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David Veilleux-The Next Canadian Legend
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 24-03-2011 01:05
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 Tour of Oman Stage 6 [Final]
My Plan:I think it would be nice to get in the break. Who knows maybe I can be a part of a successful BOTD and gain 7 minutes on the peloton.
The stage was not very interesting and we chased down all threatning moves, so that it would result in a sprint for the line. As we went across the 3km mark, I began to feel overjoyed for Kern, the winner of the Tour of Oman 2011.
A very surprising result though, Swift doesnt win the sprint, instead Gnezda of Adria Mobil does.
Results
| Rank | Name | Team | Time |  1 | Matej Gnezda | Adria Mobil | 3h54'11 |  2 | Angelo Furlan | Team Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. |  3 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | s.t. |  4 | Bobbie Traksel | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 5 | Manuel Belletti | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. |  6 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 7 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 8 | Arnoud Van Groen | Veranda's Willems - Accent | s.t. | | 9 | Saïd Haddou | Team Europcar | s.t. |  10 | Pavel Kochetkov | Itera - Katusha | s.t. | | ... |  54 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. |
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| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | 21h26'03 | | 2 | Michael Rasmussen | Team Christina Watches - Onfone | + 3'06 | | 3 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | + 3'22 | | 4 | Stefan Schumacher | Miche - Guerciotti | + 3'53 | | 5 | Glen Alan Chadwick | PureBlack Racing | + 4'09 | | 6 | Constantino Zaballa | Miche - Guerciotti | + 4'13 | | 7 | Pieter Jacobs | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 4'17 | | 8 | Miguel Rubiano | D'Angelo & Antenucci-Nippo | s.t. | | 9 | Filippo Savini | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 4'25 | | 10 | Javier Moreno | Caja Rural | + 4'33 | | ... | | 61 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | + 10'56 |
Points
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | General | | 1 | Ben Swift | Sky ProCycling | 16 | 93 | | 2 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | 0 | 56 | | 3 | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet | 0 | 56 | | 4 | Manuel Belletti | Colnago - CSF Inox | 12 | 55 | | 5 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | 9 | 45 | | 6 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | 10 | 45 | | 7 | Angelo Furlan | Team Christina Watches - Onfone | 20 | 42 | | 8 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky ProCycling | 0 | 36 | | 9 | Matej Gnezda | Adria Mobil | 35 | 35 | | 10 | JoaquÃn Sobrino | Caja Rural | 5 | 31 |
KoM
| Rank | Name | Team | Mountain | General | | 1 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | 0 | 20 | | 2 | Michael Rasmussen | Team Christina Watches - Onfone | 0 | 14 | | 3 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | 0 | 12 | | 4 | Stefan Schumacher | Miche - Guerciotti | 0 | 10 | | 5 | Simone Stortoni | Colnago - CSF Inox | 0 | 8 |
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| DJP19 |
Posted on 24-03-2011 04:08
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Congrats on the overall. Another good idea idea for smaller stage races would be to have David go KOM. That would be a fantastic achievment. However, I'm also hoping a stage win happens soon  |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 24-03-2011 12:23
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DJP19 wrote:
Congrats on the overall. Another good idea idea for smaller stage races would be to have David go KOM. That would be a fantastic achievment. However, I'm also hoping a stage win happens soon
Thanks fo the feedback! Who knows maybe he will go for the KoM, but the Tour of Oman was not the race to do so. I will probably play the next stage this weekedend.
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 24-03-2011 16:18
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Awesome race for Europcar, especially on GC. David did great in the TT, also good race for him =)
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 24-03-2011 16:30
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Hi David after your brilliant race in Oman helping your teammates and doing great tt, will your team Europcar give a free hand in next races, would be great to see you leading the team 
P.S. Any chance for autograph ?
Edited by Alakagom on 24-03-2011 17:16
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| baia |
Posted on 24-03-2011 17:16
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Great overall..congrats.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 24-03-2011 17:20
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Alakagom wrote:
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Hi David after your brilliant race in Oman helping your teammates and doing great tt, will your team Europcar give a free hand in next races, would be great to see you leading the team
P.S. Any chance for autograph ?
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Its quite amazing you found my email, but I enjoy writing to my fans. I agree it would be great to lead a few races soon, but my next race is Omloop Het Nieuwsblad so I wont be leading there. At the East Midlands Classic I could be leader, but it all depends on my form and results before-hand.
Sorry I cant give you my autograph. Just come down to one of my races! 
David
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@lluuiiggii-thanks it was a very good tt imo.
@baia-thanks.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 24-03-2011 20:58
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[img-l]https://elinl.blogg.se/images/2011/438px-thomas_voeckler_kbk_2011_138547114.jpg[/img-l]
In the latest race for Europcar we managed to win. At the Tour du Haut Var Thomas Voeckler won the final stage and te GC. It is a great result for the team and helps the financial insecurity, that the team might face later on.
Edited by valverde321 on 24-03-2011 21:03
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| AndySchleck |
Posted on 24-03-2011 21:05
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Good results! |
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| ABridgeTooFar |
Posted on 24-03-2011 21:44
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I saw him race the Tour of Pennsylvania. I was able to catch three of the stages since the tour ended in my home city, Pittsburgh. Classy rider. Peter Stetina and Danny Holloway also participated. David had a great ride in that tour. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 28-03-2011 04:20
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Preparing for a challenge
This is my first time riding, Omloop, and I want it to be special. I know I'm not that great at cobbles, but thats why I'm here, the team has brought somewhat of a development squad to the race, and I personally want to get better at cobbles as I see it as my weakness. My two friends Michael Barry and Dom (Rollin) are also riding, but I certainly hope they both beat me. The strongest team going into the race has to be Garmin, with Thor and Farrar, but Gilbert and Flecha will have something to say.
Also thanks Michael for the tips yesterday.
Spoiler In real life Rollin finished 16th, Barry finished 60th and Veilleux DNFed.
Edited by valverde321 on 28-03-2011 04:21
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| Tuco the Ugly |
Posted on 28-03-2011 04:52
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Well, based on real life you have no where to go but up! |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 28-03-2011 05:03
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Tuco the Ugly wrote:
Well, based on real life you have no where to go but up!
Quite true! Unless he never finishes in PCM as well. Da da da daaaaaaa. 
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 28-03-2011 22:17
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valverde321 wrote:
Tuco the Ugly wrote:
Well, based on real life you have no where to go but up!
Quite true! Unless he never finishes in PCM as well. Da da da daaaaaaa.
 Good luck for Omloop
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 29-03-2011 01:06
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 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
My Plan: I want to be able to ride well at cobbles one day, so for today my plan is to ride strong and attack on a cobbles section to see what its like. I think getting in the break is also a realistic option for me.
The first move of the day was done by myself. I attacked because I felt I would have the best chance to test myself on the cobbles.
Of course this move was never going to stick so by the time we were caught, we were dead tired, and soon fell behind the peloton.
With 6km to go, Tom Boonen attacked with Flecha and Hushovd countering. Surprisingly enough was that QuickStep chased them all down. I guess they didn't think Tom would win it in a group of those 3.
Now a large group finishes close together and Farrar takes the win, showing he can win cobbled classics.
I finished inside the 2nd autobus on the road and could say I had accomplished my own goals.
Results:
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | 5h09'00 | | 2 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 3 | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma - Lotto | s.t. | | 4 | Niki Terpstra | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Filippo Pozzato | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 6 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 7 | Johan Van Summeren | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 8 | Tom Boonen | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 10 | Leif Hoste | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 11 | Thor Hushovd | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 12 | Heinrich Haussler | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 13 | Sylvain Chavanel | Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Jeremy Hunt | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 15 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 16 | Martijn Maaskant | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 17 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 18 | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 19 | Andreas Klier | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 20 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | ... | | 120 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | +5`23 |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 29-03-2011 01:43
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Vinokourov Dominates Paris-Nice!
Alexandre Vinokourov dominated this years Paris-Nice with 2 stage wins and 2 other top 5 finishes. Roman Kreuziger of Astana finished 2nd while Phillipe Gilbert of Omega-Pharma finished 3rd. Astana showed they were the dominant team with even more top 3 finsihes by sprinters Vaitkus and Lorenzetto.
Voeckler finished 11th in the General Classification, while Chavanel finished 3rd on stage 2.
Edited by valverde321 on 29-03-2011 01:45
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| DJP19 |
Posted on 29-03-2011 04:19
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Nice try! And good Luck for PN. By the way I really like the real life positions. I think it's really cool to compare and always fun. Sony go too fast though |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 29-03-2011 04:25
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DJP19 wrote:
Nice try! And good Luck for PN. By the way I really like the real life positions. I think it's really cool to compare and always fun. Sony go too fast though
Uhh PN is over
And thanks, I'll try to implement the real life finishes from now on where possible.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 30-03-2011 01:59
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Classic Loire Atlantique
My Plan: I think that with a race like this, everyone is going to suffer at some point, so I want to be there for Rolland when he needs me the most. No breaks!
Todays break only a few hundred metres behind the tail of the peloton thanks to the short circuit we rode today. Luckily they never caught the end of the group or else it would have been game over.
Eventually the lead was brought back thanks in large to Lampre, but we weren't sure why at first as they didn't have any hilly riders. We noticed Hondo and Bole not taking part in the chase, but we never thought they'd make it over the hills. Hondo takes the win, Rolland does a top 10 and I had 3rd place but then I fell back as we neared the finish.
Result
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre - ISD | 4h33'47 | | 2 | Davy Commeyne | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 3 | Francesco Gavazzi | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 4 | Reinier Honig | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 5 | Huub Duyn | Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | s.t. | | 6 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 7 | Arnold Jeanneson | FDJ | s.t. | | 8 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 9 | Kevin Peeters | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 10 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ | s.t. | | 11 | Sébastien Hinault | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 12 | Christian Poos | Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | s.t. | | 13 | Geert Verheyen | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 14 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 15 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ | s.t. | | 16 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 17 | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 18 | Vitaliy Buts | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 19 | Steven De Neef | Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | s.t. | | 20 | Gianni Meersman | FDJ | s.t. | | 21 | Andrey Kashechkin | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 22 | Sven Nys | Landbouwkrediet | s.t. | | 23 | Luke Roberts | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 24 | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 25 | David Veilleux | Team Europcar | s.t. |
Edited by valverde321 on 30-03-2011 02:01
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| Tuco the Ugly |
Posted on 30-03-2011 03:01
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120th > DNF  |
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