Tour of Oman 2011 **Spoilers**

frenchfighter
frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
edited April 2011 in Pro race
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Promo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nStA_M3v7x8

Stage 1:
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Stage 2:
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Stage 3:
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Stage 4:
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Stage 6:
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    A much more interesting and varied race than Qatar. Some good riders in there. A very tough summit finish, likely deciding the winner and a difficult TT the next day.

    Gesink, Rodriguez, Vino are riding and are not known to be defensive.

    Phinney is back in, looking forward to him squaring off against Fabian (if he beats him then maybe Fabian will have some extra motivation this year).

    World Champ is riding (one cool bike).

    EBH in for Wiggins (much better value).

    And a whole host of quality riders.
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  • bazbadger
    bazbadger Posts: 553
    Cheers for the profiles. Looking forward to this one.

    Be interesting to see how Phinney does.

    Would like to see Gesink do well, personally.
    Mens agitat molem
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Looking forward to this race, it really has potential as a good race with decent terrain. It justifies far better TV coverage than it had last year when the commentator was basically given editted highlights and a travel show to present. What does the 9m, 10m 58m etc. in the top left of each elevation mean :?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    bazbadger wrote:
    Would like to see Gesink do well, personally.

    Ugly style though...
    _
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    9m equals 9 metres above sea level.

    Cavendish has stayed on for this so will presumably be going for sprint wins. Be interesting to see how he does. Be interesting to see how Christian vandevelde is going as well.
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    Some images from the start

    http://twitpic.com/401rx2

    http://twitpic.com/photos/tourofoman2011
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Cumulonimbus wrote:
    Cavendish has stayed on for this so will presumably be going for sprint wins.

    He's really searching for some shape at the moment isn't he? Trying to get enough for MS-R I suspect.


    Guess he can't use races like Het Volk to give his form a bit of a kick start.
    _
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Cumulonimbus wrote:
    9m equals 9 metres above sea level.

    Cavendish has stayed on for this so will presumably be going for sprint wins. Be interesting to see how he does. Be interesting to see how Christian vandevelde is going as well.

    Doh, thanks. If I'd spotted the ones at the finish as well I could have worked that out :oops:
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Looks like a very interesting couple of stages, defintely nothing like Qatar.

    Stage 4 and 5 pretty serious terrain for early season training races - 2 kms of 13.5% after another 1.5km of 13.5%! Oman goes all Giro on us.

    I love that in stage 2 there's a climb they imaginatively named 'Climb'. Must be desolate out there
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    That climb is like 18km long but Merckx said 6km would be enough.
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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    That's a good course for an early season race. The 6km tough climb is nicely balanced by the 18km TT. I'm with Merckx though, think a climber will win...though not sure how much form the likes of Gesink and J Rod will be carrying so we could see a surprsising winner...or someone like Vino who seems to be able to keep his form topped up through the year.
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  • greeny12
    greeny12 Posts: 759
    Gutted there's not more TV coverage, but I suppose it's still a new event and needs to take hold in the way Qatar has done.

    The two countries are light years apart in terms of viewer appeal, as has already been discussed on here. Maybe one day they'll go to the top of Jebel al-Akhdar - it's supposed to be amazing up there, though I've never made it during my trips to Oman to date...
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  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,858
    Only on HD :evil:

    Damn the Eurosport
  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    Only on HD :evil:

    Damn the Eurosport

    not in my schedule guide. what time??
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    On Eurosport 2 as well. Starts 10 pm wednesday, IIR.
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,858
    Garry H wrote:
    On Eurosport 2 as well. Starts 10 pm wednesday, IIR.

    10:45 tonight on HD2, and then ES2 at 8:30 tomorrow am. Confused, but glad it's on anyway :)
  • squired
    squired Posts: 1,153
    10:45 tonight - are you talking about the Tour of Qatar highlights on Sky Sports 2? Different race..!
  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    Garry H wrote:
    On Eurosport 2 as well. Starts 10 pm wednesday, IIR.

    10:45 tonight on HD2, and then ES2 at 8:30 tomorrow am. Confused, but glad it's on anyway :)

    good man, cheers.
  • csp
    csp Posts: 777
    @grahamwatson10
    Small problem in Oman, most of the bikes have not turned up! Only Sky, BMC & Garmin have theirs - delayed start to the day...
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Stage is finished now. Mr Bos won
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    Cavendish second
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    The bicycle transport in Oman: All bikes of all teams in four sand trucks! The driver of our car was the start one hour late ...

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    A video. Cav may have taken it if it wasn't for a little swerve by Bos at the end.

    http://nos.nl/video/219217-bos-blijft-cavendish-net-voor-in-oman.html

    Plus, Tomas Vaitkus prepares for a hot day: http://twitpic.com/4076st
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    RichN95 wrote:
    A video. Cav may have taken it if it wasn't for a little swerve by Bos at the end.

    http://nos.nl/video/219217-bos-blijft-cavendish-net-voor-in-oman.html

    Plus, Tomas Vaitkus prepares for a hot day: http://twitpic.com/4076st

    T'was a fair sprint.
    _
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    Not a bad sprint from Cav considering how far back and across he was.

    A bit reckless nearly taking some Team Sky rider down though..
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited February 2011
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    A video. Cav may have taken it if it wasn't for a little swerve by Bos at the end.

    http://nos.nl/video/219217-bos-blijft-cavendish-net-voor-in-oman.html

    Plus, Tomas Vaitkus prepares for a hot day: http://twitpic.com/4076st

    T'was a fair sprint.

    I didn't say it wasn't. I'm just saying it may have helped Bos win. Photos show that there was millimetres in it: http://twitpic.com/404dq0
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    RichN95 wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    A video. Cav may have taken it if it wasn't for a little swerve by Bos at the end.

    http://nos.nl/video/219217-bos-blijft-cavendish-net-voor-in-oman.html

    Plus, Tomas Vaitkus prepares for a hot day: http://twitpic.com/4076st

    T'was a fair sprint.

    I didn't say it wasn't. I'm just saying it may have helped Bos.

    Cav should have been closer on his wheel to begin with.
    _
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Cav should have been closer on his wheel to begin with.

    True. It was only an observation. I think Cav would have had him without the swerve. Which shows Cav is in decent form, as Bos is good in the 150k races. It's only a pre-season friendly.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    csp wrote:
    @grahamwatson10
    Small problem in Oman, most of the bikes have not turned up! Only Sky, BMC & Garmin have theirs - delayed start to the day...

    attack!
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  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    A video. Cav may have taken it if it wasn't for a little swerve by Bos at the end.

    http://nos.nl/video/219217-bos-blijft-cavendish-net-voor-in-oman.html

    Plus, Tomas Vaitkus prepares for a hot day: http://twitpic.com/4076st

    T'was a fair sprint.

    I didn't say it wasn't. I'm just saying it may have helped Bos.

    Cav should have been closer on his wheel to begin with.

    Cav's versions of events is that the 2km to go banner read 3km so he got caught out a bit. Dunno if that is true but looking at the reason for the late start and the farce that was the race updates its not hard to believe it was true.

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