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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 14-09-2012 15:33
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@Jakstar22: Thanks 
@ste_18: I hope it was enough! Thanks
@sutty68: he came about just in time, like last season (I think he likes to cut things close) 
@JuanMotr: This time I also hope your nose was wrong 
@ricotery_uy: Thanks!
@Alakagom: Hopefully we'll see a battle between the big three |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 14-09-2012 15:40
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De Panne - Koksijde
Stage 1
A hilly terrain, Eric stayed well inside the front group, Stijn came 45 seconds later.
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | 4h46'08 | | | 2 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 3 | Robert Kiserlovski | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 4 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 5 | Dries Devenyns | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 6 | Tom Jelte Slagter | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Maarten Wynants | Landbouwkrediet-Euphony | s.t. | | | 8 | Stefano Pirazzi | Lampre - Caffeco | s.t. | | | 9 | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 10 | Arthur Vichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 11 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 25 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | + 45 | IanButler |
Stage 2
A mass sprint. Stijn decided to skip, taking no risks before RvV.
| 1 | Adrien Petit | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | 4h24'43 | | 2 | Tom Veelers | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | 3 | Kristof Goddaert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 4 | Gert Steegmans | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | 5 | Kenny Van Hummel | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Grega Bole | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | 8 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Graeme Brown | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | Laurence Franssens | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. |
Stage 3
Another sprint. Stijn started the sprint but got blocked.
| 1 | Tom Veelers | Team Argos-Shimano | 2h27'21 | | | 2 | Adrien Petit | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 3 | Graeme Brown | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 4 | Gert Steegmans | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 5 | Kristof Goddaert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Kenny Van Hummel | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 8 | Laurence Franssens | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 9 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 10 | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | |
Stage 4
A 12km time trial. Stijn rode excellently. Cancellara takes his second GC win here in a row.
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | 13'17 | | | 2 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3 | | | 3 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | + 5 | IanButler | | 4 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo Bank | + 7 | | | 5 | Dominique Cornu | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | + 10 | | | 6 | Kevin Van Impe | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 12 | | | 7 | Maarten Wynants | Landbouwkrediet-Euphony | + 13 | | | 8 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 14 | | | 9 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | + 17 | | | 10 | Kristof Goddaert | BMC Racing Team | + 19 | | | 11 | Ian Stannard | Lotto-Belisol | + 20 | IanButler | | 12 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 22 | IanButler |
GC
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | 11h51'09 | | | 2 | Maarten Wynants | Landbouwkrediet-Euphony | + 33 | | | 3 | Stef Clement | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 34 | | | 4 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 42 | IanButler | | 5 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Sky Pro Cycling | + 51 | | | 6 | Nikolai Trussov | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 53 | | | 7 | Stefano Pirazzi | Lampre - Caffeco | + 55 | | | 8 | Troels Vinther | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'01 | | | 9 | Martijn Keizer | Landbouwkrediet-Euphony | + 1'02 | | | 10 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | + 1'10 | IanButler |
Points
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | 50 | | 2 | Tom Veelers | Team Argos-Shimano | 45 | | 3 | Adrien Petit | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | 45 |
KoM
| 1 | Arthur Vichot | Team Europcar | 21 | | 2 | Brian Vandborg | SpiderTech powered by C10 | 10 | | 3 | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | 9 |
This was just a race to keep my legs moving for RvV. I could've gotten better results but my mind is already at the Ronde. I should've been more focused here.
My season is starting very late, because of the little stranger my wife was expecting. But I'm getting into shape gradually. I should be alright by the Giro! |
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 14-09-2012 15:44
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E3 Win was really impressive! Well Done! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 14-09-2012 15:45
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Nice 4th place for Lombaerts |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 14-09-2012 15:56
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Nice 4th by Eric and good luck in ronde I think 5th place is yours
Edited by JuanMotr on 14-09-2012 15:56
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 14-09-2012 15:56
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Good placement for both. |
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| fred947a |
Posted on 14-09-2012 16:23
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Now we hope to see a big win for Stijn |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 14-09-2012 20:04
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@Kirchen_75: Thank you!
sutty68: Thanks, his shape is slowly coming along!
@JuanMotr: We'll see does your nose say that?
@Miguel98: Thanks.
fred947a: I hope so, too  |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 15-09-2012 00:06
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Can't wait for RVV and P-R!
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 15-09-2012 00:27
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Good racing for both Eric and Stijn. Best of luck in RvV and PR.
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| TomC |
Posted on 15-09-2012 09:29
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Can't wait to see RvV and PR, good luck! |
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| emre99 |
Posted on 15-09-2012 09:49
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Good luck in RvV and Paris-Roubaix! 4th place Isnt bad , its good enough
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-09-2012 11:33
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Thanks all! I wanted to ride it now but I hear there's some trouble with Photobucket, so I'll wait until it's fixed. See you then! |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 15-09-2012 11:55
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Hope it is fixed soon.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-09-2012 13:11
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I hope so, too. I've got to go in half an hour, I'll try again when I get back. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-09-2012 15:10
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Photobucket is still down, unfortunately. Will check again this evening, but I'm not sure if I can race it this evening. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-09-2012 19:21
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Ronde Van Vlaanderen
The only cobbled classic race I haven't been able to win, let's try to change that today!
BMC made the race hard, again.
But the second time on the Kwaremont, I was taken by surprise and the price to pay was hard: Boonen and Cancellara went for a ride!
The race was over for me, as the two took 3 minutes in no time.
Would I wait for the sprint for the third place? No, I couldn't.. I was one of the big three now, I can't be the one waiting in a group for a sprint, I have to earn my glory so I went looking for it, against all odds!
Pretty soon, Cancellara left Boonen behind and started a monster solo.
And my kamikaze attack started paying off, I saw a dot on the horizon, Boonen! 10km to the finish, I had him in my sights.
I caught him! Best thing I could do was wait in his wheel and sprint for the second place. But I couldn't do that, either! I attacked out of his wheel, he didn't have the energy left to follow.
This must've been a mental blow to Boonen
Spartacus took a brilliant win!
I end up 2nd!
What can I say? I took my chances and rode like a man today, I'm proud of this achievement. I've never been closer to the win in the Ronde. I hope to move up one more place next year!
Result
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | 6h46'05 | | | 2 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | + 4'38 | IanButler | | 3 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 6'02 | | | 4 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Argos-Shimano | + 9'12 | | | 5 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 7 | Yoann Offredo | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 8 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 10 | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin - SplitSe | s.t. | |
Spoiler | 11 | Filippo Pozzato | Farnese Vini Selle Italia | s.t. | | | 12 | Nick Nuyens | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 13 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 14 | Marcus Burghardt | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 15 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 16 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 17 | Stijn Devolder | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 18 | Sylvain Chavanel | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 19 | Maarten Wynants | Landbouwkrediet-Euphony | s.t. | | | 20 | Niki Terpstra | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 11'05 | | | 21 | Martijn Maaskant | Garmin - SplitSe | + 15'28 | | | 22 | Jelle Wallays | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. | | | 23 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 24 | Gert Steegmans | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 25 | Johan Vansummeren | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 17'23 | | | 26 | Joost Posthuma | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 18'07 | | | 27 | Ulugbek Nikolaev | Astana Pro Team | + 18'47 | | | 28 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 29 | Pablo Esteve | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 20'33 | | | 30 | Lars Boom | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 31 | Wim De Vocht | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 21'12 | | | 32 | Kevin Van Impe | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 33 | Matthew Goss | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 34 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | + 22'00 | | | 35 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 25'59 | | | 36 | Laurence Franssens | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 37 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 38 | Nikolas Maes | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 39 | Kevin Hulsmans | Farnese Vini Selle Italia | s.t. | | | 40 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 41 | Sébastien Rosseler | Garmin - SplitSe | s.t. | | | 42 | Dries Devenyns | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 43 | Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski | Liquigas-Cannondale | + 27'19 | | | 44 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 45 | John Degenkolb | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 46 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 47 | Alexandre Pichot | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 48 | Kris Boeckmans | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 49 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 50 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | | 51 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 52 | Kenny Van Hummel | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 53 | Edwig Cammaerts | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 54 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 55 | Jairo Porras | Euskaltel Euskadi | s.t. | | | 56 | Martin Elmiger | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 57 | David Millar | Garmin - SplitSe | s.t. | |
I'm ready for Paris - Roubaix. I hope that us three will enter the velodrome together, that would be awesome.
Edited by Ian Butler on 15-09-2012 19:22
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 15-09-2012 19:23
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Cancellara is just a Beast 
But a Great second place for Stijn  |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 15-09-2012 19:29
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The new Marcato is upon us. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-09-2012 19:31
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Nothing could be done against Spartacus
This time I don't mind being 2nd, rather 2nd this way than waiting for the sprint and come in 3rd |
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