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A Tale of Two
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 06-09-2012 19:20
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Great team work!! he should thanks his teammates  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-09-2012 19:54
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@johannes-w: Thanks 
@dienblad: Oh, you were that guy waving in the street? 
@Alakagom: It is one hell of a month for the two riders (and the entire team), thanks
@TheManxMissile: One of these days I'm gonna send you a screenshot of their stats 
@PCM rulezz: Thanks, one of the things I like about cycling is that it mixes team sport with individual sport so well. A rider wins, but he can't do it without the team
@JuanMotr: Well, by finishing the work of their perfect train, and therefor winning, everyone gets paid, so that's a good thanks, I think
EDIT: Wow, I'm so surprised to see that the story already reached 800 posts, 41 pages and 20 000 views! Thanks for following, everyone, I'm having the best time here
Edited by Ian Butler on 06-09-2012 19:57
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 06-09-2012 20:02
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Ian Butler wrote:
@johannes-w: Thanks
@dienblad: Oh, you were that guy waving in the street?
@Alakagom: It is one hell of a month for the two riders (and the entire team), thanks
@TheManxMissile: One of these days I'm gonna send you a screenshot of their stats
@PCM rulezz: Thanks, one of the things I like about cycling is that it mixes team sport with individual sport so well. A rider wins, but he can't do it without the team
@JuanMotr: Well, by finishing the work of their perfect train, and therefor winning, everyone gets paid, so that's a good thanks, I think
EDIT: Wow, I'm so surprised to see that the story already reached 800 posts, 41 pages and 20 000 views! Thanks for following, everyone, I'm having the best time here
And everything in a month. |
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| Muggert |
Posted on 06-09-2012 21:37
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Congratulations to the Lotto team for all great resultss in recent time :-) |
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 06-09-2012 21:48
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Great first position and congratulation!!! |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 06-09-2012 22:00
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One day. That's all I needed to lose track of the story.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| dienblad |
Posted on 06-09-2012 22:15
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baseballlover312 wrote:
One day. That's all I needed to lose track of the story.
Yeah, this guy has no social life.... 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-09-2012 23:09
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@Muggert & ste_18: Thanks a lot!
@dienblad: Thanks a lot (!)
@baseballover312: Hope you caught up all right. I just wanted to get through Eneco Tour as fast as possible or I might get stuck in it, if you know what I mean |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 06-09-2012 23:17
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No, I didn't catch up. I just had to skip. 
Edited by baseballlover312 on 06-09-2012 23:17
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-09-2012 23:28
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No problem, long story short: Jurgen won the tour, Eric made top 10 and Young Jersey, Stijn went for stage win in Eneco Tour, failed but did make top 3 and Points Jersey.
Thanks for trying to follow this fast-paced story
(the 24th it will drastically slow down) |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-09-2012 23:54
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Another Great victory for Stijn in the Dutch Valley Classic |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-09-2012 23:55
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Thanks, the win finally came out
With such a lead-out train, it was likely to be sooner than later |
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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 07-09-2012 01:36
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Great Win. You were deserving that! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-09-2012 08:53
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Thanks |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-09-2012 09:32
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Classic Hamburg
Another probable mass sprint. Here's my final chance of picking up some UCI-points as well.
At the 2km from the finish, I was a little boxed in.
I tried to fight my way through the others, but it wasn't easy.
Finally I found a way, I ended up on the podium, second place. A good result in a WT race!
Result
| 1 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 5h23'23 | | | 2 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 3 | Elia Viviani | Liquigas-Cannondale | s.t. | | | 4 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Argos-Shimano | s.t. | | | 5 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 6 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Christopher Sutton | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 8 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 9 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 10 | Thor Hushovd | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | |
See you in a couple of days for the Tour of Denmark. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-09-2012 11:04
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Tour of Denmark
A stage race with 5 sprints and a (short) time trial. I had high hopes as the start list shouldn't have been much of a problem. I was and still am in a great shape so my goal here was not modest: at least a stage win, top 10, Points Jersey and White Jersey.
Stage 1
There goes my lead-out train again, with Bak, Stannard, Vandenbergh, Willems, Vangenechten...
They crush the peloton and lead me out perfectly.
I win the first stage by a comfortable marge! Looks like the opposition has a rough couple of days coming.
Result
| 1 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | 4h07'20 | IanButler | | 2 | Gert Steegmans | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 3 | Filipe Cardoso | Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | s.t. | | | 4 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 5 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Stefan Radochla | Team NSP-GHOST | s.t. | | | 8 | Ronan Racault | Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | s.t. | | | 9 | Ian Stannard | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 10 | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | |
Stage 2
Another sprint. Another perfect lead-out for me.
Result
| 1 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | 4h26'31 | IanButler | | 2 | Kevyn Ista | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 3 | Jens-Erik Madsen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | | 4 | Thor Hushovd | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 5 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 6 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 7 | Gert Steegmans | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 8 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Filipe Cardoso | Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | s.t. | | | 10 | Stefan Radochla | Team NSP-GHOST | s.t. | |
Stage 3
Same story here, that makes three in a row. I'm in heaven!
Result
| 1 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | 4h15'03 | IanButler | | 2 | Kevyn Ista | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 3 | Thor Hushovd | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 4 | Jens-Erik Madsen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | | 5 | Filipe Cardoso | Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | s.t. | | | 6 | Jempy Drucker | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 7 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Ronan Racault | Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | s.t. | | | 9 | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 10 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | s.t. | |
Stage 4
A lesser day, so no victory today.
Result
| 1 | Thor Hushovd | Orica-GreenEDGE | 2h27'25 | | | 2 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Kevyn Ista | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 4 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 5 | Jempy Drucker | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 6 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 7 | Gert Steegmans | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 8 | Ronan Racault | Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | s.t. | | | 9 | Jens-Erik Madsen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | | 10 | Stefan Radochla | Team NSP-GHOST | s.t. | |
Stage 5
The 14km long time trial. I was in the shape of my life so I should have had a pretty good chance here.
Result
| 1 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo Bank | 16'24 | | | 2 | Luke Durbridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 5 | | | 3 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | + 8 | IanButler | | 4 | Thor Hushovd | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 11 | | | 5 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | + 14 | | | 6 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto-Belisol | + 16 | IanButler | | 7 | Paul Poux | Saur - Sojasun | + 18 | | | 8 | Filipe Cardoso | Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | + 20 | | | 9 | Ian Stannard | Lotto-Belisol | + 21 | IanButler | | 10 | Vladimir Isaychev | Katusha Team | + 25 | |
Stage 6
The final stage. Vanlandschoot surprises everyone by dodging a mass sprint!
Result
| 1 | James Vanlandschoot | Team Saxo Bank | 3h20'34 | | | 2 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | + 23 | IanButler | | 3 | Jens-Erik Madsen | Christina Watches - Onfone | s.t. | | | 4 | Kevyn Ista | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 5 | Thor Hushovd | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | | 6 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 8 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. | | | 9 | Stefan Radochla | Team NSP-GHOST | s.t. | | | 10 | Boy Van Poppel | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | |
GC
| 1 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | 18h52'32 | IanButler | | 2 | Thor Hushovd | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 51 | | | 3 | Kevyn Ista | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | + 1'03 | | | 4 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo Bank | + 1'04 | | | 5 | Luke Durbridge | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 1'13 | | | 6 | Filipe Cardoso | Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland | + 1'20 | | | 7 | Timofey Kritskiy | Katusha Team | + 1'22 | | | 8 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto-Belisol | + 1'24 | IanButler | | 9 | Paul Poux | Saur - Sojasun | + 1'26 | | | 10 | Ian Stannard | Lotto-Belisol | + 1'29 | IanButler |
Points
| 1 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | 129 | IanButler | | 2 | Thor Hushovd | Orica-GreenEDGE | 81 | | | 3 | Kevyn Ista | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | 75 | | | 4 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | 60 | | | 5 | Jens-Erik Madsen | Christina Watches - Onfone | 59 | |
KoM
| 1 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia Coldeportes | 15 | | | 2 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 9 | | | 3 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | 7 | IanButler |
Well, this was a major success!
I got 3 stage wins, the points jersey, white jersey, overall GC. We also took home the Team Classification. This is my first stage race that I win and I couldn't be more thrilled!
However, we did expect a stronger competition here, no offence to anyone here. But it's great for the morale and this lead-out is becoming one of the strongest in the peloton!
See you for the second edition of the World Port Classics!
Edited by Ian Butler on 07-09-2012 11:05
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 07-09-2012 11:09
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Pretty impressive performance there Very nice!
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-09-2012 11:09
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Thanks, he's really getting into his game being a sprinter |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-09-2012 11:13
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News
Some small updates:
Vuelta
Jurgen Van Den Broeck is riding the Vuelta with his only goal being a stage win. Two times he came close and ended up on a second place. Let's hope he can cash in that form and get that stage win!
Current GC after the Time Trial in Spain:
| 1 | Juan José Cobo Acebo | Movistar Team | 43h14'54 | | 2 | Rigoberto Uran | Sky Pro Cycling | + 2 | | 3 | Jakob Fuglsang | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 10 | | 4 | Thomas De Gendt | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 12 | | 5 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 14 | | 6 | Chris Froome | Sky Pro Cycling | + 18 | | 7 | David De la Fuente | Caja Rural | + 34 | | 8 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 46 | | 9 | Igor Anton | Euskaltel Euskadi | + 1'18 | | 10 | Tiago Machado | Radioshack Nissan Trek | + 1'27 |
Classique de Plouay
The race ended up in a mass sprint, as expected. Jurgen Roelandts did really well, getting the team another top 10 place!
| 1 | Yauheni Hutarovich | FDJ-BigMat | 5h26'57 | | | 2 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 3 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ-BigMat | s.t. | | | 4 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre-ISD | s.t. | | | 5 | Mark Cavendish | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 6 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 7 | Tyler Farrar | Sky Pro Cycling | s.t. | | | 8 | Alessandro Petacchi | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 9 | Adam Blythe | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | | 10 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler |
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| roturn |
Posted on 07-09-2012 11:21
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Domination in Denmark. Well done.
Looking forward for La Vuelta and what VdB can do there. |
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