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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-09-2012 09:32
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Classic Hamburg
Another probable mass sprint. Here's my final chance of picking up some UCI-points as well.
At the 2km from the finish, I was a little boxed in.
I tried to fight my way through the others, but it wasn't easy.
Finally I found a way, I ended up on the podium, second place. A good result in a WT race!
Result
| 1 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 5h23'23 | | | 2 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 3 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 4 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 5 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 6 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 8 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 9 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 10 | Thor Hushovd | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | |
See you in a couple of days for the Tour of Denmark. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-09-2012 11:04
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Tour of Denmark
A stage race with 5 sprints and a (short) time trial. I had high hopes as the start list shouldn't have been much of a problem. I was and still am in a great shape so my goal here was not modest: at least a stage win, top 10, Points Jersey and White Jersey.
Stage 1
There goes my lead-out train again, with Bak, Stannard, Vandenbergh, Willems, Vangenechten...
They crush the peloton and lead me out perfectly.
I win the first stage by a comfortable marge! Looks like the opposition has a rough couple of days coming.
Result
| 1 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | 4h07'20 | IanButler | | 2 | Gert Steegmans | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 3 | Filipe Cardoso | Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | s.t. | | | 4 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 5 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Stefan Radochla | Team NSP-GHOST | s.t. | | | 8 | Ronan Racault | Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | s.t. | | | 9 | Ian Stannard | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 10 | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | |
Stage 2
Another sprint. Another perfect lead-out for me.
Result
| 1 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | 4h26'31 | IanButler | | 2 | Kevyn Ista | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 3 | Jens-Erik Madsen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | | 4 | Thor Hushovd | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 5 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 7 | Gert Steegmans | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 8 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Filipe Cardoso | Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | s.t. | | | 10 | Stefan Radochla | Team NSP-GHOST | s.t. | |
Stage 3
Same story here, that makes three in a row. I'm in heaven!
Result
| 1 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | 4h15'03 | IanButler | | 2 | Kevyn Ista | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 3 | Thor Hushovd | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 4 | Jens-Erik Madsen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | | 5 | Filipe Cardoso | Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | s.t. | | | 6 | Jempy Drucker | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 7 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Ronan Racault | Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | s.t. | | | 9 | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 10 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | s.t. | |
Stage 4
A lesser day, so no victory today.
Result
| 1 | Thor Hushovd | Orica-GreenEDGE | 2h27'25 | | | 2 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Kevyn Ista | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 4 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 5 | Jempy Drucker | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 6 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 7 | Gert Steegmans | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 8 | Ronan Racault | Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | s.t. | | | 9 | Jens-Erik Madsen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | | 10 | Stefan Radochla | Team NSP-GHOST | s.t. | |
Stage 5
The 14km long time trial. I was in the shape of my life so I should have had a pretty good chance here.
Result
| 1 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo Bank | 16'24 | | | 2 | Luke Durbridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 5 | | | 3 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | + 8 | IanButler | | 4 | Thor Hushovd | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 11 | | | 5 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | + 14 | | | 6 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto-Belisol | + 16 | IanButler | | 7 | Paul Poux | Saur - Sojasun | + 18 | | | 8 | Filipe Cardoso | Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | + 20 | | | 9 | Ian Stannard | Lotto-Belisol | + 21 | IanButler | | 10 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | + 25 | |
Stage 6
The final stage. Vanlandschoot surprises everyone by dodging a mass sprint!
Result
| 1 | James Vanlandschoot | Team Saxo Bank | 3h20'34 | | | 2 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | + 23 | IanButler | | 3 | Jens-Erik Madsen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | | 4 | Kevyn Ista | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 5 | Thor Hushovd | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 6 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 9 | Stefan Radochla | Team NSP-GHOST | s.t. | | | 10 | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | |
GC
| 1 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | 18h52'32 | IanButler | | 2 | Thor Hushovd | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 51 | | | 3 | Kevyn Ista | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 1'03 | | | 4 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'04 | | | 5 | Luke Durbridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'13 | | | 6 | Filipe Cardoso | Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | + 1'20 | | | 7 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | + 1'22 | | | 8 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto-Belisol | + 1'24 | IanButler | | 9 | Paul Poux | Saur - Sojasun | + 1'26 | | | 10 | Ian Stannard | Lotto-Belisol | + 1'29 | IanButler |
Points
| 1 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | 129 | IanButler | | 2 | Thor Hushovd | Orica-GreenEDGE | 81 | | | 3 | Kevyn Ista | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | 75 | | | 4 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | 60 | | | 5 | Jens-Erik Madsen | Christina Watches - Onfone | 59 | |
KoM
| 1 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia Coldeportes | 15 | | | 2 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 9 | | | 3 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | 7 | IanButler |
Well, this was a major success!
I got 3 stage wins, the points jersey, white jersey, overall GC. We also took home the Team Classification. This is my first stage race that I win and I couldn't be more thrilled!
However, we did expect a stronger competition here, no offence to anyone here. But it's great for the morale and this lead-out is becoming one of the strongest in the peloton!
See you for the second edition of the World Port Classics!
Edited by Ian Butler on 07-09-2012 11:05
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 07-09-2012 11:09
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Pretty impressive performance there  Very nice!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-09-2012 11:09
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Thanks, he's really getting into his game being a sprinter  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-09-2012 11:13
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News
Some small updates:
Vuelta
Jurgen Van Den Broeck is riding the Vuelta with his only goal being a stage win. Two times he came close and ended up on a second place. Let's hope he can cash in that form and get that stage win!
Current GC after the Time Trial in Spain:
| 1 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Movistar Team | 43h14'54 | | 2 | Rigoberto Uran | Sky Pro Cycling | + 2 | | 3 | Jakob Fuglsang | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 10 | | 4 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 12 | | 5 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 14 | | 6 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 18 | | 7 | David De la Fuente | Caja Rural | + 34 | | 8 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 46 | | 9 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 1'18 | | 10 | Tiago Machado | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'27 |
Classique de Plouay
The race ended up in a mass sprint, as expected. Jurgen Roelandts did really well, getting the team another top 10 place!
| 1 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ-BigMat | 5h26'57 | | | 2 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 4 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 5 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 6 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Tyler Farrar | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 8 | Alessandro Petacchi | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 10 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler |
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| roturn |
Posted on 07-09-2012 11:21
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Domination in Denmark. Well done.
Looking forward for La Vuelta and what VdB can do there. |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 07-09-2012 11:32
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You deserve a  for the great results in Denmark. |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 07-09-2012 12:06
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Denmark was great, good luck with VDB in Spain
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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| ste_18 |
Posted on 07-09-2012 12:28
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Wonderful Tour of Denmark!! Stjin dominate it!!
Good luck with Vuelta
Edited by ste_18 on 07-09-2012 14:13
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| masteren5000 |
Posted on 07-09-2012 13:36
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Nice to see you win in my home country |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 07-09-2012 14:05
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Stijn is just on fire at the moment |
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| ricotero_uy |
Posted on 07-09-2012 14:10
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Excellent!!! A GC win!!! Big for you! |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 07-09-2012 14:46
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Great win |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-09-2012 15:43
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Thanks for the many replies |
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| johannes-w |
Posted on 07-09-2012 15:52
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Amazing result in denmark!!!
I hope vdb gets that stage win |
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| TomC |
Posted on 07-09-2012 16:53
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Your story goes much too fast for me, I have problems to keep up with it, but all I can say is that you're doing great |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 07-09-2012 19:43
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Why are you all complaining that the story go too ´´fast´´?? When he likes to do it fast than he should do it fast . Ian I really like your story |
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| TomC |
Posted on 07-09-2012 19:58
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I'm not complaining, I'm just impressed, that he can do it so fast |
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| daggers81 |
Posted on 07-09-2012 20:32
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Great result in Denmark for Stijn
Maybe he's ready to try for the points jersey in one of the GT's next season |
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Posted on 07-09-2012 21:33
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