Today's Winners
by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 25, 2009 12:10 PM EDT
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PrintDwars door Vlaanderen: Two-man breakaway upstages the intense mano-a-mano battle between Boonen and Haussler.
1 Kevin Van Impe (Quick Step)
2 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post Sean Kelly
3 Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
4 Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo TestTeam)
5 Stijn Devolder (Quick Step)
6 Yauheni Hutarovich (Française des Jeux)
7 Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step)
Vuelta a Castilla y Leon, Stage 3: Valverde wins uphill sprint. All favorites finish together. Leipheimer still in the overall lead.
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros
3 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur
4 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto
5 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing
7 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank
8 Javier Mejías (Spa) Fuji-Servetto
9 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
10 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto
Settimana Coppi e Bartali, Stage 2: Probably the coolest result of the day, where Damiano Cunego outsprinted Jose Serpa after a 20km duo breakaway from another elite group, who finished just off the pace. New overall leader is Giovanni Visconti. For a real breakdown, read Gavia's scratchpad.
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.
2 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto
5 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Amica Chips - Knauf
6 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas
7 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia
8 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia
9 Juan Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld
10 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld
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Nice write up
but what you miss out is that Cunego rode like an idiot today. He and Perez Serpa were the two on form riders of the day. They pulled away the initial break of seven on Monte Trebbio. Visconti missed the break at first and had to bridge up pretty much by himself, towing Niemiec along for the ride. A few hundred metres further along when they hit that sharper climb Cunego and Perez Serpa took off again and they had a lead of 35s by the top of the hill. They held that lead all the way down what looks like an interesting descent (as in keep Franck away) and right up to the final k. Then the little prince decide that he’d rather have a stage win than the overall, so he sat on Serpa’s wheel until jumping him 200m from the line. Serpa knew that he would probably lose the sprint so he got his revenge by slowing down, so that they lost half of the lead they had. The chasing group didn’t have time to get themselves organised on the small bit of flat through town and wouldn’t have made up a single second on their own actions.
Is this sufficiently Schleckproofed?
Don't think it was idiotic, a stage win is all he is probably trying to get out of this race
and it was guaranteed , Serpa sprints about as well as Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks “American English”. While the GC can still change with three days left. The GC is more important for a guy riding on a 2nd class team who won’t win much bigger races, like Visconti this year, then it does to a guy who is expected to win some huge races this year, Cunego. This isn’t that important of a race for Cunego and he is using it more as prep for the Ardennes and the Giro. His goal will have been to win a stage and that he has done, you probably woulnd’t see this if he had a chance at the pink jersey.
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
Maybe
but I always think that holding the leader’s jersey, even if only for a couple of days, has more kudos than a stage win.
Big races, PT or GT races probably, but I doubt it for a regional race like this
at least not for a rider of Cunego’s stature. I think for a guy like him, whose won some of the biggest events in cycling, stage wins at these races are the goal, and if they win the GC it’s a bonus.
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
Their choice
I wonder, how do you pick? First place I would look is prize money.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 25, 2009 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Si
If it were the last day of the stage race, and he gave up the GC for a stage win, then I’d be saying he was stupid. But there are still hilly stages yet to ride where he can bring back 9 seconds on Visconti. Visconti, so does not climb as well as Cunego. Little dude got a win. Pretty sweet.
Wonder how close Cunego is on the overall?
Great result for him. I noticed that his team didn’t do that well in the TTT but seeing him take this stage shows that he’s got very good form. Maybe this will finally be the year for him.
+1
i’m happy about this one, too – would love to see the little guy finally have a season that matches his potential…
You may very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment.
which isn't to say
that he hasn’t had decent seasons before this (2008 wasn’t half bad considering his hard luck) but i’d like to see him consistently front and centre…
You may very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment.
He was pretty unlucky in 2008
Just imagine if he’d won that Worlds last year instead of Ballan, throw that on top of his Amstel and Lombardy wins and it probably would have been considered a career year – or at least a close 2nd to 2004.
This year I’m expecting 1st at either Liege or Fleche, podium at the Giro and 1st at the Worlds. Pretty high expectations but I think he’s got it in him.
agreed
i was just looking back over his palmares and last year was darn close to being a career topper – as you say, pretty unlucky. but he sure stuck it out – i admire riders who fight through a long season, and he had to bounce back more than once from adversity. my TdF highlight from last year was him riding to the finish with his teammates’ help after that nasty crash on stage 18, and still making the cutoff time.
and i do think he has it in him to meet your expectations :)
You may very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment.
Are you sure?
No longer that I call them tights, I call them freedom ware.
by TheFigurehead on Mar 25, 2009 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
The 6.15 is the total race time, he's 9 seconds down
No longer that I call them tights, I call them freedom ware.
by TheFigurehead on Mar 25, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
ja, just caught that, thanks
Here are the full results.
Sheesh, could they have made that more confusing to read? No, I don’t think so.
Matrix flashbacks
That green code thing
No longer that I call them tights, I call them freedom ware.
by TheFigurehead on Mar 25, 2009 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Did he pulls a Pedro Delgado
and miss his start time in the TTT? To lose 6 minutes in two stages non-mountain stages is pretty suprising. Guess he’s strictly going for stages wins and not the overall.
Oh, thanks Gavia
I thought that was a little strange. If tomorrow is another mountain stage he may be able to wrest control of the race away from Visconti. Wonder what tomorrow’s profile is like?
Aah Please, Please..
The setmana ciclista Bartoli a Coppi thing.. You can earn VDS popints there..
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Franzoi wins Parijs-Roubaix and I win a date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak..
WTF happened to Valverde not wanting to win until July?
yeah I never believed that myself and I hope no one else did.
Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
I thought he would avoid the dopingtests..
So winning isn’t a way to do that.. Confident after all the years with negatives results
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Franzoi wins Parijs-Roubaix and I win a date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak..
Well. The race was in Spain, after all...
One of the sweetest things today was seeing Tom Boonen go past me backwards on the climbs. .--Mark Cavendish, MSR
Yeah, doping tests in Spain only apply to non Spanish riders
optional for Spanish riders, passing them is also optional.
Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
Yes, even he needs not to take nor pass them. Oh and please refer to him as my savior and not simply hero ;)
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
And note to Sean Kelly
just cause you’re Irish doesn’t mean it’s a good idea to make your team kits green! Man those things are CSFugglyish.
Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
new terminology
CSFugly
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by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 25, 2009 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
That vacuum cleaner like sound...
… is Wing Kong Exchange sucking.
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
Located adjacent to
the Hell of Not Picking Haussler.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 25, 2009 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions
The last minute trading in of Thor
just makes it even more painful. I just hope that Jerome Coppel will make it all up somehow.
Is Levi doing the Giro?
it would be silly to even think of putting LA as leader if Levi is, not with the form LA will have. I think this is the best chance Levi has had to win a GT, last years Vuelta has given LL more confidence than ever it appears.
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
Oh man, my excitment level for the Giro has just gone up way more than it would if it turns out LA can ride it
I really think this is the one that he will win, it’s all working in his favor! Btw, this shows I’m a real fan, unlike those dumb ass reporters who just fled a fun race because LA left, stop covering our sport bozos! hehehe…I just said bozos..lol
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
Heh
Boy, wouldn’t that be fun if he beat Basso?
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by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 25, 2009 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
The Universe of Hotitude would implode
Did your favourite rider just win Montepaschi Strade Bianch Eroica Toscana? OK then.
+100
LOL We’d be able to hear the screams of anguish echoing around the cafe for weeks.
Settimana Coppi e Bartali
I put up a summary of the Settimana here, my scratch pad for stuff that doesn’t really fit here at the Cafe. I didn’t want to make a bazillion threads here on the same topic ;-)
Oh the Mont Trebbio
isn’t that one of the climbs in the Giro stage, 15 I believe.
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
Did some research and found out
that the final 40km or so of today’s stage are the same as those of the Giro’s stage 15. They climbed the Mont Casale and then Trebbio, with the summit 24km before the finish, just as they will do in the Giro. The only difference is the stage at the Giro is surrounded by the San Luca finish the day before and 2 mountain top finishes the 2 stages after it, but should still be an exciting day.
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
After what has occured at the ToC and P-N, I'm starting to like these type of stages as well
the guarentee that the escaped riders will be caught isn’t there anymore, riders can attack and stay away down a descent like LL did or can attack downhill and cause damage like Lulu did. Even the 50km descent to finish the Cuneo-Pinerolo stage looks enticing. I still rather have mountain top finishes but the Giro will have plenty of those.
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
Depends on level of team control
If there’s a lot of control from the race leader’s team, these stages can be big group finish. But I do like that they give the good descenders a chance to play their game. Very often leads to fun racing. Better still, if there’s a bit more flat before the finish for a little extra drag racing.
But yeah, agreed, this should make for a fun stage to watch come May.
Not a result but the track worlds started today
and continue tonight(if you are in Europe), they include one MSR winner, I belive his name is Cavierdish or something like that. If you have Eurosport they are showing it tonight at 19:45 CET live. I will so be watching it.
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
Finally! top 10 of Dwars from official site (note Goddaert is now 10th, Weylandt 9th)
1 VAN IMPE Kevin QST QUICK STEP 4:52:55
2 EECKHOUT Niko SKT AN POST – SEAN KELLY TEAM 0:00:02
3 BOONEN Tom QST QUICK STEP 0:00:14
4 HAUSSLER Heinrich CTT CERVELO TEST TEAM 0:00:16
5 DEVOLDER Stijn QST QUICK STEP 0:00:48
6 HUTAROVICH Yauheni FDJ FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 0:01:51
7 CHAVANEL Sylvain QST QUICK STEP 0:01:51
8 HAYMAN Mathew RAB RABOBANK 0:01:51
9 WEYLANDT Wouter QST QUICK STEP 0:01:51
10 GODDAERT Kristof TSV TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN – MERCATOR 0:01:51
One of the sweetest things today was seeing Tom Boonen go past me backwards on the climbs. .--Mark Cavendish, MSR
And holy cow...156 abandons!
Full results here.
One of the sweetest things today was seeing Tom Boonen go past me backwards on the climbs. .--Mark Cavendish, MSR
Probably forced to retire, because of the finishing circuits
the race jury probably made those riders who were going to be lapped, because they were 15 minutes or so back, retire the race. Or they just got destroyed by the pace of the glorious Heinrich Haussler!
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
Mighty good race for QS
Absolute disaster for Lotto
Are Topsport and Vacansoleil now fighting for the title of the other belgian superteam? Surely lotto have resigned the position by now.
Weylandt in the top ten with Chava - nice :)
You may very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment.
Todays Winner: Dwars vor Vlaanderen
Dwars Live threads: 923 comments
Vuelta a Castilla Y Leon Y las Maletas Blancas del Grande Gringo del Corbata Live thread: 108 comments.
Did your favourite rider just win Montepaschi Strade Bianch Eroica Toscana? OK then.
Yeah, but...
… if you remove complaints about Cycling.tv, it’s only 603 to 108. Still a trouncing though…
oy, I am afraid to ask but.....
did CTV have major problemo’s for most people today? or was it just a few, or half, or just Swedes maybe?
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
My stream was bad
Kept reaching the end, then jumping back 20 minutes. But that may have been on my end; when it was loading properly it worked fine.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 25, 2009 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I enjoyed a quality, problemofree free stream
No longer a CTV subscriber.
Did your favourite rider just win Montepaschi Strade Bianch Eroica Toscana? OK then.
Don't the spanish organizers understand how this wors?
If they provided good free online vidoe earlier, and they added cobbles to the stage with a dash of rain then it would get more attention here. Short of that they need to schedule their race around the beloved one day cobble classics that are preferred in these parts.
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
BTW anyone figure out the various VDS points today yet?
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
Yes.
Dwars:
1.Van Impe: 150
2.Eeckhout: 125
3.Boonen: 100
4.Haussler: 80
5.Devolder: 60
6.Hutarovich: 50
7.Chavanel: 40
8.Hayman: 30
9.Weylandt: 20
10.Goddaert: 10
Castilla y Leon
1. Alejandro Valverde: 40
2. Ruben Plaza: 20
3. Javier Moreno: 10
One of the sweetest things today was seeing Tom Boonen go past me backwards on the climbs. .--Mark Cavendish, MSR
Beat me to it
I was just about to hit post when your’s popped up
So I pulled 205 today, and all I need is a tenth place for Nico to pay off at 70/pt for the year!
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
You can always check
here. If I’m around, I usually have it updated shortly after the results are in.
One of the sweetest things today was seeing Tom Boonen go past me backwards on the climbs. .--Mark Cavendish, MSR
Weylandt was very affordable, wasn't he?
I’m feeling mildly dumb for leaving him off. But Tyler Farrar’s injury is gonna hurt me bad this month, I’m afraid.
Ahhhh, I can't believe I left the all-mighty Hutarovich off my VDS!
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
But you do have HH, who now is second only to Hushovd in points.
One of the sweetest things today was seeing Tom Boonen go past me backwards on the climbs. .--Mark Cavendish, MSR
Do I have GHH? Of Course I have the Glorious Heinrich Haussler on my team!
and Hushovd isn’t seriously first is he? Weird how he can lose his leadership role in the sprints and spring classics to GHH and yet still lead him in the VDS.
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
Yup on Hushovd. 250 in Het Nieuwuieseuwblad and 275 in MSR for 525.
GHH now has 510 for second—he has scored in 4 out of the 5 VDS races he’s been in.
One of the sweetest things today was seeing Tom Boonen go past me backwards on the climbs. .--Mark Cavendish, MSR
Natch, check it again
very classy I believe though, no need to delete it.
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
Nice
We’ll just forget about De Omloop Het Nieuwe Volk.
But it is classy indeed. I wouldn’t dare to delete it.
Het Newbladder is nice, but it's not up to the level of P-N and MSR
plus they mentioned Thor so I found no need for mentioning his win, plus I said most of the headlines, not all.
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
Christ Jesus. Did you become a North Korean Communist when I wasn't looking.
The Glorious Heinrich Haussler?!?
Are the other riders on Cervelo required to call him Dear Leader now?
Ed, that is what you would call a "mancrush"
damn right I have one on him, and I’m not afraid to adm
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
Here's one
Why the hell did he keep banging his head against the three sided quick step wall? It’s Dwars, for crying out loud. Has he looked at the calendar?
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by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 25, 2009 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, It was Phil's mancrush first.
But you know, I’m all about not enforcing oppressive gender norms and whatnot, so, yeah why not.
It's really the first thing I think of...
…when you come to mind. No doubt.
Nice to see Soler's name on a results sheet
After last year’s injury-riddled season and the 2009 TdF non-invite, here’s hoping he can put some nice results together and further entice an invite to the Giro.
I like his style (and he’s on my VDS squad that is languishing in the back of the pack).
Those of us down in the VDS standings don't like the term "languishing"
We’re just pacing ourselves…yeah, that’s it; we’re just sitting on, taking swigs from the water bottle. Maybe drifting back to the VDS team cars for a while, letting the Continental VDS teams get some TV time until April/May and then
BLAM!!!
We’re gonna hit ’em like Ullrich at the buffet table!
right click, refresh
Good idea. Mind you take caution drifting back...
You don’t want to get your jacket snagged in the spokes or anything.
right click, refresh
from Cervelo's press release
25-Mar-2009: Dwars door Vlaanderen
Kevin Van Impe (Quick Step) was able to hold off Niko Eeckhout (An Post Sean Kelly), Tom Boonen (Quick Step) and Heinrich Haussler to win the 200 km Dawrs door Vlaanderen today in Belgium.
Jean-Paul van Poppel, Sports Director for today’s race, commented afterwards, “It was a very cold day and many of the attacks were by the riders to keep warm. Andreas Klier was in the first attack of the day.”
“Heinrich made an attack with 30 km to go, which caught everyone by surprise, which eventually QuickStep was able to neutralise. He tried to attack in the last 7 km but was unable to shake the other riders and finished 4th just after Tom Boonen. All in all, the team did a good ride.”
I wonder what the Q's press release looked like
probably something like “the unbeatable Quickstep team brashly embarassed the puny opponents from other far yonder locations, and the little Bübchen’s also from Belgium(Lotto I think it is). The thoroughly dominant Kevin Van Impe sprinted by the utterely unimpressive opponent(can’t remember his name but we are now scouting him). The emaculate Van Impe had enough time to stop and fart in his opponents face and still win, something he would have done had his opponents jersey not already been CSFugly. The then cobbled iron warrior himself(to early to say greates of all time? I belive not, Tom Boonen, the cobbled GOAT!) Tom”cobbled GOAT"Boonen easily sprinted around his pityful opponent, the confused(Australian or German, what is dag nammit?) Heinrich Haussler. Tom had worked in perfect harmony with Haussler and sprinted around him because he’s just better, not because he had more energy. Then just to dick with the rest of the peloton, we purposely finished 5th and 7th, although we could have easily finished 1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th….we liked the odd numbered position better. We will see you again on Saturday for the E3, which we will also dominate"
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
In honour of the races name
QS will only finish in places that are multiples of 3.
"Never swing a small stick. " Andy Hampsten
Except for position number 1, which is reserved for the cobbled GOAT
we have actually already been told by the E3 organizers that cobbled GOAT’s name has already been engraved into the trophy, something which has also been completed at P-R, seeing that the Penna Pasta and Peace Loving Pansy will be in horrid form or not even racing, the Pasta guy has herpies I believe. How utterly embarassing, at Quickstep, the first thing you learn is not to get herpies. We are just an elite constitution that very few can access.
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
Strange
Sounds like KCNA.
No longer that I call them tights, I call them freedom ware.
by TheFigurehead on Mar 25, 2009 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Jean-Paul van Poppel
The best Dutch sprinter of all times. His presence as a DS at CTT gives their victories that little waver of Dutch success that I love.
His son won a mass sprint in the first stage of the Tour de Normandie today.
Ah Dutch success, soemthing the Dutch PT team has mastered to perfection ;)
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
Yep
We only care about our continental teams actually. And the Rabo CT is kicking ass all over the place.
Ah, OK, does the same philosophy go to your national football team as well?
"It’s disappointing. Second place is the first loser."
~Heinrich Haussler (GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Cervélo TestTeam
BOY!
Yes, I will be prematurely predicting BVP greatness sometime very soon. And I will be right, sometime in the next 7 years.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 25, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Sounds like a good day for the van Poppels
His son, the imaginatively named Boy Van Poppel, won the first stage of the Tour of Normandy this morning.
QS didn't want to pull a Rabo
“That was a really hard day. Haussler was really strong. We had the numbers, but didn’t want to do what Rabobank did in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad,” Boonen said, referring to the race on March 1 when Haussler and Rabobank’s Sebastian Langeveld were in a break, but Rabobank chased it down, thinking they had better chances with Nick Nuyens, Joost Posthuma and Juan Antonio Flecha.
"Never swing a small stick. " Andy Hampsten
Speaking of Today's Winners
Cameron Meyer won the Points Race in the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Good for him!
Now let’s see him take it onto the road.
One of the sweetest things today was seeing Tom Boonen go past me backwards on the climbs. .--Mark Cavendish, MSR
VDS Bonus
I think there should be VDS bonus points for becoming world champion even if it is not on the road. (For the record, he didn’t make it to my team)
Speaking of which
this week we had the Argentinian national championships. Did anyone here pick Pablo Brun or Juan Curuchet. Or is that 200 VDS points wasted?
Actually, there were *several* big time results / upsets today.
The French Team beat the Brits in the men’s team sprint.
Simona Krupeckaite of Lithuania not only beat Anna Meares in the 500m TT, she did it in WR time.
and Alison Shanks of New Zealand won the Women’s pursuit, which is another fairly stunning upset.
You are looking *extremely* beatable is what it's coming to.
Which is good for the sport, much as I admire what you all have done for it.
Yes, you are actually right.
Pendleton didn’t expect to win yesterday anyway though, and I didn’t think the team sprinters would beat the French without Hoy. Wendy should have won the pursuit though….oh well!
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