haven't found the time to edit the video (the video is 1 hour long) but I used last week to get used to my new lifestyle, haven't found the time to edit the video and take the screenshots, I must say, there were some thight moments for Thibaut
edit: I'm aiming at a report every 3~4 days
Edited by SSJ2Luigi on 14-02-2013 19:36
The second stage brings us from Liège to Seraing, a fairly easy stage but the finish is though, favorietes are Gilbert, Freire and Gerrans
The break consisted of K. Kroon (SAX), J. Simon (SAU), R.Nocentini (ALM), L. Ten Dam (RAB), E.Gasparotto (AST), M. Buffaz (COF), Sé Chavanel (EUR), T.Veelers (PRO) with a max gap of 4'20"
there is that jersey that I will wear one day
just before the mountain sprint suddendly Van Den Broeck punctered and I just managed to dodge him. he didn't lose contact to the peleton though
and then the team camera following me made a terrible mistake, he followed Pineau instead of me but luky for me Pineau get close to me so there is some footage of me.
but with 2,2 km Millar (Garmin) crashed and he blocked the road for part of the peleton, and the whole team was blocked, except Cédric and me. Boassen Hagen was in the peleton though
Voeckler won the stage Pineau finished 54th, I finished 28th
Results
1. Thomas Voeckler
Team Europcar
4h44'46"
2. Oscar Freire
Katusha Team
+0"
3. Samuel Sanchez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+0"
4. Damiano Cunego
Lampre-ISD
+0"
5. Philippe Gilbert
BMC Racing Team
+0"
6. Romain Feillu
Vacansoleil-DCM
+0"
7. Björn Leukemans
Vacansoleil-DCM
+0"
8. Rubén Pérez Moreno
Euskaltel-Euskadi
+0"
9. Chris Horner
Radioshack-Nissan-Trek
+0"
10. Sylvain Chavanel
Omega Pharma - Quickstep
+0"
15. Bauke Mollema
Rabobank Cycling Team
+0"
28. Thibaut Pinot
FDJ-Bigmat
+0"
GC
1. Sylvain Chavanel
Omega Pharma - Quickstep
4h57'45"
2. Levi Leipheimer
Omega Pharma - Quickstep
+2"
3. Edvald Boassen Hagen
Sky Pro Cycling
+5"
4. Phillippe Gilbert
BMC Racing Team
+8"
5. Thor Hushovd
BMC Racing Team
+8"
6. Richie Porte
Sky Pro Cycling
+8"
7. Fabian Cancellara
RadioShack-Nissan-Trek
+10"
8. Andreas Klöden
RadioShack-Nissan-Trek
+10"
9. Samuel Sánchez
Euskaltel-Euskadi
+11"
10. Tony Martin
Omega Pharma - Quickstep
+11"
35. Bauke Mollema
Rabobank Cycling Team
+21"
147. Thibaut Pinot
FDJ-Bigmat
+51"
Roux (7th) and Hesjedal (10th) lose the top 10 spot, Hesjedal now 12th, Roux now 157th
Youth Classification
1. Edvald Boassen Hagen
Sky Pro Cycling
4h57'53"
2. Tejay van Garderen
BMC Racing Team
+8"
3. Rein Taaramae
Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne
+15"
4. Alexandre Geniez
Team Argos-Shimano
+22"
5. Steven Kruijswijk
Rabobank Cycling Team
+24"
6. Peter Sagan
Liquigas-Cannondale
+25"
7. Elia Viviani
Liquigas-Cannondale
+27"
8. Wout Poels
Vacansoleil-DCM
+31"
9. Marcel Kittel
Team Argos-Shimano
+31"
10. Rigoberto Uran
Sky Pro Cycling
+31"
13. Thibaut Pinot
FDJ-Bigmat
+46"
Roux (2nd) out of the top 10, now sitting in 14th
Green: Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar)
Polka-Dot: Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne)
Française Des Jeux Rankings
142. Cédric Pineau
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22. Antony Roux
13. Thibaut Pinot
22. FDJ-Bigmat
Thibaut Pinot Rankings
Stage
Results
GC
Points
Mountain
Youth
Liège -> Liège (ITT)
28th
142th
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14th
The video of the stage note I'm aware of the fact that the video is still processing, but since it takes around 10 more hours I posting the report anyway
@Ian was it obvious , stupid thing was I only noticed 5 km later
@Sutty mixed feelings here, at one side there is the being last in the team classification, but iifr Rui Costa lost time today
@Juan not so funny story, apperently Youtube has a video time limit of 15 minutes, I did not know that . it ended up in being done with uploading at 23:35 or so and then only the processing needed to be done. then I get the message: "the video length is too long". and they say that after 9½ hours of uploading
easy to say I haven't found the time (or the motivation) to either cut the stage into parts or upgrade my Youtube account.
Looks like I'm the only one having PM'ed a 'rider to follow'
Photo quality isn't that good though, but if it's better for your motivation, it's ok to have just photos
a flat true flat stage with no real difficulties, Cavendish, Farrar or Petacchi are favorites. we are counting on Hutarovich for a good result.
There was a break but not for very long. with 178 km to go the were caught. maybe some teams have heard of stories where the break doesn't get pulled back.
I even tried to make a break (twice)
but I was quickly caught twice
Cavendish won the sprint, before Greipel, Ciolek and Farrar. Petacchi finished 7th. I finished 71th and in the peleton
I'm need to put life before PCM (well gaming in general) so reports will come every sunday starting next week (so 10-3-2013) hopefully I can post this week's report before friday but I can't really say where
we had a plan today: get Roux in the break so he could get a good result and I stick with the favorites. Andy and Frank Schleck with Valverde were the race favorites, which I find wierd. if someone asked me I would say Gilbert though.
Part 1 of our plan worked. Roux was in the breakaway today, along with E. Capecchi (LIQ), D. Moncoutie (COF), A. Geniez (PRO), D. Le Lay (SAU), R.A.Costa (MOV), C. Le Mével (GAM), K.Siutsou (Sky) and J Van De Walle (LTB), now I just need to follow the Peleton.
when the hilly section finally came, the break had a gap of 1'50" with 17,5 km to go. each time the road went upward I was positioned good in the peleton
we see here that are group is getting dropped behind, or coming back to the peleton, Roux is now with Le Mevel in the lead with 1'10" gap with 6,6 km to go. that good result is looking more and more likely
with only 5,6 km to go the Punchers attack, Gilbert; Voeckler; Gerrans. I was temted to join them but since Roux still a minute ahead I did nothing.
on the final climb we caught Geniez (Argos-Shimano) and he was the only rider that was in the Youth Classification excluding Roux.
the Team manager was really annoying for several kilometers with screaming so I pulled my earphone out and when I reached the finish I saw why the guy was screaming so loud
Roux had won the Stage dropping Le Mével on the final climb
in the classifications a lot has changed. Lé Mével took the Yellow, Roux climbed too 13th and I'm now 26th.
Rui Costa took the Mountain jersey and Roux stole the Points jersey. and then something hit me, if Roux had the Points jersey he couldn't wear the Youth jersey does that mean that I ...
No, Geniez gets to wear the Youth Jersey and with only 6 second seperate us . i at least got 3 minutes on Taaramae and 4 on Kruiswijk. too bad that Van Garderen is 3 seconds back