Route du Sud 2013 *Spoilers*

frenchfighter

Nice little French race. Has got a decent list of riders. Hopefully will see some good racing.
No tv coverage as far as I can tell just text updates:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u ... ISO-8859-1

Stage 1 in progress

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4


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Ps. Skoda Tour of Lux started yday ends Sunday
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/skoda- ... bourg-2013
Vuleta a Colombia is 14 days long and has completed 5 stages.
View highlights of varying quality here:
http://tinyurl.com/k5yw8hd

wombly_knees

Didn't Quintana boss the mountain stage last year?

Anyway, if we're lumping in races, Tour of Korea daily highlights
http://www.youtube.com/user/kspo97/videos

frenchfighter

He he won the stage and the overall. Total domination - just over a minute to 2nd place and almost 4mins to 3rd place.

PS. JTL rode the race and got smoked like most of the riders. Lost 20mins on GC....ending down 22nd place, showing how big the time differences were.

ellerslierd

ROUTE DU SUD - Belle deuxième place pour Anthony Roux Cycling sur la première étape, remportée par Yannick Martinez.

What a great little stage race. Is it the lack of prestige or the lack of KMs that stop more riders riding this before the Tour rather than the TdS/CDD?

ellerslierd

1 - Yannick Martinez (La Pomme Marseille)
2 - Anthony Roux (FDJ)
3 - Adrien Petit (Cofidis)

No idea who was 4th but Chris Sutton was 5th in the sprint finish

FJS

ellerslierd wrote:

What a great little stage race. Is it the lack of prestige or the lack of KMs that stop more riders riding this before the Tour rather than the TdS/CDD?

It's only a 2.1 category race, which doesn't help, and there's plenty of other stage races these weeks. It used to be more popular, just as the Midi Libre in the same TdF preparation

ellerslierd

FJS wrote:

ellerslierd wrote:

What a great little stage race. Is it the lack of prestige or the lack of KMs that stop more riders riding this before the Tour rather than the TdS/CDD?

It's only a 2.1 category race, which doesn't help, and there's plenty of other stage races these weeks. It used to be more popular, just as the Midi Libre in the same TdF preparation

Thanks, I guess that unless you are a French team it has very little meaning

frenchfighter

Nice to see Gene get a win:
Stage 2 Results
FRA 1 GENE, Yohann (TEAM EUROPCAR) 4:38:00
AUS 2 SUTTON, Christopher (SKY PROCYCLING)
FRA 3 DUMOULIN, Samuel (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
FRA 4 MARTINEZ, Yannick (LA POMME MARSEILLE)
FRA 5 ROUX, Anthony (FDJ)
FRA 6 LEQUATRE, Geoffroy (BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT)
ITA 7 ERMETI, Giairo (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI)
ESP 8 VENTOSO ALBERDI, Francisco José (MOVISTAR TEAM)
GER 9 BALDAUF, Sébastian (TEAM NSP - GHOST)
ITA 10 ROSA, Diego (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI)

frenchfighter

Tour de Beauce is on this week. American race, not much interest or names to note. However, Mancebo is racing (not riding) and has won a stage and holds the overall. His bike and kit look proper amateur though...

http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-beauce/

takethehighroad

In a throwback to last year, Thomas Voeckler has attacked over the Port de Balès into Bagneres de Luchon.

He's with a htree man move though, 20k to go

DeadCalm

TakeTheHighRoad wrote:

In a throwback to last year, Thomas Voeckler has attacked over the Port de Balès into Bagneres de Luchon.

He's with a htree man move though, 20k to go

And wins apparently, despite the other two in the break being Bardet and Gadret both of AG2R.

frenchfighter

Haha, nice work Tommy! What a master he is. No wins then two in a short space of time. Just in time for the Tour.

1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 4:43:53
2 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
3 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
4 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:10
6 Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
7 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 0:00:16
9 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:18
10 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
11 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team
12 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Sojasun
13 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
14 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun 0:01:02
15 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
16 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93
17 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Bretagne-Seche Environnement 0:01:21
18 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
19 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ 0:01:22
20 Thomas Degand (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty 0:03:41

DeadCalm

Romain Bardet ‏@romainbardet 2h
Morale de l'histoire:ne jamais jouer au plus malin avec Thomas Voeckler. Coté fermé, Sprint coupé, défaite assurée

frenchfighter

Hmm, do you take that to mean Voeckler is just great at that sort of thing or that he wasnt playing fair? I would take it be the former but the 'sprint coupe' makes me wonder.

DeadCalm

frenchfighter wrote:

Hmm, do you take that to mean Voeckler is just great at that sort of thing or that he wasnt playing fair? I would take it be the former but the 'sprint coupe' makes me wonder.

I think the former too. I'm far from fluent but it reads to me as though he's just saying that Voeckler is street smart.

blazing_saddles

DeadCalm wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Hmm, do you take that to mean Voeckler is just great at that sort of thing or that he wasnt playing fair? I would take it be the former but the 'sprint coupe' makes me wonder.

I think the former too. I'm far from fluent but it reads to me as though he's just saying that Voeckler is street smart.

Probably means Voeckler spent most of the time at the back, throwing water from the team car about, waggling his tongue and waggling his arms at the others to do all the work.
Then, when they are all just about cooked, do a couple or really hard pulls on the front, to get rid of the deadwood.

takethehighroad

You'd think that, but was this race live on TV, because he only employs that tactic when there's a moto around.

On a side note, that's twice in 10 days he's beaten 2 team mates to 3rd and 4th in a 4 man sprint

frenchfighter

Au départ d'Izaourt ce matin, petit village blotti dans le Piémont pyrénéen, la concentration transparaît sur les visages. C'est qu'aujourd'hui l'épreuve sudiste se lance dans les reliefs qui la surplombent au loin depuis deux jours. Trois semaines avant que le Tour ne s'y présente, les Pyrénées s'ouvrent pour la première fois au peloton cette saison. Le col de Peyragudes, celui de Val Louron Azet et le Port de Balès se succéderont jusqu'à Bagnères-de-Luchon (175,3 km). Avec leurs lots de rebondissements. Si Peyragudes est franchi sous le contrôle du peloton, la course se lance véritablement dans Val Louron Azet. Derrière l'intenable Omar Fraile (Caja Rural) se meuvent des garçons comme Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli), Christian Knees (Team Sky) ou le jeune Romand Bardet (Ag2r La Mondiale), qui s'apprête à découvrir l'atmosphère du Tour de France dans deux semaines !
Malgré tous leurs efforts, les attaquants sont repris par un peloton écrémé dans la vallée, où un brouillard épais ajoute au suspense. Si l'équipe Sky mène le tempo, c'est John Gadret (Ag2r La Mondiale) qui lance les hostilités au moment où démarre l'ascension du Port de Balès. Une bataille entre les cadors s'opère alors dans les pentes les plus fortes : Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) impose sa puissance pour rejoindre John Gadret avec le champion d'Italie Franco Pellizotti (Androni Giocattoli) et l'épatant Romain Bardet. Les trois Français franchissent en tête le sommet du Port de Balès alors que le brouillard s'est levé et que Franco Pellizotti a craqué, cédant 25 secondes à la bascule, mais l'Italien va rentrer à la faveur d'une descente exceptionnelle.
Le champion d'Italie opère la jonction dans le dernier kilomètre et entame alors un mano a mano courageux avec Thomas Voeckler, qui le saute finalement in extremis sur la ligne d'arrivée. Acclamé par une foule compacte, l'Alsacien l'emporte pour la troisième fois de sa carrière à Bagnères-de-Luchon après ses succès sur le Tour de France en 2010 et 2012. Il y obtient encore une fois une grande victoire qui lui permet d'endosser le maillot de leader de la Route du Sud, qu'il tentera demain de remporter pour la deuxième fois de sa carrière après une première victoire finale en 2006.
En attendant le double champion de France est plus que jamais serein après un début de saison compliqué qui l'avait vu passer tout près de la victoire dans A Travers la Flandre (5ème après avoir été rejoint à 20 mètres de la ligne) et se fracturer la clavicule sur l'Amstel Gold Race. Une semaine après sa victoire à Grenoble sur le Critérium du Dauphiné, et deux semaines tout juste avant le départ du Tour de France, le champion français s'est pleinement rassuré.

Watch out for the Bardet in the Tour. You guys know he has the heart of an attacker but in his first home GT you know he will be out front fighting.

Bardet attacked early on, was caught, Gadret launched the hostilities early on the climb, was foggy, Voeckler, Pellizotti and Bardet were the only ones to follow. Pellizotti was dropped and crested 25secs behind the leaders but descended like a demon and eventually caught them and sprinted for second.

frenchfighter

in the TourdeLux, Nizzolo takes stage 2 and three in a sprint. Final day tomorrow.

knedlicky

frenchfighter wrote:

Tour de Beauce is on this week. American race, not much interest or names to note. However, Mancebo is racing (not riding) and has won a stage and holds the overall. His bike and kit look proper amateur though...
http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-beauce/

frenchfighter wrote:

in the TourdeLux, Nizzolo takes stage 2 and three in a sprint. Final day tomorrow.

I didn’t realise you were also covering other races in this thread, FF.
Since you are, and are interested in climbers, perhaps have a look at the Tour des Pays de Savoie which is now on (4th and last stage tomorrow).
http://en.tourdespaysdesavoie.com/

It’s a Europe Tour 2.2 race, and I think perhaps only for under-23s but it always has a pretty formidable route, a testing ground for young climbers (have a look at the stage profiles). Last year Warren Barguil finished second and Dan Martin won in 2007. Another former victor was Rémi Pauriol who later won the mountains jersey of the 2011 Paris-Nice and is still around. Stéphane Rossetto, who’s at the Route du Sud, won last year.

This year the race is also notable for a couple of other things – Adam Yates (the Brit from Bury riding for a French team) is there, a team from the UK is there for the first time since Cavendish took part years ago (the UK team is Zappi’s, the team ran by Flavio Zappi, the Italian in Oxford) and for the first time in Europe, there is a team from Ecuador taking part, who knows possibly the new Columbians? One, Caparaz, is third on GC and second on points at the moment.
Frenchman Yoann Barbas leads; he was third last year (French version has the classifications, English version doesn't).

blazing_saddles

Highlights of yesterday's high mountain stage, starring Tommy "The Tongue" Voeckler:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmtCcYmL ... e=youtu.be

frenchfighter

Thanks knedlicky. Will take a look. Savoie region is beautiful as is their wine but with a low production very little is exported so I just have it when I visit my grandfather.

frenchfighter

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Highlights of yesterday's high mountain stage, starring Tommy "The Tongue" Voeckler:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmtCcYmL ... e=youtu.be

4.40, Voeckler takes a bottle from a spectator, takes a swig then throws it at the feet of the only three spectators before it being clear. Bit of a douche thing to do.

frenchfighter

For TdSavoie, Mirco Saggiorato has taken stage 1 and 3.



Classement général :

1. Yoann Barbas (FRA, Armée de Terre) en 12h29'01"
2. Moises Dueñas (ESP, Burgos-BH-Castilla y Leon) à 42 sec.
3. Richard Carapaz (EQU, Team RPM Ecuador) à 53 sec.
4. Jesus Del Pino (ESP, Burgos-BH-Castilla y Leon) à 58 sec.
5. Clément Chevrier (FRA, Chambéry Cyclisme Formation) à 1'39"
6. Edouard Lauber (FRA, CC Etupes) à 1'57"
7. Mirco Saggiorato (SUI, EKZ Racing Team) à 2'09"
8. Pierre-Roger Latour (FRA, Chambéry Cyclisme Formation) à 2'10"
9. Louis Vervaeke (BEL, Lotto-Belisol Espoirs) à 3'36"
10. Alexis Dulin (FRA, CC Etupes) à 5'11"

takethehighroad

frenchfighter wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Highlights of yesterday's high mountain stage, starring Tommy "The Tongue" Voeckler:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmtCcYmL ... e=youtu.be

4.40, Voeckler takes a bottle from a spectator, takes a swig then throws it at the feet of the only three spectators before it being clear. Bit of a douche thing to do.

You missed "TV climbs a mountain, takes a bottle..."

Fair enough it's rubbish for them stood there in their walking shorts, but they'll have been stood there for a while, I'm sure they can cope

frenchfighter

For TourdeLux, Jungels wins the final stage!

Classement 4ème étape :

1. Bob Jungels (LUX, RadioShack-Leopard) les 143,6 km en 3h24'39" (42,1 km/h)
2. Paul Martens (ALL, Blanco) m.t.
3. Jan Bakelants (BEL, RadioShack-Leopard) m.t.
4. Jonathan Hivert (FRA, Sojasun) à 7 sec.
5. Matthias Brändle (AUT, IAM Cycling) m.t.
6. Jonathan Fumeaux (SUI, IAM Cycling) à 10 sec.
7. Björn Leukemans (PBS, Vacansoleil-DCM).à 12 sec.
8. Vincent Jérôme (FRA, Team Europcar) m.t.
9. Julien El Farès (FRA, Sojasun) m.t.
10. Nico Sijmens (BEL, Cofidis) m.t.

Classement général final :

1. Paul Martens (ALL, Blanco) en 16h45'38"
2. Jonathan Hivert (FRA, Sojasun) à 4 sec.
3. Jan Bakelants (BEL, RadioShack-Leopard) à 6 sec.
4. Matthias Brändle (AUT, IAM Cycling) m.t.
5. Bob Jungels (LUX, RadioShack-Leopard) à 13 sec.
6. Marco Marcato (ITA, Vacansoleil-DCM) à 15 sec.
7. Julien El Farès (FRA, Sojasun) à 20 sec.
8. Jonathan Fumeaux (SUI, IAM Cycling) à 21 sec.
9. Robert Gesink (PBS, Blanco) m.t.
10. Nico Sijmens (BEL, Cofidis) à 22 sec.

knedlicky

frenchfighter wrote:

For TourdeLux, Jungels wins the final stage!

Classement 4ème étape :

1. Bob Jungels (LUX, RadioShack-Leopard) les 143,6 km en 3h24'39" (42,1 km/h)
2. Paul Martens (ALL, Blanco) m.t.
3. Jan Bakelants (BEL, RadioShack-Leopard) m.t.
4. Jonathan Hivert (FRA, Sojasun) à 7 sec.
5. Matthias Brändle (AUT, IAM Cycling) m.t.
6. Jonathan Fumeaux (SUI, IAM Cycling) à 10 sec.

Classement général final :

1. Paul Martens (ALL, Blanco) en 16h45'38"
2. Jonathan Hivert (FRA, Sojasun) à 4 sec.
3. Jan Bakelants (BEL, RadioShack-Leopard) à 6 sec.
4. Matthias Brändle (AUT, IAM Cycling) m.t.
5. Bob Jungels (LUX, RadioShack-Leopard) à 13 sec.

Jungels GC time (+0:13) includes a 10 secs penalty which he got given after the last stage.
This was for taking a madison-style track sling from Hondo when he made his attack for the line.

It seems an odd decision – if a sling to make an attack is illegal, how come Jungels was allowed to keep the stage win? Surely he should have been demoted to 6th in the stage?
I wonder if him coming from Luxembourg played a role.

frenchfighter

That`s ridiculous.

knedlicky

Not only did Martens not get given the stage win instead of Jungels, but also while Martens was on the podium getting the final yellow jersey, someone stole his bike!