Tour de l'Ain Stage 3a & 3b Live
Stage 3a is underway, 50ish km to go.
The riders are in the downhill and will soon be at the foot of Col de Menthière.
6 months ago
Bruce Suomi
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chaos
we have big break with a chasing group small gaps.
Break:
Hubert Dupont et Ludovic Turpin (Ag2r)
Julien El-Farès, David Moncoutié, Rein Taaramae et Damien Monier (Cofidis)
Cyril Gautier (BBox Bouygues Telecom)
Mathieu Perget (Caisse d’Epargne)
Dimitry Fofonov (Equipe du Kazakhstan)
Chris Horner et Steve Morabito (Astana)
Sylvain Calzati et Freddy Bichot (Agritubel)
Tony Gallopin (Auber 93)
Thibaut Pinot (Equipe de France)
Kevin Seeldrayers (Quick Step)
Nicolas Hartmann (Bretagne-Schuller)
Guillaume Levarlet (Française des Jeux)
Greg Van Avermaet (Silence Lotto)
Matthias Frank (BMC Racing Team)
Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank CT)
Yannick Talabardon (Besson-Sojasun)
Chasers 25’’ behind:
Aurélien Duval (Française des Jeux)
Pierre Rolland (BBox Bouygues Telecom)
Davide Malacarne (Quick Step)
Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel)
Alex Cano (Colombia es Pasion)
Mickaël Buffaz (Cofidis)
Alexandre Geniez (Equipe de France)
Maxime Médérel (Auber 93)
Peloton led by Caisse 1min behind
by Bruce Suomi on Aug 11, 2009 5:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The live update guy is on fire today
The duo have 38’’ on the break, peloton at 1.10’’.
Frei abandons
by Bruce Suomi on Aug 11, 2009 5:29 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
shit, what happened to Thomas??
"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
by CycleGirl on Aug 11, 2009 5:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
live update guy confused
New Situation
In the lead: Ludovic Turpin (AG2R La Mondiale), Mickaël Buffaz, Damien Monier and Rein Taaramae (Cofidis), Mathieu Perget (Caisse d’Epargne) Greg Van Avermaet (Silence Lotto), Matthias Frank (BMC Racing Team), Nicolas Hartmann ( Brittany Schuller) and Dimitriy FOFONOV (Team Kazakhstan).
At 30 seconds, Kevin Seeldrayers (Quick Step) and Thibaut Pinot (French Team)
At 1’10, peloton
by Bruce Suomi on Aug 11, 2009 5:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It's Moncoutie, not Buffaz in the break.
and he just attacked. Riders all over the place.
by Bruce Suomi on Aug 11, 2009 5:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Situation:
David Moncoutié (Cofidis) seul en tête
At 22 seconds :
Ludovic Turpin (AG2R La Mondiale)
Damien Monier et Rein Taaramae (Cofidis)
Mathieu Perget (Caisse d’Epargne)
Greg Van Avermaet (Silence Lotto)
Matthias Frank (BMC Racing Team)
Nicolas Hartmann (Bretagne-Schuller)
Sylvain Calzati (Agritubel)
Chris Horner (Astana)
A 40 secondes : Dimitry Fofonov (Equipe du Kazakhstan)
At 1 minute :
Hubert Dupont, John Gadret et Julien Loubet (Ag2r La Mondiale)
Rémi Di Gregorio et Guillaume Levarlet (Française des Jeux)
Cyril Gautier (BBox Bouygues Telecom)
Daniel Navarro (Astana)
Nicolas Vogondy et Maxime Bouet (Agrtiubel)
by Bruce Suomi on Aug 11, 2009 5:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
dropped
The accumulation of problems began to weigh and many riders are in the sentence. Among them are found in the yellow jersey peloton, we include: Sébastien Duret (Bretagne-Schuller), Nicolas VOGONDY (Agritubel), Steve Morabito and José Luis Rubiera (Astana), Davide Malacarne and Kevin Seeldraeyers (Quick Step), Aurélien Duval and Rémy Di Gregorio (Française des Jeux)
I think the yellow jersey Buffaz is also in this group
by Bruce Suomi on Aug 11, 2009 5:59 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
sorry, not dropped
In the yellow jersey peloton, we include: Sébastien Duret (Bretagne-Schuller), Nicolas VOGONDY (Agritubel), Steve Morabito and José Luis Rubiera (Astana), Davide Malacarne and Kevin Seeldraeyers (Quick Step), Aurélien Duval and Rémy Di Gregorio (Française des Jeux), Arnold Jeannesson (Caisse d’Epargne), Robinson Chapalud (Colombia es Pasion) and Pierre Rolland (Bbox Bouygues Telecom).
by Bruce Suomi on Aug 11, 2009 6:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Current situation
front:
David Moncoutié (Cofidis)
Mathias Frank (BMC Racing Team)
A 20 secondes :
Sylvain Calzati (Agritubel)
Ludovic Turpin (Ag2r La Mondiale)
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis)
Jesus Hernandez (Astana)
A 2 minutes, le peloton maillot jaune
by Grzdylu on Aug 11, 2009 6:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
11km to go. Situation:
In the lead :
David Moncoutié (Cofidis)
Mathias Frank (BMC Racing Team)
At 20 secondes :
Sylvain Calzati (Agritubel)
Ludovic Turpin (Ag2r La Mondiale)
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis)
Jesus Hernandez (Astana)
At 2 minutes, peloton maillot jaune
by Bruce Suomi on Aug 11, 2009 6:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
attacks
Mickaël Buffaz (Cofidis), Johann Tschopp (Bouygues Telecom BBox) and Davide Malacarne (Quick Step) from the peloton
by Bruce Suomi on Aug 11, 2009 6:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
they are:
David Moncoutié, Damien Monier et Rein Taaramae (Cofidis)
Mathias Frank (BMC Racing Team)
Sylvain Calzati (Agritubel)
Ludovic Turpin (Ag2r La Mondiale)
Chris Horner (Astana)
Mathieu Perget (Caisse d’Epargne)
Nicolas Hartmann (Bretagne-Schuller)
Greg Van Avermaet (Silence Lotto)
by Bruce Suomi on Aug 11, 2009 6:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like there are riders everywhere
At 50 seconds envirion were Maxime Bouet (Agritubel), Remy Di Gregorio (Française des Jeux) and Hubert Dupont (Ag2r)
A little further behind is Alexandre Geniez (Equipe de France) and Guillaume Levarlet (Française des Jeux)
by Bruce Suomi on Aug 11, 2009 6:18 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hi Bruce
you are surely hard at work today!
by rbjhan on Aug 11, 2009 6:19 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
ha. working dude, working. since 3am eastern us (so, 4.5 hours)
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Aug 11, 2009 7:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
at least i provide links to tickers ya know
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Aug 11, 2009 7:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for this Bruce!
But you must be getting a little lonely here!
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
by Albertina on Aug 11, 2009 6:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ludovic Turpin (Ag2r La Mondiale) wins!
by Bruce Suomi on Aug 11, 2009 6:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm not surprised at all
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Aug 11, 2009 6:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go Chris! How did Cofidis manage to lose this one?
1 Ludovic Turpin (Ag2r La Mondiale)
2 Chris Horner (Astana)
3 David Moncoutié (Cofidis)
4 Rein Taaramae (Cofidis)
by Bruce Suomi on Aug 11, 2009 6:30 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks Bruce, I forgot it stared early today!
Ta for keeping the updates flowing :)
Silly Cofidis
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
by Helsy33 on Aug 11, 2009 7:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
what, no intermingling of portugal with l'ain? bunch of wimps
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Aug 11, 2009 7:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
A Vino sighting and a few pre-race photos
by Willj on Aug 11, 2009 11:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
So I have to know
was the (very professional) photo of taken by you today? In other words, he’s still wearing his face.
Great photos by the way. Sounds like a great day.
by Seahorse on Aug 11, 2009 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes
was taken 3 seconds after he arrived at the start line (about 30 minutes before start)
PS – none of his team-mates had the same jersey ;))
Moo
by Willj on Aug 11, 2009 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Were they pretending they didn't know him?
Has he no sense of irony – or shame?
by Seahorse on Aug 11, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
well his entire team registered together
except Vino
although to be fair, he may have had interviews/etc as he was mobbed
Moo
by Willj on Aug 11, 2009 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
current top 7
Jimmy Casper (Besson-Sojasun) 10’50’’
Arnaud Coyot (Caisse d’Epargne) 10’42’’
Michiel Elijzen (Silence-Lotto) 10’00’’
Valentin Iglinskiy (Equipe du Kazakhstan) 11’44’’
Ablay Shugaipov (Kazakhstan) 10’58’’
Tony Hurel (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) 10’42’’
Yoann Bagot (Equipe de France) 11’28’’
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Aug 11, 2009 12:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
most recent finishers
Guillaume Bonnafond (AG2R-La Mondiale) 10’42’’
Valeriy Dmitriyev (Astana) 10’57’’
Martin Kohler (BMC Racing Team) 10’20’’
Roy Cuvers (Skil-Shimano) 11’08’’
Mitchell Docker ( Skil-Shimano) 10’39’’
Jean-Marc Bideau (Bretagne-Schuller) 11’34’’
Pieter Jacobs (Silence-Lotto) 11’06’’
Mauro Facci (Quick Step) 10’32’’
Julien Mazet (Auber 93) 10’09’’
Cyril Bessy (Besson-Sojasun) 10’37’’
Cédric Coutouly (Besson-Sojasun) 11’20’’
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Aug 11, 2009 12:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Le Top 10 provisoire :
Michiel Elijzen (Silence-Lotto) en 10’00’’
Julien Mazet (Auber 93) en 10’09’’
Martin Kohler (BMC Racing Team) en 10’20’’
Mauro Facci (Quick Step) en 10’32’’
Robert Wagner (Skil-Shimano) en 10’36’’
Cyril Bessy (Besson-Sojasun) en 10’37’’
Mitchell Docker ( Skil-Shimano) en 10’39’’
Arnaud Coyot (Caisse d’Epargne) en 10’42’’
Tony Hurel (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) en 10’42’’
Guillaume Bonnafond (AG2R-La Mondiale) en 10’42’’
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Aug 11, 2009 12:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
another batch of finishers
Theo Eltink (Skil-Shimano) 10’49’’
Julien Simon (Besson-Sojasun) 10’28
Branislau Samoilau (Quick Step) 10’20’’
Johan Mombaerts (Auber 93) 10’17’’
Vincent Dauga (Française des Jeux) 10’44
Thomas Rabou (Rabobank CT) 10’58’’
Romain Hardy (Equipe de France) 11’34
Jean-Eudes Demaret (Cofidis) 10’42
Thibaut Pinot (Equipe de France) 10’41’’
Wilson Marentes (Colombia es Pasion) 10’44
Romain Lemarchand (Auber 93) 10’42’’
Jonas Ljungblad (Silence-Lotto) 10’48’’
Christophe Laurent (Agritubel) 10’50’’
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Aug 11, 2009 12:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
...
Top 15 provisoire :
Alexandre Vinokourov (Equipe du Kazakhstan) en 9’50’’
Michiel Elijzen (Silence-Lotto) en 10’00’’
Serguei Fuchs (Rabobank CT) en 10’12’’
Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) en 10’16’’
Johan Mombaerts (Auber 93) en 10’17’’
Martin Kohler (BMC Racing Team) en 10’20’’
Branislau Samoilau (Quick Step) en 10’20’’
Tony Gallopin (Auber 93) en 10’20’’
Steve Morabito (Astana) en 10’27’’
Julien Simon (Besson-Sojasun) en 10’28’’
Mauro Facci (Quick Step) en 10’32’’
Arthur Vichot (Equipe de France) en 10’34’’
José Joaquin Rojas (Caisse d’Epargne) en 10’34’’
Robert Wagner (Skil-Shimano) en 10’36’’
Cyril Bessy (Besson-Sojasun) en 10’37’’
by Grzdylu on Aug 11, 2009 12:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
recent finishers
Davide Malacarne (Quick Step) 10’33’’
Freddy Bichot (Agritubel) 11’08
Johann Tschopp (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) 10’49’’
Guillaume Levarlet (Française des Jeux) 11’07
Daniel Navarro (Astana) 10’37’’
Alexandre Geniez (Equipe de France) 10’47’’
Niels Brouzes (Auber 93) 10’59
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Aug 11, 2009 1:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is there anyone likely to knock Vino off his perch?
by Seahorse on Aug 11, 2009 1:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and he's not even wearing
the Vino 4 ever kit, which was at least entertaining. The regular Kazakh kit isn’t nearly so much fun
by Katiek on Aug 11, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he was wearing his vino 4 ever kit pre race
but at least refrained from selling it at the start line
Moo
by Willj on Aug 11, 2009 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
eeh, this was the final stage, right?
by Bruce Suomi on Aug 11, 2009 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well tomorrow is the queen stage
but that’s just a silly technicality, it’s all but over. :)
"On a personal level, I have never had admiration for him and I never will"
~AC about LA, me about Johan "drama queen" Bruyneel
by Phil H. on Aug 11, 2009 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
seriously, tomorrow is huge
Elevation profile of the last climb (and it’s the finish)
Moo
by Willj on Aug 11, 2009 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hmmm and a typo
It is Col du Grand Colombier …. sorry
Moo
by Willj on Aug 11, 2009 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sweet Jesus
That really looks like it hurts, a lot.
You see how calm Vaughters is? That’s because he’s really one giant seething ball of Evil inside. With like, extra Evil.
by Ed K on Aug 11, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
VVVVVVVVVVVVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Frinking on Aug 11, 2009 8:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, that's enthusiasm. Sure enough.
You see how calm Vaughters is? That’s because he’s really one giant seething ball of Evil inside. With like, extra Evil.
by Ed K on Aug 11, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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