The usual Monday rest day. Tonight we have a team meeting. Dues need to be paid, blah, blah, blah.
A totally crappy day today weather-wise. An inch and a half of rain, with another inch possible through tomorrow. And for good measure, more rain Wednesday. The good news is that it's supposed to clear and the weekend looks pretty decent.
News Item of the Day: It was a Rabobank/Sven 1-2 in the eighth round of the World Cup in Aigle, Switzerland, as new recruit Sven Vanthourenhout beat the irrepressible Sven Nys after attacking in the final kilometre. The consistent Erwin Vervecken (Fidea) finished third.
The conditions were wet and muddy for the eighth round, which was held near the UCI headquarters in Aigle. It didn't take long for a five man group to form with Vanthourenhout, Nys, Vannoppen (Palmans), Heule (Stevens) and Franzoi (Lampre). Vervecken, Berden (Saey-Deschacht) and Ausbuher (Budvar Tábor) were the next group, while Bart Wellens (Fidea) was already 30 seconds down after three laps.
The lead group changed at the halfway point as Ausbuher was dropped but Vervecken and Berden were able to make contact. Wellens had moved up to the next chasing group and eventually finished ninth, but is still clearly not at his best. In front, Franzoi was particularly active but could not escape Vanthourenhout, Nys, Vervecken and Berden. The five headed into the final lap together, until Nys and Vanthourenhout attacked and escaped for good. In the final kilometre, Vanthourenhout put in an attack that Nys couldn't match and won the race.
Interestingly, and in contrast to a recent incident involving Richard Groenendaal, Tom Vannoppen was not disqualified for running backwards along the course to the pit area in order to change his bike after a derailleur problem. The problem happened just after Vannoppen passed the pit zone, and strictly according to the rules, he should have continued on another half a lap to the next zone. Although the UCI commissaire Peter Van den Abeele admitted to Het Laatste Nieuws that Vannoppen had broken the rules, he was not penalised and went onto finish seventh.
A totally crappy day today weather-wise. An inch and a half of rain, with another inch possible through tomorrow. And for good measure, more rain Wednesday. The good news is that it's supposed to clear and the weekend looks pretty decent.
News Item of the Day: It was a Rabobank/Sven 1-2 in the eighth round of the World Cup in Aigle, Switzerland, as new recruit Sven Vanthourenhout beat the irrepressible Sven Nys after attacking in the final kilometre. The consistent Erwin Vervecken (Fidea) finished third.
The conditions were wet and muddy for the eighth round, which was held near the UCI headquarters in Aigle. It didn't take long for a five man group to form with Vanthourenhout, Nys, Vannoppen (Palmans), Heule (Stevens) and Franzoi (Lampre). Vervecken, Berden (Saey-Deschacht) and Ausbuher (Budvar Tábor) were the next group, while Bart Wellens (Fidea) was already 30 seconds down after three laps.
The lead group changed at the halfway point as Ausbuher was dropped but Vervecken and Berden were able to make contact. Wellens had moved up to the next chasing group and eventually finished ninth, but is still clearly not at his best. In front, Franzoi was particularly active but could not escape Vanthourenhout, Nys, Vervecken and Berden. The five headed into the final lap together, until Nys and Vanthourenhout attacked and escaped for good. In the final kilometre, Vanthourenhout put in an attack that Nys couldn't match and won the race.
Interestingly, and in contrast to a recent incident involving Richard Groenendaal, Tom Vannoppen was not disqualified for running backwards along the course to the pit area in order to change his bike after a derailleur problem. The problem happened just after Vannoppen passed the pit zone, and strictly according to the rules, he should have continued on another half a lap to the next zone. Although the UCI commissaire Peter Van den Abeele admitted to Het Laatste Nieuws that Vannoppen had broken the rules, he was not penalised and went onto finish seventh.
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