Tour de Wallonie 2013 *Spoiler*

Art Vandelay
Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
edited July 2013 in Pro race
Whilst the pro tour teams send there 'B' teams to race in France the real big hitters are racing the Tour de Wallonie.
Started on Saturday and ends this Thursday. Featuring Devolder, Nizzolo (last year's winner), Nocentini, Phinney, Van Avermaet (2011 winner), Demare, Farrar, Paolini, Kolobnev, Boonen, Feillu and more.

Stage 1 - KOLOBNEV WINS!!! Probably the hardest stage.
Pictorial evidence:
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1 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha 5:04:21
2 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Fdj.Fr 0:00:01
3 Julien Berard (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:00:03
4 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Radioshack Leopard 0:00:07

Stage 2 - Boonen wins. Another non-win for Farrar.
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 4:23:33
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin Sharp
3 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Accent Jobs - Wanty

GC so far:
1 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha 9:27:43
2 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Fdj.Fr 0:00:06
3 Julien Berard (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:00:09
4 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Radioshack Leopard 0:00:18
5 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar 0:00:28

Stage 3 - Beaufays - Bastogne. Sprint likely

Comments

  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    And its on live now
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    85km to go, 3 in the break: Van Meslan (Accent) Premont (Crelan) and Stijn Steels (nephew of Tom Steels) with just over 6 minutes.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    The ex-pursuiters are showing up today.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Good to see Vogondy in there. Ages since I last saw him.
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    8km to go, 2 out front with 20 seconds. Katusha almost run out of fire power but remaining bunch are pulling back in.
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    could be close...
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    BMC get something to celebrate with Greg Van Avermaet
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    And its on live now
    So it is and that put me in touch with ES 2 on my TV.
    Thanks to you and Art for the awakening.

    1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
    2 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
    3 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Accent Jobs - Wanty
    4 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
    5 Paul Martens (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
    6 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Crelan-Euphony
    7 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
    8 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
    9 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
    10 Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Stage 4 coverage just started on Eurosport. I think we have a sprint in store.
  • slimreaper
    slimreaper Posts: 738
    Nice to have decent commentary.
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    Stage 4: Andenne - Clabecq 197.1km
    1 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol 4:57:15
    2 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard
    3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Accent Jobs-Wanty
    4 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
    5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
    6 Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
    7 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
    8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Potentially exciting finish coming up.
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Kolobnev bike throw.
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    He was not a happy bunny.

    Good finish though. Great work from BMC and GVA. Kolobnev was in trouble regardless of any mechanical.
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    Stage 5: Soignies - Thuin (144.7km)
    1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 3:28:01
    2 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
    3 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
    4 Olivier Chevalier (Bel) Wallonie-Bruxelles 0:00:05
    5 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Accent Jobs-Wanty
    6 Paul Martens (Ger) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
    7 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol
    8 Laurent Evrard (Bel) Wallonie-Bruxelles
    9 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
    10 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Crelan-Euphony

    Final general classification
    1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 22:08:02
    2 Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:00:10
    3 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha 0:00:12
    4 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:20
    5 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
    6 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Accent Jobs-Wanty 0:00:26
    7 Olivier Chevalier (Bel) Wallonie-Bruxelles
    8 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol

    In the last Km, Kolobnev had a mech failure and finished 24th.
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    Excellent commentary... Knowledgeable, chatty and informative

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