Tour of Turkey *spoilers*

Crozza

In light of Sagangate, it appears that Fake Sean Penn is taking no chances with lady on the right

frenchfighter

LoL. ^LoL.

Macaloon

afx237vi wrote:

knedlicky wrote:

while Mustafa Sayer kept the mountain jersey.

Asked to describe the catfight, Sayer was eloquently lost for words...

ellerslierd

Some fairly "ambitious" stage profile design over the coming days...

http://www.steephill.tv/players/profile/?race=tour-of-turkey&stage=06&year=2013&src=http://www.grassyknolltv.com/2013/tour-of-turkey/profile-06.png

Lightning

ellerslierd wrote:

Some fairly "ambitious" stage profile design over the coming days...

http://www.steephill.tv/players/profile/?race=tour-of-turkey&stage=06&year=2013&src=http://www.grassyknolltv.com/2013/tour-of-turkey/profile-06.png

Had noticed this already and the scales are really funny indeed. Check this out:

http://www.steephill.tv/players/profile ... ile-08.png

argyllflyer

knedlicky wrote:

Suspected collarbone breaks for Renshaw and Bos (both Blanco) and for Vangenechten (Lotto).

Kittel seemingly hurt

Just a flesh wound...

argyllflyer

LeicesterLad wrote:

ThomThom wrote:

LeicesterLad wrote:

Best thing about last years race:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ru3vGR8nck

Is it Kirby everybody seems to hate lately?

Yeah, I'll give Kirby a pass for that clip, otherwise i'm in the 'dislike' camp.

Spose I'll have to watch this cr*p race as it seems Sky have Romandie

(whoever said Eurosport had more racing coverage this year is having me on)

Whole Sky v Eurosport coverage thing is doing my nut, Sky can go f*ck itself if they thing i'm going to cave in and pay their silly prices. (I probably will when they secure every other race )

While Romandie and Tour de Suisse appear to be on Sky, they have so far added from 2012:

E3 (though delayed coverage in UK)
3 Days of de Panne
Tour of Azerbaijan (highlights)
Tro Bro Leon (highlights)
Roma Maxima
the UK Premier Calendar series
the UK Elite Series
(and they also showed Pais Vasco which wasn't on last season)

thomthom

Been a while since Eurosport has aired Romandie if I remember correctly.

argyllflyer

ThomThom wrote:

Been a while since Eurosport has aired Romandie if I remember correctly.

They had it last season.

RonB

Update from the Blanco twitter... Mark Renshaw has fractured collarbone, lost a tooth & has muscle damage to his neck. Theo Bos has 'only' a big haemorrhage to upper leg & won't start tomorrow.

Wishing both a quick recovery.

Pross

Anyone else think Kruopis celebration was a bit extravagant considering how few people were in contention? I'd have thought a sheepish raising of one hand would have sufficed. Then again watching again he showed good skills to avoid the carnage so possibly well deserved. So much for being on the front to stay out of trouble!

RichN95.

Pross wrote:

Anyone else think Kruopis celebration was a bit extravagant considering how few people were in contention? I'd have thought a sheepish raising of one hand would have sufficed. Then again watching again he showed good skills to avoid the carnage so possibly well deserved. So much for being on the front to stay out of trouble!

He's hardly a prolific winner. Three or four wins a season in mostly untelevised races. I say let him have his moment.

Paul 8v

What a horrendous crash, I thought there was going to be one yesterday to be fair, the road narrowed near the end and the was some banzai official frantically trying to stop them from crashing in to the barrier!

knedlicky

argyllflyer wrote:

knedlicky wrote:

Kittel seemingly hurt

Just a flesh wound...

Kittel said, he was in 4th place at the time of the crash and had no alternative but to ride over Renshaw and then fall himself. He went down to the left, slid a bit and then other riders went into, and on to, him.

He has cuts and scrapes but said his worst injury is to the thigh which was underneath his bike when he was down on the asphalt, because riders landing on him pressed his bike’s top tube in it. The thigh is now bruised and swollen, and he finds it hard to bend that leg and hopes the injury isn’t more complicated than presently believed. He intends to ride a little before tomorrow’s stage to see how the thigh is, and then decide whether to start or not.

Because of the crash, his shorts got ripped and on the back of the race leader’s jersey which he was wearing, there is now the imprint of someone else’s chainwheel. Kittel said this didn’t matter though, because the jersey could still be hung, front forward, in his trophy cabinet.

Lightning

Pross wrote:

Anyone else think Kruopis celebration was a bit extravagant considering how few people were in contention? I'd have thought a sheepish raising of one hand would have sufficed. Then again watching again he showed good skills to avoid the carnage so possibly well deserved. So much for being on the front to stay out of trouble!

Judging by the way he was talking after the stage during his interview, it looked like he thought he would have won anyways. He did manage to avoid the crash and close the gap though, so it was a deserved win under the circumstances I guess. Don't think anyone likes to win like this, but someone has to.

wombly_knees

Konya Terku signed their quota of riders with dodgy pasts in ex Tabriz man Andrey Mizourov. De la Fuente and him to have a 1-2 finish.

frenchfighter

Veloimages heavyweights

blazing_saddles

So, not interest in these big Turkish mountains, then?
Big news of the day, Alessandro Petacchi has retired with immediate effect...........
http://www.teamlampremerida.com/en/2013 ... fermo-qui/

Richmond Racer

Blazing Saddles wrote:

So, not interest in these big Turkish mountains, then?
Big news of the day, Alessandro Petacchi has retired with immediate effect...........
http://www.teamlampremerida.com/en/2013 ... fermo-qui/

A bit, um, sudden?

Cleat Eastwood

Jinkies.

Do you reckon him and Harmon are of for a tryst.

Cleat Eastwood

Harmon and backstedt saying rumours on twitter saying Renshaw might be off to re-unite with Cav at OPQS next season.

afx237vi

Richmond Racer wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

So, not interest in these big Turkish mountains, then?
Big news of the day, Alessandro Petacchi has retired with immediate effect...........
http://www.teamlampremerida.com/en/2013 ... fermo-qui/

A bit, um, sudden?

That was my initial thought. My second thought was that he probably got told he wasn't picked for the Giro and thought "ahhh, stuff it"... which makes more sense.

afx237vi

afx237vi wrote:

LeicesterLad wrote:

Best thing about last years race:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ru3vGR8nck

Damn, I thought you were going to link to the circus freakshow put on by that Bulgarian guy.

Never mind, I'm watching it again now, only this time he ain't Bulgarian.

blazing_saddles

I thought Grabovsky was suspended? :roll:

afx237vi

Blazing Saddles wrote:

I thought Grabovsky was suspended? :roll:

Great minds think alike

Harmon just called it an unbelievable ride.

Richmond Racer

afx237vi wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

I thought Grabovsky was suspended? :roll:

Great minds think alike

Harmon just called it an unbelievable ride.

Hmm.....+1

afx237vi

Good win by Berhane. Somehow I find his ride a little easier to believe in.

blazing_saddles

Mustafa Blood test.
Great sprint by Berhane.

Richmond Racer

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Mustafa Blood test.
Great sprint by Berhane.

Quality (on both counts)

napoleond

What a cracking stage! Great win for the boy child Berhane