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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-09-2012 11:36
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Its amazing that Stijn is still in the Leaders jersey after all the crashes and breakaways 
But lets hope his luck doesn't run out in the final two stages |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-09-2012 11:39
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Thanks sutty
What a chaotic Eneco Tour it's been so far... |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-09-2012 11:39
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Eneco Tour - Stages 7 - 8
Stage 7
This was my final chance on a stage win. Because we couldn't chase the breakaway, our new tactic was to be part of it. Debusschere went with the early morning attack.
But once again, all refused to chase. So that was good for Debusschere, not so good for me. Valverde was certain to take the leader's jersey.
Serge Pauwels won the stage.
I won the sprint in the peloton, securing my Points Jersey.
Result
| 1 | Serge Pauwels | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | 5h32'00 | | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 4 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 41 | | | 5 | Laurence Franssens | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 6 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1'17 | | | 7 | Daniele Pietropolli | Lampre-ISD | + 4'15 | | | 8 | Angel Gómez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Andrea Masciarelli | Acqua & Sapone | s.t. | | | 10 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | + 14'08 | IanButler | | 11 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | |
Stage 8
The time trial. 16km long, so maybe I did have a shot at a decent time trial, seeing that my form is coming along real nice!
Result
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | 18'29 | | | 2 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4 | | | 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | + 6 | | | 4 | Stijn Devolder | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 11 | | | 5 | Andriy Grivko | Astana Pro Team | + 12 | | | 6 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | + 13 | IanButler | | 7 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 14 | | | 8 | Denis Menchov | Katusha Team | + 16 | | | 9 | Tiago Machado | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 21 | | | 10 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | |
GC
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 31h20'59 | | | 2 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | + 2'55 | | | 3 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | + 3'06 | IanButler | | 4 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'08 | | | 5 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 3'24 | | | 6 | Stijn Devolder | Radioshack Nissan Trek | s.t. | | | 7 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 3'25 | | | 8 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 3'27 | | | 9 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 3'38 | | | 10 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 3'41 | |
Points Jersey
| 1 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | 127 | IanButler | | 2 | Daniele Bennati | Radioshack Nissan Trek | 98 | | | 3 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | 89 | | | 4 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | 87 | | | 5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Pro Cycling | 65 | |
Of course, I also take home the Young Jersey.
This Eneco Tour was not bad for me, but my main goal remains unaccomplished. It's strange taking the Points Jersey home without winning a stage, feels like it's undeserved. |
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 06-09-2012 11:43
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Stjin was unlucky in this Eneco Tour...Without help of other team is very difficult catch a breakaway |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-09-2012 11:45
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News
Hi all,
I've just returned from a recup session in Spain and getting ready to leave on a training camp in South-America. But between trips, I wanted to keep you in the loop, transfer-wise.
Transfers
Langeveld will join Rabobank, which makes for a very strong early season team (Flecha also has a contract there)
Menchov will also be joining Rabobank. It seems like Rabobank really has a plan, they're attracting a lot of strong riders.
French supertalent Pierre Rolland will join Liquigas. They threw a lot of money against him.
Mark Renshaw will be leaving us after all and goes to the mothership: Orica - GreenEdge.
GP San Sebastian
Result
| 1 | Nick Nuyens | Team Saxo Bank | 5h35'11 | | | 2 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 28 | | | 3 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 51 | | | 4 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 5 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | + 1'11 | | | 6 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Jan Bakelants | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'38 | | | 9 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 2'09 | | | 10 | Geraint Thomas | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 11 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-09-2012 11:46
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@ste_18: It was an impossible situation for Stijn, unfortunately.  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-09-2012 11:47
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A third place on GC and the Points Classification Win, it turned out to be a good race after all for Stijn |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-09-2012 11:49
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Thanks! His injuries are far behind him, and he's getting ready to put on a show in Denmark  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-09-2012 12:00
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On current form Denmark shouldn't cause him many problems |
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| roturn |
Posted on 06-09-2012 12:21
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Good Eneco for you. Well, you didn`t win but also had a lot of bad luck with the abandons. So in general a great debut after the injury. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 06-09-2012 13:18
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A good overall race in Eneco Tour, pity the win escaped from Stijn. |
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| johannes-w |
Posted on 06-09-2012 13:30
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Nice Eneco tour after the comeback. I think there are way more points on the positive side compared to not winning a stage. Especially the points jersey
Good luck in Denmark |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 06-09-2012 15:32
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Man!! you´re crazy i came back from school and i missed the whole Eneco.I think i will have to start check this story even in school
and great job by Stijn he deserves  from me |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-09-2012 16:05
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@sutty68: Let's hope so. I saw that Dutch Classic is up first
roturn: Thanks, winning does get harder when half the team quits 
FreitasPCM: He'll have to get his win elsewhere, he still has Denmark and Tour of Britain
johannes-w: Points Jersey is very nice. I would've liked to see Stijn winning a stage race, too. Maybe next year
JuanMotr: Yeah, to be honest, I didn't really feel like riding Eneco, so I kind of rushed through it I wanted to get passed it. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-09-2012 16:39
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Dutch Valley Classic
With its 200km and slightly hilly profile this isn't the easiest of races. However, it's very likely to end up in a mass sprint, and I'm looking for another victory (my last one was in Roubaix, very beautiful but I want to get many more)!
Today I was so happy to have a team. I put them to work and in the end they formed one of the most impressive sprint trains I've seen this year. It contained Bak, Stannard, Kaisen, Willems... What a luxury for me.
Then Vangenechten launched me!
Yes, I did it! I'm very happy to take this win home, after my injury I was a little bit insecure. But this win washes away all worries I had! After my 10th place last year, I returned to win here in the Netherlands!
Result
| 1 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | 4h54'49 | IanButler | | 2 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Davide Appollonio | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 4 | Gerald Ciolek | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 5 | Remco Te Brake | Landbouwkrediet-Euphony | s.t. | | | 6 | Koldo Fernandez | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 7 | Danilo Wyss | CyclingTeam De Rijke | s.t. | | | 8 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Anthony Roux | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 10 | Pablo Esteve | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | |
I'm ready for Denmark now, I hope I can add some more wins to this season.
See you there. |
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| johannes-w |
Posted on 06-09-2012 16:47
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Nice win for Stijn! |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 06-09-2012 17:06
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Great to see Stijn winning in my hometown!
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 06-09-2012 17:08
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Spectacular month ! Winning TdF as well as achieving amazing personal result for Eric and now Stijn amazing victory. Gets better and better
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 06-09-2012 17:25
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More and more im convinced they both had 85 in all key stats
Still going great!
Still so fast too!
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| PCM rulezz |
Posted on 06-09-2012 19:04
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TEAM = together everyone achieves more: another prove by Lotto good job
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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