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You've officially been Europcar'd!

2012 Tour of Flanders
1 Tom Boonen (BEL) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 6h 04' 33" 100
2 Filippo Pozzato (ITA) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia s.t. –
3 Alessandro Ballan (ITA) BMC Racing Team + 1" 70
4 Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 38" 60
5 Peter Sagan (SVK) Liquigas-Cannondale + 38" 50
6 Niki Terpstra (NED) Omega Pharma-Quick Step + 38" 40
7 Luca Paolini (ITA) Team Katusha + 38" 30
8 Thomas Voeckler (FRA) Team Europcar + 38" –
9 Matti Breschel (DEN) Rabobank + 38" 10
10 Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Omega Pharma-Quick Step + 38" 4


2012 Paris–Roubaix
1 Tom Boonen (BEL) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 5h 55' 22"
2 Sébastien Turgot (FRA) Team Europcar + 1' 39"
3 Alessandro Ballan (ITA) BMC Racing Team + 1' 39"
4 Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP) Team Sky + 1' 39"
5 Niki Terpstra (NED) Omega Pharma-Quick Step + 1' 39"
6 Lars Boom (NED) Rabobank + 1' 43"
7 Matteo Tosatto (ITA) Team Saxo Bank + 3' 31"
8 Mathew Hayman (AUS) Team Sky + 3' 31"
9 Johan Vansummeren (BEL) Garmin-Barracuda + 3' 31"
10 Maarten Wynants (BEL) Rabobank + 3' 31"


oh boy and it's just the beginning of april...ardennes are coming...can tommy voeckler finally win a big one?
but more important,how goddamn strong will be europcar in july because i can't even imagine it.
it's not a secret that christophe kern is getting his knees back these days,pierre rolland will probably have an andy schleck approach so he will be again a beast.the other guys,the armada of rouleurs that conquered galibier last year all seem very strong.
what do you think will they win this year,what are their limits?

allez les gars!

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Love the way they ride...old school and with heart. Love there all for one, one for all approach
Loved the way Rolland dragged his team leader over the mountains last year and still had time to extract the michael out of beefboy and Sammy on the queen stage before winning it! And carrying off the white jersey to boot.
Great to see a team who say just ride guys and see what we can achieve
WT shouldn’t be just about money and this team deserves WT status on merit
 
superconfex said:
Love the way they ride...old school and with heart. Love there all for one, one for all approach
Loved the way Rolland dragged his team leader over the mountains last year and still had time to extract the michael out of beefboy and Sammy on the queen stage before winning it! And carrying off the white jersey to boot.
Great to see a team who say just ride guys and see what we can achieve
WT shouldn’t be just about money and this team deserves WT status on merit

You mean wait for Sammy to catch up with him, wheelsuck him for 12km then sprint away with 2 to go?
 
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Dekker_Tifosi said:
yet you couldn't see an obvious troll attempt om pcmbenelux today later today in pilsudski's topic :eek:

that wasn't a troll. that was your typical calimero behaviour :eek: lol

see you next week :L ;)
 
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Vino attacks everyone said:
It all depends on the form of Rolland i think. Kern is, well a top 15 guy perhaps, Voeckler a top 15 guy too. Rolland can't win, but he CAN be right up there in the mountians, and it will be with his performances we will judge the europcar team this July
Kern I have tipped for big things this season...
I think a dauphine GC victory is well within his grasp and i think that with how he was building up to the tour before his injury he can defnitely do a good tour.
Also bear in mind that he won the French Nats TT so he isnt too bad a TT either at least better than the other 2, considering the course this year that may very well come into play.
Also i believe that Voeckler can do well in any race especially ardennes if he sets his mind to it due to his incredible determination.
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that only works if your lead man is a good climber...
Ummmm... He is columbian, if that means anything to you;)
 
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I can really see Europcar replacing Ag2R as WT team next year. It's a more complete team that can do well on different terrains.