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Thomas Voeckler sur le Tour du Haut Var-matin
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Thomas Voeckler on Stage 10 Tour de France 2012 wIn
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A Taste Of Defeat At The Paris Tour
Jelle Wallays and Thomas Voeckler both were a part of an early competition in the 237.5km race. The race included players like Yoann Paillot, Tom Van Asbroeck, Julien Duval, Cesare Benedetti and Pierre Gouault. Jelle beat Thomas Voeckler at the 108th edition of Paris Tour and won the title.
The race was seeming to end in a bunch sprint but the two Jelle and Voeckler were ahead of the rest in the last few kilometers. The defending champion John Degenkolb of Giant Shimano had tried hard to chase them but it all went in vain. With 2kms to the end of the race, BMCs Dylan Teuns had also tried to over run them but the two of them kept up the distance and went away racing for the final win.
Garmin Sharp had at-last made it to the chase but was still lagging behind 38 seconds and Teuns was 10 seconds behind that. Soon there was the much awaited excitement that had developed in the chase as the riders were making their ways to win. Voeckler who is the Europcar rider led out the race as the chase had closed to some 300m. But, Jelle had made his way and easily come around Voeckler to take a lead and be the winner.
In 2010 Jelle had won the 23rd edition of Paris-Tour. Thomas and Jelle were the strongest competitors in the race and it was a neck-to-neck win. The race had turned to be like a two man sprint finish and that Jelle had the chance of a breakaway and he had to make the most out of it. Thomas a French-man was very disheartened after losing. The year 2014 had not been very much in favor of Thomas and he had no wins this year. Thomas was disappointed that he had been injured twice this year but both the times in an accident and not in the race. He said that it would take time for him to recover.
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Thomas Voeckler soutient l’équipe de France
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Pierre Rolland lâche Thomas Voeckler dans le Mont Salève
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Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 – Etape 6 Thomas Voeckler arrivée (sur la ligne)
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Reportage sur les ambitions de Thomas Voeckler et du Team Europcar sur le circuit de la Sarthe 2014
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Tour de France : Thomas Voeckler s’arrête pour engueuler des spectateurs !
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THOMAS VOECKLER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT PLAN
In recent news, sportsman Thomas Voeckler has expressed his wish to retire in the next season saying that the tour had given him all his desires.
The Frenchman has proceeded to setup a date for retirement as he announced that he plans to hang his wheels and stop competing after the upcoming 2017 tour de France championship.
Voeckler, who will be turning 38 when he officially concludes his last competition, has had a fulfilling career and has given his fans quite a lot of joy over the years.
The Frenchman will arrive at ChampsElysees to receive an emotional farewell that will mark the end of a time on the track that consists of 15 consecutive tours. An enthusiast of the sport will recall Voeckler’s performances in 2004 and 2011 where he competed clad in yellow jersey and showed a great degree of resilience as he held on defiantly for so long refusing to fall behind and finished with his best ever overall position.
Voeckler has a total of four stage wins, and of these four, he achieved the last two at the 2012 tour. It was at this same event that he had claimed his polka dot jersey and earned the title “king of the mountains”.
“Unless something unexpected happens, the end of my career will be Champs-elysees 2017. Without regrets, Thanks to everyone” Voeckler said on twitter addressing his retirement plans.
In an interview with L’Equippe, Voeckler said;
“The tour has given me everything, so I will end it where it all began. It was a tough decision to make. I was losing sleep over it and then one day, it appeared to me so clearly and I said to myself, you’ll do one last tour and then you will stop.”
Thomas Voeckler has shown himself to be a true example of a classic rider.
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2018 TOUR DE FRANCE TO BEGIN ON PASSAGE DU GOIS
The Tour De France Grand Depart of 2018 is expected to run through two road stages in the Vendée region.
While it begins officially at the often submerged Passage du Gois road leading from the island of Noirmoutier-en-l’Île. This will then be closely followed by a 35km team trial on stage 3 around Cholet.
This will be the sixth time the Grand Depart has been hosted by the Vendee Region, coming in about seven years since after the Grand Depart of 2011 was held in the area.
Back in 1903, the first edition of the Tour de France went through the area during the key stage between Bordeaux and Nantes. Also in 1993, the Puy du Fou theme park hosted the Grand Départ with Miguel Indurain winning the 6.8km prologue time trial and also going on to win the race in Paris.
During stage two of the 1999 Tour de France, the riders went through the Passage du Gois where crashes and echelons splitting the peloton. At least three riders, Ivan Gotti (Polti), Alex Zulle (Banesto), and Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) lost more than six minutes.
The last Tour de France race held in the area started out from the Vendee six years past. Thomas Voeckler from local outfit Europcar, went on to complete an inspired Tour de France donning the race leader’s yellow jersey for ten days and finishing fourth overall in Paris. Voeckler plans to retire this year when after the Tour de France in July.
In stage one, riders are expected to cover 195km between Noirmoutier-En-L’Ïle and Fontenay-Le-Comte. A large part of the stage follows through the twisting Vendee coastline after the riders cross the Passage du Gois. Echelons and crosswinds might pose a problem to the contenders. The stage terminates close to the headquarters of the Direct Energie team.
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Thomas Voeckler To Defend Title
Thomas Voeckler the defending champion is hopeful to go out on a high. Reason he carry on to wind down his career of Tour de Yorkshire this weekend.
The rider from France will ride his final and 15th Tour de France in July. He has got his defense under way in the first stage of Friday from Bridlington to Scarborough.
Voeckler is not 37 years and speaking about his experience he said “Throughout the race I have been relishing every moment and it feels special for that,”
The Team Sky challenge was led by Welshman Luke Rowe and Adam Blythe the British champion is one among the top sprinters.
Blythe, who is not 27 years old and represent Aqua Blue Sport, said, “In the Tour de Yorkshire, we are bringing a team that is very strong,”
“It is unlikely to see mass sprint looks in the opening stage; however, I hope in the second one, I will be in the mix. It would be completely unbelievable to win here, and having a jersey of national champion on my shoulders.”
173 km stage on Friday could favor Voeckler, who is an aggressive rider and will enjoy the three categorized climbs of the day in the North Yorkshire Moors, ahead of finishing on seafront Scarborough – the final stage was won by him last year to take the title. Moreover, the rider Direct-Energie is resolute to enjoy racing, having the number one on his back.
He said “In the race the crowds have always been very supportive and warm for me. The welcome I got here is thing that I will never forget, also the victory of last year victory and the famous number one on my back.”
“I love this race, people and everything here” he added.
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