Eneco Tour * Spoilers*

rick_chasey

I should warn you, there's lots of casual English swearing there. (Swearing in English is pretty mild if you're Dutch..)

afx237vi

Can't imagine the Brits getting that excited for a bronze, but when times are lean you take what you can get eh fellas

RichN95.

FJS wrote:

He seems to be rooting for Mulder there, but lots of respect for the way Hoy wins it

Is he though? Given Mulder dead heated for bronze, Bos seems quite confident in his celebrations. I think him and Hoy were always good friends.

FJS

RichN95 wrote:

FJS wrote:

He seems to be rooting for Mulder there, but lots of respect for the way Hoy wins it

Is he though? Given Mulder dead heated for bronze, Bos seems quite confident in his celebrations. I think him and Hoy were always good friends.

He jumps up shouting 'yes, he's got a medal' and then another guy (Rabo team mate?) says 'but pretty impressive from Hoy too' and Bos confirms 'yes, yes, yes'.
He must know Hoy very well, and they could be good friends, but he rode with Mulder in the Dutch sprint track team for years

rick_chasey

Probably. I only watched in the queue for my burrito so couldn't hear much.

FJS

afx237vi wrote:

Can't imagine the Brits getting that excited for a bronze, but when times are lean you take what you can get eh fellas

Yeah, that was the only Dutch medal on the track... one bronze. BMX looks promising though, 1 and 3 in qualification. But then, they're probably also part of some Rabobank programme, and we know what happens then after a promising start . Anyway, they'll probably win both hockey golds again... :?

jgsi

Stage 4 Eneco ... another 2 hours or so to your bunch sprint.
About 245% more excitement factor than your average open water swimming though, on the bright side.

afx237vi

JGSI wrote:

Stage 4 Eneco ... another 2 hours or so to your bunch sprint.
About 245% more excitement factor than your average open water swimming though, on the bright side.

I dunno, I found the "pour energy drink over head, hope some goes in mouth" technique during the feed stops quite funny.

afx237vi

Kittel takes his second win of the week.

LeicesterLad

I love this race, the excitement is almost excruciating!

inkyfingers

This race is possibly even less interesting than we all predicted it would be, that's quite an achievement.

I picked a good week to have a busy week at work.

knedlicky

LeicesterLad wrote:

I love this race, the excitement is almost excruciating!

inkyfingers wrote:

This race is possibly even less interesting than we all predicted it would be, that's quite an achievement.

Now you know why they have Felice Dekens there.





Perhaps this thread could be hijacked by the Tour de l’Ain. Although apparently that’s also a bit ‘flat’ so far (don't know about today).

Or better, hijacked by the women’s Route de France. After 5 stages (of 8 ), Katie Colclough is 4th, and has the white jersey.



Colclough is another of Team GB who didn’t get given a chance to participate in the Olympics – named for the RR (although her main recent successes have actually been in the Team GB team pursuit with Trott) but then not selected to ride.

Tomorrow's stage finishes up the Planches des Belles Filles!

LeicesterLad

inkyfingers wrote:

This race is possibly even less interesting than we all predicted it would be, that's quite an achievement.

I picked a good week to have a busy week at work.

I couldn't wait for this race, purely due to Withdrawal from the TdF and I needed my TV fix. I havn't bothered with the highlights since stage 2. What a pointless excersize the Eneco Tour really is (apart from the easy PTP points).

jgsi

Stage 5

de Vries/MURAVYEV/ de Vilde , the 3 away with 57 to go and 3:30 but the gap reducing fairly quickly
Still very exciting.

jgsi

Steegmans gets intermediate sprint time bonus 4 secs behind Boonen.
23 to go all together

jgsi

Alternative viewing .. Reade in the BMX Red Bull games

jgsi

Bos crashes... huge shortcut taken by a few riders at roundabout

jgsi

Nizzolo wins

jgsi

rick_chasey

Boonen caught up in a bit of argy bargy.

Pross

JGSI wrote:

Alternative viewing .. Reade in the BMX Red Bull games

And ballsed it up!

frenchfighter

Cor Vos

frenchfighter

Silly hat:

knedlicky

Meanwhile, in France Katie Colclough was in a 6-woman break today which got about 2 mins clear, making her virtual leader for a while. But they got caught and the stage went to Evelyn Stevens who now leads the GC. Colclough came in nearly 8 mins back, so has dropped to 30-something overall and lost the white jersey.
Here's Stevens raising her arms at the top of the Planche:

liquor box

so who will win? I think Durbridge is an outsider, but a slight chance given there is an individual TT to go

dave_1

liquor box wrote:

so who will win? I think Durbridge is an outsider, but a slight chance given there is an individual TT to go

I think Alberto Contador will win the TT today

liquor box

Dave_1 wrote:

liquor box wrote:

so who will win? I think Durbridge is an outsider, but a slight chance given there is an individual TT to go

I think Alberto Contador will win the TT today

That would certainly make the vuelta a lot more exciting, we dont know how in form Contador is

frenchfighter

Phinney currently leading unsurprisingly

Dowsett on the road

frenchfighter

1. T. Phinney BMC 00:20'30
2. L. Westra VCD 00:20'43
3. A. Malori LAM 00:20'44
4. A. Contador Velasco SAX 00:20'47
5. M. Irizar Aranburu RNT 00:20'57
6. M. Boaro SAX 00:21'11
7. T. De Gendt VCD 00:21'12
8. M. Ignatyev KAT 00:21'15
9. R. Flens RAB 00:21'17

Current

Dowsett 21.07

frenchfighter

Durbridge could well take GC. Phinney is out of it but Luke is only 6 secs down.