Tour du Limousin, Stage 2... LIVE!
by Chris Fontecchio on Aug 19, 2009 6:00 AM EDT
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PrintToday brings us from France the Race of a Thousand Cows. Yes, someone has a sense of humor, placing the town of Millevaches somewhat adjacent to St. Merd in what must surely be a lovely part of France -- for no less lovely place would dare try to drive off the tourists with names that speak of cows and their byproducts. Regardless, it's a moderately bumpy ride to Felletin (PNR du Millevaches) with a pass through the Puy de Dome department, a famous locale in Tour lore (think kidney punches) and home to a lovely volcano that you can't really run a race over anymore. Anyway, there are some petit cotes in the final 40km, and the finish appears to gain a few meters of altitude, so look for a not-so-easy sprint finish. And a whole lotta cows.
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I’ll be doing updates a go-go for this again :)
Looks like a good stage profile for Lulu, here’s hoping!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
He was supposed to be!
But since Oscar was supposed to be doing this and has no motivation, Yvon Ledanais asked Luis if he would, and being a lovely boy he’s stepped up. Although they’re not sure how he’ll do given he hasn’t trained since San Sebastian as he wasn’t supposed to be here ;)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
So do I :(
It’d just be too sad for him to go out this way
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
It's sweltering hot at Limousin today!
Temps expected to go over 35 celsius, so some riders won’t be happy. The Spaniards of course will be thanking the sky and basking.
Riders have started and with 185km to go, the first to attack was…Stephane Auge (Cofidis)!
Other riders have attacked from the peloton, it’s that usually early race scrappy stuff by the sounds of it.. Anthony Charteau (Caisse d’Epargne), Pierre Rolland (Bbox Bouygues Telecom), Anthony Ravard (Agritubel), Jonathan Thira (Auber 93) and Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil) are currently attacking anyway
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Thse 6 have not been allowed away...
Now there’s a group of 20 riders with about 15 seconds, probably too big to stay away too
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Yep, "Regroupement général"...for now!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Got another group of 20 riders trying to get away
Cofidis and Francaise des jeux leading the peloton to bring it back in, gap is down to 30 seconds already, won’t last
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
155km to go, pack all together again
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Results of the 1st intermediate sprint in case anyone cares..
1- Jérémie Galland (Besson-Sojasun)
2- Sylvain Calzati (Agritubel)
3- Cyril Gautier (Bbox Bouygues Telecom)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Finally it seems we have our attack of the day!
153km still to go and finally the peloton don’t seem to care that it’s going out. A two man attack again, they were both in the group of 20 that wasn’t allowed to stay away.
Anthony Charteau (Caisse d’Epargne) & Jonathan Thira have 1.40 already over the peloton.
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
145km to go, 3.50 gap, peloton led by Vaconsoleil
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Gap's up to 4.20 now
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
tnx bunches helsy
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
No problemo :)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
120km to go...gap down a little down to 3.40 minutes
There’s a nice tailwind for the two escapees as Vacansoleil control the peloton.
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
The two out front still have just over three minutes.. about 110km to go
Results of the first KOM points today?
1 – Jonathan Thira (Auber 93) 4 PTS
2 – Anthony Charteau (Caisse d’Epargne) 2pts
3 – Nicolas VOGONDY (Agritubel) 1PT
Vogondy currently holds the polka dot jersey, leading Mathieu Perget by 3 points now.
Also, first abandonment of the day- Noan Lelarge (Bretagne-Schuller)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Oh, another person! Hello!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
going back to bed, unfortunately...
by gregm on Aug 19, 2009 8:43 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Ah, fair enough
good job i don’t mind talking to myself!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
96km to go...
Lord knows what the peloton are doing, the gap was down to 2.20 minutes but has gone back up to 5 minutes now. Probably a feed zone or natural break.
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
The gap has gone out to 10 minutes!
Meaning Anthony Charteau is the virtual leader, naturally it won’t stay this way
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
I'm over in the eneco thread
mainly because i can also watch it, but I had to check in here just to tell you that I miss the personal touch of the tour du limousin. Love things like, ‘naturally it won’t stay this way’…
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Haha :P
Someone should so hire me as a ticker writer
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
The threads would be hell of a lot more entertaining
Don’t they know that we need style and fashion tips for riders?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Yeah, they should care about these things!
:)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
if you're in france
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Not looking any better for today either!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Not unless you can find something i can't :(
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
I have searched around, but found nothing!
Yesterday France 3 allegedly was going live, but err…never did. Unless you were in France
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
78km to go, the peloton has resumed riding! (it was a feed zone)
The gap is back down to 4.05 minutes.
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
3.15 with 70km to go, Vacansoleil doing the bulk of the chasing
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Every other team is leaving it to Vacansoleil, they don't seem to care!
Gap is down to 2.50 minutes
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Yell more loudly, maybe they'll hear you.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I don't think they're bothered..
They seem to have accepted the fact that they should chase since they have the yellow jersey
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
60km to go, the gap has stabilised at 2.50
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
48km to go or so, 2.15 minute gap
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
36km to go...
Gap is down to 2.25… Agritubel rider attacked from peloton, other riders followed, sounds a bit chaotic.
Up front, Charteau is going it alone, 2.25 gap
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Ok...25 km to go, situation is like this
Anthony Charteau (Caisse d’Epargne) is at the front of the course, he has a 50 second gap to Auber 93’s Jonathan Thire, then it’s 2.46 back to the Vaconsoleil led peloton.
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Thanks for the updates!
I’m following but doing other things simultaneously :-)
"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.
No worries
I’ve become accustomed to talking to myself here ;)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
You have
more readers than you might think!
ABRUZZIAM...uh oh
by Chris Fontecchio on Aug 19, 2009 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Great :)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
You are our ticker of choice!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Thanks! :)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
The descent that they're on now is pretty technical
My ticker man seems to think it’ll be hard for the peloton to make nearly 3 minutes up, but we’ll see. One thing for sure is Lulu isn’t going to get his chance so long as Charteau is out front.
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Meanwhile in the Coppa Agostoni- Giro Delle Brianze...
The top 3 was….
1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD
2 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-NGC
3 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) CarmioOro – A-Style
Mauro won the one yesterday and took second today? Impressive! Nice to see Visconti win, I like me some manorexic Italian wins and of course Ventoso getting third is super!
Sounds like it was either a breakaway or a late move because Visconti outsprinted 7 others for the win
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
What i meant to add was this was the second of the Trittico Lombardo race, third is tomorrow!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
My thoughts exactly. They ring it in gold, just in case you're in doubt....
"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.
Nice to see Visconti winning!
And yes, Mauro must be in super form…well done him.
"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.
Indeed! I was sad to see Giovanni go to see ISD, don't get enough invites
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
He gets invites to the races he wants to do... i.e. all Italy all the time
by Vlaanderen90 on Aug 19, 2009 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
I know, but it means i hardly ever get to watch him :P
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Results of the KOM for Cote de la Nouaille...
1 – Anthony Charteau (Caisse d’Epargne) 4 PTS
2 – Jonathan Thira (Auber 93) 2 PTS
3 – Nicolas VOGONDY (Agritubel) 1 PT
Vogondy retains the mountaisn jersey tonight with 19 points ahead of Perget who has 14.
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
15km to go now...
Charteau is still out front, he has 1.40 to Thire and 1.50 to the peloton so Thire should be getting eaten up anyyy second, buh-bye young Frenchie
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Yep, Thire is now in the peloton ,14km to go and a 1.35 gap for Charteau
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Yep, searches yesterday and today brought me nothing :(
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
10km to go, a 1.25 gap for Charteau!
Eeek!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Should be a nice downhill coming up and then false flat up to the finish...
so if the peloton wants to they can get him
by Vlaanderen90 on Aug 19, 2009 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
No problems :)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
8km and it's 1.10, he could hold on!
Vacansoleil finally have some help at the front of the peloton…from Cofidis!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
5km to go, just 35 seconds
:( Poor Anthony!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
4km= 25 seconds
Caisse d’Epargne are now driving the peloton, does Lulu fancy this one? I hope so!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
2km to go, 15 seconds still for Charteau!
Cervelo leading peloton now, Florencio must be feeling good again
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
1km to go = 8 seconds! oh my!!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Charteau caught!!! How sickening for him!!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Whaat? I've been checking there all afternoon, damn!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Welcome :)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
My ticker has suddenly gone dead... :S
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Sammy Dumoulin (Cofidis) won!!
Beat Feillu (Agritubel) and Chavanel (Fdj)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
It should be Dumolin...but that is just guessing.
by Vlaanderen90 on Aug 19, 2009 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Dumoulin was 9 seconds back ,but i dont know where Bozic finished yet!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
they do receive time bonuses so he should be getting 10 seconds and since Bozic finished off of the podium
and I don’t think he got any sprint points, then it should be Dumolin by 1 second
by Vlaanderen90 on Aug 19, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Good point..
I do wish they’d just give me the full top 10 rather than top 3 :(
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Well if the pure sprinters like Feillu made it safely to the end i'd suggest it shouldstill be Bozic but waiting for ticker to confirm
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Now the annoying part...
waiting for the ticker to see if it will actually get the top 10 on stage & on GC and the official website takes a good couple of hours to update. Yawn!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Sammy Dumoulin is indeed the new yellow jersey wearer!
My ticker promises more info in a few minutes, hmm
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Thanks Helsy, and well done Sammy!
Shame for your Caisse boy though :-(
"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.
Ah well..
I really like Sammy D so it’s fine with me :) And now his yellow shoes have a jersey to match!
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
The top 20 on the stage today...
1- Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis)
2- Romain Feillu (Agritubel)
3- Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux)
4- Mickaël Larpe (Roubaix-Lille Métropole)
5- Tom Leezer (Rabobank)
6- Peter Wrolich (Team Milram)
7- Xavier Florencio (Cervélo)
8- Jimmy Engoulvent (Besson-Sojasun)
9- Paul Martens (Rabobank)
10- Florian Vachon (Roubaix-Lille Métropole)
11- Jérémie Galland (Besson-Sojasun)
12- Jean-Luc Delpech (Bretagne-Schuller)
13- Thomas Voeckler (Bbox Bouygues Telecom)
14- Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil)
15- Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d’Epargne)
16- Sébastien Hinault (Ag2r-La Mondiale)
17- Takashi Miyazawa (EQA-Meitan Hompo )
18- Sylvain Calzati (Agritubel)
19- Johan Mombaerts (Auber 93)
20- Tom Peterson (Garmin-Slipstream)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Top 5 on GC but no time gaps, should be 1 second from Dumoulin to Bozic and the rest...?
1) Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis)
2) Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil) +1
3) Xavier Florencio (Cervélo)
4) Romain Feillu (Agritubel)
5) Paul Martens (Rabobank)
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Corrected & in full
The top 10 on GC after today:-
1) Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) 8:29:28
2) Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil) +0.01
3) Xavier Florencio (Cervelo) +0.04
4) Romain Feillu (Agritubel)
5) Paul Martens (Rabobank) +0.07
6) Thomas Voeckler (Bbox Bouygues)
7) Jeremie Galland (Besson Chaussures) +0.08
8) Sylvain Calzati (Agritubel) +0.09
9) Anthony Charteau (Caisse d’Epargne) +0.10
10) Tom Leezer (Rabobank) +0.11
Jerseys? Sammy also gets himself the yellow leaders jersey! Vogondy retains the mountains jersey. Anthony Charteau now has the points jersey. Romain Feillu is now the best young rider. Besson Chaussures are still the best team.
"When he accelerates, he's like Superman emerging from the telephone booth!" La Gazzetta journo Paolo Condo talking about Edvald Boasson Hagen.
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