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Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg 2014 (2.HC), 04.06 - 08.06

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Dekker_Tifosi said:
Matti Breschel, winning races since leaving Rabobank. A story told not once, but a million times in other instances (like Matthews) :D
Nah in this particular case, it wasn't Rabobank fault. He just gets a huge amount of injuries. It's actually amazing the amount of good performances he had in WC.
 
trevim said:
Nah in this particular case, it wasn't Rabobank fault. He just gets a huge amount of injuries. It's actually amazing the amount of good performances he had in WC.

Yeah he has been injured for almost 3 years on and of. This year he missed the spring because he had a madras blown into his front wheel in Qatar (I think it was) and crashed.
 
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T-Nielsen said:
Yeah he has been injured for almost 3 years on and of. This year he missed the spring because he had a madras blown into his front wheel in Qatar (I think it was) and crashed.

Oh yeah I remember that... crazy story
 
Dekker_Tifosi said:
Andy Schleck only a solid 8 minutes back today. Ready to pounce in the TDF

Peaking perfectly.

GC after today:
1 12 DEN19840831 BRESCHEL, Matti TCS TINKOFF-SAX 13.54.02 00.00.00
2 36 FRA19890917 *MOLARD, Rudy COF COFIDIS SOL 13.54.17 00.00.15
3 73 LUX19860903 DRUCKER, Jean-Pierre WGG WANTY GROUP 13.54.17 00.00.15
4 15 DEN19850430 MORKOV, Michael TCS TINKOFF-SAX 13.54.19 00.00.17
5 63 RUS19810114 LAGUTIN, Sergey RVL RUSVELO 13.54.22 00.00.20
6 122 GER19940506 *HERKLOTZ, Silvio STG TEAM SToLTI 13.54.31 00.00.29
7 33 FRA19880824 HARDY, Romain COF COFIDIS SOL 13.54.39 00.00.37
8 96 BEL19900922 *EVRARD, Laurent WBC WALLONIE BR 13.54.44 00.00.42
9 24 LUX19800415 SCHLECK, Frank TFR TREK FACTOR 13.54.52 00.00.50
10 76 BEL19770701 LEUKEMANS, Bjorn WGG WANTY GROUP 13.54.57 00.00.55
 
Last stage:

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Wait until the last lap and Breschel will win this for sure......
 

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kingjr said:
Well, the one takes his job seriously, the other... well...

Havent yo heard? Andy only rides skoda tour to have fun...-thats right, to have fun.

Btw, are there some genius in here who is good with internet and stuff, it seems there have been some TV coverage of the race, so i would ask if somebody could check if there would be some video or highlights available out there from the stages?
 
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Butterhead said:
Btw, are there some genius in here who is good with internet and stuff, it seems there have been some TV coverage of the race, so i would ask if somebody could check if there would be some video or highlights available out there from the stages?

It's weird - usually RTL Luxembourg shows a short recap every night, but this year I haven't been able to find them on their site! Only of the prologue. I wonder what's up with that. In comparison, they showed recaps, interviews and background stories on the recent Fleche du Sud, a 2.2 amateur race.
 

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It's weird - usually RTL Luxembourg shows a short recap every night, but this year I haven't been able to find them on their site! Only of the prologue. I wonder what's up with that. In comparison, they showed recaps, interviews and background stories on the recent Fleche du Sud, a 2.2 amateur race.

Hmm yeah its weird Cristian. All I found too was the prologue. I suppose you have seen the little piece of the final of stage 3 on TV2?
Maybe it can give some more clues?

http://sporten.tv2.dk/2014-06-07-se-af****ningen-her-vinder-matti-breschel-sin-2-etapesejr-i-træk
 
I think Danish TV2 sent a team to Luxembourg after Breschel's first stage win. So the clip you mention is most likely something the TV2 crew filmed themselves with stationary cameras. They also made an interview with Breschel after stage 3 (the TV2 mic is just visible at one point):

http://sporten.tv2.dk/2014-06-07-breschel-sejre-har-betydning-mine-tour-muligheder

Edit @Butterhead: The link you posted doesn't work because CN profanity filter changes the link! I had the same problem when I posted the link yesterday. Use this link:
http://tinyurl.com/ntal7f9

Edit2: Some of it was actually shot by moto-cams so maybe I'm wrong. I guess there must have been som local production of the race?
 
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Thanks Butterhead and el_angliru, I had not seen this video yet! Nice to see Frank in action, and a lot of people out cheering on the riders!
 

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