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A Tale of Two
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-09-2012 10:18
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@fred947a: Thanks 
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 08-09-2012 10:59
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Great stage 1!! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-09-2012 11:01
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Thanks! Too bad he had an off-day on day 2! |
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| JuanMotr |
Posted on 08-09-2012 11:29
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He still young and atleast he wont do that mistake again.. 
Edited by JuanMotr on 08-09-2012 11:30
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 08-09-2012 11:34
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He will always learn from his mistakes.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-09-2012 11:44
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Thanks, JuanMotr & Jakstar22 |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-09-2012 11:50
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Trofeo Della Romagna
Today was all about getting back into shape and hopefully squeeze out a win for Jelle Vanendert.
A riding legend was in the attack: Jens Voigt. How he keeps on doing it, I have no idea!
On the third climb of the day, Jelle told me to give full gas.
We were both gone and had two riders chasing us, but together we would surely make the finish!
But fate, or better yet, a small rock on the side of the road, decided otherwise.
My race stopped right there and then.
Jelle hesitated as he saw that it was pretty bad, and that cost him his win. Sella sped along and Jelle got back on his back, coming in second.
Result
| 1 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | 5h11'33 | | | 2 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | + 40 | IanButler | | 3 | Daniel Martin | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 1'05 | | | 4 | Gianluca Brambilla | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | | 5 | Robinson Chalapud | Colombia Coldeportes | + 2'51 | | | 6 | Fabio Duarte | Colombia Coldeportes | s.t. | | | 7 | Alex Howes | Team Garmin-Barracuda | + 4'13 | | | 8 | Dalivier Ospina | Colombia Coldeportes | s.t. | | | 9 | Fortunato Baliani | Team Nippo | s.t. | | | 10 | Simon Spilak | Katusha Team | s.t. | |
I hope I'll be able to race the coming Canadian WT races. I'll see the doctor later this evening. |
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 08-09-2012 11:51
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Bad news :/ I hope he'll be ok...
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 08-09-2012 11:56
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I've never seen two riders crash so often!
except on pcm11....
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 08-09-2012 11:59
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Unlucky for Eric. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 08-09-2012 12:14
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Damn that was so unlucky, hope for a good recovery from Eric. :/ |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 08-09-2012 12:22
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Bad luck for Eric. I hope he recovers soon.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-09-2012 12:25
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Thanks everyone, Eric and Stijn do fall a lot, come to think of it.
Well, that's realism for you |
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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 08-09-2012 12:28
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Eric and Stijn look like me when playing with Cancellara. Always on the tarmac. Better luck next time mate!! |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 08-09-2012 12:34
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Posted on 08-09-2012 12:36
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Too bad, the victory was just waiting for you
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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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-09-2012 12:38
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GP Jef-Scherens
Well, this is new for me, but I guess I'll have to get used to it by 2014: I'm here to defend a title.
The competition is much stronger this year, with Cancellara, Breschel, Flecha... But my confidence is extremely good and this is my terrain, I took the win last year and I would not be satisfied with any other place today!
I sent Roeland Van Hende in the breakaway of the day, I had a plan.
And then, with 35km left to go and with the help of Stannard, I accelerate on the cobblestones.
I end up in the front group and Van Hende does excellent work bringing me to the next cobbled section very quickly, where I thanked and left him.
A bit later, I got joined by Cancellara and Breschel. We started looking at each other and even others neared.
But we went to the sprint and I already knew what was going to happen.
I've been training uphill a lot more lately and it's definitely paying off! I continue my glory-season with another win. This has been the best year of my life.
Last season this was my final race, but now I still have Britain and Franco-Belge planned. Let's hope I continue my killing-streak until October, because you never know what the new season will bring.
Result
| 1 | Stijn Van Gent | Lotto-Belisol | 5h18'14 | IanButler | | 2 | Fabian Cancellara | BMC Racing Team | + 14 | | | 3 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 28 | | | 4 | Grégory Rast | BMC Racing Team | + 46 | | | 5 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sky Pro Cycling | + 1'12 | | | 6 | Reinier Honig | Landbouwkrediet-Euphony | s.t. | | | 7 | Gert Steegmans | Team Saxo Bank | + 3'08 | | | 8 | Kevin Neirynck | Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne | s.t. | | | 9 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Accent.Jobs - Willems Veranda’s | s.t. | | | 10 | Andreas Klier | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 11 | Ricardo Van der Velde | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | s.t. | | | 12 | Markus Eichler | Team NetApp | s.t. | | | 13 | David Millar | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 14 | Steve Houanard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 15 | Johan Coenen | Team Differdange - Magic-sportfood.de | s.t. | | | 16 | Sébastien Minard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | | 17 | Egidijus Juodvalkis | Landbouwkrediet-Euphony | s.t. | | | 18 | Laurence Franssens | Team Saxo Bank | + 3'56 | | | 19 | Frédéric Amorison | Landbouwkrediet-Euphony | + 4'06 | | | 20 | Yoeri Havik | CyclingTeam De Rijke | s.t. | | | 21 | Ian Stannard | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 22 | Pablo Esteve | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | | 23 | Sébastien Rosseler | Team Garmin-Barracuda | s.t. | | | 24 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto-Belisol | s.t. | IanButler | | 25 | Kevin Peeters | Landbouwkrediet-Euphony | s.t. | |
That brings my total wins this season up to 11, that's a lot!
Eric is up next, in Canada. He's only had 2 wins this season (stage win + GC Tirreno), let's hope he can make that 3 or more!
Bye! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-09-2012 12:41
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@Schleck96: Sorry to hear that
@fcancellara: I know...
@PCM rulezz: Well, the victory was waiting for Jelle, but a second place was possible (however, he didn't have too much energy left after dragging Jelle on those hills) |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 08-09-2012 12:41
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Beating Spartacus? Seems legit
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 08-09-2012 12:44
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I'll have a shitstorm of people saying he's got 85 in everything now
Cancellara was quite weak in this race, I think his form isn't good yet, he's probably peaking for WC and this is probably his first race in preparation for that. But it was awesome beating him anyway |
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