THE ENECO TOUR!!!!! *Spoiler*

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  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    afx237vi wrote:
    Result:

    Farrar
    Boonen
    EBH
    Brown
    Forster
    Yauheni Hooter

    Seriously huge crash at the finish when Koldo Fernandez took out a Vacansoleil rider (Cooke, I think). Mass pileup with a load of riders going down. Sebastien Turgot's bike is in bits. Kinda hard to figure out who else went down... but there were a lot.

    Looks to me like Cooke leant on Fernandez knocking him over?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqD1UBfDZ5I
  • BdeB
    BdeB Posts: 110
    Columbia must be trying to get EBH in there for the overall.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Cumulonimbus wrote:
    Looks to me like Cooke leant on Fernandez knocking him over?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqD1UBfDZ5I

    I think they both leant into each other. Cooke went right, Fernandez went left.

    Gorik Gardeyn must be married to a podium girl, too. He was sitting on the floor after the crash, and there was a podium girl fussing over him in a bit of a state... Fernandez came over to see how he was and she looked like she was going to lamp him :lol:
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Fernandez was all over the place in the closing metres but you can't blame him for the crash, Cooke rides into him as well and the result is a big crash. Sometimes riders can jostle like this without incident.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,722
    Koldo Fernandez: Euskatel's sprint ace impersonator.
    Went like a drunk on a unicycle, today.
    I'd watch out for a visit from the Lotto lad's missus, if I were him.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Cumulonimbus wrote:
    Looks to me like Cooke leant on Fernandez knocking him over?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqD1UBfDZ5I

    Thanks for the link. Pretty odd to see that they crashed like that.

    Boonen looks great in his National kit and must be pretty annoyed that the young guns are out-gunning him.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Koldo Fernandez: Euskatel's sprint ace impersonator.
    Went like a drunk on a unicycle, today.
    I'd watch out for a visit from the Lotto lad's missus, if I were him.

    Baden Cooke leans into Fernandez as much as Fernandez does to him..........both at fault for me.
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • Sun Dodger
    Sun Dodger Posts: 393
    afx237vi wrote:
    Cumulonimbus wrote:
    Looks to me like Cooke leant on Fernandez knocking him over?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqD1UBfDZ5I

    I think they both leant into each other. Cooke went right, Fernandez went left.

    Gorik Gardeyn must be married to a podium girl, too. He was sitting on the floor after the crash, and there was a podium girl fussing over him in a bit of a state... Fernandez came over to see how he was and she looked like she was going to lamp him :lol:

    Apparently she was his wife.

    Though if she was a podium girl, not sure how he ever met her :twisted:

    Anyhoo, kudos to her for doing the whole Tammy Wynette thing.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,819
    According to Anthony McCrossan on Twitter the Eneco Tour is free on cycling tv.

    I know it's not ideal but you do get commentary in English (and I speak French so it's merely a preference for me) and apparently live chat
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    (and I speak French so it's merely a preference for me) and apparently live chat

    Ooh, lah di dah, 'ark at Take the 'igh Road there :wink:
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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    The only Flemish I know is the stuff in me lungs from t'coal dust.
    Half man, Half bike
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,819
    Yeeeeeaaaaaah.

    I was pissing by the window and i 'erd you talking

    See. French.
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    Still searching for Rabobank bibshorts and came across these series of photos, this beng just one of an interesting bunch

    http://www.procyclingshop.com/cgi/photo-show.php?a=3
    Half man, Half bike
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Sounds like Klodi has fallen off and broken his wrist.

    Makes a nice Vuelta place for Vino, eh?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    iainf72 wrote:
    Sounds like Klodi has fallen off and broken his wrist.

    Makes a nice Vuelta place for Vino, eh?


    NO EFFING WAY!!!! :roll: :shock: .

    Bloody PTP pixie.

    Maybe he fell over the bidon I lost on the Muur :P

    Any tickers or pics for this yet?
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    calvjones wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    Sounds like Klodi has fallen off and broken his wrist.

    Makes a nice Vuelta place for Vino, eh?


    NO EFFING WAY!!!! :roll: :shock: .

    Bloody PTP pixie.

    Maybe he fell over the bidon I lost on the Muur :P

    Any tickers or pics for this yet?

    http://www.rtbf.be/sport/cyclisme

    Click the Le Cyclisme en Direct button on the left.

    There's a ticker at: http://www.enecotour.com/

    Current breakaway consists of De Kort, Roy, Kangert, Hayman, Van Den Broeck, Fischer, Oss, Hoj, Amador, De Jongh et Drujon.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    That last group didn't get far. EBH is now on the move... in a group with Tjallingii, Weylandt, Hoj, Zeits and 5 others. 45 seconds with 40 km to go.
  • secretsqirrel
    secretsqirrel Posts: 2,108
    iainf72 wrote:
    Sounds like Klodi has fallen off and broken his wrist.

    Makes a nice Vuelta place for Vino, eh?

    Awh! B*gg*r

    I had a hunch that in this coming Vuelta, Klodi would finally come out of his shell and show us what he can do.
    It all fitted, didn't spend himself too much in the Tdf, soft pedal his way through Eneco, then whallop! A GT win before he is too old.
    Too bad.

    Is Vino up to a GT? I know he has had some results now and has done well in the Asian Championships (1st TT, 2ns Road Race). It is still a tall order.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Posthuma, Flecha and Greg van A bridge across to the break, but the peloton are right on them. Hoj and Weylandt attack from the front. 24 km to go.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Woah, the bunch has totally blown apart. Riders everywhere at the moment. Rabobank seem to have the most men around the front of the race.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    15 km left. Posthuma has attacked solo and has a 12 second gap. Flecha, Nuyens and Langeveld are all in the group behind, along with EBH and about 10 others.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    EBH gets across to Posthuma, Tjallingii is on his wheel. Two Rabos, one Columbia.

    Behind, the peloton has regrouped. It could still be a bunch sprint, with 9 km to go.

    Now Nuyens appears from somewhere and attacks. Rabos everywhere!
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Bless EBH and his lack of knowledge about cycling. He tries to win everything. Even the Eneco!
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Farr out!

    Is this as hilly as it gets?
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Farrar wins ahead of Huta and EBH
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Daaaaaaaaamn, cycling is a cruel sport sometimes. Nuyens caught with, what, 100 metres to go?

    Farrrrrar
    The Hooter
    EBH (!!!!!)
    Weylandt
    Veelers
    Gavazzi

    Boonen? Nowhere.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    calvjones wrote:
    Farr out!

    Is this as hilly as it gets?

    Stage 4 looks like the only place it could be won other than the TT on the last day:

    http://www.sport.be/enecotour/2009/imag ... elrit4.gif
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    afx237vi wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    Farr out!

    Is this as hilly as it gets?

    Stage 4 looks like the only place it could be won other than the TT on the last day:

    http://www.sport.be/enecotour/2009/imag ... elrit4.gif

    I suspect EBH is gonna win the TT. On a unicycle, probably.

    Blindfold.

    Carrying Sideshow Bob on his shoulders.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    calvjones wrote:
    I suspect EBH is gonna win the TT. On a unicycle, probably.

    Blindfold.

    Carrying Sideshow Bob on his shoulders.

    This guy?

    06_alexandre_blain_a.jpg

    Funnily enough, he is doing the Eneco Tour! :lol: :shock:
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,722
    iainf72 wrote:
    Sounds like Klodi has fallen off and broken his wrist.

    Makes a nice Vuelta place for Vino, eh?

    According to that nice Susan lady, over on Cyclingnews, Kloden has not broken his wrist, but Astana have sent him to hospital to check.....
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.

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