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Tour de Wallonie 2015 (2.HC), July 25 - 29 2015

Damn, when Terpstra runs the show like this, its time to build a case.

Stage 1 (already done):

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Stage 2:

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Stage 3:

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Stage 4:
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Stage 5:
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Official website: http://www.trworg.be/tw/news.php

Startlist: http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_idd=MjYyOTY='

(7 man teams, better than 8 of but target is 6)
 
Roundtrip:

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Stage 1 result:

1. 6 TERPSTRA Niki NED EQS 4:49:39
2. 121 CAMPENAERTS Victor * BEL TSV 0:00:04
3. 96 HUTAROVICH Yauheni BLR BSE 0:00:21
4. 56 VALLEE Boris * BEL LTS
5. 156 DEMOITIE Antoine BEL WBC
6. 17 TURGOT Sébastien FRA ALM
7. 63 LAGUTIN Sergey RUS KAT
8. 26 VLIEGEN Loic * BEL BMC
9. 155 WARNIER Antoine * BEL WBC 0:00:26
10. 62 KUZNETSOV Viacheslav RUS KAT 0:01:05
11. 86 VAN POPPEL Danny * NED TFR
12. 53 ROELANDTS Jurgen BEL LTS

I believe we shall have live coverage.
 
Danny Van Poppel wins stage 2.

edit: Stage top 10:
1. Danny Van Poppel (Trek Factory)
2. Matti Breschel (Tinkoff - Saxo)
3. Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing Team)
4. Antoine Demoitié (Wallonie Bruxelles)
5. Danilo Napolitano (Wanty - Groupe Gobert)
6. Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Katusha)
7. Aleksei Tsatevich (Katusha)
8. Jonas Vangenechten (IAM)
9. Anthony Roux (FDJ)

10. Boris Vallée (Lotto - Soudal)

Terpstra continues to lead GC.

Hopefully they will broadcast from Monday when the tour is done.....
 
GC after stage 3:

1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx - Quick Step 14:40:00
2 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 0:00:16
3 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:36
4 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:42
5 Antoine Warnier (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 0:00:52
6 Boris Vallée (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 0:00:59
7 Antoine Demoitié (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 0:01:01
8 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 0:01:01
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:01:08
10 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 0:01:10


Stage 4 is in progress....

Ticker: http://direct.directvelo.com/live-course/2481/tour-de-wallonie-etape-4-2-hc.html

Lots of rain.
 
Very odd victory for van Poppel. BMC did a lot of work for Gilbert, since the finish included a cobbled climb, but van Poppel came to the front with about 900m, sprinted to get a gap of about five bike lengths and increased the gap thereafter.
 

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