Tour of Luxembourg Day 5 (Stage 4)
by umwolverine on Jun 7, 2009 5:56 AM EDT
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Today's final stage is an up-and-down 160 km from Mersh to Luxembourg, see stage map.
Frank Schleck leads Andreas Kloden by a mere 4 seconds...will today see a battle royale at the finish?
Top 10 GC through Stage 3:
1 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 13.36.47
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0.04
3 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 1.32
4 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1.34
5 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 1.53
6 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 1.57
7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 2.06
8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 2.07
9 Emanuele Vona (Ita) ISD 2.11
10 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 2.14
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and they're off... the first KOM is at km19, le GPM du Biirgerkräiz
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Morning, umwolverine!
Not quite into your territory, but I was up at 4 am to get the kid off on a school trip.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
morning majope
horrors, i slept in until 4am …..
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Ha! I'm usually up about 6 and you at 2.
Today we met in the middle.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
seems that way...
and no dauphine until 11.30 for us….
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
I see they're still dropping like flies--2 more abandons already.
Caccia (BAR) and Blank (CCD) out.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
Blank after a fall--weren't there a lot of falls yesterday?
And yet Frank not only stayed upright, he won the stage. Maybe the familiarity of home roads helps?
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
shhhh... you'll jinx him... but, maybe
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
On the good side, if he did fall, I bet Frank would win the battle of the exclamation points handily.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
Never heard of them.. Probably the reason why they give up..
There are highlits(????) up on cyclingfans.com.. It seems damn hilly
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
A date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak? Aah you know what they say about british girls.. No?
GPM Biirgerkräiz: Portal, Sokoll, Blain, Urtasun
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
13 man break
Iglinsky (AST), Urtasun, Velasco (EUS), Feillu (AGR), Merlo (BAR), Veelers (SKS), Cooke (VAC), Johannsson (CCD), Blain, Portal (COF), Ravard (AGR), Bonnaire (BTL), Kondrut (ISD)
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
GPM Quatre-Vents: Blain, Sokoll, Portal, Veelers
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Pluie légère, 13 degrés
Light rain and in the 50s at the start—not as cold as yesterday, but still cool.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
Gap 1:34
If they let this go, we’ll be settled into a few hours of not much until the peloton decides to chase it down.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
novel approach to a stage
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
I'm mistress of stating the obvious this early in the morning.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
This might be obvious too, but you don't have to wait for scheduled highlights on RTL
With a Schleck in the lead of their home race, any news update is going to feature them. I recorded a clip yesterday that showed Frank winning, with an interview of him and a little feature on their fan club. I’ll throw it up on YouTube or somewhere and post the link—maybe someone who understands Luxembourgish (which I’ve read is a dialect of German, but Google Translate can’t do much with it) can tell us what was said.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
Luxembourgish+ French, German, Dutch and Netherlands all together with an accent.. I can follow it a bit
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
A date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak? Aah you know what they say about british girls.. No?
Cool. Not sure I can upload the video, though.
It’s in .rm (RealPlayer) format, and not a lot of places seem to support it. Still looking around.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
Never mind. It's the same clip Frinking linked above--Stage 3.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
group of 12
GDT: Iglinsky, Urtasun, Sokoll, Feillu, Merlo, Veelers, Cooke, Johannsson, Blain, Portal, Ravard, Kondrut
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Steeegmans out of the Dauphine.. He refused to sign an anti-doping paper..
Wrong post I know but interesting
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
A date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak? Aah you know what they say about british girls.. No?
Dunno..
After Pfannenberger tested positive Katushja have made an anti-doping paper.. He refused to sign it so he may not start from Katushya
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
A date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak? Aah you know what they say about british girls.. No?
Moer info found
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
A date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak? Aah you know what they say about british girls.. No?
Ah. 5 years salary, and Steegmans is worried about what happens if you test positive even if you're innocent.
Had to look up Rutger Beke, the person he names as someone who falsely tested positive—Belgian triathlete who came up pos for EPO and successfully argued bacterial contamination of the sample.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
Without your permission I used your comment for the post...
Hope you don’t mind!
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
A date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak? Aah you know what they say about british girls.. No?
Ok thanks!
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
A date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak? Aah you know what they say about british girls.. No?
big surprise... saxo bank in charge of the peloton
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
GPM Rolléngerbiirg: Kondrut, Portal, Sokoll, Blain
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Avance Kondrut sur le groupe des poursuivants:1 min 15 sec, peloton à 3 min 15
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Kondrut now 1:30 over the lead group.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
in a hurry to get out of the rain
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Doesn't work for me.. The pic
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
A date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak? Aah you know what they say about british girls.. No?
try
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
A date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak? Aah you know what they say about british girls.. No?
Well done.
Frank looks grim. I wonder how fast he made the chaperon run…
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
me neither! agggghhh
it is a pic of the uci doping chaperone running alongside frank. also have a pic with frank, the chaperone and riis. i get a kick out of that one too.
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hmmmm... no update for 9 mins....
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Situation actuelle: Kondrut, G1 à 45 secondes, Pel. à 3 min 20
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
gap 2.25 to peloton
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Ludescher abandons, Van Huffel in difficulties at the back of the peloton.
I think this race is hard.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
But not as hard as the one Barbie won yesterday in Germany.
I’m still impressed that only 20 out of 90 starters finished the race (GP Triberg-Schwarzwald).
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
who's barbie again?
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Heinrich Haussler, of the jewelry and frosted hair.
Nickname is Barbie in the peloton.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
Can I have Barbie to play with? hehe
"the rest was over 30. And that doesn't mean old and useless, but experienced and with the stamina"
Jens! Voigt, Crit Intl Interview, 2009
Haha I knew it!
My first top 40 song I liked!
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
A date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak? Aah you know what they say about british girls.. No?
He haven't heard that song in ages..
"the rest was over 30. And that doesn't mean old and useless, but experienced and with the stamina"
Jens! Voigt, Crit Intl Interview, 2009
for the love of cycling!
i will never, ever, be able to watch hh again without singing that song.
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is the cote de clausen
between betzdorf and niederanven? looks like a nice kicker.
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i's back... i see i haven't missed much
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
GPM Clausen: Kondrut, Portal, Ravard, Johannsson
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
gap 2.10
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
5-man lead break -- Iglinsky, Bonnaire, Cooke, Ravard, Feillu
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Blain, Feillu, Ravard, Cooke et Veelers sont partis...45 sec d'avance
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
first/last try in french
tour de luxembourg
pour les schlecks mais je t’aime
dauphine libere
in the u.s. dauphine is 3 syllables, but the online pronunciation is 2 syllables.
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oops
maybe an awkward break like, schleck—ssss
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Urtasun, Johannsson et Sokoll rejoignent le GDT, donc 8 cureurs en tête
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Must be getting closish to the end.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
"closish"?
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
close-ish.
Didn’t look right to include the e if I made it one word.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
somewhere between the start and the end
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Regroupement général! F. Schleck en tête de course, le peloton explose
All together now.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
2 km to the finish. 35 riders at the head, including Frank and all of Saxo.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
Breschel wins the stage, Frank the Tour!
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
3 more exclamation points for Frank--sorry, Andy. Big bro wins that competition as well.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
I wonder if they will they break out the caps for le Tour...
Mon coeur appartient à les forçats de la route.
that was fast... just in time for the 1st rider to go off at 16.09 at dauphine
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Hey, Frank wanted to watch it, too.
Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong
Putant merdre! Breschel.. The Tour of Luxembourg?! You haveto win the Tour! You can do it
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
A date with the VDS of Team Txirrindulariak? Aah you know what they say about british girls.. No?
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