De Panne 2013 **SPOILERS**

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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Kristoff 13.6s behind Chava

    Come of Chavanel, I just hope he has long overshoes on...

    Just about to catch his minute man.

    Nice long, lingering camera shot of the tattoo on the ramp. You'da loved it. :wink:
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    Chava finishes in 18 02
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    Cav 19 09
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Super Chava. Great ride.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    Chava wins TT and Overall
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Knew I should have put the Chavanel avatar on today then switched to Boonen for animating Flanders.
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Podium for Le Bon?

    Edit: Nope.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    Overall

    Chava
    Kristoff 22"
    Terpstra 31"
    Le Bon 32"
    Westra 38"
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Good win for Chavanel, plus puts the weekend action up in the air somewhat
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    OPQS jersey back on over National Kit.

    Pro.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    I like this race, but if it wasn't on in the week before Flanders then nobody would give a monkeys would they.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    DeadCalm wrote:
    Podium for Le Bon?

    Edit: Nope.

    He'll be thinking about that second tonight !!
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    inkyfingers wrote:
    I like this race, but if it wasn't on in the week before Flanders then nobody would give a monkeys would they.

    Doesn't take away from it though IMHO. The rides get used to the weather (though this could change) close enough to the race & gives them a chance to hone their form as close as possible to the race. Plus for fans think the format of final day of stage & TT is a good one and makes for an interesting race to watch.
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • seanorawe
    seanorawe Posts: 950
    I really enjoyed it. Is it just me or does cav seem unhappy with his new team? I know he can usually be a grump, but I get the feeling something is not right. Has this been mentioned before?
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  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    seanorawe wrote:
    I really enjoyed it. Is it just me or does cav seem unhappy with his new team? I know he can usually be a grump, but I get the feeling something is not right. Has this been mentioned before?

    I think its just you. :wink:
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Cav has expressed much happiness with his team on a few occasions. He is also happy with his win tally this year although it could have been 1-3 races better.
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    I didn't get the impression he was unhappy with his team quite the opposite compared to where he was last year (nothing against the team but not an ideal set up for him) Just think he is concentrating on later on in the year and building his form right now & gets a little pee'd off with press questions at times especially when some questions are a bit dumb
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • garyhoop1
    garyhoop1 Posts: 44
    Videos from all stages of Three Days of De Panne - http://bit.ly/16VPDk7
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    Must be time the Trams run through De Panne to the terminus again.
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    DeadCalm wrote:
    Podium for Le Bon?

    Edit: Nope.

    He'll be thinking about that second tonight !!
    He may well be. He was on my radar because he's been riding for my local team, Bretagne-Schuler, for the last couple of years.

    It'll be interesting to see how he progresses in the world tour. He definitely has potential. He won the world junior road race in 2008 in a French team that included Thibaut Pinot and Romain Bardet. He won by attacking out of a bunch that included Peter Sagan (who is a year older than Johan), Michal Kwiatovski and Anton Vorobyev who finished second in the time trial today. He was also junior European road race champion the same year, again beating a field that included Sagan. As he showed today, he's not bad at the time trial either having been national champion at the espoirs level in 2011 and 2012.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    deejay wrote:
    Must be time the Trams run through De Panne to the terminus again.

    There's an excellent episode of the BBC series "Coast" that goes through Koksijde. That tram is the longest single track track tramway in (I think) the world
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Thanks for the info on Le Bon DeadCalm. Sounds like he could be a dark horse in some races. Will keep an eye out.
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    FF, you're welcome. Hopefully he'll have a more successful career than the previous Breton junior world champion, Arnaud Gérard who won the title in 2002 and has just moved in the opposite direction to Bretagne- Séché Environnement after a fairly undistinguished spell with FDJ.

    The lad the locals seem to be really excited about though is Olivier Le Gac, junior world champion in 2010 (Bretons do have a habit of winning the thing) although he's only 19 and is probably still a couple of years away from the pro tour.

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