Liege Bastogne Liege: Damn, They're Here!

I am sure that in his heart of hearts Jerome Baugnies (Wanty Groupe-Gobert) didn't honestly believe he would hold off the entire peloton. However, I am sure he was disappointed to see the Bahrain-Merida led peloton catch him at the bottom of the Cote de la Roche aux Faucons. I am assuming that Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) put his team on the front in hopes of launching an attack on the fast approaching climb. Pulling back the last man of the break away was just an added advantage.
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Liege Bastogne Liege: Speeding Through Town

The next member of the early break to try and escape was Jerome Baugnies (Wanty Groupe-Gobert).  He was able to build a minute on the peloton and roughly a half minute on his erstwhile companions.  With 33 kilometers (and two catagorized climbs to go) it was unlikely that his move would succeed, but it was still a valiant effort just the same.  At least he got his team's sponsors names some air time and that is certainly of value.  Some riders will refer to these efforts as a "TV Break Away" with the sole purpose of advertizing their sponsors, in this case I feel like Baugnies was genuine in his hopes to steal the show.

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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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