Tour of Beijing **Spoilers**
frenchfighter
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Andy Schleck is racing and keen to put in a performance. He also says he will be training hard in the winter and expects to put in good performances from the earliest races (completely new for him).
Tony Martin is last years winner but it looks tricky for him this year although he said he will try.
Japan team withdrawn for political reasons.
Phinney hunting stage wins.
Finally:
Tony Martin is last years winner but it looks tricky for him this year although he said he will try.
Japan team withdrawn for political reasons.
Phinney hunting stage wins.
Finally:
Contador is the Greatest
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Frenchie, how can anyone be so excited by the Tour of Beijing that they start the spoiler thread a day early?
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the air's looking good in the background of that pic...
cue the riders tweeting about the air...starting with Taylor Phinney#s tweet showing the air quality in Beijing as 'Hazardous' as per the 'Beijing air quality index'0 -
Richmond Racer wrote:the air's looking good in the background of that pic...
cue the riders tweeting about the air...starting with Taylor Phinney#s tweet showing the air quality in Beijing as 'Hazardous' as per the 'Beijing air quality index'
'Now UCI see it, now you don't"
one of Inner Ring's finer lines...
http://inrng.com/2012/10/beijing-smog-r ... more-112940 -
How would you 'spoil' the Tour of Beijing ?
I went to China a couple of years ago, arrived in Chongqing early evening.
Up to room, sun was setting and blinding golden light flooding in so closed the curtains.
Opened them in the morning and saw a tower block opposite, which hadn't seen night before.
Out for day, came back in evening, couldn't see the tower block opposite through the window.
It was an ordinary street, perhaps 4 lanes wide, pollution built-up during the day such that you couldn't see a building across it...0 -
Might play havoc with their doping programmes then ...0
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andy_wrx wrote:How would you 'spoil' the Tour of Beijing ?
I went to China a couple of years ago, arrived in Chongqing early evening.
Up to room, sun was setting and blinding golden light flooding in so closed the curtains.
Opened them in the morning and saw a tower block opposite, which hadn't seen night before.
Out for day, came back in evening, couldn't see the tower block opposite through the window.
It was an ordinary street, perhaps 4 lanes wide, pollution built-up during the day such that you couldn't see a building across it...
Not all of China is that bad.
Some of it's worse. Head Hands Heart Lungs Legs0 -
andy_wrx wrote:How would you 'spoil' the Tour of Beijing ?
I went to China a couple of years ago, arrived in Chongqing early evening.
Up to room, sun was setting and blinding golden light flooding in so closed the curtains.
Opened them in the morning and saw a tower block opposite, which hadn't seen night before.
Out for day, came back in evening, couldn't see the tower block opposite through the window.
It was an ordinary street, perhaps 4 lanes wide, pollution built-up during the day such that you couldn't see a building across it...
That's just the Chinese messing with your head. They build a tower block while your asleep and then knock it down again when you're not looking. They do it to lots of foreigners. They think it's hilarious.Twitter: @RichN950 -
what about PTP?Palmarès:
PTP Tour de France Winner 2019
PTP Tour de France Green jersey Winner 2019
PTP Tour de France White jersey Winner 20200 -
Never seen Andy that fat.
Expect a performance...0 -
If you were using a method to carry more oxygen in your blood and competed in China I wonder if it would even out and you would pass the tests?Mikey23 wrote:Might play havoc with their doping programmes then ...0 -
is a shame it is held inside Beijing city ..if they go a bit further out, air quality is good. Some sections near the Great wall have good visibility without much pollution. It's good that pro bike racing goes to China though....if Chinese brands want to sponsor teams, it will be seen to have been a worthwhile effort. Maybe it is better to try to attract Chinese sponsors than keep at some of the financially struggling European companies whose budgets appear not to stretch to a supporting World Tour pro cycling teams. Think JV struggling to get backers for Garmin shows how tight it has been0
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Profiles look pretty good for all stages.Contador is the Greatest0
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Scrappy sprint won by Viviani, with Fenn 2nd and EBH 3rd
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Richmond Racer wrote:Scrappy sprint won by Viviani, with Fenn 2nd and EBH 3rd
...if anyone's interested....
Fenn is notable...good ride by him. I was most interested in the opening ceremony's female dance troupe, some traffic stoppers there ....nice change from Euro birds 0 -
frenchfighter wrote:
Tony is looking at that wondering if it is one of those cheap Chinese carbon copies.0 -
I reckon a grand total of 73 road side supporters0
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Tony's neck is way too small for his head - his body has obviously diverted all extraneous muscle to his legs0
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Rank Name Nationality Team Result
1 Elia VIVIANI Italy LIQ 2:37:49
2 Andrew FENN Great Britain OPQ +0
3 Edvald BOASSON HAGEN Norway SKY +0
4 Kenny Robert VAN HUMMEL Netherlands VCD +0
5 Greg HENDERSON New Zealand LTB +0
6 Theo BOS Netherlands RAB +0
7 Enrique SANZ Spain MOV +0
8 Aidis KRUOPIS Lithuania OGE +0
9 Alessandro PETACCHI Italy LAM +0
10 Klaas LODEWYCK Belgium BMC +00 -
I was flicking through the sports channels and came across the Pat McQuaid Memorial Road Race in Peking this morning and then watched it for nearly 10 minutes.Richmond Racer wrote:Scrappy sprint won by Viviani, with Fenn 2nd and EBH 3rd
...if anyone's interested....
I thought it was an early stage of Poland, as there wasn't any sand. :roll:Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 19720 -
I would love some James Harvest leisurewear.frenchfighter wrote:
They have done all of the pro teams and have lovely tracksuits and hoodies.0 -
stage three seems to have a hard sprint, it looks on the profile as if it should be a KOM point
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Was going to watch this at ten but eurosport has just decided not to put it on! Was it that bad?0
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liquor box wrote:stage three seems to have a hard sprint, it looks on the profile as if it should be a KOM point
That "climb" rises 150m over 10k - they've just played silly b*ggers with the scale.0 -
Paul 8v wrote:Was going to watch this at ten but eurosport has just decided not to put it on! Was it that bad?
Yep, faded quickly into background cycling for me. The last 200 metres was ok though - looks like EBH has learnt how to give someone a lead out. 0 -
Abdoujaparov wrote:liquor box wrote:stage three seems to have a hard sprint, it looks on the profile as if it should be a KOM point
That "climb" rises 150m over 10k - they've just played silly b*ggers with the scale.
Badaling is a beautiful backdrop for a stage finish. Visited there in 1999. It was quite rural..there was no air pollution of note out there. Sincerely hope we don't see any mask wearing at stage end. Anyone who wears a mask will risk the wrath of race organisers and Chinese immigration if they want visa renewals for that country. Anything that damages the image of that country comes to the notice of the authorities.0 -
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Peloton looks pretty small. Euskaltel leading - Anton and Samu racing. As is Hesjedal and Dan Martin.Contador is the Greatest0 -
Cant see Andy for the moment but he may be one of the cpl Shack riders at the back.
Anton drilling it along with an AG2R rider (they have Peraud, Noncentini and Bardet)Contador is the Greatest0
