Stage 1 .
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What should have been a boring predictable stage saw surprising fireworks. It would have been welcomed too with the disappointing news prior to the start of the race. Daotec had been linked to the el clinico fiasco. The yellow red blue once hero, now a villain in the public eye, was out of this race before it even started.
Unsurprisingly in the break of the day we saw luckyboy and jens attacks, both never shy to get amongst it. They attacked relentlessly on this, a pancake flat stage, at times it looked like they were going to make it... until the bullies of peloton decided to make things right; Team Cristiano Ronaldo in full flight deployed their entire team (including their potential GC youngster Parullo) to make the sprint happen for Libertine. He is of course the man to beat on these finishes, just like the sky is blue, the sprints are always a case of Libertine.
With just 2 km remaining teams were forming their train, dim had sublimit and jamusque working tirelessly for his hopes, while the mafioso were fighting for position for their number one sprinter, barrus. DT and El pickle in the heat of the moment head butting each other for prime position, el pickle didn't even have any right to be battling for sprint position as his team failed to bring a sprinter this year, but el pickle wouldn't be el pickle without pointless battles. Mean while GC favorites such as Hitch and Publicus were happy to see the stage nearing an end. Finally the finish approached, Garlic ho attempting an arrogant attack only to be swept away by the favorite Libertine who started powering for the line... no one could touch him, except one. Out of the shadows the consistent little sprinter Craig came around in the final meters and stole the victory from libertine, and alas had won the opening the stage of the inaugural CN tour. 1. Craig 2. Libertine 3. Dim
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if not noticed. I am pretty bored, waiting for the end of this vuelta stage