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Tour de Belgique - May 26-May 30

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Between May 26th and May 30th, it's the Tour !!

Here's the route:

26/05 Etape 1: Eeklo - Eeklo (156,6 km)
27/05 Etape 2: Eeklo - Knokke-Heist (162,7 km)
28/05 Etape 3: Knokke-Heist - Mechelen (192,2 km)
29/05 Etape 4: Contre-la-montre Herzele (16,7)
30/05 Etape 5: Herstal - Herstal (173,7 km)

No climbs in Flanders this year, only the cobble section in the Varentstraat, I think.

Everything will be decided in the Ardennes, queen stage: Herstal - Herstal with the Redoute (once) and the côte de Bois les Dames 1.3km with a maximum gradient of 14% on the top (3 times).

The côte de la Forêt 3.1km with 10% on the top. Was also on last year's route with a great rivalry between Albert and Boom. :cool:

The Barrage de la Gileppe, often on the route of the Ster Elektrotoer.

And the Mont Theux, which was in this year's Liège Bastogne Liège and several times in the Tour de France.

By the way, the route passes by Saint-Rémy, which is the hometown of former double Liège Bastogne winner and Merckx team mate Joseph Bruyère.


Gonna check out the performances by Niels Albert who was outstanding in last year's queen stage. Arch rival Boom couldn't drop him out, quite on the contrary. :cool: One of the best race I have seen last season !!

And for the first time the Fidea Team is invited but without Zdenek Stybar (surgery to remove a cyst :(), so led by Kevin Pauwels. And even the Sunweb.

Oh yeah also gonna check out the performances by a dear friend of mine in the Lotto Bodysol team. ;)


Omega Pharma-Lotto
1. Philippe Gilbert
2. Wilfried Cretskens
3. Jonas Ljungblad
4. Leif Hoste
5. Mickael Delage
6. Gerben Löwik
7. Jürgen Roelandts
8. Greg Van Avermaet

Team RadioShack
11. Sébastien Rosseler
12. Ben Hermans
13. Fumiyuki Beppu
14. Markel Irizar
15. Geoffroy Lequatre
16. Matthew Busche
17. Gert Steegmans
18. Tomas Vaitkus

Quick Step
21. Stijn Devolder
22. Dries Devenyns
23. Kevin De Weert
24. Iljo Keisse
25. Andrei Kunitski
26. Kevin Van Impe
27. Kevin Seeldraeyers
30. Thomas Vedel Kvist

Rabobank
31. Oscar Freire Gomez
32. Nick Nuyens
33. Joost Posthuma
34. Koos Moerenhout
35. Kai Reus
36. Bram Tankink
37. Denis Menchov
38. Dmitry Kozontchuk

Team Katusha
41. Laszlo Bodrogi
42. Denis Galimzyanov
43. Marco Bandiera
44. Vladimir Gusev
45. Artem Ovechkin
47. Stijn Vandenbergh
48. Maxime Vantomme
49. Danilo Napolitano

Saur - Sojasun
51. Jimmy Casper
53. Jimmy Engoulvent
54. Fabrice Jeandesboz
55. Cyril Lemoine
56. Rony Martias
57. Romain Matheou
58. Stéphane Poulhies
60. Anthony Delaplace

Footon - Servetto
61. Aitor Perez Arrieta
62. Thomas Faiers
64. David Gutiérrez
65. Enrique Mata
67. David Vitoria
68. Johnnie Walker
69. Vidal Celis Zabala
70. David Gutierrez Palacios

Landbouwkrediet
71. Bert De Waele
72. Benjamin Gourgue
73. David Boucher
74. Davy Commeyne
75. Frédéric Amorison
76. Sven Nys
77. Baptiste Planckaert
80. Geert Verheyen

Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
81. Thomas De Gendt
82. Jerome Baugnies
83. Kris Boeckmans
84. Sander Armée
85. Michael Van Staeyen
86. Steven Van Vooren
88. Pieter Vanspeybrouck
89. Tim Mertens


Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne
91. Kevyn Ista
92. Christophe Kern
94. Arnaud Labbe
95. Tristan Valentin
96. Zingle Romain
97. Samuel Dumoulin

Acqua & Sapone
101. Luca Paolini
102. Didac Ortega
103. Ruggero Marzoli
104. Reinier Honig
105. Simone Masciarelli
106. Giuseppe Palumbo
107. Paolo Ciavatta
109. Rafai Chtioui

Skil - Shimano
111. Kenny Van Hummel
112. Dominique Cornu
113. Koen De Kort
114. Ji Cheng
116. Roy Curvers
117. Tom Veelers
118. Job Vissers
119. Bert De Backer

Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
121. Borut Bozic
122. Gorik Gardeyn
123. Björn Leukemans
124. Marco Marcato
125. Rob Ruijgh
126. Alberto Ongarato
128. Lieuwe Westra
129. Johnny Hoogerland

An Post - Sean Kelly
131. Niko Eeckhout
132. Matt Brammeier
133. Benny De Schrooder
134. Maxim De Busschere
135. Kim Borry
136. Kenny Lisabeth
137. Ronan Mc Laughlin
138. Stijn Minne

BKCP-Powerplus
141. Niels Albert
142. Jim Aernouts
143. Enrico Franzoi
144. Arnaud Jouffroy
145. Lubomir Petrus
146. Radomir Simunek
147. Dieter Vanthourenhout
148. Philipp Walsleben

Sunweb-Pro Job Cycling Team
151. Sven Vanthourenhout
152. Kevin Eeckhout
153. Jiri Polnicky
154. Kenneth Van Compernolle
156. Klaas Vantornout
157. Thomas Vernaeckt
158. Martin Zlamalik

Telenet Fidea Cycling Team
161. Robert Gavenda
162. Tom Meeusen
163. Kevin Pauwels
164. Rob Peeters
165. Petr Dlask
166. Wouter Van Mechelen
167. Bart Wellens
168. Vincent Bastaens

Lotto-Bodysol
171. Edwig Cammaerts
172. Stephen Collet
173. Gilles Devillers
174. Christophe Premont
175. Romain Fondard
176. François Roossens
177. Rudy Rouet
178. Jeremy Honorez

Qin Cycling Team
181. Jan Kuyckx
182. Nicky Cocquyt
183. Ingmar De Poortere
184. Jonathan Dufrasne
185. Ben Berden
186. James Spragg
187. Alain Van der Velde
188. Michael Vanderaerden

Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht
191. Joeri Calleeuw
192. Steven De Neef
193. Timothy Dupont
194. Steve Schets
195. Kenny Terweduwe
196. Sven Vandousselacre
197. Benjamin Verraes
198. Kevin Verwaest

Verandas Willems
201. Andy Cappelle
202. Gregory Habeaux
203. Sven Renders
204. Sven Van Den Houte
205. Stefan Van Dijk
206. Kevin Van Melsen
207. Sjef De Wilde
208. James Vanlandschoot
 
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Echoes said:
Gonna check out the performances by Niels Albert who was outstanding in last year's queen stage. Arch rival Boom couldn't drop him out, quite on the contrary. :cool:
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Are you talking about the Niels Albert that finished in the bus in the first two stages of the Tour of Belgium, so he would be fresh enough to have any chance in the Ardennes :D
 
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What "Tour" are we talking about?
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BELGIUM!!!! They're very proud of their HC.2 stage race. So that's why its "The Tour".
If Devolder does not impress he will not get a contract.
Hoping for Gilbert to take a couple of stages and the GC.
 
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What are you talking about Echoes?

Albert didn't drop Boom either. In fact, Albert went into the attack earlier with Van Avermaet, de Waele and co (at around 40/35km) , and Boom closed a minutes gap on the final hills with only Dekker being able to follow, and dropping Serguei Ivanov and friends (Bakelandts) in the process

You talk like Albert dropped Boom somewhere, which never happened. He simply went in the attack when Boom was still watching Ivanov (mainly). What Boom did there was very impressive
 
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You talk like Albert dropped Boom somewhere, which never happened. He simply went in the attack when Boom was still watching Ivanov (mainly). What Boom did there was very impressive
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OK That's what I was referring to. He didn't drop him but still he was back in front.

As a matter of fact I expected Boom to drop Albert at one point or another. He already had more experience in pro road cycling (though Albert was a very good roadie as a junior and U23) and, as you say, he was in the earlier break.


Vonn Brinkman said:
BELGIUM!!!! They're very proud of their HC.2 stage race. So that's why its "The Tour".
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Don't worry, it's just humour, all right. Normally I'm provoking Frenchmen, that way. :D

This 2.HC has existed since 1908, mate. And before WWI, the best were riding it.

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It was indeed very entertaining. This only shows that you don't need big climbs to make a race interesting (anyone seen the TDF the last 10 years?)
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Exactly. And I would add, you don't need the best teams either (anyone seen ...?)

And I guess some should go and climb those hills, as well. :cool:
 
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Tour of Belgium always has some interesting and highly watchable racing. For the overall I'm picking Rosseler, continuing to prove that he and Tiago Machado and Chris Horner are the real stars of RadioShack. Gilbert to take 2nd place and the Herstal stage win. Moerenhout gets 3rd.
 
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Is there going to be any live coverage of this?
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I'm wondering the same, mainly due to the fact that Sporza shows both of the races, the tour and the Giro in the same timeslot
 
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