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The National Tour: Annoucement
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 16-07-2013 23:45
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Champion's Jerseys in Play in National Tour
On the eve of the start of the first ever National Tour, the UCI has made a suprise announcement. The UCI has decided that the champion's of each participating country, may wear their champion's jersey during the race.
However, as expected, Philippe Gilbert will not be permitted to wear his one day World Champion's jersey.
Edited by welker3257 on 16-07-2013 23:46
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 17-07-2013 03:01
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National Tour Stage 1 Preview
The Profile
Today's stage is 213 km of flat terrain on the island of Corsica. It starts in Porto Vecchio and heads along the island coastline towards Bastia. There is one KOM sprint after 45 km and the intermediate sprint is located after around 140 km. The stage is expected to end in a mass sprint as the sprinters will need to take advantage of every chance they get to pick up points towards the ultra classification. The weather calls for crosswinds at 40 kmh gusting at 50 kmh.
The Favorites
Andre Greipel has the best leadout train in the race with Jens Voigt, Tony Martin, Gerald Ciolek, John Degankolb, and Marcel Kittel there is no reason that the Gorilla shouldn't be in the perfect position at the end of the stage, can he deliver for Germany?
Mark Cavendish is back in his national team colours, the last time he wore them, he won the one day world champion's jersey. The Manx Missile is the fastest man in the world, but the question mark is his split team who will also be riding for GC favorite Chris Froome, who will hope to avoid trouble in the crosswinds the forecasters have predicted.
The Outsiders
Matt Goss is the fastest man down under, but can he win in a major race? Australia hopes so as there isn't much expected out of Cadel Evans.
Alexander Kristoff is another fast man who will benefit from a good leadout, with Thor Husovd and Eddie the Boss, Kristoff should be delivered in a good position, but does the young Norwegian have the top end speed to keep up with Cavendish?
If Andre Greipel has a bad day and misses a split, Marcel Kittel could be a candidate to win the first stage.
Nacer Bouhanni is the hope for France in the first stage, the nation is hosting the first National Tour and the weight of the nation is on the young sprinter to put in a good showing.
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Posted on 17-07-2013 10:07
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Posted on 17-07-2013 10:13
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The National Tour Stage 1 Recap Show
Welcome Ladies and Gentleman to the start of the 2013 National Tour! And.. we're off!
Dimitriy Muravyev from Kazakhstan was the first man to attack in the first national tour.
Muravyev was joined by Bob Jungels of Luxembourg, David Veilleux of Canada, and Jonas Ahlstrand of Sweden to form the day’s breakaway.
At the only KOM sprint of the day Muravyev beat Veilleux over the summit and will wear the Polka-Dot jersey tomorrow.
Meanwhile, in the peloton, the chase is being led by Australia, Norway, Germany, and Great Britain.
At the intermediate sprint it was another two way battle between David Veilleux and Bob Jungels with Veilleux taking the honors.
About 4 minutes later the peloton went through the sprint point with Mark Cavendish taking the fifth place points ahead of in order: Greipel, Goss, Kristoff, and Kittel.
With 25 km to go the gap is down to 1 min 45 sec and Germany’s Tony Martin and Jens Voigt are on the front.
10 km later the gap is down to 1 min 6 sec and Ahlstrand has been dropped from the breakaway.
With 10 km to go the three leaders still have a minute! Can they surprise the peloton?
With 7.5 km to go Tony Martin has single-handily cut gap in half and it looks like the escapees are running out of gas. In the peloton the 40 kmh crosswinds have split the bunch and Guardini, Fuglsang, Schleck, Basso, and Bouhani have been caught out.
With 5 km to go the gap is down to 20 seconds and the bunch can see the escapees in the distance.
With 3.5 km to go Veilleux has decided to push on alone as the rest of the break is swallowed up by the peloton.
1 km later the catch is made and trains are flying and it’s a Germany vs Great Britain battle on the flatlands.
1.5 km to go and Kittel is clearly faster than Ben Swift, and Greipel will have a 100 m head start on Cavendish and another 50 m on the rest of the sprinters.
Under the Flamme Rouge and Greipel is waiting till the last moment to launch and that’s Kristoff in the middle trying to get on Cav’s wheel.
400 m to go and it looks like it’s going to be a German 1-2 as there is a lot of daylight between the Germans and third place Cavendish.
Andre Greipel takes the win in Bastia! Cavendish passes Kittel on the line to finish second who takes third. Matt Goss finishes fourth and Alexander Kristoff takes fifth. The real surprise of the day is Alejandro Valverde takes 9th to pick up some important points for later down the road.
Stage Results
| 1 | André Greipel | 70 | 4h58'22 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | 40 | s.t. | | 3 | Marcel Kittel | 40 | s.t. | | 4 | Matthew Goss | 30 | s.t. | | 5 | Alexander Kristoff | 25 | s.t. | | 6 | Ben Swift | 20 | s.t. | | 7 | Mark Renshaw | 15 | s.t. | | 8 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | 12 | s.t. | | 9 | Alejandro Valverde | 10 | s.t. | | 10 | John Degenkolb | 8 | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Thor Hushovd | 6 | s.t. | | 12 | Joaquím Rodríguez | 5 | s.t. | | 13 | Arnaud Demare | 4 | s.t. | | 14 | Geraint Thomas | 3 | s.t. | | 15 | Tom Boonen | 2 | s.t. | | 16 | Christopher Sutton | 1 | s.t. | | 17 | Chris Froome | 1 | s.t. | | 18 | Alberto Contador | 1 | s.t. | | 19 | Jonathan Castroviejo | 1 | s.t. | | 20 | Ryder Hesjedal | 1 | s.t. | | 21 | David Millar | 1 | s.t. | | 22 | Svein Tuft | 1 | s.t. | | 23 | Simon Clarke | 1 | s.t. | | 24 | Rigoberto Urán | 1 | s.t. | | 25 | Adriano Malori | 1 | s.t. | | 26 | Vincenzo Nibali | 1 | s.t. | | 27 | Stephen Cummings | 1 | s.t. | | 28 | Tyler Farrar | 1 | s.t. | | 29 | Simon Gerrans | 1 | s.t. | | 30 | Thomas Voeckler | 1 | s.t. | | 31 | Pierre Rolland | 1 | s.t. | | 32 | Bradley Wiggins | 1 | s.t. | | 33 | Sergio Henao | 1 | s.t. | | 34 | Peter Kennaugh | 1 | s.t. | | 35 | Sondre Holst Enger | 1 | s.t. | | 36 | Carlos Betancur | 1 | s.t. | | 37 | Cadel Evans | 1 | s.t. | | 38 | Manuel Cardoso | 1 | s.t. | | 39 | Bob Jungels | 6 | s.t. | | 40 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | 1 | s.t. | | 41 | Richie Porte | 1 | s.t. | | 42 | Marko Kump | 1 | s.t. | | 43 | David Veilleux | 21 | s.t. | | 44 | Michał Kwiatkowski | 1 | s.t. | | 45 | Nairo Quintana | 1 | s.t. | | 46 | Rui Costa | 1 | s.t. | | 47 | Fabio Duarte | 1 | s.t. | | 48 | Daniel Moreno | 1 | s.t. | | 49 | Tejay Van Garderen | 1 | s.t. | | 50 | Michael Rogers | 1 | s.t. | | 51 | Thibaut Pinot | 1 | s.t. | | 52 | Michele Scarponi | 1 | s.t. | | 53 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | 1 | s.t. | | 54 | Thomas De Gendt | 1 | s.t. | | 55 | Dimitriy Muravyev | 16 | s.t. | | 56 | Simon Spilak | 1 | s.t. | | 57 | Ian Stannard | 1 | s.t. | | 58 | Gabriel Rasch | 1 | s.t. | | 59 | Gerald Ciolek | 1 | s.t. | | 60 | Rafal Majka | 1 | s.t. | | 61 | Chris Horner | 1 | s.t. | | 62 | Adam Hansen | 1 | s.t. | | 63 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | 1 | s.t. | | 64 | Tony Martin | 1 | s.t. | | 65 | Romain Bardet | 1 | s.t. | | 66 | Christian Knees | 1 | s.t. | | 67 | Jens Voigt | 1 | s.t. | | 68 | Bauke Mollema | 1 | s.t. | | 69 | Laurens Ten Dam | 1 | s.t. | | 70 | Haimar Zubeldia | 1 | s.t. | | 71 | John Darwin Atapuma | 1 | s.t. | | 72 | Fränk Schleck | 1 | s.t. | | 73 | Andrew Talansky | 1 | s.t. | | 74 | Greg Van Avermaet | 1 | s.t. | | 75 | Jürgen Roelandts | 1 | s.t. | | 76 | Nacer Bouhanni | 1 | s.t. | | 77 | Guillaume Boivin | 1 | s.t. | | 78 | Luka Mezgec | 1 | s.t. | | 79 | Luis León Sánchez | 1 | s.t. | | 80 | Sylvain Chavanel | 1 | s.t. | | 81 | Christian Vande Velde | | + 2'51 | | 82 | Samuel Sánchez | | s.t. | | 83 | Borut Božic | | s.t. | | 84 | Lars Ytting Bak | | s.t. | | 85 | Matti Breschel | | s.t. | | 86 | Philippe Gilbert | | s.t. | | 87 | Jelle Vanendert | | s.t. | | 88 | Michael Schär | | s.t. | | 89 | Maxime Monfort | | s.t. | | 90 | Beñat Intxausti | | s.t. | | 91 | Andreas Klöden | | s.t. | | 92 | Eduard Vorganov | | s.t. | | 93 | Dario Cataldo | | s.t. | | 94 | Esteban Chaves | | s.t. | | 95 | Damiano Cunego | | s.t. | | 96 | Vladimir Gusev | | s.t. | | 97 | Tom Slagter | | s.t. | | 98 | Robert Vrecer | | s.t. | | 99 | Johnny Hoogerland | | s.t. | | 100 | Michael Albasini | | s.t. | | 101 | Evaldas Siskevicius | | s.t. | | 102 | Lieuwe Westra | | s.t. | | 103 | André Cardoso | | s.t. | | 104 | Chris Anker Sørensen | | s.t. | | 105 | Tomasz Marczynski | | s.t. | | 106 | Dominik Nerz | | s.t. | | 107 | Winner Anacona | | s.t. | | 108 | Johann Tschopp | | s.t. | | 109 | Jakob Fuglsang | | s.t. | | 110 | Tom Danielson | | s.t. | | 111 | Thomas Löfkvist | | s.t. | | 112 | Wilco Kelderman | | s.t. | | 113 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | | s.t. | | 114 | Andy Schleck | | s.t. | | 115 | Kristjan Koren | | s.t. | | 116 | Marco Pinotti | | s.t. | | 117 | Ivan Basso | | s.t. | | 118 | Fabian Cancellara | | s.t. | | 119 | Janez Brajkovič | | s.t. | | 120 | Peter Stetina | | s.t. | | 121 | Denis Menchov | | s.t. | | 122 | Sylwester Szmyd | | s.t. | | 123 | Wout Poels | | s.t. | | 124 | Sérgio Paulinho | | s.t. | | 125 | Steve Morabito | | s.t. | | 126 | Andrea Guardini | | s.t. | | 127 | Matthias Frank | | s.t. | | 128 | Domenico Pozzovivo | | s.t. | | 129 | Tomas Vaitkus | | s.t. | | 130 | Robert Gesink | | s.t. | | 131 | Gustav Erik Larsson | | s.t. | | 132 | Tiago Machado | | s.t. | | 133 | Vegard Stake Laengen | | s.t. | | 134 | Frederik Wilmann | | s.t. | | 135 | Jonas Ahlstrand | 5 | + 5'21 | | 136 | Havard Nybö | | s.t. | | 137 | Egidijus Juodvalkis | | s.t. | | 138 | Aidis Kruopis | | s.t. | | 139 | Tobias Ludvigsson | | + 6'02 | | 140 | Martin Elmiger | | s.t. | | 141 | David Zabriskie | | s.t. | | 142 | Alexander Porsev | | s.t. | | 143 | Grégory Rast | | s.t. | | 144 | Hugo Houle | | s.t. | | 145 | Taylor Phinney | | s.t. | | 146 | Alex Rasmussen | | s.t. | | 147 | Mikhail Ignatiev | | s.t. | | 148 | Maciej Bodnar | | s.t. | | 149 | Maxim Belkov | | s.t. | | 150 | Jan Bakelants | | s.t. | | 151 | Michal Golas | | s.t. | | 152 | Maxim Iglinskiy | | s.t. | | 153 | Jonas Ljungblad | | s.t. | | 154 | Grega Bole | | s.t. | | 155 | Alexey Tsatevitch | | s.t. | | 156 | Jure Kocjan | | s.t. | | 157 | Valentin Iglinskiy | | s.t. | | 158 | Jempy Drucker | | s.t. | | 159 | Ryan Anderson | | s.t. | | 160 | Lars Boom | | s.t. | | 161 | Dominique Rollin | | s.t. | | 162 | Martin Mortensen | | s.t. | | 163 | Vladimir Isaychev | | s.t. | | 164 | Marcin Sapa | | s.t. | | 165 | Cyrille Heymans | | s.t. | | 166 | Jérémy Roy | | s.t. | | 167 | Christian Poos | | s.t. | | 168 | Pavel Brutt | | s.t. | | 169 | Mario Costa | | s.t. | | 170 | François Parisien | | s.t. | | 171 | Damien Gaudin | | s.t. | | 172 | Assan Bazayev | | s.t. | | 173 | Hélder Oliveira | | s.t. | | 174 | Christofer Stevenson | | s.t. | | 175 | Alexey Lutsenko | | s.t. | | 176 | Oliver Zaugg | | s.t. | | 177 | Alexander Wetterhall | | s.t. | | 178 | José Mendes | | s.t. | | 179 | Nicki Sørensen | | s.t. | | 180 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | | s.t. | | 181 | Bartosz Huzarski | | s.t. | | 182 | Laurent Didier | | s.t. | | 183 | Robinson Chalapud | | s.t. | | 184 | Andrey Kashechkin | | s.t. | | 185 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | | s.t. | | 186 | José Gonçalves | | s.t. | | 187 | Andrey Zeits | | s.t. | | 188 | Peter Mathiesen | | s.t. | | 189 | Brian Vandborg | | s.t. | | 190 | Joel Zangerle | | s.t. | | 191 | Ben Gastauer | | s.t. | | 192 | Christian Meier | | s.t. | | 193 | Niklas Gustavsson | | s.t. | | 194 | Gediminas Bagdonas | | s.t. | | 195 | Ramunas Navardauskas | | s.t. | | 196 | Vytautas Kaupas | | s.t. | | 197 | Ignatas Konovalovas | | s.t. | | 198 | Gediminas Kaupas | | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | André Greipel | | 55 | 55 | | 2 | Mark Cavendish | 46 | 46 | | 3 | Marcel Kittel | | 37 | 37 | | 4 | Matthew Goss | | 35 | 35 | | 5 | Alexander Kristoff | | 30 | 30 | | 6 | Ben Swift | | 26 | 26 | | 7 | Mark Renshaw | | 21 | 21 | | 8 | David Veilleux | | 20 | 20 | | 9 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | | 20 | 20 | | 10 | Bob Jungels | | 17 | 17 |
KOM
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| 1 | Marcel Kittel | | 4h58'22 | 4h58'22 (1) | | 2 | John Degenkolb | | s.t. | + 0 (2) | | 3 | Arnaud Demare | | s.t. | + 0 (3) | | 4 | Adriano Malori | | s.t. | + 0 (4) | | 5 | Peter Kennaugh | s.t. | + 0 (5) |
Team Classification
| 1 | Team Germany | 122 | | 2 | Team GBR | 69 | | 3 | Team Australia | 51 | | 4 | Team Norway | 46 | | 5 | Team Canada | 24 | | 6 | Team Spain | 20 | | 7 | Team Kazahkstan | 16 | | 8 | Team France | 10 | | 9 | Team Luxembourg | 7 | | 10 | Team Colombia | 6 | | T11 | Team Belgium | 5 | | T11 | Team Swden | 5 | | 13 | Team America | 4 | | T14 | Team Italy | 3 | | T14 | Team Slovenia | 3 | | T14 | Team Poland | 3 | | T17 | Team Portugal | 2 | | T17 | Team Netherlands | 2 |
Dishonorable Mention: Russia, Denmark, Switzerland, and Lithunania.
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 17-07-2013 17:13
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I demand a do-over! 
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 17-07-2013 17:28
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Waghlon wrote:
I demand a do-over!
No chance it took like an hour to do the stage and an hour and a half to do the ultra points
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 17-07-2013 18:07
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Das ist Gut! 
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 17-07-2013 18:11
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| NTTHRASH |
Posted on 17-07-2013 18:15
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Um...why is the Australia rider riding a USA champions bike?
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| juszta |
Posted on 17-07-2013 18:53
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What a start for Germany!  |
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| mvhoogdalem |
Posted on 17-07-2013 19:09
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Hahaha Farrar behind Contador, Froome and other non-sprinters  |
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 17-07-2013 19:17
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Luigi: my engrish is gooder den urs
FroomeDog: We will see
NTTRASH: Very weird equipment choice indeed
Juszta: it was a great stage
The next stage will either be up very late at night or around the finish of tomorrow's TDF stage
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Looking Good for Germany. I think Ireland should be in it though. I mean, Sam Bennett wouldve easily outsprinted that greipel guy
Lithuania is doing well too
194 Gediminas Bagdonas s.t.
195 Ramunas Navardauskas s.t.
196 Vytautas Kaupas s.t.
197 Ignatas Konovalovas s.t.
198 Gediminas Kaupas s.t.
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| Ollfardh |
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welker3257 wrote:
VeloNews.com
Champion's Jerseys in Play in National Tour
On the eve of the start of the first ever National Tour, the UCI has made a suprise announcement. The UCI has decided that the champion's of each participating country, may wear their champion's jersey during the race.
However, as expected, Philippe Gilbert will not be permitted to wear his one day World Champion's jersey.
Boooooo!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 17-07-2013 20:30
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welker3257 wrote:
Luigi: my engrish is gooder den urs
no shit, I wasn't even speaking English
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Luigi: oh
Mvhoogbalem: Well remember that there were cross winds, the game was stupid and didn't give gaps. Farrar lead the second group.
Ollfardh: I assume you are booing about Gilbert, well he technically not the world champion. However there are no national championships for the stage race, just a world xhamionship.
Dippofix: as I've already said, I could choose 21 teams and Ireland sucks after Martin and Roche. Lithuania is going for a zero point race
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Posted on 17-07-2013 22:00
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All my riders lost time already
Goodbye GC
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| baseballlover312 |
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welker3257 wrote:
Luigi: oh
Mvhoogbalem: Well remember that there were cross winds, the game was stupid and didn't give gaps. Farrar lead the second group.
Ollfardh: I assume you are booing about Gilbert, well he technically not the world champion. However there are no national championships for the stage race, just a world xhamionship.
Dippofix: as I've already said, I could choose 21 teams and Ireland sucks after Martin and Roche. Lithuania is going for a zero point race
Martin, Roche, Deignan, Brammier, Bennet, McCann.
All those riders have decent stats in something. they arguably have a better lineup than say Kazahkstan, Sweden or Canada.
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