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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 10-02-2013 21:49
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valv - Thanks! I know exactly what you mean  For me, cycling is all about emotion, so that's why I've only done one-rider stories so far, to connect with the rider. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-02-2013 11:31
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Tour of Oman - Stage 1
Last year, Beppu got the win of a lifetime here. This year, Willy will go for the win, and nothing less!
Kittel still not in his best shape. Cavendish and Davis are the men to beat here.
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | 3h28'09 | | | 2 | Allan Davis | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 3 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 4 | Arnaud Démare | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 5 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Marcel Kittel | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | 7 | Heinrich Haussler | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 8 | Elia Viviani | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 10 | Stijn Van Gent | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler |
Tour of Oman - Stage 2
Since Kittel's low form and the hilly finish, Stijn was the main sprinter here.
| 1 | Allan Davis | Orica-GreenEDGE | 3h06'09 | | | 2 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Heinrich Haussler | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 4 | Stijn Van Gent | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | 5 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 6 | Alejandro Valverde | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 9 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | | 10 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | |
Tour of Oman - Stage 3
An easier day. Kittel going for top 5, probably the best achievable with this form.
| 1 | Allan Davis | Orica-GreenEDGE | 3h03'03 | | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 3 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 4 | Marcel Kittel | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | 5 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Arnaud Démare | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 8 | Sacha Modolo | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | | 9 | Tony Gallopin | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 10 | Sébastien Chavanel | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | |
Tour of Oman - Stage 4
With an majorly good-shaped Willy, Stijn and Kittel had the perfect lead-out.
| 1 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | 3h26'39 | | | 2 | Allan Davis | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 3 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 4 | Marcel Kittel | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | 5 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 6 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 7 | Sacha Modolo | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | | 8 | Stijn Van Gent | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | 9 | Arnaud Démare | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 10 | Ben Swift | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 11 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 12 | Willy Wouters | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler |
Tomorrow's the mountain finish. Willy's form is promising. Kittel definitely needs some more work for Milan - San Remo!
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 11-02-2013 11:52
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Goodso far. A few 4th places. Good job
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-02-2013 12:11
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Thanks |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-02-2013 12:11
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Tour of Oman - Stage 5
The most important stage for the GC.
After Anton escaped, Willy was the only one with a (late) reaction. Evans joined in the effort a bit later.
Anton was too far ahead and took the win.
Evans took a second place, Willy third.
| 1 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel Euskadi | 3h49'12 | | | 2 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 33 | | | 3 | Willy Wouters | Team Argos-Shimano | + 56 | IanButler | | 4 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 1'04 | | | 5 | Robert Kiserlovski | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Alejandro Valverde | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Samuel Sánchez | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'26 | | | 8 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 1'40 | | | 9 | Maxime Monfort | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 10 | Jakob Fuglsang | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'53 | |
Tour of Oman - Stage 6
The final stage of the race.
As expected, a final duel between the two winners of this Tour of Oman: Cavendish and Davis.
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | 3h59'35 | | | 2 | Allan Davis | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 3 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 4 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 5 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 6 | Samuel Sánchez | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 7 | Ben Swift | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 8 | Marcel Kittel | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | IanButler | | 9 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | | 10 | Fabian Cancellara | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | |
Final Classification
| 1 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel Euskadi | 20h52'27 | | | 2 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | + 41 | | | 3 | Willy Wouters | Team Argos-Shimano | + 1'08 | IanButler | | 4 | Allan Davis | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'24 | | | 5 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Alejandro Valverde | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Robert Kiserlovski | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Samuel Sánchez | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'46 | | | 9 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | + 1'55 | | | 10 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 2'00 | | | (...) | | 74 | Stijn Van Gent | Team Argos-Shimano | + 14'52 | IanButler |
Points
| 1 | Allan Davis | Orica-GreenEDGE | 110 | | | 2 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | 88 | | | 3 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | 86 | | | 4 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin-Barracuda | 72 | | | 5 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 50 | | | 6 | Marcel Kittel | Team Argos-Shimano | 46 | IanButler | | 7 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel Euskadi | 39 | | | 8 | Stijn Van Gent | Team Argos-Shimano | 35 | IanButler | | 9 | Arnaud Démare | BMC Racing Team | 34 | | | 10 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | 26 | |
Mountain Points
| 1 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia Coldeportes | 6 | | 2 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Katusha Team | 4 | | 3 | Josef Hosek | Whirlpool - Author | 2 |
Young Rider: Willy Wouters
Best Team: Astana Pro Team
I'm very glad with this tour of Oman. Compared to last year, I feel a lot(!) stronger. I think I might surprise people in the Tour, with maybe even a top 20 place, but let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet!
All I know is that I finished right behind Anton and Evans, and before Valverde, and that makes me very happy and hopeful!
The cooperation with Kittel went smoothly. I delivered him, like promised, but he just lacked some form. Let's hope that changes soon. In the final stage, I kind of screwed up for him, though, but he managed fine by finishing 6th.
In a couple of days, I finally get to race the Omloop again, this time as a leader. I'm curious how it will go!
Stijn & Willy
Edited by Ian Butler on 11-02-2013 12:13
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| krisa |
Posted on 11-02-2013 12:12
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Third isn't bad. It's very good |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 11-02-2013 12:25
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A Great third place finish for Willy |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 11-02-2013 13:00
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I think Willy can claim leadership where ever he starts after the last few results.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 11-02-2013 13:47
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Top 3 in GC is very nice. Too bad Kittel couldn't score a win 
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 11-02-2013 14:33
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You're really getting consistent results with your two guys, it's going great!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-02-2013 15:40
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krisa - I agree, thanks
sutty68 - Thanks! With guys like Anton and Evans, a podium is extremely nice!
Ollfardh - He's been enjoying a wonderful season start, now it's a matter of staying in great shape
PCM rulezz - Thanks. Well, Kittel isn't in great shape, yet. Let's hope he gets better for Milan!
cunego59 - They've been developing a lot, too. Thanks a lot! |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 11-02-2013 16:31
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Great result from Willy shame you didn't gave Kittel his glory   |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-02-2013 16:34
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Well, no glory for Kittel in Oman. He'll have to suffice with a much less prestigious win in San Remo...
Coming up, Omloop het Nieuwsblad!! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-02-2013 16:51
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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
It seems like forever since I started here last year. So much has happened since then. I feel like a rider much more complete and I'm not afraid to speak my ambitions out loud: I'm going for the top 10!
Last year I was 21th, let's try to make this year a better edition!
We didn't get anyone in the breakaway, despite Serry's multiple attempts.
I think my biggest advantage here is my status of underdog. All eyes were on Tom Boonen, the new World Champion.
Therefor it was up to his team to do most of the work. Team Radioshack shared the resposibility to chose down the breakaway.
I was nervous as hell, to be honest. And I was anxious, a bit too anxious. I tried to ride away over 50km from the finish. The result: I got a small group with me.
As expected, we got caught fairly soon, and then Cancellara went his own way.
BMC and Quickstep did most of the chasing. We got reduced to a 20-man group. I had no one left of my team.
Starting the sprint, I followed Vansummeren's slipstream.
Boonen showed us he's ready for the new season!
I was amazed, I was actually fighting Boonen! Hushovd came to play, too, but he was too late. World Champion Boonen took the win and I finish a very surprised second!
I congratulated him and went to the tent to catch my breath. After 5 minutes, it came to me. A second place here, this is the start of a beautiful career. Sure, it isn't finishing 3th in Roubaix, like Boonen started his career, but it's a start!
Result
Tomorrow is Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne. Let's see what happens there!
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 11-02-2013 17:03
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what a great result!! now achieve that in Paris-Roubaix and Stijn will became the old Stijn 
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 11-02-2013 17:20
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You came pretty close to doing a Vanmarcke. There will be possibilities in DdV or E3!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 11-02-2013 18:37
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JuanMotr wrote:
what a great result!! now achieve that in Paris-Roubaix and Stijn will became the old Stijn
but that means that this Stijn will die too?
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 11-02-2013 19:01
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JuanMotr - Well, he's come from a lot further. Stijn's current COB stat is the same as previous Stijn started with Thanks, I'm extremely glad with that result, didn't expect it!
Ollfardh - I was thinking about him for a moment, and then I thought: being 2nd would be awesome. I guess I should've been thinking: "winning would be awesome"
SSJ2Luigi - Of course not |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 11-02-2013 19:01
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Nice 2nd place after the WC 
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
It's difficult not to be happy when you're surrounded by Belgians. - Mark Cavendish
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 11-02-2013 21:06
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So close. I thought he would win there
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