'41 | | 138 | Grega Bole | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 139 | Steve Chainel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 140 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 141 | Lachlan Morton | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'42 | | 142 | Thomas Damuseau | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 143 | Garikoitz Bravo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 144 | Yannick Martinez | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1'43 | | 145 | Allan Davis | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 146 | Mike Teunissen | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 147 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 148 | Alexey Pashinin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 149 | Eros Capecchi | Movistar Team | + 1'44 | | 150 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 151 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 152 | Julien Duvivier | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 153 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Katusha Team | + 1'45 | | 154 | Adrien Petit | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 155 | Cyril Lemoine | Sojasun | s.t. | | 156 | Ricardo García | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 157 | Mickaël Delage | BMC Racing Team | + 1'46 | | 158 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 159 | Robert Vrecer | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'47 | | 160 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 161 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | + 1'48 | | 162 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 163 | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 164 | Maxime Méderel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 165 | Gaël Malacarne | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 166 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1'49 | | 167 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 168 | Martial Pignol | Sojasun | s.t. | | 169 | Julien El Fares | Team Europcar | + 1'50 | | 170 | Jake Keough | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 171 | Rudy Molard | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 172 | Steele Von Hoff | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 173 | Kenny Van Hummel | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 174 | Mikel Nieve | Movistar Team | + 1'51 | | 175 | Guillaume Levarlet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 176 | Jesús Hernández | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 177 | Vincent Jérôme | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 178 | Jaak Wijckmans | Lotto Belisol | + 1'52 | | 179 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 180 | Byron Guama | Sojasun | s.t. | | 181 | Sirko Bödeker | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 182 | Brice Feillu | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'53 | | 183 | Evaldas Siskevicius | Sojasun | s.t. | | 184 | Mathieu Perget | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 185 | Benjamin Giraud | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 186 | Matthias Krizek | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 187 | Benoit Drujon | FDJ.fr | + 1'54 | | 188 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 189 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 190 | Fred Rodriguez | RadioShack - Leopard | + 1'55 | | 191 | Jean-Marc Marino | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 192 | Sep Vanmarcke | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3'56 | | 193 | Simon Gerrans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 4'41 | | 194 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | + 4'56 | | 195 | Ioannis Tamouridis | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'01 | | 196 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica - GreenEdge | + 5'11 | | 197 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'35 |
A decent start for me. I'm still getting used to all this. Tomorrow is the first stage classified as hilly, I will be attentive, but also ambitious.
The Vuelta has proven that I'm not a rider that burns up easily. I'm not afraid to go to war early on now. If the chance offers itself, I will start my campaign tomorrow.
May Van Impe and Sun Tzu stand by my side. Because, by God, I will need them!
Henry |
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