Eneco Tour *Spoiler*

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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    crash justr before last km
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Didn't even have to wait for the final sprint... massive crash.
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Greipel wins
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Greipel wins
    Galimz 2, Farrar 3
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    4 Bos, 5 Veelers, 6 EBH

    Phinney in that first group. Didn't see Gilbert or Millar...
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    FJS wrote:
    4 Bos, 5 Vellers, 6 EBH

    Phinney in that first group. Didn't see Gilbert or Millar...

    Don't think it will matter, they will probably all get the same time.

    Phinney giving it a good go there, but a bit immature to think you can drop Farrar and Greipel with 250M to go!
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    inkyfingers wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    4 Bos, 5 Vellers, 6 EBH

    Phinney in that first group. Didn't see Gilbert or Millar...

    Don't think it will matter, they will probably all get the same time.

    Phinney giving it a good go there, but a bit immature to think you can drop Farrar and Greipel with 250M to go!

    He's won bunch sprints as a semi-pro, though, so worth giving it a go to test yourself... especially in a small group and with bonus seconds available.
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    afx237vi wrote:
    inkyfingers wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    4 Bos, 5 Vellers, 6 EBH

    Phinney in that first group. Didn't see Gilbert or Millar...

    Don't think it will matter, they will probably all get the same time.

    Phinney giving it a good go there, but a bit immature to think you can drop Farrar and Greipel with 250M to go!

    He's won bunch sprints as a semi-pro, though, so worth giving it a go to test yourself... especially in a small group and with bonus seconds available.

    True, but I still think he went too early.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • avoidingmyphd
    avoidingmyphd Posts: 1,154
    is Cav immature then?
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    avoidingmyphd wrote:
    is Cav immature then?

    No, because he wouldn't try and sprint from 250M into a block headwind.

    I'm not having a go at Phinney, it was nice to see a young rider and race leader taking the race by the horns, I just think he showed a little bit of naivety. Would have been smarter to get on the wheel of Farrar and Greipel and then even if you can't come past them you still have a good chance of getting into the top 3 and getting a time bonus.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Sprint on Sporza Videozone...

    http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozon ... /1.1084632

    "Gorilla strikes again", why is it in English? :D
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Sprint on Sporza Videozone...

    http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozon ... /1.1084632

    "Gorilla strikes again", why is it in English? :D


    They often slip into a bit of English language, the Dutch do it as well.

    Good to see they wedged the finish line between all the speed bumps! :)
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  • msw
    msw Posts: 313
    Stretching for things to say a bit in the Cyclingnews report:
    Phinney finished seventh and so kept his seven-second overall race lead ahead of Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky). David Millar (Garmin-Cervelo) is third at eight seconds, completing an all English speaking top three.

    "All English speaking"? I bet the top 20 speak decent functional English if they have to, so if we're claiming EBH let's have them all!
    "We're not holding up traffic. We are traffic."
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Big ride by Taylor. Nice win for Greipel.

    As an aside, Miss Eneco Tour is Van Sum's fiance (maybe wife now)
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,204
    One of the messiest sprints I've seen, lucky it wasn't the whole bunch the roads are too narrow. It was nice to see Gilbert bring the leader through the bunch when he got back after puncturing, he may have been in trouble with the splits that occurred otherwise.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Stage 3 - lots of wind and echelons splitting it up with 28 km to go.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Finally.

    It's not really racing in Holland without echelons.
    _
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Finally.

    It's not really racing in Holland without echelons.

    They're in Flanders today ;). They did a small berg-zone in Ronde van Vlaanderen-territory, but without much impact. All back together, but they'll do the same exposed windy stretch again later on
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    edited August 2011
    Greipel wins again .... coming from all the way at the back of the peloton at 5km
    Farrar 2, EBH 3
  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    Yeah good win for Greipel.....small point, it was stage 2 today not stage 3.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Tom BB wrote:
    Yeah good win for Greipel.....small point, it was stage 2 today not stage 3.
    you're right - forgot the first day was prologue
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,204
    Flippin' Eurosport! Why advertise cycling at 10.15 then show golf in that slot and then follow it not with delayed cycling highlights but with scheduled golf programme. Not happy!
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    Pross wrote:
    Flippin' Eurosport! Why advertise cycling at 10.15 then show golf in that slot and then follow it not with delayed cycling highlights but with scheduled golf programme. Not happy!
    Anyone know what happened to the coverage today, live programme didn't record and highlights disappeared...
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  • bigdaveskinnytyre
    bigdaveskinnytyre Posts: 218
    David Harmon commentating today:

    Phillip Gilbert came to the front and pulled his man off..............

    Bom chicka bow wow
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    bigdaveskinnytyre wrote:
    David Harmon commentating today:

    Phillip Gilbert came to the front and pulled his man off..............

    Bom chicka bow wow

    Hah!

    Harmon's been very busy this year. Feels like he's always on.

    Bet he's wishing he picked football now. More money, only 90 mins once or twice a week.
    _
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Last 10 km of the stage where Gilbert needs to make his move of he wants to win the Eneco Tour. Lottos working on the front all day (including Greipel), but they leave it to the last 2 climbs
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    edited August 2011
    Gilbert goes - Millar looks good, but can't follow. EBH and Phinney more problems
  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    Millar makes the front group with 8km to go
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  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    Gilbert lanuched
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