Driedaagse de Panne Stage 3 LIVE!
by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 2, 2009 5:00 AM EDT
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PrintTime to finish this one off. One more sprint, then the decisive time trial. Pozzato is looking awfully good here, and I'm not referring to his hair. Enjoy!
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So Pozzato got held up by a crash and has lost the lead by about half a minute.
What’s Willems like as a time triallist? Anyone know?
It looks like either
Willems will hold on by a very slim margin
or…
Poosthuma will come from behind and take it seeing as the 6 ahead of him aren’t much in the way of time trialists and Pozzato will probably just be saving for Sunday.
Pozzato stated he won't start
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..
GC
1 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas
2 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha 0.29
3 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil 0.45
4 Steve Chainel (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0.47
5 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 0.49
6 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 0.51
7 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.51
I’ve looked at Willems TT ability at CQ, I don’t think he was sandbagging. But it’s only 14k, and I don’t thinnk that Pippo will be a threat. Posthuma is a nice time trialist, but 51 seconds might be too much.
No longer that I call them tights, I call them freedom ware.
I think Posthuma takes it..
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..
He probably says it's to save himself for Sunday
but we all know what TT helmets do to ones hair…………..
Why did Van Avermaet drop out?
Dagnabit, he was third in the overall, and my only shot at GC points. Better have a good excuse, or he’s going to San Quentin with Rock Racing.
One of the sweetest things today was seeing Tom Boonen go past me backwards on the climbs. .--Mark Cavendish, MSR
CycleSport and ProCycling
CycleSport and ProCycling
Any of you guys have PayPal accounts and would be willing to buy and post me CycleSport and ProCycling to France. Normally, I have friends coming and going who bring me copies, but this month is not working out. I NEED my fix.VeloMagazine (French)is great too…but I really prefer the others. Thanks in advance…
Come on Posthuma…..
I responded to your request in the other thread.
Drop me an email and I’ll help ya. :-)
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Remember
I have \o/ on my team (damnit) and Gilbert… I have too much Lotto exposure as it is…
"…I saw bloody Cavendish coming, really fast…"
HH
Yeah...both gilbert and hoste are killing me too
I thought gilbert was a sure thing…I gave up flecha for gilbert
Or go to Rabo....
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..
VDS
I have Hoste and Finetto. I hope at least one of them brings me their first VDS points of teh season…
um I think Hoste
"Action without thought is a form of insanity, thought without action is a crime"
- Albert Einstien
They gooooo slooooow
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..
Isn't the length of this TT
about the same as the distance from the top of the last climb to the finish at RVV?
"…I saw bloody Cavendish coming, really fast…"
HH
Before Ctv and PdC
I poured over Cycle Sport magazine…
"…I saw bloody Cavendish coming, really fast…"
HH
Tuft almost hit a car in the tight turn
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..
Dunno...
Just saw something black throug my screen
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..
Tuft 20 sec faster first intermediate
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..
Did Cummings average 37k/h
that’s sloooowwww
Devolder 3 seconds faster
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..
Wiggens wants to take the win
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..
Big opponents: Devolder and Hoste
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..
I sure hope not
Otherwise I wasned valuable VDS points on him
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
studd leggs....
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Someone link to a stream?
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..
No I haven't..
Is their an online stream?
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..
I have Sporza.. Someone form Australia is asking for a stream
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..
The TDU link?
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..
Thanks! I put that through
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..
Yeah but he did singlehanded win the TTT in Qatar
And losing 6s. to Tony Martin isn’t something to be ashamed about. (:
boo
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
boo?
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..
I like the flying Hair piece, but I'm on the boo train too since it costs me valuable Svein points
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
don't like wiggins
a bit immature
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Yeah, he told a few woopers in a French interview about hanging out with the
bike messengers in London
He has a wonderfully dry sense of humour though.
I think he’s grown up wuite a bit in the last few years…certainly since Athens, after which he almost totally lost the ploy…
He said he used to hang with the messengers at their pub
which is resoundingly false, having spent many years at the pub in question never saw him their once
Do you have a paypal account?
I’m desperate for CycleSport and ProCycling
you can't order them direct as a subscription to be mailed to you?
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
:O Wiggens say..
The win of this tt is bigger than the prologue win in the Dauphine.. It’s a historic win
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..
The Panne.. Big names already won here and it will be nice to be on the list..
Big contenders: Lang and Posthuma
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..
yeah, right
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Haha.. The commentator asked something in German at Lang..
He laughed and answered back in English..
He hopes a spot in the top 20
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..
Argh! Svein now out of the points!
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
Wierd - Bablefish translated results has same ride in both third and 5th w/ Svein in 4th
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
Flens third at second intermediate.. Before Svein
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..
first
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
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second=first..
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..
Little over half an hour until Hoste starts, if I'm reading startlist right.
He goes at 16:18 their time.
One of the sweetest things today was seeing Tom Boonen go past me backwards on the climbs. .--Mark Cavendish, MSR
Those legs :O
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..
Forgot to ask...
You’re the husband og Gavia?
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..
Over shorter distances
Not so hot over the longer GT length rides
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
Yes, thus my clarification about long TT (over 30k roughly)
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
He got fifth
in the long TT at the 2007 tour. 3rd after the dq of Vino and Kash-is-king. He also finished well at the last TT of the Giro last year.
by australopithecine on Apr 2, 2009 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Give him a little time.
That’s how Boardman started. They share a similar track background and Boardman went on to be okay over longer distances. Especially those that lasted about an hour.
If you ever get a chance to watch video of his “classic” hour record, where he just beat Eddie’s distance, watch it. Inspirational.
If I had a link I’d post it, but I can’t remember where I put it.
He's 17th or so, about 1'36" back.
One of the sweetest things today was seeing Tom Boonen go past me backwards on the climbs. .--Mark Cavendish, MSR
Would be nice.
One of the sweetest things today was seeing Tom Boonen go past me backwards on the climbs. .--Mark Cavendish, MSR
Willems gets 12 seconds back
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..
Gap is now 1.03
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..
Westra second first intermediate
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..
+10
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..
sec..
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..
Posthuma starts!
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..
I thought you meant his last name.
Which seems to be some form of “posthumous”—after death.
One of the sweetest things today was seeing Tom Boonen go past me backwards on the climbs. .--Mark Cavendish, MSR
Franzooooi!
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..
I soo love the guy....
2,5 weeks and we have to set up a date… (:
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..
Haha dunno..
Haven’t rate his hottitude..
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..
Indeed. But Niels Albert really is too young for me :-(
Here’s Signor Franzoi :-)
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=/photos/2008/mar08/dwars08/DSC_0001
A slow Franzoooooi
No longer that I call them tights, I call them freedom ware.
by TheFigurehead on Apr 2, 2009 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
20th.. Not that slow
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..
From a future newsreport:
“The unfortunate Franzoi had a seemingly uncatchable lead of 7 minutes entering the Arenberg forrest when the clearly desperate and deranged british woman hurled herself in front of his bike. Franzoi suffered roadrash and a broken clavicle. The british woman disappeared into the crowd”
Lol!
Maybe we have to warn Franzoi against mad English cyclist fans
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..
yeah
she would be the only euskatel within miles of the race
by Vlaanderen90 on Apr 2, 2009 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
You haven't spotted the Spain shirt I was wearing in the pic did you?
Shame on you!
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..
Didn't have an Netherlands shirt...
But red suits me better than orange….
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..
He doesn't look comfortable withhis TT bike
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
Good ride by Westra
he passed somebody (Gajek?) just before the finish
third.. 18 seconds down
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..
Not many chanes to practice prior to joining High Road/Columbia
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
Hoste has a flat tire 800m for the finsih
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..
Willems lost 24 seconds on Posthuma
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..
General classification after stage 3a
1 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas
2 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha 0.29
3 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil 0.45
4 Steve Chainel (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0.47
5 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 0.49
6 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 0.51
7 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.51
"…I saw bloody Cavendish coming, really fast…"
HH
Yeah
He needed a big headwind to make up that kind of time. Or an epic fail by Willems
CQRanking.com, you complete me.
by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 2, 2009 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Willems
Posthuma
Leezar
Quinz
Henderson Bozic
Maaskant
Hoste
Chainel
Finetto
"…I saw bloody Cavendish coming, really fast…"
HH
Hmm.. Maaskant appears
That is an interesting development for the next month.
VDS wise
I have Quinziato, so that gets me 80.
I have Hoste and Finetto
Only 40 points but for both riders those are the first points of the season. Getting rid of the hateful zero might be an important stimulance.
To be fair
Quinz didn’t score last year until this race… though he did get more points in it last year. We’ll see…
True
but I can’t defend Hoste at all…hopefully it changes a bit coming up
by Vlaanderen90 on Apr 2, 2009 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Leezer
is going to be a huge talent for Rabo. He can sprint and short ITT…very good for the short stage races.
by Vlaanderen90 on Apr 2, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
VDS for final only (not total race)
Willems 150
Posthuma 125
Leezar 100
Quinz 80
Henderson 60
Bozic 50
Maaskant 40
Hoste 30
Chainel 20
Finetto 10
Finetto
"…I saw bloody Cavendish coming, really fast…"
HH
195 for GC
and 2 stages by Cav (80)
275 for the race
"…I saw bloody Cavendish coming, really fast…"
HH
Well I'l take the 30 for Hoste - but he has a long way to go to earn his salery
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
If he doesn't come throug htere it will be a long year for him -
He thinks his DS is tough on him ? Hell hath no fury like that of a VDS scorned!
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
I Might
just fire him. it would be the same as a season full of blanks at this point.
by Vlaanderen90 on Apr 2, 2009 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
So a 110 point race thanks to Cav's contributions
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
Hoste
Without his bike change he would have been 3rd or 4th I guess. Those Lotto geezers sure are unlucky this year. They are in the corner were the punches fall (I love to tranlate Dutch saying literally).
That's it! I'm out!
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..
It's very frustrating
To see good results by underperformers that I had on my VDS squad last year … Posthuma, Wegmann, etc.
Jens Voigt doesn’t know where you live, but he knows exactly where you will die.
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