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A Tale of Two
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 10-09-2012 11:34
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another explanation; they stopped doping 
nice looking season
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 10-09-2012 11:39
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Great story Ian. Can't wait for the new season start.
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| Logghje |
Posted on 10-09-2012 11:40
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Will they change teams one day actually? I don't know if you could go with them, but if that would be possible, it would be alot more realistic if you'd do that  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 10-09-2012 12:07
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Hope Eric and Stijn have a great and even better new season
And Good Luck in the Giro when it arrives |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 10-09-2012 12:24
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@ste_18: Thanks, me too
@Logghje: Thanks we'll see what happens. (difficulty is higher)
@TheManxMissile: They don't dope
@Jakstar22: Thank you
@Logghje (2): I have been thinking about that before, but I decided not to. First of all because I wan't to control them Second of all, some riders stay with the same team their entire career, it's not that unrealistic (Moncoutie, Boonen I think,...)
@sutty68 Thanks It'll be great returning to the Giro two years later, much stronger! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 10-09-2012 12:29
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Early Season Updates
We're the day before the start of our season, in Portugal. (beautiful country, we might add) This is what happened to far in 2014:
A couple of riders announced their retirement after this season: Menchov, Voigt, Hincapie, Evans & McEwen. Big names and they will be missed.
Goss, now riding for Astana, won the Australian National Championship.
The Tour Down Under was a great success for Cavendish, who won 4 stages.
TDU GC
| 1 | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team | 17h50'48 | | 2 | Andy Schleck | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 53 | | 3 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 58 | | 4 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'08 | | 5 | Matthew Goss | Astana Pro Team | + 1'21 | | 6 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 1'24 | | 7 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 1'37 | | 8 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 1'50 | | 9 | Michael Albasini | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 10 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 1'59 |
Jens Keukeleire started his season with some decent results in Qatar, ending mostly in the top 10.
That's about it, tomorrow we start racing again. See you then! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 10-09-2012 12:41
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Back to the racing, very nice |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 10-09-2012 12:42
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Good luck in portugal Eric and Stijn
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 10-09-2012 12:50
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I like the schedule for both, I hope to see a fantastic Giro
Andy Schleck 2nd in the Tour Down Under  He has his good form faster than normal
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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| fred947a |
Posted on 10-09-2012 15:00
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Why no Tour de France. Could see Eric in polkadots |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 10-09-2012 15:09
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@sutty68: couldn't resist it
@Jakstar22: thanks!
@PCM rulezz: He also won in Mallorca. He's up to something
@fred947a: I had to make a choice. Maybe next year he'll return to the Tour |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 10-09-2012 15:19
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Nice shedules and great to see them both riding giro |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 10-09-2012 15:42
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Volta à Algarve
This is the start of the season for the both of us. So what do we have in mind here in Portugal? Getting some race days, nothing more.
We're both happy to be back in the peloton.
There's another one present, where I go, he goes... Van Garderen.
Haussler rode a spectacular sprint and won the first stage!
Result
| 1 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - SplitSe | 3h58'28 | | | 2 | Arthur Vichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 3 | Simone Ponzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 4 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 5 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Carlos Alberto Betancourt | Lampre - Caffeco | s.t. | | | 7 | Filippo Pozzato | Farnese Vini Selle Italia | s.t. | | | 8 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Dominik Nerz | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 10 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 20 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 30 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler |
I'm happy to finish inside the pack. Hopefully it's a proof that all my uphill training has payed off. I'm still not over Paris - Nice of last year!
We won't really be competing here in Portugal, so we might skip the next reports, Though maybe we'll get back to you for the final two stages, a probable sprint, my first test, and the time trial, important for Eric.
See you then! |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 10-09-2012 15:49
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Again Tejay? he must be kidding  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 10-09-2012 15:51
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He's not 
He's probably in love with Eric or something... |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 10-09-2012 15:53
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but he has bad luck as long Eric will have a son?? oh my what a love story |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 10-09-2012 15:53
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He wants to mark him pretty well, as he knows he will lose his Tour to Eric. |
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 10-09-2012 15:55
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Hah! Dominik kicked your ass on that stage!
just kidding. I'm amazed over and over again how you can continue so fast and yet with such a quality. Good luck in 2014!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 10-09-2012 16:28
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@JuanMotr: This is really turning into a strange story
@Miguel98: Thanks
@cunego59: He sure did kick our asses in the sprint Thanks a lot, it means much hearing that from such a successful story-writer! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 10-09-2012 17:25
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Volta à Algarve - stage 5
Stijn didn't thought it to be necessary to report about yesterday's flat stage. The road was awfully dangerous and the rain didn't make it better. He decided not to get involved in the sprint.
A time trial, should be to my liking!
It was waiting for Bobridge to have some kind of reference-time.
Van Garderen got started before me. He'll finish 15 seconds behind Bobridge.
Then they let me loose. I raced like I was on a rampage and I just kept going.
It paid off, first time! Now all I could do was waiting...
Well, Spartacus was looking for some revenge on Lotto-Belisol after Stijn took away many beautiful places from under his nose. He squashed my time and wins the stage and the race.
I'm pretty satisfied, though. I beat some strong men here. Too bad I won't ride NC TT this year, I might finally beat De Gendt. But maybe I'll do that at WC TT, or at the Nationals next year, I still have time!
Result
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | 32'23 | | | 2 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 1'54 | IanButler | | 3 | Jan Barta | Team NetApp | + 2'01 | | | 4 | Kristof Vandewalle | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 2'02 | | | 5 | Jack Bobridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 2'05 | | | 6 | Julien Vermote | Burgos BH - Castilla y Leon | + 2'06 | | | 7 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 2'16 | | | 8 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 2'20 | | | 9 | George Hincapie | BMC Racing Team | + 2'26 | | | 10 | Hugo Sabido | LA - Antarte | s.t. | | | 73 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | + 3'23 | IanButler |
GC
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | 17h42'52 | | 2 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 3'12 | | 3 | Bauke Mollema | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 3'56 | | 4 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 4'17 | | 5 | Arthur Vichot | Team Europcar | + 4'39 | | 6 | Nick Nuyens | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 5'07 | | 7 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - SplitSe | + 5'17 | | 8 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Caffeco | + 5'18 | | 9 | Francesco Reda | Lampre - Caffeco | + 5'19 | | 10 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | + 5'45 | | 25 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 10'36 | IanButler | | 68 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | + 21'12 | IanButler |
This was just warming up. Now I'm off on a break (already), going to see that the missus has everything she needs! I say good bye and Stijn will bid you welcome in the next race: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. A race he's never won before, and you know how he thinks about that! |
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