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A Tale of Two
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 22-08-2012 18:46
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Is his mtn + or - 79 mtn?
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-08-2012 18:50
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Right now 79, but we're 1 year away from next TDF, so he'll be like 78 - 77 at max. Not enough, I think. |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 22-08-2012 18:52
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For a top 10 I think, not contention, obviously.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-08-2012 18:54
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Well, I'll think about it. Thanks for remarking anyway  |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 22-08-2012 18:56
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I just thought that while it may be fine now, by 2014 it would be madness.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-08-2012 18:57
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I definitely agree there, I'll try to keep it under control
Tour of Colorado is up next (hope you'll like it, baseballlover)! |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 22-08-2012 19:52
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good job by Eric to be in the BOD.
better luck in Rocky mountains  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 22-08-2012 22:54
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Hope you have a great time in Colorado |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-08-2012 22:58
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Thanks, the Rocky mountains will be for tomorrow, though
Let's see what the two wonder boys can do there, the way they're racing through their fist season  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 10:43
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Tour of Colorado - Stage 1
A prologue with the first part practically downhill all the way. The main thing is for Eric to be well positioned, because a stage win will be difficult against specialist like Taylor Phinney.
Well, I got off to a decent start.
However, I think I4m definitely over the top of my season, I just feel it in my legs. I gave it my all in the cobbled classics, the Giro and in Poland, I'm pretty much done. I just want to finish my schedule and take a break, only to return next season even stronger!
My downhill skills were very useful here and I finished third, not even a second behind Phinney and Van Garderen.
Result/GC
| 1 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | 6'43 | | | 2 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 4 | Jens Mouris | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1 | | | 5 | Alex Rasmussen | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 2 | | | 6 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 4 | | | 7 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 6 | | | 8 | Adriano Malori | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 9 | Maciej Bodnar | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 10 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 7 | | | 11 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 12 | Marcel Wyss | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 13 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 8 | | | 14 | Steven Cozza | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 15 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 16 | Markus Fothen | Team NSP-GHOST | s.t. | | | 17 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 18 | Alexander Wetterhall | Endura Racing | s.t. | | | 19 | Paul Voss | Endura Racing | + 9 | | | 20 | Stefan Schäfer | Team NSP-GHOST | s.t. | |
The following 3 days are most important for the GC, as the final 3 days are quite flat. See you tomorrow! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 10:51
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Tour of Colorado - Stage 2
Bille rode an excellent race and was in the breakaway of the day. He takes the only mountain points of today and will wear the jersey tomorrow, well done!
At one point, he even had a chance of winning, as the peloton hesitated too much. However, his breakaway companion Da Dalto refused all cooperation and Bille could forget about his win. Why he didn't want to cooperate is a mystery to me, maybe he couldn't?
So it came to a mass sprint uphill, which Rabon won, right in front of Ulissi.
Result
| 1 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 4h13'33 | | | 2 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 3 | Rubens Bertogliati | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 4 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 5 | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 6 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 7 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 8 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 9 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 10 | Timothy Roe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | |
GC
| 1 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 4h20'04 | | | 2 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 12 | | | 3 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 4 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 5 | Jens Mouris | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 13 | | | 6 | Rubens Bertogliati | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 15 | | | 7 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 16 | | | 8 | Mauro Da Dalto | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 9 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre-ISD | + 17 | | | 10 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 18 | |
Tomorrow is the big mountain stage, that will definitely stir up the GC. Afterwards is the TT, I'm ready for both of them! |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 23-08-2012 11:03
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Eric will have it tough against Tejay in my career with BMC he is leading Giro |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 11:09
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Yeah, but he knows Van Garderen because by some coincidence they ride almost the exact same schedule  He was up against him in the Giro, in Poland and now in Colorado, he'll have his hands full with him (but Van Garderen will probably be in top shape here, so it'll be very tough) |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 23-08-2012 11:34
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i think Eric should use that Tejay is really bad at hills so there should be his chance |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 23-08-2012 13:50
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Eric has made a great start to the race |
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 23-08-2012 13:54
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Good luck here in Colorado
Btw, is that snow on the first picture of the prologue?
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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| sutty68 |
Posted on 23-08-2012 13:55
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PCM rulezz wrote:
Good luck here in Colorado
Btw, is that snow on the first picture of the prologue?
I think its just rain |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 14:52
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Strangely enough, it sounded like rain and it looked like snow |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 15:37
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Tour of Colorado - Stage 3
Well, this is the queen stage of this Tour of Colorado. Today we had to make the difference. The two biggest obstacles of the day were the Cottonwood Pass and the Independence Pass.
Bille went to war for the KoM jersey and gets the maximum points on the Cottonwood Pass. He's already almost certain of the jersey and the stage race isn't even halfway yet!
It was up to Omega-Pharma Quickstep to chase down the breakaway.
Their pace was everything but fast and a peloton of over 90 riders survived the Independence Pass. I was badly positioned, otherwise I would've tried an attack.
So it looked like it would be up to the breakaway riders to fight for the win (Bille had already returned to the peloton on the final climb)
In the end, it was Camaño, the racer of Endura Racing, that takes the win! Stijn finished a nice 8th place.
However, for me this race was a bit of a disappointment. There were no attacks, no big breaks in the peloton. The only thing that'll stir up the GC is the Mountain Time Trial of tomorrow.
Result
| 1 | Iker Camaño | Endura Racing | 5h18'46 | | | 2 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 3 | Ivan Rovny | RusVelo | s.t. | | | 4 | Romain Hardy | Bretagne-Schuller | s.t. | | | 5 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'21 | | | 6 | Jure Kocjan | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 7 | André Schulze | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 8 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 9 | Marcel Wyss | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 10 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 11 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 12 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | | | 13 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 14 | Andreas Dietziker | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 15 | Daniele Righi | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 16 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 17 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 18 | Julien Antomarchi | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | | | 19 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 20 | Alexander Serebryakov | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | s.t. | |
GC
| 1 | Iker Camaño | Endura Racing | 9h38'53 | | | 2 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp | + 12 | | | 3 | Ivan Rovny | RusVelo | + 22 | | | 4 | Romain Hardy | Bretagne-Schuller | + 29 | | | 5 | Frantisek Rabon | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 1'14 | | | 6 | Eric Lombaerts | Lotto-Belisol | + 1'30 | IanButler | | 7 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Gaëtan Bille | Lotto-Belisol | + 1'31 | IanButler | | 9 | Rubens Bertogliati | Team Type 1 - Sanofi | + 1'33 | | | 10 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'34 | |
I still share my place/time with Van Garderen. Tomorrow we'll fight out our battle on the time trial hill, that promises to be good!
In other news: Sep Vanmarcke, upcoming Flandrien, has signed a contract with Argos - Shimano, which will most likely promote to ProTour at the end of the season. He'll be their main rider for the cobbled classics, which they'll have to ride now.
See you tomorrow! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-08-2012 15:58
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While we're nearing page 20, I just wanted to check: those people following, is there anything you'd like to see changed or is it still going well enough for you? (reports, screenshots, pace...) |
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