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| Atlantius |
Posted on 31-01-2014 12:57
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Finally he gets to show the jersey properly 
Looks in solid shape for the Worlds as well 
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 31-01-2014 13:00
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Good form ahead of the Worlds, and at last a win in a classic for the team.  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 31-01-2014 13:59
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Jakstar22 - It had been coming, I agree Sagan tired himself out so the victory was there for the taking!
anderspcm - Yeah, after Amstel, Plouay and Quebec, he needed that win!
Atlantius - Best way to show a jersey. His first victory in this jersey, actually. When wearing it, I mean.
Dippofix - The curse has been broken!
I decided I will try to race the Worlds later today. Already did the TT. will do the RR in a few hours and report back!
From next season, I won't have the WC problem anymore, so I won't have to race WC as a Classic. |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 31-01-2014 14:00
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He's certainly in form for the WC. Another great win. 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| VoetsT |
Posted on 31-01-2014 14:01
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Fantastic win, finaly
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 31-01-2014 15:14
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Henry has certainly enjoyed his time in Canada |
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| duxili |
Posted on 31-01-2014 15:44
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It looks like Henry's life is full of dumba**, I mean Michelle, this so called father...
Good to see it doesn't affect his perf. 1-2 in Canada, it was worth the trip
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 31-01-2014 15:59
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Shonak - Form is right, now the big question: can Henry take on the best and become World Champion at age 24?
VoetsT - A classic win has been long overdue at this point that's one more than Contador already!
Faillu - He's still out of the league from Hinault, Anquetil and some others, but he's coming up strong indeed
sutty68 - Indeed. It was a fun trip 
duxili - I guess meeting all these people helps to increase his patience, which pays off in cycling Definitely worth the trip |
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| FonsDeSpons |
Posted on 31-01-2014 16:09
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The french cannibal! |
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| Selwink |
Posted on 31-01-2014 16:17
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Awesome victory in Canada
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 31-01-2014 16:31
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FonsDeSpons - That might just happen
Selwink - Yes indeed, thanks |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 31-01-2014 17:24
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The Wedding Crashers - Part IX (finale) And so even my wedding day had its share of turbulence. They never told me being a cyclist can be this hectic. But in the end, Becca was my wife, and there was no one or nobody that could change the way we felt about each other. We danced far into the night, we danced our troubles away.
The next morning, we slept in late.
When we woke up, I looked at Becca and I knew everything would be all right.
Because we were Mr. en Mrs. Vergnaud.
It's that time of the year again! The World Championships. Looking for the best riders in each category. Last year I had my first taste at the event and it was huge.
This year, there are no excuses. I want to ride for the podium at least. I feel strong and now that I'm 24 I've matured enough as a rider to go for the big thing: the Rainbow Jersey!
World Championships - Team Time Trial
Team Celesio - Macquarie has been investing a lot in strong Time Trialists. But the competition remains fierce. Quick Step recaptured its title after being 2nd last year. Celesio, so we, missed out on the 1st place by only 3 seconds. The last team on the podium was Garmin.
World Championships - Individual Time Trial
Wiggins has been preparing for this day and set an impressive time.
Tony Martin was a tad faster than the Brit, though. A new record time!
Travis Bickle has been coming up in the world these past few years. He beats Martin by 2 seconds!
De Gendt, defending champion, is looking to make it 3/3. He takes on an immense pace.
It was very close in the end, but who had won? See the results below!
World Championships - Road Race
We got ahead of the game and got Pinot in the breakaway. France 1 - The Rest 0!
This World Championship has been talked about a lot. There is no clear winner. Sagan, Martin, Valverde, Rodriguez, De Gendt, me... So many possible winners. So the race was controlled by many teams working together.
And then we fast forward... Sagan, 3 laps from the finish! Nobody saw this coming, nobody was close to react. What a risky move!
I admit, I got scared. He took 30 seconds immediately. Chavanel and Warren (Barguil) decided to sacrafice themselves for me and pushed to pace so hard I was barely able to follow. The peloton even lost touch!
It seemed too late. Sagan was gone!
But we pulled ourselves together. Along with Belgium and Spain, we bridged the gap on the flat section. Sagan is strong, but he's all alone! Well, besides the breakaway leftover sucking his wheel.
Just like in Montreal, Sagan got caught in the final lap. And just like in Montreal, I didn't want to give him a chance to recover. We needed to move, fast, the final climb of the race and the pack was still too big. I couldn't win a mass sprint! I needed to make my move - NOW!
I couldn't have been more lucky! My attack blew most of the competition away! I only have 60 race days so far, which plays to my advantage! But luckily Hesjedal stuck to my wheels. Costa was closeby. With the three of us, we could surely hold off the chasers!
The chasing group didn't find each other and all sort of attacked. They were coming close, but we were going into the final corners.
I used my bike handling to take the corner as good as possible. Then I started my sprint! They had forced me to the front but on this route that wasn't necessarily a disadvantage. With these turns, you can force a gap you can keep in the final (short) straight line.
Very aware I was sprinting for the most beautiful jersey in the world, my legs were dying. They were filling with acid now. I couldn't keep this up much longer! But there was the finish!!
Ooooh My God!!! Neither Hesjedal nor Costa had the legs to challenge me in the end! I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the finish line just a meter in front of me!
I was besides myself! Shouting, screaming. Trying to get off my bike too enthusiastically, I even tripped and fell down hard. But I felt nothing. Where my legs were burning just seconds ago, I now felt bliss. My legs felt lighter than a feather.
One year earlier than I had planned, but I had conquered the most beautiful jersey in the world. I was the World Champion 2015!
World Championships - Individual Time Trial Result | 1 | Travis Bickle | 23'58 | | 2 | Tony Martin | + 2 | | 3 | Thomas De Gendt | + 12 | | 4 | Bradley Wiggins | + 28 | | 5 | Chris Froome | + 40 | | 6 | Taylor Phinney | + 53 | | 7 | Fabian Cancellara | + 56 | | 8 | Luke Durbridge | + 1'02 | | 9 | Lars Boom | + 1'08 | | 10 | Lieuwe Westra | + 1'12 |
Spoiler | 11 | Sylvain Chavanel | + 1'13 | | 12 | Dario Cataldo | s.t. | | 13 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | + 1'14 | | 14 | Adriano Malori | + 1'15 | | 15 | Rohan Dennis | + 1'20 | | 16 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | s.t. | | 17 | Tejay Van Garderen | + 1'21 | | 18 | Janez Brajkovič | + 1'23 | | 19 | Sergey Firsanov | + 1'24 | | 20 | Jakob Fuglsang | s.t. | | 21 | Patrick Gretsch | + 1'25 | | 22 | Nelson Oliveira | + 1'26 | | 23 | Alberto Contador | s.t. | | 24 | Maciej Bodnar | + 1'27 | | 25 | Andrew Talansky | s.t. | | 26 | Bob Jungels | + 1'28 | | 27 | Michał Kwiatkowski | s.t. | | 28 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | + 1'29 | | 29 | Richie Porte | + 1'31 | | 30 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | s.t. | | 31 | Marco Pinotti | + 1'33 | | 32 | Leopold König | s.t. | | 33 | Vincenzo Nibali | + 1'34 | | 34 | Maxime Monfort | + 1'35 | | 35 | Peter Velits | + 1'36 | | 36 | Jonathan Castroviejo | s.t. | | 37 | Svein Tuft | s.t. | | 38 | Kristof Vandewalle | + 1'39 | | 39 | Alexander Kristoff | s.t. | | 40 | Stef Clement | + 1'41 | | 41 | Jérémy Roy | + 1'42 | | 42 | Jan Barta | s.t. | | 43 | Alex Rasmussen | + 1'43 | | 44 | Michael Rogers | + 1'44 | | 45 | Simon Spilak | s.t. | | 46 | Bert Grabsch | s.t. | | 47 | Andreas Klöden | + 1'45 | | 48 | Daryl Impey | + 1'48 | | 49 | Rui Costa | s.t. | | 50 | Martin Kohler | + 1'50 | | 51 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | + 1'52 | | 52 | Anton Vorobyev | + 1'53 | | 53 | Beñat Intxausti | + 1'54 | | 54 | Luis León Sánchez | + 1'55 | | 55 | Vladimir Gusev | + 1'56 | | 56 | Andriy Grivko | + 1'57 | | 57 | Julien Vermote | + 2'00 | | 58 | Mikhail Ignatiev | + 2'02 | | 59 | Michael Schär | + 2'04 | | 60 | Rigoberto Urán | + 2'06 | | 61 | Riccardo Zoidl | + 2'09 | | 62 | Kristjan Koren | + 2'13 | | 63 | Vitaliy Popkov | + 2'16 | | 64 | Rafal Majka | + 2'19 | | 65 | Marcel Wyss | + 2'24 | | 66 | Andrey Kashechkin | + 2'49 |
World Championships - Road Race Result | 1 | Henry Vergnaud | 4h47'42 | | 2 | Ryder Hesjedal | s.t. | | 3 | Rui Costa | s.t. | | 4 | Vincenzo Nibali | s.t. | | 5 | Michał Kwiatkowski | s.t. | | 6 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | s.t. | | 7 | Marek Rutkiewicz | s.t. | | 8 | Alejandro Valverde | s.t. | | 9 | Carlos Betancur | s.t. | | 10 | Enrico Gasparotto | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Chris Froome | s.t. | | 12 | Peter Sagan | s.t. | | 13 | Jens Voigt | s.t. | | 14 | Yury Trofimov | s.t. | | 15 | Daniel Moreno | s.t. | | 16 | Michele Scarponi | s.t. | | 17 | Simon Gerrans | s.t. | | 18 | Borut Božic | s.t. | | 19 | Jelle Vanendert | s.t. | | 20 | Pavel Brutt | s.t. | | 21 | Alberto Contador | s.t. | | 22 | Sergio Henao | s.t. | | 23 | Giovanni Visconti | s.t. | | 24 | Thibaut Pinot | s.t. | | 25 | Rafal Majka | + 2'11 | | 26 | Matti Breschel | s.t. | | 27 | Philippe Gilbert | s.t. | | 28 | Rinaldo Nocentini | s.t. | | 29 | Fränk Schleck | s.t. | | 30 | Moreno Moser | s.t. | | 31 | Tiago Machado | s.t. | | 32 | David Zabriskie | s.t. | | 33 | Sylvain Chavanel | + 3'29 | | 34 | Tejay Van Garderen | + 7'37 | | 35 | Thomas De Gendt | + 10'14 | | 36 | John Degenkolb | + 13'02 | | 37 | Tom Boonen | s.t. | | 38 | Thor Hushovd | s.t. | | 39 | Nick Nuyens | s.t. | | 40 | Rigoberto Urán | s.t. | | 41 | Joaquím Rodríguez | s.t. | | 42 | Alessandro Ballan | s.t. | | 43 | Greg Van Avermaet | s.t. | | 44 | Matthew Goss | s.t. | | 45 | Maxim Iglinskiy | s.t. | | 46 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | s.t. | | 47 | Lou Smeets | s.t. | | 48 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | s.t. | | 49 | Samuel Sánchez | s.t. | | 50 | Simon Geschke | s.t. | | 51 | Igor Antón | s.t. | | 52 | Jakob Fuglsang | s.t. | | 53 | Roman Kreuziger | s.t. | | 54 | David Veilleux | s.t. | | 55 | Geraint Thomas | s.t. | | 56 | Bradley Wiggins | s.t. | | 57 | Robert Gesink | s.t. | | 58 | Michael Albasini | s.t. | | 59 | Andy Schleck | s.t. | | 60 | Alexandr Kolobnev | s.t. | | 61 | Heinrich Haussler | s.t. | | 62 | Levi Leipheimer | s.t. | | 63 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | s.t. | | 64 | Allan Davis | s.t. | | 65 | Cadel Evans | s.t. | | 66 | Andreas Klöden | s.t. | | 67 | Nicki Sørensen | s.t. | | 68 | Fabian Wegmann | s.t. | | 69 | Chris Horner | s.t. | | 70 | Luis León Sánchez | s.t. | | 71 | Sérgio Paulinho | s.t. | | 72 | Pieter Weening | s.t. | | 73 | Peter Velits | s.t. | | 74 | Richie Porte | s.t. | | 75 | Beñat Intxausti | s.t. | | 76 | Tom Danielson | s.t. | | 77 | André Cardoso | s.t. | | 78 | Simon Spilak | s.t. | | 79 | Michael Rogers | s.t. | | 80 | Nuno Ribeiro | s.t. | | 81 | Thomas Voeckler | s.t. | | 82 | François Parisien | s.t. | | 83 | Bauke Mollema | s.t. | | 84 | Juan Antonio Flecha | s.t. | | 85 | Warren Barguil | s.t. | | 86 | Lars Boom | + 14'26 | | 87 | Luca Paolini | s.t. | | 88 | Caleb Ewan | s.t. | | 89 | Fabian Cancellara | s.t. | | 90 | Simon Clarke | s.t. | | 91 | Lieuwe Westra | s.t. | | 92 | Grega Bole | s.t. | | 93 | Sondre Holst Enger | s.t. | | 94 | David Millar | s.t. | | 95 | Björn Leukemans | s.t. | | 96 | Alexander Kristoff | s.t. | | 97 | Niki Terpstra | s.t. | | 98 | Sebastian Langeveld | s.t. | | 99 | Nairo Quintana | s.t. | | 100 | Lars Ytting Bak | s.t. | | 101 | Daryl Impey | s.t. | | 102 | Paul Voss | s.t. | | 103 | Juraj Sagan | s.t. | | 104 | Maxim Belkov | s.t. | | 105 | Paul Martens | s.t. | | 106 | Michal Golas | s.t. | | 107 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | s.t. | | 108 | Gerald Ciolek | s.t. | | 109 | Ricardo Mestre | s.t. | | 110 | Travis Bickle | s.t. | | 111 | Taylor Phinney | s.t. | | 112 | Egor Silin | s.t. | | 113 | Johann Tschopp | s.t. | | 114 | Benoît Vaugrenard | s.t. | | 115 | Diego Ulissi | s.t. | | 116 | Zdenek Stybar | s.t. | | 117 | Tony Martin | s.t. | | 118 | Oliver Zaugg | s.t. | | 119 | Matthias Frank | s.t. | | 120 | Eduard Vorganov | s.t. | | 121 | Chris Anker Sørensen | s.t. | | 122 | Tomasz Marczynski | s.t. | | 123 | Matej Mugerli | s.t. | | 124 | Martin Elmiger | s.t. | | 125 | George Preidler | s.t. | | 126 | Ian Stannard | s.t. | | 127 | Grégory Rast | s.t. | | 128 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | s.t. | | 129 | Leopold König | s.t. | | 130 | Bob Jungels | s.t. | | 131 | Bernhard Eisel | s.t. | | 132 | Sandy Casar | s.t. | | 133 | Alexey Lutsenko | s.t. | | 134 | Janez Brajkovič | s.t. | | 135 | Jure Golcer | s.t. | | 136 | Sébastien Reichenbach | s.t. | | 137 | Andriy Grivko | s.t. | | 138 | Laurent Didier | s.t. | | 139 | Jan Barta | s.t. | | 140 | Svein Tuft | s.t. | | 141 | Michael Mørkøv | s.t. | | 142 | Stefan Denifl | s.t. | | 143 | Vladimir Gusev | s.t. | | 144 | Sylwester Szmyd | s.t. | | 145 | Jure Kocjan | s.t. | | 146 | Thomas Löfkvist | s.t. | | 147 | Yaroslav Popovych | s.t. | | 148 | Dimitriy Muravyev | s.t. | | 149 | Vitaliy Buts | s.t. | | 150 | Andrew Talansky | s.t. | | 151 | Denys Kostyuk | s.t. | | 152 | Andrey Zeits | s.t. | | 153 | Marcel Wyss | s.t. | | 154 | Assan Bazayev | s.t. | | 155 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | s.t. | | 156 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | s.t. | | 157 | Christian Vande Velde | s.t. | | 158 | Andrey Kashechkin | s.t. | | 159 | Mikhail Ignatiev | s.t. | | 160 | Alexander Efimkin | s.t. | | 161 | Martin Hebik | s.t. | | 162 | Volodymir Gustov | s.t. |
The Night of The Champion - Part I One does not win the World Championships every day. After my interview with Radio B, I gladly got back on the plane. We would be returning home immediately, seeing the World Championship was in Swiss.
I started wondering whether Becca had watched it on television. Either way, I was happy to sit down, finally. As we took off, I opened my backpack and grabbed the shirt I had put in there earlier.
There, on the plane, I held up the Rainbow Jersey, just to look at it some more. People started to applaud spontaneously, pleasantly surprising me.
I couldn't wait to get home!
I've been awake for almost 36 hours now, I'm gonna get some sleep!
I'll be seeing you around!
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| The Hobbit |
Posted on 31-01-2014 17:32
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Will Henry's streak never end.
(Notice same number of bananas as on Venteaux) |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 31-01-2014 17:33
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Yeah!!!
Amazing effort by Henry there!
It was really close, looking at the guys in the back.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 31-01-2014 17:36
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Yay, Henry is the World Champion |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 31-01-2014 18:02
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HENRY! HENRY! HENRY!
.: Manager of :.
.: My Awards :.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 31-01-2014 18:38
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The Hobbit - Aha, what do I have to do to get 3 bananas?
Jeselyh - It was pretty close, yeah. But I needed to attack, couldn't wait for a mass sprint. Turned out to be the right decision
sutty68 - Celebrations all around!
the_hoyle -
Maybe some of you are questioning this (and others, too) victory. So I will release a few screenshots with stats for those
Still not really considering Extreme, mostly because I'm scared of it. My past experiences were quite pathetic at times
Edited by Ian Butler on 31-01-2014 18:38
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 31-01-2014 19:04
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What a win for Henry, could not have been better!
Though i'm not joking, don't go to the Giro next year.  
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| duxili |
Posted on 31-01-2014 19:32
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That is something!
I am almost sad to know Henry would not wear the French Champion jersey anymore: I do think it looks better 
But what a year! Number 1 for sure, it will be hard to do better next year
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| 24sebaf1 |
Posted on 31-01-2014 19:37
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WOWWWWW!!!!!!, Henry World Champion!!!!, first the Tour and now this. Step back Eddy Merckx, there is a new ruler in cycling history. |
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