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The Passion of Sir Robert Westwood
dark_x2012
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Posted on 20-07-2014 13:17
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Posted on 20-07-2014 14:01
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JULY 2014 - Tour de France - stage 1: Leeds - Harrogate

The start of the Tour de France was a milestone for us. The Tour de France was just so big, I couldn't have imagined this before. The squad I had came up with consisted of Wiggins, Bouhanni, Duvivier, Hansen, Rémy, Barguil, Devenyns, Nerz and Simon Yates. I thought it was a perfect mixture of experience and youth. Mainly climbers but with two strong sprinters, too. So now that we were here, what were our goals? For me it was simple, I was ambitious here...

We were in the team bus, it was less than 2 hours before the start of the race. I had gathered all the riders and the staff there. I gave them the speech of my life. Unfortunately, I can't recall my exact words from then, since it was improvised, but what it came down to was the following: we're here as a team, as a strong team. Let's give everyone something to talk about. I talked specifically to Bouhanni, telling him I have absolute confidence in him. He can do this. With this team, I said, we can't be happy unless we return home with a stage victory. But more than that, why not try and take the Maillot Jaune for a few days, put our team in the picture. Most of all, show that Bunzl - Centrica came here to race.

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And then we were off, with a first stage destined for a mass sprint...

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As we thought, it came down to a sprint finish. But it was no ordinary mass sprint: the terrain was slightly uphill and the wind was blowing hard, head on. Boonen was launching Cavendish but I thought it might be too early!

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Meanwhile, another big talent was showing its strength for the first time on this level. Julien Duvivier brought Nacer Bouhanni on the other side of the road, pushing his legs harder than every before against the wind. It was mindblowing to see, it looked unreal.

It took everyone by surprise and what I had hoped for so badly came true. It was a turning point in our season. We forgot all about that 15th place in the UCI team standings. From that day forth, we thought of ourselves as the number one! One - Two on stage 1 of our Tour de France. No team has ever done something like this before!

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As the most beautiful bonus we could ask for, Nacer took the Maillot Jaune for tomorrow. It would only be for one day, but it was the most beautiful jersey I'd ever seen.

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Tour de France - Stage 1: Result/GC
1Nacer BouhanniBunzl - Centrica Racing Team4h30'24
2Julien DuvivierBunzl - Centrica Racing Teams.t.
3Marcel KittelTeam Giant-Shimanos.t.
4Mark CavendishOmega Pharma-Quick-Steps.t.
5André GreipelLotto Belisols.t.
6Tom BoonenOmega Pharma-Quick-Steps.t.
7Michal KwiatkowskiOmega Pharma-Quick-Steps.t.
8Alexander KristoffTeam Katushas.t.
9Greg Van AvermaetBMC Racing Teams.t.
10Arnaud DémareFDJ.frs.t.
 
dark_x2012
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Posted on 20-07-2014 14:23
Great start for the team Grin
Also, is Sagan here?
Edited by dark_x2012 on 20-07-2014 14:55
 
sutty68
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Posted on 20-07-2014 17:02
Couldn't have asked for a better start to the Tour Grin
 
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Posted on 20-07-2014 18:54
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Gracias Alberto.
 
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Posted on 20-07-2014 18:57
Doesn't get any better than that. Smile
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VoetsT
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Posted on 27-07-2014 09:25
A lot to catch up after holidays Pfft
Superb start in the tour Grin
 
andyrw84
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Posted on 29-08-2014 09:56
Hope this story isn't dead after such a promising start!! Waiting eagerly for the next update. Smile
 
sutty68
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Posted on 29-08-2014 17:24
andyrw84 wrote:
Hope this story isn't dead after such a promising start!! Waiting eagerly for the next update. Smile


Ian is a busy person at the moment and seeing that he hasn't updated this since the 20th July i wouldn't hold out much hope unfortunately Sad
 
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