Tour stage 14: Julian 4th in Digne sprint!!

Author: Woody

19 Jul

Lighting up the final ‘transition’ stage before the Tour heads back into the mountains, Julian Dean finished 4th in the final sprint into Digne-les-Bains. Kiwi Guy has managed to line up a series of top ten finishes in the past week but today was by far his best.

Also animating the stage was Will Frischkorn who was part of a short-lived 21-man break. While off the front, Will grabbed a second place finish in the first sprint in Saint Remy.

There were no major changes to the overall classification, though tomorrow’s bumpier stage should shake up the GC a bit.

Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O stage 14 results
1. Oscar Freire 4h13′08″

4. Julian Dean +00″
21. Christian Vande Velde +00″
61. Danny Pate +00″
82. David Millar +00″
96. Ryder Hesjedal +1′04″
116. Trent Lowe +3′27″
121. Martijn Maaskant +4′58″
150. Will Frischkorn +7′43″

Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O GC
1. Cadel Evans +59h01′55″
2. Frank Schleck +1″
3. Christian Vande Velde +38″
46. David Millar +35′22″
69. Trent Lowe +57′13″
73. Ryder Hesjedal +1h00′54″
108. Julian Dean +1h32′31″
110. Danny Pate +1h34′29″
138. Martijn Maaskant +1h54′11″
142. Will Frischkorn +1h56′14″

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17 Responses for "Tour stage 14: Julian 4th in Digne sprint!!"

Lozy July 19th, 2008 at 10:20 am 1
Great work everyone!! 2 top tens and a top 5 for Julz!! 2nd in a sprint for Will and Christian is still holding strong in 3 overall!!! Good luck tomorrow protecting Christian in the mountains and then another rest day!!
Mark Jones July 19th, 2008 at 11:02 am 2
Wicked work from the whole Team, the Train looked awesome the other day as u all tried to support Julian go for the front.
4th today! 9th twice already…! But hey Julz save some of that Kiwi power for Paris…!
Amy B July 19th, 2008 at 11:57 am 3
Fantastic job today guys. Loved watching you today Julz. Great job!
Dan July 19th, 2008 at 1:34 pm 4
Time for some armchair director - What would you do if you were running the show tomorrow. Pate or Maaskant in an early break, “Fresh Corn” protecting VDV but ready to pounce, Ryder or Lowe for a late bridge to the break with the intention of pace setting for the last climb.
wayne July 19th, 2008 at 2:43 pm 5
Outstanding
JMS July 19th, 2008 at 2:57 pm 6
Slept in and nearly missed your brilliant finish on the replay. The last three days have been awesome to watch. Best of luck for the rest of the tour.
Hamilton, NZ
JMS July 19th, 2008 at 3:00 pm 7
Just brilliant today Julian. Best of luck for the rest of the tour.
Brett & Sue July 19th, 2008 at 3:00 pm 8
Fantastic stuff Julian. We don’t mind getting up in the middle of the night in NZ to see you featuring in the finishes like you have in the last three days! Really enjoying reading your diary at juliandean.co.nz. Take it easy over the hills and have another go on the way to Paris.
Dale (NZ) July 19th, 2008 at 4:08 pm 9
4th of 158, Absolutely fantastic Julz, a powerful finish even after getting squeezed 100mtrs out. New Zealand is very proud of you Julian. Although you may have believed a win was possible, I hope you are still very proud of you own effort.
Now looking forward to the rest of the tour watch my new favorite Team.
debbie July 19th, 2008 at 4:38 pm 10
way to go julz that podium finish is not far away. hang in over the mountains.
The Jordans July 19th, 2008 at 4:51 pm 11
Fantastic stuff Julz,This has been awsome early morning t.v.Thanks for the adrenaline buzz,keep up the awsome work,Paris is only 7days away!we are all very proud of you lots of love the Jordans
Mike July 19th, 2008 at 5:18 pm 12
Way to go julian! 4th place was awesome to get. Great kiwi fighting spirit to get there. Theres 4 million fans behind you and your doing nz proud! And the nz kit looks awesome!
Peter July 19th, 2008 at 5:31 pm 13
Go Julz !! Who gives a toss about work the next day when we see a Kiwi at the front of Le Tour !! Always looking for that black & white kit. Hang in there, any intelligent Kiwi is supporting you, gotta be better than watching the AB’s !!
Marc July 19th, 2008 at 7:02 pm 14
Dan…can I offer an opinion as an assistant armchair DS?

A problem, I think with your idea of Pate or Maaskant in the early break is that for that technique to be effective in helping VdV in the later kilometers of the stage, then they have to be strong enough to ride once they are caught by the charging group of lead climbers.

I don’t know too much about Maaskant, but I get the sense that Pate only knows one speed…HARD. And by the time the VdV, Menchov, Evans, Schleck(s), Sastre, Efimkin, etc. group caught up to the early move, I’d be worried that Pate would be so tired from his early efforts that he couldn’t be there to help ride tempo and cover moves on the final climb.

I think I’d rather see Pate hide out for the first half of the race and ride the first few kilometers of the final climb like an angry beast with rainbow-stripes on his sleeves who’s got something to prove, shedding “down-but-not-out” riders like Kohl, Nibali and Kirchen.

Of course, what do I know? Regardless, the Alps are going to be fun! Go VdV!!!
Joel (NZ) July 20th, 2008 at 12:59 am 15
So wow 4th that went pretty well, my mate taped the race so I am going to have to steal it pretty soon and check it out again. Nice one
Sally & Clint @ Allsports NZ July 20th, 2008 at 2:58 am 16
Hey Julian

Awesome to see you this morning! Inspirational!

Both our girls (4yrs & 18mths) were jumping around in the bed shouting versions of go kiwi go! and bike! bike! bike!

It must be an incredible rollercoaster and learning curve out there. Look forward to seeing more of you!

Take care.
El Navajo from PHX, AZ July 22nd, 2008 at 6:48 am 17
Hey, I’ll be there on Sunday, final stage of the TDF in Paris. Full support of our American riders!