Dauphine, Stage 3: Maybe a Few K More

 Little hard to tell if Loic Vliegen (Intermache-Wanty Gobert) was being cheeky, or if he just had the legs to keep trying to stay away.  With the peloton closing in, he sprinted away from his erstwhile break away companion in hopes of staying away for a little bit longer.  With 28 kilometers to go, and some very hungry sprinters behind him, all he could hope to achieve was the title of most aggressive rider for the day.  That, and some more screen time for his team's sponsors.

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Dauphine, Stage 3: Open Road

Nothing better than the feeling of an open road, the wind on your face, and a bike between your legs.  I hope the Israeli national champion, Omer Goldstein (Israel Start Up Nation) and his break away companion, Loci Vliegen (Intermache-Wanty Gobert) were enjoying the feeling even if the peloton were foiling their effort to stay away.  Unlike the last two stages, this break was looking doomed, they only have forty seven seconds with over forty kilometers to race.  I'm quite sure the peloton wasn't going to mess it up today.  The sprinters really do want their chance for a stage win before the looming mountains.

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Milano-Sanremo, Checking the Gap

While it was a very long day in the saddle, it wasn't until the final 30 kilometers that the race really got going.  This duo of Loic Vliegen (Circus-Wanty Gobert) and Jacop Mosca (Trek-Segafredo) jumped free of the peloton on the penultimate climb of the day, the Cipressa.  Trek-Segafredo kept up the agression sending men up the road one after another.  By the finale, they had four of their six riders go up the road on the attack.  I guess was the thinking was that it would allow for their team leader, Vincenzo Nibali, to have an easier time of it, thus allowing him to be fresher to go for the victory.  Spoiler, it didn't work.

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Liege Bastogne Liege: Now There Are Five

Casper Pedersen's (Aqua Blue Sport) attack served only to split up the nine man break away.  First, it left him to tired to stay with the chasers once they got back onto the Dane's wheel.  And second, the chase left a few off the back to be swept up by the peloton in just a few minutes time.  Those left on the front of the race included Pedersen's teammate, Mark Christian, along with Loic Vliegen (BMC), Jerome Baugnies (Wanty Groupe-Gobert), Paul Ourselin (Direct Energie) and Anthony Perez (Cofidis).  Perez road in the early break on Wednesday in La Fleche Wallone, only to find himself trying again today.  Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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Tour of Britain, Stage 6: All Who Matter

With all of the early escapees back in the fold, it was time for the GC contenders to make their move.  Each of the hopefuls put a teammate on the front to ramp up the pace as they started up to the summit of Haytor, Dartmoor.  So Loic Vliegen (BMC) road for Rohan Dennis, Marco Mocato (Wanty Group Gobert), for Xandro Meurisse, and finally Jack Bauer (Cannondale-Drapac) for Dylan Van Baarle.  With just five kilometers left to race, all of them uphill, it was now the time to take over the lead of the Tour of Britain.  For Meurisse, it was time to make sure the King of the Mountians Jersey would be his on the final day.  The rest of the Tour are either a time trial or circuit races, with a win today, his lead would be unbeatable.

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Tour of Britain, Stage 2: Out of the Mist

Rohan Dennis (BMC) may have been using the cover of the mist to ride away from the peloton, but it was truly the strength of his legs that did the job on the Struggle.  Dennis quickly bridged across to those from the original break that were losing contact on the steep climb.  Dennis looked behind to check the damage and to make sure his teammate, Loic Vliegen, was holding onto his wheel.  Just down the road, the only one visible through the fog was Hector Saez (Caja Rural-Seguros).  Everyone else was lost to view.  The restricted visibility makes the coming descent a frightening proposition.  Dennis was able to press on and catch the leaders on the road.

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