Tour of Oman *spoilers*

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  • phil s
    phil s Posts: 1,128
    Sonny73 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    andyp wrote:
    Sagan wins.

    Is the finish slightly uphill?
    The lead up to was, the last few K's were flat.

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    That's stage 1 there
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited January 2013
    Superb job Greipel. That finish was hard. J-Rod was 12th, Nibs 3rd. The whole peloton was strung out:
    http://www.letour.fr/2012/TOO/LIVE/us/2 ... index.html [EDIT: this link is showing different results to cyclingnews...]
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  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    phil s wrote:
    Sonny73 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    andyp wrote:
    Sagan wins.

    Is the finish slightly uphill?
    The lead up to was, the last few K's were flat.

    That's stage 1 there
    Right you are, I pulled that from Stage 2 on here: http://www.letour.fr/2012/TOO/LIVE/us/200/index.html
  • islwyn
    islwyn Posts: 650
    edited February 2012
    Marcel Kittel wins Stage 3.

    Gutted for Team Sky considering for the last 40k, they chased the break of 1.30 minutes, caught it up in the last 5k and then pushed on for the line... I'm awaiting full top 10.

    EDIT:
    Greipel 2nd
    Bouhanni 3rd

    For you Cav fans.... 8th.... Not sure if there was an issue yet.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Baaaaaam.
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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Kittel, Greipel, Bouhanni

    Cav 8th
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    So he went for it then this time.
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  • Neil McC
    Neil McC Posts: 625
    @MarkCavendish
    Poor result today. Left it too late & found my path blocked in the last metres. Serves me right for hesitating. Congrats to @marcelkittel.

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    WTF, Boonen 6th?!?!

    Tour of Oman st3 result: 1. Kittel; 2. Greipel; 3. Bouhanni; 4. Farrar; 5. Sagan; 6. Boonen; 7. Guardini; 8. Cavendish
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Sheesh, Cav not going to be happy about coming behind basically all of his competitors.
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Sheesh, Cav not going to be happy about coming behind basically all of his competitors.

    Can we have more info please? :)

    *edit*

    Just read he finished 8th. Can't believe he went for it, because he's not that crap.
  • okgo
    okgo Posts: 4,368
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Sheesh, Cav not going to be happy about coming behind basically all of his competitors.

    Its not going to be the first or last time that happens is it?

    If he got boxed in then its not a big deal, its not like his speed is being questioned is it.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Here we go. Cue pages of discussion of whether Cavendish is finshed/fat/arrogant/lazy.

    Because he lost a sprint in the Tour of Oman.
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    andyp wrote:
    Here we go. Cue pages of discussion of whether Cavendish is finshed/fat/arrogant/lazy.

    Because he lost a sprint in the Tour of Oman.

    Whats to discuss? He's all of the above.














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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited October 2012
    It must be the bike.

    :lol:
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    In any case, it is more interesting when he doesn't clean up all the sprints as they are not exactly riveting.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    I kinda hope it was Boonen who boxed him out.
    _
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    andyp wrote:
    Here we go. Cue pages of discussion of whether Cavendish is finshed/fat/arrogant/lazy.

    Because he lost a sprint in the Tour of Oman

    You forgot to mention that his team is rubbish and he's unless without HTC.
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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    RichN95 wrote:
    andyp wrote:
    Here we go. Cue pages of discussion of whether Cavendish is finshed/fat/arrogant/lazy.

    Because he lost a sprint in the Tour of Oman

    You forgot to mention that his team is rubbish and he's unless without HTC.

    How long till somebody mentions the curse of the rainbow jersey?
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    I think he's cursed because he's wearing the Rainbow jersey :(
  • dilemna
    dilemna Posts: 2,187
    Of course it could be part of Cavendish's grand plan to make his competitors think he's fat/lazy/off form/finished/arrogant in preparation for San Remo.

    :roll:
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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    dilemna wrote:
    Of course it could be part of Cavendish's grand plan to make his competitors think he's fat/lazy/off form/finished/arrogant in preparation for San Remo.

    :roll:

    That'll never work!
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Highlights show he did get partially boxed in but he was possibly too far off the pace coming to the line anyway so he sat up.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    frenchfighter wrote:
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    They are the thinnest guys in there by quite some way... :)
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  • islwyn
    islwyn Posts: 650
    Sounds like an amazing stage today to watch...! A lot of surprising hills where the sprinters keep dropping and teams pull back to pick them up, but then they all re-join the peloton... Sounds entertaining! Anthony McCrossan (@antmccrossan) Is doing a fantastic job on twitter.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Gripel was dropped, got back on and won!

    1. Griepel
    2. Sagan
    3. Sutton
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  • islwyn
    islwyn Posts: 650
    Griepel will be in some pain right now..... Tehe.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    inkyfingers wrote:
    Gripel was dropped, got back on and won!

    1. Griepel
    2. Sagan
    3. Sutton


    Biciciclismo are reporting Sutton as 5th
    1. André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) Palmarés completo
    2. Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale)
    3. Tony Gallopin (RadioShack-Nissan)
    4. Nacer Bouhanni (FDj-BigMat)
    5. Chris Sutton (Sky)
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'

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