2012 Tour de Wallonie (2.HC) 21st - 25th July

[Geraint Too Fast]

STARTLIST

Stage 1 - Tournai → Lessines

Stage 2 - Binche → Mettet

Stage 3 - Marche en Famenne → Beaufays

Stage 4 - Huy → Oreye

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Stage 5 - Welkenraedt → Perwez

RTBF are showing the last 3 stages live - so there should be some streams around from Monday. DirectVelo will have a ticker for all 5 stages.

 

[Panda Claws]

EDIT: Lol, just saw that you posted a startlist.

So we have Van Avermaet who should do well here and Boonen for OPQ.

 

[Wiggins_Sideburn]

I hope Phil Gilbert will take this.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Hoping Betancur is in good shape again.

 

[Machu Picchu]

Hopefully see something from Stybar, Meersman and also the Garmin/Vac squads after the tour they've suffered.

I hope Phil Gilbert will take this.

Don't worry, the tour is nearly finished and you can head away until next year (or are you staying for the Olympics?).

 

[El Pistolero]

Styby for the win.

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Styby for the win.

Yes, he's a good cyclist.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Stage 1

1. Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ-Big Mat)
2. Pim Lightart (Vacansoleil-DCM)
3. Giacomo Nizzolo (RadioShack-Nissan)
4. Francesco Chicchi (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
5. Adrien Petit (Cofidis)
6. Danilo Napolitano (Acqua e Sapone)
7. Jens Debusschere (Lotto-Belisol)
8. Jean-Pierre Drucker (Accent Jobs-Willems Vérandas)
9. Geoffrey Soupe (FDJ-Big Mat)
10. Adam Blythe (BMC)

Full Result

 

[roundabout]

The FDJ juggernaut rolls on.

Kinda meh route though. Maybe a sprinter will win the overall.

 

[spetsa]

The FDJ juggernaut rolls on.

Kinda meh route though. Maybe a sprinter will win the overall.

Maybe FDJ can get the French champion a jersey with their logo on it

 

[Gloin22]

Maybe FDJ can get the French champion a jersey with their logo on it

They designed it like to to show French Champion in best fashion...

 

[spetsa]

They designed it like to to show French Champion in best fashion...

That may be. Has this been common with other French champs in the recent past?

 

[El Pistolero]

Boonen did quite some work on the front today. Probably wanted to avoid crashes.

 

[dlwssonic]

GVA will win today's stage.

 

[Mellow Velo]

GVA will win today's stage.

Seems to be the "Queen" stage, today. Uphill finish.
Hit his best form, this time, last year.
A pity there's no coverage.
Should be much better than the affair in Paris.

 

[CobbleStoner]

That may be. Has this been common with other French champs in the recent past?

you mean the teams that disrespect the national jersey? like Liquigas, RadioSchleck, Saxo, etc... the new trend of keeping the sponsors visable at the expense of the flag?
kudos to FDJ and OPQS for sticking with tradition and honor

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Stage 2

1. Danilo Napolitano (Acqua e Sapone)
2. Davide Appollonio (Team Sky)
3. Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM)
4. Gianni Meersman (Lotto-Belisol)
5. Kévyn Ista (Accent Jobs-Willems Vérandas)
6. Kristof Goddaert (AG2R-La Mondiale)
7. Giacomo Nizzolo (Radioshack-Nissan)
8. Julien Stassen (Idemasport-Biowanze)
9. Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ-Big Mat)
10. Tom Van Asbroeck (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator)

 

[SafeBet]

It's Appollonio, with two l

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

It's Appollonio, with two l

I just copied that from DirectVelo, so it's their fault...

 

[El Pistolero]

Disappointing result, useless course. Racing in Wallonia and every stage will be won by sprinters. Profile was deceiving once again.

90% flat races, 5% time trials and 5% hilly/mountain stages = modern cycling.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Disappointing result, useless course. Racing in Wallonia and every stage will be win by sprinters. Profile was deceiving once again.

Tomorrow won't be won by a sprinter, but I agree - too many sprint stages.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Disappointing result, useless course. Racing in Wallonia and every stage will be won by sprinters. Profile was deceiving once again.

90% flat races, 5% time trials and 5% hilly/mountain stages = modern cycling.

Sad but true.

 

[killswitch]

Seems to be the "Queen" stage, today. Uphill finish.
Hit his best form, this time, last year.
A pity there's no coverage.
Should be much better than the affair in Paris.

1. Danilo Napolitano (Acqua e Sapone)
2. Davide Appollonio (Team Sky)



When will Tommeke pull out of the race? The road race is in five days.

 

[Mellow Velo]

1. Danilo Napolitano (Acqua e Sapone)
2. Davide Appollonio (Team Sky)



When will Tommeke pull out of the race? The road race is in five days.

Well I said: "seems to be...."
It may be flat, it may be about the sprinters, but it ain't Le Tour.
Hopefully, a live feed tomorrow and some bike racing without all the frills and hullabaloo.