Tour of Belgium - Spoiler

oneof1982
oneof1982 Posts: 703
edited May 2013 in Pro race
As was trailed in the Giro Spoiler thread, Tommy Voeckler came down on the cobbles during the Tour of belgium this pm. His own bottle jumped out of its cage and jammed in the back wheel.

Not sure if he was able to carry on.

Highlights on ES now.

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  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    Do me a favour and change the thread title by removing Tommy Voeckler and just leave the T.O.B. bit please.

    Voeckler did finish, but last @ 15 mins behind the next last rider.
    That was an outstanding crash he had but he don't give in easily.
    145. VANDEKINDEREN Jens FID 00:00:24
    146. CANCELLARA Fabian RLT 00:00:24
    147. O'SHEA Glenn SKT 00:00:24
    148. AL Thijs FID 00:00:24
    149. PEETERS Rob FID 00:00:24
    150. VAN AERT Wout FID 00:00:24
    151. FENN Andrew OPQ 00:00:32
    152. OP T EYNDE Thomas TWJ 00:00:50
    153. HUGUET Yann ARG 00:01:22
    154. BROEDERS Garrit TWJ 00:01:31
    155. VANENDERT Dennis LTB 00:02:40
    156. VAN DE WALLE Jurgen LTB 00:02:40
    157. BOZIC Borut AST 00:02:40
    158. VOECKLER Thomas EUC 00:18:11

    Stage 1 > Lochristi - Knokke-Heist 194.20 kilometer
    Stage results
    1. GREIPEL André LTB 04:34:53
    2. BOONEN Tom OPQ 00:00:00
    3. SINKELDAM Ramon ARG 00:00:00
    4. VAN POPPEL Danny VCD 00:00:00
    5. VAN STAEYEN Michael TSV 00:00:00
    6. ARASHIRO Yukiya EUC 00:00:00
    7. VAN ASBROECK Tom TSV 00:00:00
    8. TERPSTRA Niki OPQ 00:00:00
    9. VANTOMME Maxime LAN 00:00:00
    10. PETIT Adrien COF 00:00:00
    11. VAN DER POEL David BKP 00:00:00
    12. VANDOUSSELAERE Sven TSV 00:00:00
    13. GILBERT Philippe BMC 00:00:00

    http://sport.be.msn.com/rondevanbelgie/ ... /parcours/

    It looks like Sundays last stage is up the (L-B-L) Col de La Redoute 3 times. Wow
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    Heres the incident on yahoo news

    Really bizarre.
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,503
    Sh1t bike handling skills to fall over because of that.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Sh1t bike handling skills to fall over because of that.

    The bottle locked in the gap between the wheel and the wheel stay. A bit bizaarre.

    Anyway, have changed the title so any comments re the race? Some big names in there, but likely to be overshadowed by Italian mountains this weekend.
  • BR 1979
    BR 1979 Posts: 296
    That man will do *anything* to get on the telly! :lol:
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    That really sucks for Voeckler. Not seen that sort of crash before.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,503
    oneof1982 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Sh1t bike handling skills to fall over because of that.

    The bottle locked in the gap between the wheel and the wheel stay. A bit bizaarre..


    Not sure why he didn't just skid to a halt.

    I'd a similarish incident when a frame-fit pump jumped out of the frame and into the rear wheel. Obviously I was going a lot slower, but on the other hand I didn't have my hands on the bars at the time.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    This was an old Tour (R V V) Flanders finish over the Bosberg to Ninove.
    Boonen got the jump and pulled 2 lengths clear as Greipal got going to win by inches but nobody knew until the photo.

    Stage 2 > Knokke-Heist - Ninove 181.00 kilometer
    Stage results
    1. GREIPEL André LTB 04:11:29
    2. VAN POPPEL Danny VCD 00:00:00
    3. BOONEN Tom OPQ 00:00:00
    4. PORSEV Alexander KAT 00:00:00
    5. PETIT Adrien COF 00:00:00
    6. PONZI Simone AST 00:00:00
    7. TSATEVITCH Alexey KAT 00:00:00
    8. TLEUBAYEV Ruslan AST 00:00:00
    9. TERPSTRA Niki OPQ 00:00:00
    10. SINKELDAM Ramon ARG 00:00:00
    11. CHAVANEL Sébastien EUC 00:00:00
    12. LAMPAERT Yves TSV 00:00:00
    13. VAN ASBROECK Tom TSV 00:00:00
    14. VAN EMDEN Jos BLA 00:00:00
    15. VANTOMME Maxime LAN 00:00:00
    16. SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon BLA 00:00:00
    17. VAN AVERMAET Greg BMC 00:00:00
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    Greipel showing his class, potential for the green jersey at le tour?
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    philbar72 wrote:
    Greipel showing his class, potential for the green jersey at le tour?

    Nah. Could win a stage or two, but Cavendish will win more. And that's without factoring in Sagan.
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    TailWindHome wrote:
    oneof1982 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Sh1t bike handling skills to fall over because of that.
    The bottle locked in the gap between the wheel and the wheel stay. A bit bizaarre..
    Not sure why he didn't just skid to a halt.
    It looked to me that Voeckler might have (having realised something was wrong) tried to get his right foot out (his right knee waggles as if he was trying to do this) but it didn’t happen, so he then only managed to unbalance himself earlier than might have anyway happened.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Boonen 4th in a bunch sprint eh?
    _
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    Stage 3 > Beveren - Beveren 15.00 kilometer
    Stage type : Individual Time Trial
    Stage results
    1. MARTIN Tony OPQ 00:17:42
    2. DUMOULIN Tom ARG 00:00:40
    3. OVECHKIN Artem RVL 00:00:43
    4. SEROV Alexander RVL 00:00:46
    5. HERMANS Ben RLT 00:00:46
    6. VANDEWALLE Kristof OPQ 00:00:53
    7. GAUDIN Damien EUC 00:00:56
    8. BOONEN Tom OPQ 00:01:00
    9. CLARKE William ARG 00:01:00
    10. TERPSTRA Niki OPQ 00:01:01
    11. BOOM Lars BLA 00:01:03
    12. GILBERT Philippe BMC 00:01:07
    13. SPILAK Simon KAT 00:01:09
    14. QUINZIATO Manuel BMC 00:01:11
    15. DEVOLDER Stijn RLT 00:01:11
    16. STEELS Stijn LAN 00:01:11
    17. SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon BLA 00:01:16
    General Classification
    1. MARTIN Tony OPQ 09:04:04
    2. DUMOULIN Tom ARG 00:00:40
    3. BOONEN Tom OPQ 00:00:50
    4. VANDEWALLE Kristof OPQ 00:00:53
    5. TERPSTRA Niki OPQ 00:00:59
    6. GILBERT Philippe BMC 00:01:04
    7. QUINZIATO Manuel BMC 00:01:11
    8. DEVOLDER Stijn RLT 00:01:11
    9. SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon BLA 00:01:16
    10. TSATEVITCH Alexey KAT 00:01:17
    11. GREIPEL André LTB 00:01:19
    12. KLÖDEN Andreas RLT 00:01:19
    13. VAN EMDEN Jos BLA 00:01:19
    14. RABON Frantisek OPQ 00:01:20
    15. IGNATIEV Mikhail KAT 00:01:23
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,503
    deejay wrote:
    MARTIN Tony OPQ 00:17:42

    By my calc that's the equivalent of an 18:59 10 miler.

    Do you know what the course was like?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    TailWindHome wrote:
    deejay wrote:
    MARTIN Tony OPQ 00:17:42
    By my calc that's the equivalent of an 18:59 10 miler.
    Do you know what the course was like?
    It was very flat, only about 8 m elevation variation between the highest and lowest points of the course, and those points over 5 km apart.
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    Iglinsky took the stage in Belgium, taking off from a break just before they were caught 2 km before the finish. The group of 7 had included Voeckler and had existed for about 150 km, gaining up to over 3 mins.

    Greipel took the peloton sprint and 2nd place, in front of Gilbert. Martin (Tony) keeps yellow.

    Voeckler rode the whole stage without a water bottle.

    The last's a lie.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 44,035
    Who is doing the ES commentary on this one with Brian. Is it hatch?
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    Pross wrote:
    Who is doing the ES commentary on this one with Brian. Is it hatch?

    Yeah Rob Hatch - he keeps saying Voekler as 'V-Clair' :D
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Who is doing the ES commentary on this one with Brian. Is it hatch?

    Yeah Rob Hatch - he keeps saying Voekler as 'V-Clair' :D

    And Thomas as Toe-maa. Just watching he last 10k my mother (who is visiting) comes in and says "since when has Rene Artois commentated on cycling?" :D
    Correlation is not causation.
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    Stage 4 > Lacs de l'Eau d'Heure - Lacs de l'Eau d'Heure 164.30 kilometer
    Stage results
    1. IGLINSKIY Maxim AST 03:41:38
    2. GREIPEL André LTB 00:00:02
    3. GILBERT Philippe BMC 00:00:02
    4. VAN POPPEL Danny VCD 00:00:02
    5. GAVAZZI Francesco AST 00:00:02
    6. ARASHIRO Yukiya EUC 00:00:02
    7. JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt ARG 00:00:02
    8. MEISEN Marcel BKP 00:00:02
    9. VAN ASBROECK Tom TSV 00:00:02
    10. DRUCKER Jean Pierre AJW 00:00:02
    11. DELFOSSE Sébastien LAN 00:00:02
    12. HOFLAND Moreno BLA 00:00:02
    13. TSATEVITCH Alexey KAT 00:00:02
    14. VANTOMME Maxime LAN 00:00:05
    15. DE VREESE Laurens TSV 00:00:05
    16. DEBUSSCHERE Jens LTB 00:00:05
    17. PONZI Simone AST 00:00:05
    18. LAMPAERT Yves TSV 00:00:05
    19. MARTIN Tony OPQ 00:00:05
    20. SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon BLA 00:00:05
    General Classification
    1. MARTIN Tony OPQ 12:45:47
    2. DUMOULIN Tom ARG 00:00:40
    3. BOONEN Tom OPQ 00:00:50
    4. VANDEWALLE Kristof OPQ 00:00:53
    5. GILBERT Philippe BMC 00:00:57
    6. TERPSTRA Niki OPQ 00:00:59
    7. GREIPEL André LTB 00:01:10
    8. QUINZIATO Manuel BMC 00:01:11
    9. DEVOLDER Stijn RLT 00:01:11
    10. TSATEVITCH Alexey KAT 00:01:14
    11. SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon BLA 00:01:16

    Last stage tomorrow with an Ardennes Classic and 3 times up La Redoute. (bye, bye Tom)
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    Stage 5 > Banneux - Banneux 175.60 kilometer
    Stage results
    1. SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon BLA 04:42:18
    2. GAVAZZI Francesco AST 00:00:27
    3. GILBERT Philippe BMC 00:00:27
    4. KLÖDEN Andreas RLT 00:00:27
    5. MARTIN Tony OPQ 00:00:27
    6. ROELANDTS Jurgen LTB 00:00:47
    7. BAUGNIES Jérôme TWJ 00:01:13
    8. MEISEN Marcel BKP 00:01:16
    9. ARASHIRO Yukiya EUC 00:01:17
    10. LAGUTIN Sergey VCD 00:01:17
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Stagewinner Luis Leon SANCHEZ GIL

    CORVOS_00021416-060.jpg
    He rode solo for last 40 Km's including the climb of La Redoute and held off a 4 man break (including Gilbert and Martin) chasing him @ 30/40 secs for 20 Km's to win the stage by 27 secs.
    Final General Classification
    1. MARTIN Tony OPQ 17:28:32
    2. SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon BLA 00:00:36
    3. GILBERT Philippe BMC 00:00:51
    4. KLÖDEN Andreas RLT 00:01:18
    6. GAVAZZI Francesco AST 00:01:36
    8. ROELANDTS Jurgen LTB 00:01:44

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-d ... -5/results
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Gee wiz, heavyweight win. Didn`t know it was that good. Solo for that distance after a break with some top riders chasing him.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Gilbert in all white kit in the wet...

    Nice to see him attacking. Shame he can`t finish anything anymore...

    Gilbert_zps8f3e6a3e.jpg
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    I don't think he's done much since winning the world championships. I always prefer the black shorts with the WC jersey, à la Cav, just looks a bit more 'classic'
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