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Hugo Houle | Canada's Next Star
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 15-05-2013 00:12
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@ admir - Thanks. He's still not at great form, otherwise he'd probaably have stuck around more.
@ Jak - Yeah, I thought I'd won the race, but then Oss just flew past everyone. Thanks
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| NTTHRASH |
Posted on 15-05-2013 02:09
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Houle has a quiet opening. 
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 15-05-2013 03:59
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NTTHRASH wrote:
Houle has a quiet opening.
Yeah. Building form..... It gets better though.... 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-05-2013 09:11
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Great result for the team! |
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| Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 15-05-2013 10:29
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Keep it up. 
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| Pinktay3 |
Posted on 15-05-2013 11:20
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Good to see Mondory almost get up for the win. And good to see Houle sticking it in to the finish |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 15-05-2013 21:59
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Thanks a lot guys! Im pretty happy with the results Im getting so far, just that none of the results are with Hugo
 Strade Bianche
March 3rd, 2013
Today could be anyones race! The dirt wont make as much of an impact as cobblestones might, but Im sure someone will use it to their advantage! I think the plan is to work for Nocentini and the course looks perfect for me to get into the breakaway. If the favourites make late attacks, I'll hopefully still be up front and can give Nocentini a team-mate in the latter part of the race.
Well I tried to get into the breakaway, but I just wasn't being allowed by the other teams. They chased me down right away, so I played the role of ultra-teammate and grabbed bottles at the halfway point.
The two biggest riders in the break where Menchov and Cunego, who were somehow allowed to get clear, but I wasn't. Not sure on that one, but thats the way it goes. I guess I've under-rated myself....
But anyway, they are caught so its pointless to worry about anyway, I doubt I could have changed anything. We made a brief move with Montaguti but he was brought back quickly, and the inevitable sprint looked like it was going to happen for sure as the teams started to form trains. No attacks in the final kms and the riders begin the dash to the line!
Gatto took a good line, and started his sprint at the perfect time. No one could come around him, and once again an AG2R rider picked the right wheel to follow, this time its Nocentini who grabs the team a brilliant 2nd place.
Meanwhile I couldn't get into the top group as I missed the gap, but I did a great job of bridging with a few other riders and I grabbed a Top 25, which is a sign of slow improvement for me. Im happy with the result. Team did well too!
| 1 | Oscar Gatto | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | 4h32'17 | | 2 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 3 | Filippo Pozzato | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 4 | Fabio Felline | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | s.t. | | 5 | David Millar | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 6 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 7 | Sebastian Langeveld | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 8 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 9 | Stuart O'Grady | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 10 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 11 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 12 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 13 | Denis Menchov | Katusha Team | + 24 | | 14 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 15 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | ... | | 23 | Hugo Houle | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4'11 |
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 15-05-2013 22:02
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Hugo could do a bit better,but it is great that he finished on 23rd place.
Edited by admirschleck on 15-05-2013 22:08
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 15-05-2013 22:03
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23rd is good for Houle. And your team should hire Marcato, he definetelly will improve the 2nd place consistency. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 15-05-2013 22:30
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@Admir - thanks! Hugo got stuck in the "slow" peloton but I caught it late and he joined some of the stragglers from the front group and sprinted with them
@ Miguel - Yeah, pretty good I'll think about it. Its too late now obviously being mid March.
I'll probably put up one more classic tonight, as Im enjoying this a lot, so stay tuned.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 15-05-2013 22:36
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A nice second place for Nocentini
Hugo's was performance was pretty good, finishing 23rd in Strade Bianche is not a bad performance at all |
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| NTTHRASH |
Posted on 15-05-2013 22:44
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Good race for Nocentini! And not bad for Houle, sitting in 23rd.
"America. Show a nipple on television and the whole country goes ape-shit." -DubbelDekker
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 15-05-2013 22:53
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Another 2nd for the team. Still a great result
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 16-05-2013 02:47
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@ sutty- Thanks. Great result for the team! Indeed Hugo did well. I dont know if he could have done much better.
@ NTTHRASH- Thanks.
@ Jak- Yeah! The team is doing great right now. Its unfortunate of the doping in real life. I'll probably address that
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 16-05-2013 03:25
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 Nokere - Koerse
March 14th, 2013
Today I have to get into the break. The team has a good shot at a Top 10 here but the terrain I think will suit me well. Plus I dont have many days left to get into the breakaway, if Im going to reach my goals for the first quarter of the season. The weather isn't very nice today either, that means a break may have more of a chance to stay away!
Well I stuck to my plan and got into the breakaway! Solo..... Until I was joined a little later on by 4 other riders, all grown up cobblestone regions so I was already at a disadvantage. We spent most of the day out front, but things cant last forever.
As I said, we got brought back, but I wasn't satisfied with 20km left, so I went on the attack again. It would be to no avail though, as it would only delay being caught, but I'd say its worth two breakaways.... Now down to the sprint, and we had our guys placed poorly.
The ageless wonder, Eeckhout won the stage, Mondory was able to grab 9th, but I think under better circumstances we could have done a little better. Still I think I represented the team well and a Top 10 is always alright. Obviously being in the break, I dropped right back once I was caught, so 86th, shouldn't be looked down upon.
| 1 | Nico Eeckhout | An Post - Chainreaction | 4h43'00 | | 2 | Jan Ghyselinck | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 3 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 4 | Vicente Reynès | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 5 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 7 | Nikolai Trussov | Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks | s.t. | | 8 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 9 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10 | Roy Sentjens | Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks | s.t. | | 11 | Maarten Tjallingii | Blanco Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 12 | Bob Jungels | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 13 | Jens Voigt | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 14 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | ... | | 86 | Hugo Houle | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 16-05-2013 04:15
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Hugo did great with 2 breaks. and a good top 10 from Mondory
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 16-05-2013 06:42
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Jakstar22 wrote:
Hugo did great with 2 breaks. and a good top 10 from Mondory
Thanks! Really happy with his breakaway efforts. Mondory has been good too. Was a little boxed in though.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 16-05-2013 08:02
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Trying in Strade and succeeding in Nokere, great aggressive riding! |
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 16-05-2013 09:05
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Eeckhout  Great riding from Hugo,any GT plans for him?
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 16-05-2013 12:41
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Won't be long before Hugo hits that podium |
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