Tour of Catalunya - *Spoilers*

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  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    Was it Simon who looked as though he was sprinting with plague of Ants in his shorts? Proper 4th Cat sprinting with almost a self inflicted crash. Nice!

    Not sure whether Sky need much practice in doing a bit of pulling on the front. Probably need some practice in taking some time out. :s
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    Best drink to accompany Catalunya

    Guinness of course.

    Slainte.

    :D
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  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    jerry3571 wrote:
    Was it Simon who looked as though he was sprinting with plague of Ants in his shorts? Proper 4th Cat sprinting with almost a self inflicted crash. Nice!

    Not sure whether Sky need much practice in doing a bit of pulling on the front. Probably need some practice in taking some time out. :s


    Don't know why he didn't just whack it up another few gears... was spinning like crazy compared to everyone else.
  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    Congratulations to Dan Martin. What a brilliant win. Hopefully it will serve as a platform for even bigger things for him this year.

    DD.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    inkyfingers wrote:
    Thought that circuit might have given us a more exciting finish. Good win by Dan Martin though, took the lead in style then did everything right to keep the lead.


    I was expecting JRod and Quintana to go ape-sH$t on that circuit...
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    ALIHISGREAT wrote:
    jerry3571 wrote:
    Was it Simon who looked as though he was sprinting with plague of Ants in his shorts? Proper 4th Cat sprinting with almost a self inflicted crash. Nice!

    Not sure whether Sky need much practice in doing a bit of pulling on the front. Probably need some practice in taking some time out. :s


    Don't know why he didn't just whack it up another few gears... was spinning like crazy compared to everyone else.

    dont know who that was, but terrible sprint. Muppet-like to be honest.

    EDIT: yes it was Julien Simon. Muppet.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Stage 7 Results
    BEL 1 DE GENDT, Thomas (VACANSOLEIL-DCM) 2:45:41
    ESP 2 LOPEZ GARCIA, David (SKY PROCYCLING)
    CRO 3 KISERLOVSKI, Robert (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD)
    ITA 4 SCARPONI, Michele (LAMPRE-MERIDA)
    FRA 5 DUMOULIN, Samuel (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 21
    FRA 6 SIMON, Julien (SOJASUN)
    ITA 7 MORI, Manuele (LAMPRE-MERIDA)
    AUS 8 MEYER, Travis (ORICA GREENEDGE)
    ITA 9 BRAMBILLA, Gianluca (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP)
    DEN 10 FUGLSANG, Jakob (ASTANA PRO TEAM)

    Final General Classification
    IRL 1 MARTIN, Daniel (GARMIN SHARP) 29:02:25
    ESP 2 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) + 17
    ITA 3 SCARPONI, Michele (LAMPRE-MERIDA) + 34
    COL 4 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo Alexander (MOVISTAR TEAM) + 45
    GBR 5 WIGGINS, Bradley (SKY PROCYCLING) + 54
    NED 6 GESINK, Robert (BLANCO PRO CYCLING) + 1:07
    POL 7 NIEMIEC, Przemyslaw (LAMPRE-MERIDA) + 1:18
    FRA 8 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ) + 1:26
    BEL 9 VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen (LOTTO BELISOL) + 1:28
    USA 10 DANIELSON, Thomas (GARMIN SHARP) + 1:41

    Last 4km:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... h9UV5w4GQc
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  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    Great win for Dan Martin and well deserved.

    Thought todays stage was a MASSIVE anti-climax though. :(
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  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    emadden wrote:
    ALIHISGREAT wrote:
    jerry3571 wrote:
    Was it Simon who looked as though he was sprinting with plague of Ants in his shorts? Proper 4th Cat sprinting with almost a self inflicted crash. Nice!

    Not sure whether Sky need much practice in doing a bit of pulling on the front. Probably need some practice in taking some time out. :s


    Don't know why he didn't just whack it up another few gears... was spinning like crazy compared to everyone else.

    dont know who that was, but terrible sprint. Muppet-like to be honest.

    EDIT: yes it was Julien Simon. Muppet.

    Carlton Kirby has been going on and on and on about how he thought Julien Simon would do something haha.
  • ms_tree
    ms_tree Posts: 1,405
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    Great win for Dan Martin and well deserved.

    Thought todays stage was a MASSIVE anti-climax though. :(

    Have to agree with you on both these points, LL.
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Agree, in fact after a great first few stages the last 3 were pretty woeful.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    edited March 2013
    Garmin did a great tactical job, not just Martin taking bonus seconds but using another rider to sweep up some of the remaining seconds.
  • kaacp
    kaacp Posts: 93
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Best drink to accompany Catalunya

    Guinness of course.

    Slainte.

    :D


    I second that! Have just seen the highlights on Eurosport having been out all day with no clue of the result. So pleased for Dan Martin. I can live with an anti-climactic stage!!
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Wagnerian commentary across 3 simultaneous races, staged over divergent topologies with a twisted psycho-geography, impelled by a unifying theme.

    Chapeau, soldier. Didn't see a crank turned, but don't feel I missed a nuance. Great to see a stage race won by someone willing to risk it all. Hope it encourages the others.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Macaloon wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Wagnerian commentary across 3 simultaneous races, staged over divergent topologies with a twisted psycho-geography, impelled by a unifying theme.

    Chapeau, soldier. Didn't see a crank turned, but don't feel I missed a nuance. Great to see a stage race won by someone willing to risk it all. Hope it encourages the others.

    The benefit of no TT, being defensive can't win then.
  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    Macaloon wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Wagnerian commentary across 3 simultaneous races, staged over divergent topologies with a twisted psycho-geography, impelled by a unifying theme.

    Chapeau, soldier. Didn't see a crank turned, but don't feel I missed a nuance. Great to see a stage race won by someone lucky to be in a break that kept pushing on when the leader crashed off the back and the peloton slowed up. Hope it encourages the others.

    FTFY

    Not taking anything away from him though because he obviously wasn't the only one in the break, and rode a good ride up the climb.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Pross wrote:
    The benefit of no TT, being defensive can't win then.

    Yep. Should be tense GTs this year. If you can't TT like an end of level boss, you give up, or you go into the pain cavalcade with Tommy V.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    might have been the last edition of this race as the local government have confirmed they will not be funding it next year
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    There'll be nothing left in Spain soon except possibly the Vuelta. I guess with the state of the country's economy it's not a surprise. It's a congested part of the season though so plenty of alternatives for teams.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Pross wrote:
    There'll be nothing left in Spain soon except possibly the Vuelta. I guess with the state of the country's economy it's not a surprise. It's a congested part of the season though so plenty of alternatives for teams.


    For the ProTour teams, yes, but with what's happening thoughout some of the trad racing countries' economies the opportunities for the local (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese) conti teams in particular to race against the PT guys, get more exposure etc, are shrinking all the time....
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    I'm slightly surprised the WCS people haven't made a quick move for this one and the ToB. Turn them into 4 days races and hey presto, 2 markets covered off
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Given that the local government doesn't want to help finance it, would WCS be interested? I've no idea about the economics of WCS but surely they would want to get as much government funding as possible (I'm guessing that newer tours like Oman, Qatar and Beijing all come with a hefty, direct or indirect, subsidy)...

    I wonder if the Eurozone crisis will prove to be the real catalyst for McQaid's vision of a more globalised cycling calendar...

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