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A Day in the Life | Sweet Delight
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| krisa |
Posted on 26-01-2014 11:19
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Nice gc
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 26-01-2014 11:21
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Bøchman 
Good to see he can achieve things in other stories as well
Edit: and another 47 second gained on Froome as well!
Edited by Atlantius on 26-01-2014 11:22
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| Shonak |
Posted on 26-01-2014 11:27
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Henry performed incredible, what a ride up to Mont Ventoux. And things can get heavier, I am sure Henry will be still up to them. Show Froome who's boss. 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 26-01-2014 13:13
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krisa - Yeah, looking good 
Atlantius - I was quite happy for Bochman, too. When I decided not to chase too hard, I was rooting for him 
Froome lost those seconds in the stage to the Mur van Huy, not his cup of tea!
Shonak - So far it's going great indeed. He's gathered a lot of bananas already I'm looking forward to battling Froome in the final mountain stages!
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 26-01-2014 13:18
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Come on Ian. At least finish the tour 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 26-01-2014 13:31
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Jakstar22 wrote:
Come on Ian. At least finish the tour
I will, but not today Tomorrow or the day after
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 26-01-2014 15:49
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 Tour de France - Stage 18
The Race With four more stages, we are more than willing to put up a great fight.
But our efforts aren't endlessly. When the favorites attack, it's up to me to counter them.
I was quite lucky Herklotz was there to continue the acceleration.
Froome, Valverde were the most prominent at the front. I followed their attacks and their attacks only.
It was a bad case of accordion today. We headed into the final 10 kilometers, Herklotz had returned to give me some final assistance. He gave me moral strength and I was ready for the final climb.
Flashback to the first mountain stage. Four of us were fighting each other.
Only this time I tried to keep the pace high, mainly to avoid any fast attacks from Valverde or Froome. In a 210 km stage I wasn't sure how I would deal with those if it became too much. I can only counter so many attacks.
Are we in Spain again? The final kilometer was incredibly steep. This, actually, put Froome on a small distance.
And the World Champion takes his Tour stage victory in his jersey. Quite a stage today. I don't lose time so I'm a happy man.
Result | 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 6h15'04 | | 2 | Henry Vergnaud | Team Celesio - Macquarie | s.t. | | 3 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 16 | | 4 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 30 | | 5 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 6 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Leopard | + 42 | | 7 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | Carlos Betancur | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Richie Porte | Katusha Team | + 1'12 | | 10 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
General Classification | 1 | Henry Vergnaud | Team Celesio - Macquarie | 77h47'19 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 2'14 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 3'28 | | 4 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Leopard | + 7'50 | | 5 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 8'17 | | 6 | Carlos Betancur | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 9'55 | | 7 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 11'22 | | 8 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 14'27 | | 9 | Richie Porte | Katusha Team | + 16'22 | | 10 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 19'54 |
Spoiler | 11 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 23'42 | | 12 | Simon Spilak | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 24'43 | | 13 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 27'52 | | 14 | Lou Smeets | Lotto Belisol | + 28'35 | | 15 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ.fr | + 33'58 | | 16 | Jakob Fuglsang | AG2R La Mondiale | + 38'07 | | 17 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | BMC Racing Team | + 38'26 | | 18 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | + 40'30 | | 19 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Sharp | + 41'34 | | 20 | Robert Gesink | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 42'39 | | 21 | Mikel Nieve | Movistar Team | + 43'11 | | 22 | Leopold König | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 45'48 | | 23 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 46'43 | | 24 | Lachlan Morton | Garmin - Sharp | + 49'12 | | 25 | Wout Poels | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 51'08 | | 26 | Thomas Damuseau | Team Argos - Shimano | + 51'57 | | 27 | Geraint Thomas | Katusha Team | + 56'28 | | 28 | Louis Meintjes | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 57'29 | | 29 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | + 58'12 | | 30 | Dominik Nerz | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 58'16 | | 31 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h03'08 | | 32 | Jérémy Roy | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1h04'56 | | 33 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ.fr | + 1h06'09 | | 34 | Tony Martin | Katusha Team | + 1h07'32 | | 35 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Leopard | + 1h08'25 | | 36 | Bob Jungels | RadioShack - Leopard | + 1h08'56 | | 37 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h09'33 | | 38 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 1h10'43 | | 39 | Stef Clement | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1h12'58 | | 40 | Lasse Bøchman | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1h14'00 | | 41 | Dario Cataldo | Sky Procycling | + 1h16'28 | | 42 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Astana Pro Team | + 1h17'21 | | 43 | Domenico Pozzovivo | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h18'21 | | 44 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | + 1h18'35 | | 45 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 46 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | + 1h19'19 | | 47 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | + 1h21'59 | | 48 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 1h22'21 | | 49 | Eros Capecchi | Movistar Team | + 1h23'01 | | 50 | Brice Feillu | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h28'12 | | 51 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1h29'24 | | 52 | Rémi Pauriol | Team Europcar | + 1h32'15 | | 53 | Robert Vrecer | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h32'32 | | 54 | Bradley Wiggins | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h32'44 | | 55 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol | + 1h34'10 | | 56 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 1h36'00 | | 57 | Guillaume Levarlet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1h38'38 | | 58 | Ivan Basso | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h38'42 | | 59 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 1h39'20 | | 60 | Rudy Molard | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1h43'28 | | 61 | Leocadio Manresa | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 1h44'08 | | 62 | Michal Golas | RadioShack - Leopard | + 1h44'13 | | 63 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h45'23 | | 64 | Tiago Machado | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h46'11 | | 65 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h49'57 | | 66 | Rob Ruijgh | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h51'07 | | 67 | Garikoitz Bravo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h52'14 | | 68 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1h52'38 | | 69 | Rory Sutherland | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1h53'10 | | 70 | Dadley Mitchell | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 1h54'49 | | 71 | Jonathan Hivert | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1h55'02 | | 72 | Lars Boom | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1h55'04 | | 73 | Levi Leipheimer | Sojasun | + 1h56'08 | | 74 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | + 1h57'12 | | 75 | Jean-Marc Marino | Team Europcar | + 1h57'34 | | 76 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1h57'42 | | 77 | Arthur Vichot | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1h59'39 | | 78 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | + 2h01'57 | | 79 | Kristjan Koren | Sojasun | + 2h04'13 | | 80 | Sebastian Langeveld | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2h04'17 | | 81 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Argos - Shimano | + 2h07'28 | | 82 | Maxime Méderel | Team Europcar | + 2h08'33 | | 83 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 2h08'37 | | 84 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2h09'17 | | 85 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2h09'42 | | 86 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Belisol | + 2h09'50 | | 87 | Christophe Riblon | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 2h11'42 | | 88 | Rohan Dennis | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2h13'58 | | 89 | Cyril Lemoine | Sojasun | + 2h14'17 | | 90 | Jesús Hernández | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2h14'21 | | 91 | Simon Gerrans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h15'54 | | 92 | Byron Guama | Sojasun | + 2h16'18 | | 93 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 2h18'24 | | 94 | Tosh Van der Sande | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h19'50 | | 95 | Mathieu Perget | Team Europcar | + 2h20'15 | | 96 | Julien El Fares | Team Europcar | + 2h20'40 | | 97 | Matthieu Ladagnous | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2h21'58 | | 98 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 2h22'11 | | 99 | Carlos Barbero | RadioShack - Leopard | + 2h24'29 | | 100 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 101 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Katusha Team | + 2h25'46 | | 102 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | + 2h26'07 | | 103 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 2h26'54 | | 104 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2h27'16 | | 105 | Moreno Hofland | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2h27'19 | | 106 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2h27'26 | | 107 | Grega Bole | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h30'17 | | 108 | Fabio Felline | BMC Racing Team | + 2h30'26 | | 109 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ.fr | + 2h31'09 | | 110 | Daryl Impey | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2h31'54 | | 111 | Travis Bickle | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h35'23 | | 112 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | + 2h35'57 | | 113 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h37'29 | | 114 | Ricardo García | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h38'21 | | 115 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2h38'37 | | 116 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ.fr | + 2h43'06 | | 117 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h43'56 | | 118 | Kris Boeckmans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h44'22 | | 119 | Filippo Pozzato | BMC Racing Team | + 2h44'34 | | 120 | Yauheni Hutarovich | RadioShack - Leopard | + 2h44'57 | | 121 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2h45'15 | | 122 | Matthew Goss | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h47'07 | | 123 | Vincent Jérôme | FDJ.fr | + 2h47'15 | | 124 | Baden Cooke | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2h47'45 | | 125 | John Degenkolb | Sky Procycling | + 2h47'55 | | 126 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | + 2h49'17 | | 127 | Andrew Fenn | Sky Procycling | + 2h49'19 | | 128 | Nikolas Maes | Lotto Belisol | + 2h50'55 | | 129 | Bryan Coquard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2h51'42 | | 130 | Alexander Porsev | Katusha Team | + 2h52'09 | | 131 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2h52'20 | | 132 | Anthony Roux | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2h53'14 | | 133 | Andrea Guardini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h53'32 | | 134 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | + 2h54'07 | | 135 | Sep Vanmarcke | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2h54'13 | | 136 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2h55'05 | | 137 | Steve Chainel | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2h55'27 | | 138 | Marcel Kittel | Katusha Team | + 2h56'39 | | 139 | Gaël Malacarne | FDJ.fr | + 2h57'47 | | 140 | Mickaël Delage | BMC Racing Team | + 2h59'14 | | 141 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 2h59'55 | | 142 | Tom Veelers | Team Argos - Shimano | + 3h01'36 | | 143 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica - GreenEdge | + 3h02'21 | | 144 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | + 3h02'53 | | 145 | Grégory Rast | RadioShack - Leopard | + 3h02'59 | | 146 | Matthias Krizek | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3h04'33 | | 147 | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar | + 3h06'49 | | 148 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | + 3h06'51 | | 149 | Allan Davis | Orica - GreenEdge | + 3h07'21 | | 150 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3h08'29 | | 151 | Caleb Ewan | Orica - GreenEdge | + 3h09'55 | | 152 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 3h10'52 | | 153 | Adrien Petit | Astana Pro Team | + 3h11'21 | | 154 | Yohan Offredo | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 3h11'34 | | 155 | Mark Christian | Sky Procycling | + 3h11'39 | | 156 | Tarik Chaoufi | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 3h11'51 | | 157 | Nick Nuyens | Garmin - Sharp | + 3h11'52 | | 158 | Julien Duvivier | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 159 | Yannick Martinez | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 3h12'42 | | 160 | Evaldas Siskevicius | Sojasun | + 3h13'22 | | 161 | Michael Matthews | Sojasun | + 3h15'06 | | 162 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3h16'13 | | 163 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 3h16'17 | | 164 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3h17'10 | | 165 | Juan José Lobato | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3h17'33 | | 166 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | + 3h18'15 | | 167 | Daniele Bennati | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 3h18'54 | | 168 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol | + 3h18'59 | | 169 | Nacer Bouhanni | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 3h19'41 | | 170 | Nikias Arndt | Team Argos - Shimano | + 3h19'42 | | 171 | Sirko Bödeker | Team Argos - Shimano | + 3h19'50 | | 172 | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEdge | + 3h21'01 | | 173 | Jake Keough | Garmin - Sharp | + 3h22'08 | | 174 | Danny Van Poppel | Team Argos - Shimano | + 3h23'06 | | 175 | Kenny Van Hummel | Team Argos - Shimano | + 3h24'31 | | 176 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3h25'27 | | 177 | Mike Teunissen | Team Argos - Shimano | + 3h25'32 | | 178 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3h26'25 | | 179 | Fred Rodriguez | RadioShack - Leopard | + 3h27'33 | | 180 | Davide Appollonio | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3h28'07 | | 181 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | + 3h30'13 | | 182 | Steele Von Hoff | Garmin - Sharp | + 3h32'29 | | 183 | Romain Feillu | Team Europcar | + 3h33'23 | | 184 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | + 3h33'37 | | 185 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Argos - Shimano | + 3h37'04 | | 186 | Aidis Kruopis | Astana Pro Team | + 3h38'13 | | 187 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol | + 3h38'42 | | 188 | Martial Pignol | Sojasun | + 3h43'02 | | 189 | Benjamin Giraud | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 3h45'33 | | 190 | Christophe Laborie | Sojasun | + 3h54'23 | | 191 | Benoit Drujon | FDJ.fr | + 4h06'33 | | 192 | Alexey Pashinin | Astana Pro Team | + 4h13'33 | | 193 | Anuar Manan | Sojasun | + 4h16'39 | | 194 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ.fr | + 4h21'30 | | 195 | Charly Berry | RadioShack - Leopard | + 4h29'08 | | 196 | Jaak Wijckmans | Lotto Belisol | + 4h55'56 |
I certainly wouldn't have put any money on it, but here I am. Three stages left and I'm leading the Tour de France with 2 minutes. I'm not sure what this means at this point. In three days, we'll know.
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 26-01-2014 15:51
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A beatiful win for the World Champion (even though I dislike Valverde) and a brilliant ride from Vergnaud!
Surprised, but happy, to see Froome suffering like this...
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Posted on 26-01-2014 16:48
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Henry didn't just not lose time, he actually gained on Froome, what a nice surprise!
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| duxili |
Posted on 26-01-2014 17:14
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It means, well Henry, Henry, Henry
What else?
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Posted on 26-01-2014 17:26
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Amazing!!!!!!, Simply amazing!!!!!! That kind of performance deserves a banana. |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 26-01-2014 19:19
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It's okay Valverde won. I like him and he definitely does the WC jersey proud. But still, the yellow jersey shines the brightest here. Another wonderful performance by Henry. France must be half on fire by now, lots of excitement for french cycling fans.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| wogsrus |
Posted on 26-01-2014 20:48
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The race is Henry's too lose. Hopefully he doesn't. |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 26-01-2014 21:58
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Henry keeps surprising us. 2 minutes. Make it more Henry!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-01-2014 22:37
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Good to see Henry holding Froome and Valverde at bay |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 26-01-2014 23:03
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So... I spend the weekend with my girlfriend and come back to 4(!) pages of story that I need to catch up on 
Fantastic reporting and loving every step of the way
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 27-01-2014 00:16
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Finally caught up with this after losing track a while ago. Can't stretch enough how much I enjoyed reading it, once again fantastic what you created Now get that yellow jersey to Paris
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 27-01-2014 00:36
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It would take a collapse by Henry at this point
Gig 'em Aggies
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-01-2014 08:47
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It makes me happy to see my pace over the weekend didn't scare anyone away thanks for the many comments! Keeps me even more motivated than I already am
Atlantius - Froome suffering can't be explained. He's got better recovery, best climbing, quite some acc and stamina...
Dippofix - I was pretty surprised, too! He'll need that time, though
duxili -
24sebaf1 - I always enjoy a banana, thanks Three more stages to survive!
Faillu - Since 1985 the French have been waiting for a Tour winner of their own. I think Henry is close, but he's not in the clear just yet!
Shonak - I don't mind that Valverde won, only it should've been Henry France is collectively biting their fingernails to shreds, I reckon!
wogsrus - Sure hope not, too!
Jakstar22 - In a 30 km TT against Froome, we might need more indeed
sutty68 - Henry is quite the lion tamer
the_hoyle - Oops, sorry hope it didn't spoil your evening glad you like it, though!
cunego59 - Very glad to hear from you once again, I thought you'd stopped following. Catching up must've been one hell of a job, seeing I've been moving pretty fast lately. Real happy to hear you like what I'm doing, thanks a lot! I think I'll take yellow to Paris, but in Paris I'll need to defend it in the final time trial, that's a bigger problem
welker3257 - Who are you rooting for? 
Today it's the start of the week so not as much time as in the weekends.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-01-2014 16:39
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You won't believe what happened!
Tour de France - Stage 19
The Race We tried to control the race, but the troops are getting restless, tired. It's about time this Tour came to an end, we're all at our final breath.
This became painfully clear when Valverde attacked. I had three team mates with me, they all looked at me and I knew it: they had no energy left, I was on my own...
Trying to chase, Froome made my life a living hell. He let me do the heavywork but attacked every once in a while. If I reacted, he let me do the pace again. After all, my jersey was in danger.
Meanwhile, Valverde was gaining a lot of time.
I was at the end of my powers. For the first time in this Tour, I felt so very powerless on a mountain slope. They had cracked me. My biggest weakness is my youth here. After 20 days, my body doesn't have the strength anymore, I don't have that much body.
Solely on willpower, I hung on. Every stroke of the pedal I had to think: "just a little longer, not far now... Just a little longer, don't give up... Not far now..."
If it weren't for all those fans, yelling me up that mountain, I wouldn't have made it today!
It seemed Froome saw the danger of losing time on Valverde as well. He stopped his attacks and rode a constant pace. I survived the mountain. Going downhill, he tried to push my buttons by constantly asking to relay, even if I had just took a long turn.
I stayed calm, not giving him the satisfaction of getting angry, that's just what he wants so I'll lose my nerve tomorrow.
I was riding for my life. This Maillot Jaune is part of my life now. It's something I want more than ever.
Not even taking the time to celebrate, the World Champion crossed the line first. What a victory for him...
I hate it.
I crossed the line and I felt like crying. Not because I had lost over a minute and a half, but simply because my body was hurting everywhere. How had this turned into Hell?
Result | 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 4h03'29 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 1'34 | | 3 | Henry Vergnaud | Team Celesio - Macquarie | s.t. | | 4 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 5 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 6 | Carlos Betancur | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'17 | | 7 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 8 | Richie Porte | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 9 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 10 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 3'47 |
General Classification | 1 | Henry Vergnaud | Team Celesio - Macquarie | 81h52'22 | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 1'54 | | 3 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 2'14 | | 4 | Andy Schleck | RadioShack - Leopard | + 7'50 | | 5 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 10'30 | | 6 | Carlos Betancur | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 10'38 | | 7 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 12'05 | | 8 | Rui Costa | Movistar Team | + 16'40 | | 9 | Richie Porte | Katusha Team | + 17'05 | | 10 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 22'07 |
Spoiler | 11 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Pro Team | + 24'25 | | 12 | Simon Spilak | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 26'56 | | 13 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 30'05 | | 14 | Lou Smeets | Lotto Belisol | + 30'48 | | 15 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | BMC Racing Team | + 38'26 | | 16 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ.fr | + 38'31 | | 17 | Jakob Fuglsang | AG2R La Mondiale | + 42'40 | | 18 | Robert Gesink | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 44'52 | | 19 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | + 47'44 | | 20 | Mikel Nieve | Movistar Team | + 50'25 | | 21 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin - Sharp | + 52'23 | | 22 | Leopold König | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 53'02 | | 23 | Wout Poels | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 53'21 | | 24 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 53'57 | | 25 | Lachlan Morton | Garmin - Sharp | + 55'32 | | 26 | Thomas Damuseau | Team Argos - Shimano | + 58'44 | | 27 | Louis Meintjes | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 59'42 | | 28 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar Team | + 1h05'26 | | 29 | Dominik Nerz | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 1h05'30 | | 30 | Geraint Thomas | Katusha Team | + 1h07'17 | | 31 | Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h10'22 | | 32 | Jérémy Roy | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1h12'10 | | 33 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 1h12'56 | | 34 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Leopard | + 1h15'39 | | 35 | Gorka Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h16'47 | | 36 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ.fr | + 1h16'58 | | 37 | Tony Martin | Katusha Team | + 1h18'21 | | 38 | Bob Jungels | RadioShack - Leopard | + 1h19'45 | | 39 | Stef Clement | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1h20'12 | | 40 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | + 1h21'32 | | 41 | Janez Brajkovič | Astana Pro Team | + 1h25'49 | | 42 | Eduard Vorganov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 43 | Lasse Bøchman | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1h27'12 | | 44 | Dario Cataldo | Sky Procycling | + 1h27'17 | | 45 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Astana Pro Team | + 1h28'10 | | 46 | Domenico Pozzovivo | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h29'10 | | 47 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | + 1h29'13 | | 48 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | + 1h33'10 | | 49 | Eros Capecchi | Movistar Team | + 1h33'50 | | 50 | Brice Feillu | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h35'26 | | 51 | Bradley Wiggins | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h39'58 | | 52 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1h42'36 | | 53 | Rémi Pauriol | Team Europcar | + 1h43'04 | | 54 | Robert Vrecer | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h43'21 | | 55 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol | + 1h44'59 | | 56 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 1h49'12 | | 57 | Guillaume Levarlet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1h49'27 | | 58 | Ivan Basso | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h49'31 | | 59 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | + 1h50'09 | | 60 | Rudy Molard | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1h50'42 | | 61 | Leocadio Manresa | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 1h54'57 | | 62 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h56'12 | | 63 | Michal Golas | RadioShack - Leopard | + 1h57'25 | | 64 | Garikoitz Bravo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h03'03 | | 65 | Rob Ruijgh | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h04'19 | | 66 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | + 2h04'25 | | 67 | Dadley Mitchell | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 2h05'38 | | 68 | Michael Mørkøv | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2h05'50 | | 69 | Rory Sutherland | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2h06'22 | | 70 | Levi Leipheimer | Sojasun | + 2h06'57 | | 71 | Jonathan Hivert | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 2h07'14 | | 72 | Jean-Marc Marino | Team Europcar | + 2h08'23 | | 73 | Thor Hushovd | BMC Racing Team | + 2h10'24 | | 74 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2h14'43 | | 75 | Kristjan Koren | Sojasun | + 2h15'02 | | 76 | Lars Boom | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2h15'39 | | 77 | Tiago Machado | Garmin - Sharp | + 2h18'20 | | 78 | Arthur Vichot | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 2h18'55 | | 79 | Maxime Méderel | Team Europcar | + 2h19'22 | | 80 | Ian Stannard | Sky Procycling | + 2h19'48 | | 81 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | Team Argos - Shimano | + 2h21'56 | | 82 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2h24'37 | | 83 | Sebastian Langeveld | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2h24'52 | | 84 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2h25'02 | | 85 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | + 2h26'28 | | 86 | Cyril Lemoine | Sojasun | + 2h26'29 | | 87 | Christophe Riblon | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 2h27'02 | | 88 | Byron Guama | Sojasun | + 2h27'07 | | 89 | Rohan Dennis | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2h27'10 | | 90 | Jesús Hernández | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2h27'33 | | 91 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Belisol | + 2h27'41 | | 92 | Mathieu Perget | Team Europcar | + 2h33'27 | | 93 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 2h35'25 | | 94 | Tosh Van der Sande | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h37'41 | | 95 | Julien El Fares | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 96 | Carlos Barbero | RadioShack - Leopard | + 2h42'20 | | 97 | Matthieu Ladagnous | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2h42'33 | | 98 | Simon Gerrans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h42'37 | | 99 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 2h42'46 | | 100 | Fabio Felline | BMC Racing Team | + 2h43'38 | | 101 | Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h43'45 | | 102 | Moreno Hofland | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2h45'10 | | 103 | Jens Keukeleire | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2h45'50 | | 104 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Katusha Team | + 2h46'21 | | 105 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ.fr | + 2h46'29 | | 106 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | + 2h46'42 | | 107 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 2h47'29 | | 108 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2h48'01 | | 109 | Grega Bole | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2h49'33 | | 110 | Daryl Impey | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2h51'10 | | 111 | José Joaquín Rojas | Movistar Team | + 2h56'32 | | 112 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h56'45 | | 113 | Travis Bickle | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h57'36 | | 114 | Ricardo García | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h57'37 | | 115 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2h59'12 | | 116 | Benoît Vaugrenard | FDJ.fr | + 3h03'41 | | 117 | Rubén Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3h04'31 | | 118 | Kris Boeckmans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3h04'57 | | 119 | Filippo Pozzato | BMC Racing Team | + 3h05'09 | | 120 | Yauheni Hutarovich | RadioShack - Leopard | + 3h05'32 | | 121 | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3h05'50 | | 122 | André Greipel | Lotto Belisol | + 3h07'08 | | 123 | Matthew Goss | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3h07'42 | | 124 | Vincent Jérôme | FDJ.fr | + 3h07'50 | | 125 | John Degenkolb | Sky Procycling | + 3h08'30 | | 126 | Andrew Fenn | Sky Procycling | + 3h09'54 | | 127 | Andrea Guardini | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3h12'06 | | 128 | Bryan Coquard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3h12'17 | | 129 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3h12'55 | | 130 | Baden Cooke | Orica - GreenEdge | + 3h14'28 | | 131 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | + 3h14'42 | | 132 | Sep Vanmarcke | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3h14'48 | | 133 | Steve Chainel | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3h16'02 | | 134 | Marcel Kittel | Katusha Team | + 3h17'14 | | 135 | Nikolas Maes | Lotto Belisol | + 3h17'38 | | 136 | Gaël Malacarne | FDJ.fr | + 3h18'22 | | 137 | Alexander Porsev | Katusha Team | + 3h18'52 | | 138 | Anthony Roux | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3h19'57 | | 139 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3h21'48 | | 140 | Mickaël Delage | BMC Racing Team | + 3h23'19 | | 141 | Matthias Krizek | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3h25'08 | | 142 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 3h26'38 | | 143 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | + 3h26'58 | | 144 | Tom Veelers | Team Argos - Shimano | + 3h28'19 | | 145 | Tomas Vaitkus | Orica - GreenEdge | + 3h29'04 | | 146 | Grégory Rast | RadioShack - Leopard | + 3h29'42 | | 147 | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar | + 3h30'54 | | 148 | Alessandro Ballan | BMC Racing Team | + 3h30'56 | | 149 | Yohan Offredo | Team Celesio - Macquarie | + 3h32'09 | | 150 | Allan Davis | Orica - GreenEdge | + 3h34'04 | | 151 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3h35'12 | | 152 | Caleb Ewan | Orica - GreenEdge | + 3h36'38 | | 153 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3h36'48 | | 154 | Jonas Aaen Jørgensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 3h37'35 | | 155 | Adrien Petit | Astana Pro Team | + 3h38'04 | | 156 | Mark Christian | Sky Procycling | + 3h38'22 | | 157 | Manuele Boaro | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 3h38'30 | | 158 | Tarik Chaoufi | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 3h38'34 | | 159 | Nick Nuyens | Garmin - Sharp | + 3h38'35 | | 160 | Julien Duvivier | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 161 | Yannick Martinez | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 3h39'25 | | 162 | Evaldas Siskevicius | Sojasun | + 3h40'05 | | 163 | Michael Matthews | Sojasun | + 3h41'49 | | 164 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3h43'53 | | 165 | Juan José Lobato | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3h44'16 | | 166 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin - Sharp | + 3h44'58 | | 167 | Daniele Bennati | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 3h45'37 | | 168 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol | + 3h45'42 | | 169 | Nacer Bouhanni | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 3h46'24 | | 170 | Nikias Arndt | Team Argos - Shimano | + 3h46'25 | | 171 | Mitchell Docker | Orica - GreenEdge | + 3h47'44 | | 172 | Jake Keough | Garmin - Sharp | + 3h48'51 | | 173 | Danny Van Poppel | Team Argos - Shimano | + 3h49'49 | | 174 | Kenny Van Hummel | Team Argos - Shimano | + 3h51'14 | | 175 | Sirko Bödeker | Team Argos - Shimano | + 3h51'59 | | 176 | Barry Markus | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 3h52'10 | | 177 | Mike Teunissen | Team Argos - Shimano | + 3h52'15 | | 178 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 3h53'08 | | 179 | Fred Rodriguez | RadioShack - Leopard | + 3h54'16 | | 180 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | + 3h56'56 | | 181 | Steele Von Hoff | Garmin - Sharp | + 3h59'12 | | 182 | Davide Appollonio | AG2R La Mondiale | + 4h00'16 | | 183 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | + 4h00'20 | | 184 | Romain Feillu | Team Europcar | + 4h01'25 | | 185 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Team Argos - Shimano | + 4h03'47 | | 186 | Aidis Kruopis | Astana Pro Team | + 4h04'56 | | 187 | Greg Henderson | Lotto Belisol | + 4h10'51 | | 188 | Martial Pignol | Sojasun | + 4h15'11 | | 189 | Benjamin Giraud | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 4h17'42 | | 190 | Christophe Laborie | Sojasun | + 4h26'32 | | 191 | Benoit Drujon | FDJ.fr | + 4h33'16 | | 192 | Alexey Pashinin | Astana Pro Team | + 4h45'42 | | 193 | Anuar Manan | Sojasun | + 4h48'48 | | 194 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ.fr | + 4h53'39 | | 195 | Charly Berry | RadioShack - Leopard | + 5h01'17 | | 196 | Jaak Wijckmans | Lotto Belisol | + 5h28'05 |
Tour Talk I need damage control, right away! Tomorrow I have to get over the Galibier and on to a summit finish.
I don't know why Froome was on my skin so much, trying to irritate me. The only pleasure I get out of today's stage is that he lost his 2nd place. How's that for trying to annoy me, Mr. Froome?
But it was so hard today.
I can't afford to collapse right now. I need to keep my spirit up. Yet I feel it's been broken today.
Tomorrow I need to be back. I can't slip up now.
Not now.
Henry
Edited by Ian Butler on 27-01-2014 16:41
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