Tour of QATAR **Spoilers**

frenchfighter
frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
edited February 2011 in Pro race
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Stage 1, prologue of 2km

http://www.letour.fr/2011/TQA/LIVE/us/0/

Yesterday Yoann Offredo of FDJ crashed whilst slipstreaming a truck at 55mph. He lost consciousness but may well be ok to race given he has no injuries apart from road rash.

Course includes 'cobbles' : )
http://plixi.com/p/75209356

Dowsett said he wants to bag the prologue.
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  • Matt the Tester
    Matt the Tester Posts: 1,261
    looks good :) will this be shown on TV!?
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  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    Yep on ES live in just under an hour :D
  • Matt the Tester
    Matt the Tester Posts: 1,261
    YEA!! thanks matey! ive missed watching the cycling...
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    north west of england.
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    eugh.. More snow then a columbian coke fest!!

    Looks like were not getting any cycling today
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    No eursoport. Skiing going on and on, so..............
    http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-2.php

    Sorry for the fussies who have to have English .
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  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    hmm Fletcha in the lead at this stage
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  • deanobeano
    deanobeano Posts: 32
    what is going on with Eurosport???? Skiing on every channel!!! Is this normal on Eurosport i,e, change what's supposed to be on
    Wilier Mortirolo
  • deanobeano
    deanobeano Posts: 32
    what is going on with Eurosport???? Skiing on every channel!!! Is this normal on Eurosport i,e, change what's supposed to be on
    Wilier Mortirolo
  • deanobeano
    deanobeano Posts: 32
    what is going on with Eurosport???? Skiing on every channel!!! Is this normal on Eurosport i,e, change what's supposed to be on
    Wilier Mortirolo
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    deanobeano wrote:
    what is going on with Eurosport???? Skiing on every channel!!! Is this normal on Eurosport i,e, change what's supposed to be on

    yes yes and yes
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  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    its on now.. :)
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  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    wow lucky sky rider avoids wind blown barrier
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Another nasty crash for Cav.
    He wasn't even going flat out.
    Seems unable to stay upright these days. :oops:
    Last again on GC.
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  • Intherain
    Intherain Posts: 86
    those cobbles looked awful tho! Cancellara looked taken by surprise by the speed hump
    Yes, I like riding in the rain...
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,671
    Poor old Cav's having a hard time this year. Thats 3 or 4 offs in 7 starts. Better to get them out the way this time of year i suppose and without serious injury.
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  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    Aaargh! Ma boy!
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Boom beats Fabian.

    1 Lars Boom (Rabobank) 3'07.39
    2 Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) + 0'04
    3 Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) + 0'05
    4 Juan Antonio Flecha (Team Sky)
    5 Alex Dowsett (Team Sky) + 0'06
    6 Gert Steegmans (Quick Step)
    7 Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
    8 Maarten Wynants (Rabobank) + 0'08
    9 Tomas Vaitkus (Astana)
    10 Matthew Brammeier (HTC-High Road) + 0'10
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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    12 min video now up - including Cavs new "Lounge Lizard" facial hair - its like Terry Thomas meets "V for Vendetta".

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44y9KqUBtvA

    What a poxy parcours- I've seen better courses at village crits.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Was this course 2km or over? Assuming 2km, top speed is a paltry 23.7 mph average. Unless the winds were horrendous.

    Just saw a link saying 2.5km : that would make just under 30mph which is seems much more reasonable.
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  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,923
    That course was awful, cobble, speed humps and cones to show the way. For pro level you would expect a bit better.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Feel sorry for Cavendish - his body is having some beating.

    Will mean that he can't go against Boonen and co in the sprints just like he couldn't go against Griepel and co.
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  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,923
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Feel sorry for Cavendish - his body is having some beating.

    Will mean that he can't go against Boonen and co in the sprints just like he couldn't go against Griepel and co.

    It's just all part of Cav's master plan. Take a few knocks and people think he is in bad shape, losing out on training because of injuries and then watch him spring back at the the tour and take green :wink:

    I'm sure this wasn't plan A.
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    wow... a time trial around a shopping complex car park... classy stuff
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  • Noclue
    Noclue Posts: 503
    I'm not sure cycling on sandy cobbles would be my idea of fun, it looked slippery. Do you reckon Cav's just trying to get into peak form for another crack at Milan - San Remo?
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  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    Poor lamb- the parcours looked frightening, it sounded so windy and the spectators were......missing.
    Hope he's better soon- he must have fancied his chances on the prologue.
  • StefanP
    StefanP Posts: 429
    Wow. That course was buzzing huh! On one of the corner cones I saw three people waiting!
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Yeez, hadn't seen this yet - check Flecha's finish! And a fast time too http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozon ... n/1.958069
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    Suppose Boom winning makes sense on a technical course. He's a fast guy and the cyclo-cross he's been doing over the winter means his bike handling skills are good at the moment i suppose
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Seeing how technical it is I would suggest that 23mph is bloody quick!
  • gethmetal
    gethmetal Posts: 208
    FJS wrote:
    Yeez, hadn't seen this yet - check Flecha's finish! And a fast time too http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozon ... n/1.958069

    :shock:

    Good skills with the lad, fair play to him.

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