TNT1 Posted April 1, 2012 Share It looks as if he has 10 seconds on the Boonen group, with EBH and Gatto at 40 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Nope, EBH/Gatto have been absorbed by the chasing field.They are getting close enough to make Boonen nervous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Jerome is pulling away, with 17 seconds on the Boonen group, the field at 45 seconds.Terpstra tries to jump from the Boonen gropu, takes Chavanel and a few others with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted April 1, 2012 Share  15:52:28 CEST  They have a 13 second gap to leader Jerome. The Sky-led field its at 33 seconds.  15:51:54 CEST  The lead group is: Matteo Tosatto (Team Saxo Bank), Alessandro Ballan (BMC), Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), Juan Antonio Flecha (Sky), Jacopo Guarnieri (Astana), Luca Paolini (Team Katusha), Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale), Sep Vanmarcke (Garmin-Barracuda) and Vincent Jerome (Team Europcar)  15:49:35 CEST  Jerome slurps down a power gel, to give him the extra energy to get away. Must be working, he now has 20 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Boonen sends Terpstra up the road. Boonen really does not what to come to the finish line with all these people around him, he wants his teammates to help dump them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted April 1, 2012 Share  15:57:23 CEST  2200m long, with 1500m cobbles, and a few really steep sections.  15:56:48 CEST  We are approaching the Kwaremont again. 19km remaining from 256km 15:56:17 CEST  Burghardt is now nearly to the two leaders, with the field a few seconds behind him.  15:55:21 CEST  The chase group has now caught the Boonen group. Marcus Burghardt of BMC leads the chase of the two leaders now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Ballan leaps into the lead and bounces his way up the cobbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Ballan is building up a nice little lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Pozzatto and Boonen aren't happy with this development and take off in chase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Some major gaps developing. Pozzato and Boonen have now caught Ballan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted April 1, 2012 Share A group of 10-15 are now 14 seconds behind the trio. Luca Paolini jumps to try to catch them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted April 1, 2012 Share   More cobblestones: the paterberg!  16:03:46 CEST  Ballan, Boonen and Pozzato are working well togehter on this narrow lane.  16:02:58 CEST  Paolini is really driving along and is now only 7 seconds back. But using up a lot of power along the way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Again, Ballan leads the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Is Boonen falling back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted April 1, 2012 Share No, he is with the other two again as they leave the cobbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted April 1, 2012 Share 13km to go. Sagan has jumped from the chasing field, but may have left it too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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