THE ENECO TOUR!!!!! *Spoiler*
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The 3 Silence-Lotto Vans are in the front group too... Avermaet, Summeren and den Broeck. Plus Monfort, Bak, Langeveld, Gavazzi...
Peloton is 1 minute behind. No Garmins in the front group, so it's just them chasing. 23 km to go.
EBH just won an intermediate sprint.0 -
Ugh, Garmin getting help now from CdE, Katusha and Milram. Gap down to 35". 15 km to go.0
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Garmin. The new Peloton superteam. Who woulda thought it?___________________
Strava is not Zen.0 -
Nibali crashed. Ouch. Garmin ain't that super... they've messed up today.0
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Lars Bak wins, EBH 2nd... Farrar/Wiggins group 28 seconds down.
Top 4:
Bak
EBH
Gavazzi
Van Aver
...I think.
EBH should be the new leader.0 -
Big Boy Break hanging on for 85kms. Down to just 16" lead, with 9kms to go, but it was just enough.
Chavanel throws everything but the kitchen sink at the group, but is a marked man.
Garmin out to lunch.
Nibali crashes inside the final 3kms, but will he be credited with the same time as LYB, the group or tough shit?"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Blazing Saddles wrote:Big Boy Break hanging on for 85kms. Down to just 16" lead, with 9kms to go, but it was just enough.
Chavanel throws everything but the kitchen sink at the group, but is a marked man.
Garmin out to lunch.
Nibali crashes inside the final 3kms, but will he be credited with the same time as LYB, the group or tough shit?
There was a real race then and I did jinx tyler.Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 19720 -
Wiggins finished 10 minutes down in the end :shock: The cyclingnews site says he was at the front of the lead group with 48kms left so he must have got dropped on the climbs and then sat up, realising the overall was gone and just trying to save his energy for tomorrow
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/eneco- ... -6/results
Cyclingnews gives Nibali as losing 2 minutes but then only being 20 odd seconds down on overall. The official site agrees with him not being far behind so it looks like he should have been down as finishing at +2 seconds instead of minutes.0 -
Nice shot from the Prologue:
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Cumulonimbus wrote:Wiggins finished 10 minutes down in the end :shock: The cyclingnews site says he was at the front of the lead group with 48kms left so he must have got dropped on the climbs and then sat up, realising the overall was gone and just trying to save his energy for tomorrow
Cyclingnews gives Nibali as losing 2 minutes but then only being 20 odd seconds down on overall. The official site agrees with him not being far behind so it looks like he should have been down as finishing at +2 seconds instead of minutes.
Kinda weird though, 'cos the overall wasn't gone if he'd stayed in the bunch. They only finished 31 seconds down... I can't see how he would have been dropped, because the course was much easier than yesterday. He even tried to bridge across to the big favourites group with about 50 km to go.
The official site has Nibali +2 seconds for the stage...
http://www.sport.be/enecotour/2009/fr/l ... ion_ID=841
...it was inside the final 3km.0 -
Yeah it is a bit strange. Maybe he paid after the big effort to try and bridge the gap and just couldnt hold onto the back on one of the climbs or maybe had a badly timed mechanical. When he realised he couldnt get back to the group and was going to lose minutes maybe he just sat up at that point rather than go full blast and still be out of the overall standings. Just speculating but i cant see why else he would have lost time. Nothing on his twitter- although he mentions he is doing the TDU. Hopefully he can do a good TT tomorrow
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Nibali's out for the rest of the season with a broken collarbone
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/nibalis ... collarbone0 -
I didn't see today's stage. Boasson Hagen won. He seems to be the only guy in the race apart from Farrar.0
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Short highlights:
http://www.sport.be/enecotour/2009/fr/v ... 171329.xml
EBH now has 21 secs over Farrar, which I imagine he will hold on to as tomorrow is only a 13km TT.
He is currently 19th on CQ ranking. He has already raced as many kms as last year (9.3k) - I wonder when he will stop his racing.Contador is the Greatest0 -
The third pan flat stage, raced under cloudless skies, again.afx237vi wrote:I didn't see today's stage. Boasson Hagen won. He seems to be the only guy in the race apart from Farrar.
Pretty much a procession, after yesterday.
I notice that the Vuelta stages come much of the same ground.
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
What a photo:
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Is it me or is Graham Brown looking a bit... er... portly, in that photo. No wonder he hasn't been doing the business for Ridgerider.0
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Yes, it looks perfect for a siestaBlazing Saddles wrote:I notice that the Vuelta stages come much of the same ground
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My Rabobank bibshorts arrived today to go with my jersey, so I am just waiting for the call...afx237vi wrote:Is it me or is Graham Brown looking a bit... er... portly, in that photo. No wonder he hasn't been doing the business for Ridgerider.Half man, Half bike0 -
...but I think it is more the case that he is not giving us the "cavendish grimace" like all the Columbia riders do. Half man, Half bike0
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Ridgerider wrote:...but I think it is more the case that he is not giving us the "cavendish grimace" like all the Columbia riders do.
...aka "the win grin", as opposed to the look of resignation you normally see on Rabo riders
OOF, harsh!
Looking again, though, maybe it's the angle. Chicchi looks about the same size. Apologies to Mr Brown, Ridgerider and all Rabobank fans everywhere. All 3 of them.0 -
Bog off!Half man, Half bike0
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I understand stage 2 is doing some of the horrible cobblestone stretches in that part of the country. They normally feature in the pro Tour of Drenthe and I think the women do an important race there (world cup?). That might shake up the siesta of some of the Spanish riders :twisted:Blazing Saddles wrote:I notice that the Vuelta stages come much of the same ground.0 -
Final TT well underway.
According to the live ticker Wiggins starts furiously, sets best time at midway point, then it starts to rain, he slows down dramatically, and a bit further 'takes a wrong turn'....
that wasn't the best PTP choice :oops:
current standings:
1 T. De Gendt 00:16'32"
2 J. Vansummeren 00:16'35"
3 T. Martin 00:16'37"
4 A. Rasmussen 00:16'38"
5 J. Veikkanen 00:16'41"0 -
Ridgerider wrote:Bog off!
Damn, it's true, the level of conversation on this forum really has gone downhill! 0 -
Sorry afx237vi.
I respect your totally sarcastic position on the matter, but do not believe that your comment is a true reflection of the untapped potential within the Rabobank squad should they manage to stay on their bikes or avoid getting shot at.
Cum on Jooooost.Half man, Half bike0 -
Ridgerider wrote:Sorry afx237vi.
I respect your totally sarcastic position on the matter, but do not believe that your comment is a true reflection of the untapped potential within the Rabobank squad should they manage to stay on their bikes or avoid getting shot at.
Cum on Jooooost.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, Ridgie, my man, but I've highlighted the most pertinent point in the above paragraph. Joost appears to have been out training with Denis. And Brownie. And Gesink.0 -
Bog off!Half man, Half bike0
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Thought it might have been Menchov at first :-)
EBH wins again, TT and overall. Amazing performance.Le Blaireau (1)0
