Tour de San Luis *SPOILERS*

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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    ^Didn't recognize him at first with the hair.
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Slim Boy Fat wrote:
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Slim Boy Fat wrote:
    Art Vandelay wrote:
    Lean looking Boonen.

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    And lean looking Cav after all the discussion about his weight in recent times.


    Cav's narrowing his eyes in a 'dont you %^***$^ say anything about my weight' kind of manner

    lol, also never fails to amaze me how thin and childlike Sagan looks off the bike. With helmet and glasses on he looks completely different.
    Love how people say Cav is fat, look at him there, not exactly Johnny Vegas is he?

    In real life Quintana looks about ten, for some reason he looks really old in photos.

    Glad Hannah Barnes is doing well, saw her race last year at Colchester, she annihilated the competition.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Quintana has the dead eyes of a man who has survived the Somme and witnessed terrible, terrible things.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Quintana has the dead eyes of a man who has survived the Somme and witnessed terrible, terrible things.


    Well, to be fair he is usually Valverde's room mate at races...
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    :lol::lol::lol:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Art Vandelay wrote:
    What's the TV coverage of the men's race? Is it likely to be just a static camera from the finish line?

    Static camera. http://www.sanluistv.com/ showing the start and finish. Don't bother unless you're a fan of Argentinian telenovelas.
  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    Art Vandelay wrote:
    Art Vandelay wrote:
    What's the TV coverage of the men's race? Is it likely to be just a static camera from the finish line?

    Static camera. http://www.sanluistv.com/ showing the start and finish. Don't bother unless you're a fan of Argentinian telenovelas.

    Anyone have GMT timings for the race, pretty please?
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  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Today's stage finishes 17:30 local/21:30 CET
  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    Art Vandelay wrote:
    Today's stage finishes 17:30 local/21:30 CET

    Thanks Winner name winner :D
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    According to Twitter, Petacchi's abandoned - stomach problems (read yesterday that a few riders at the race have been hit with it)
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Bad, bad crash.
    Mass pile up:
    https://twitter.com/pabloajuarez/status ... 4841392128

    Also, Quintana, Phinney and Nerz suffering with the same problem as Petacchi.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,890
    Is there any way to watch?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Just a useless finish line cam: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/canal13sanluistv

    JRod suffer stomach problems as well. Fail for the race.
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    edited January 2014
    It seems apart from fly there, unfortunately not. Apparently they are showing the start and finish, I missed the start and now it is just a load of people mucking about on quad bikes etc. Not sure what time the race ends to try and catch that.

    Cyclingfans has the link ;)
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Katusha Team ‏@katushacycling 17 mins
    Situation with 50 km to go: 4 riders in front with +3.50 over second group of 3 riders and with +7' over the peloton

    Katusha Team ‏@katushacycling 6 mins
    Finally, still 5 riders in front with 3 more riders in chasing. Less than 35 km to the finish at Villa Mercedes.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Looks like the PT teams dont really care:

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    The riders in front still have a confortable advantage of 9 min. Inside of last 30 km they can fight for a stage victory.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    No casualties from the crash, I take it, 'cos we're talking serious jamon sandos on the surreal live-stream.

    Edit: People are actually complaining in the comments. How sad is that?
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Macaloon wrote:
    No casualties from the crash, I take it, 'cos we're talking serious jamon sandos on the surreal live-stream.

    Edit: People are actually complaining in the comments. How sad is that?

    Ay.
    Maybe as few as 15 riders down and only one out, according to some bloke standing by the road.....
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  • andytee87
    andytee87 Posts: 414
    Phillip Gaimon (garmin) takes it solo on a really long finishing straight. Glad it wasn't a bunch sprint because those photographers were way too close to the finish
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Anyone else got sick? Not a nice way to kick off the season
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Finally. Definitive coverage of the final.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEOFAFLt4_c
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    "The break was gone after only 2kms, so it was actually a perfect day for a field sprint," Omega Pharma-QuickStep's Tom Boonen told Cyclingnews. "We started controlling after 10km to keep the distance acceptable and then we were riding by ourselves until 70kms into the race. There was not anyone coming or eager to help.

    "We just said 'stop' and it took ages for somebody to start riding again. We started helping again but it was way too late. The temperature today and the small teams may have cost the sprinters a sprint today."

    Much was expected of the Omega Pharma-Quickstep sprint triumvirate of Cavendish, Boonen and Petacchi, but with the Italian out of the Tour de San Luis the team's prospects of victory in the remaining two sprinter-friendly stages becomes that much more difficult.

    "It hurts a lot," said Boonen. "You only have six guys so it already limits [the ability] to do something in the race. If you have six strong guys you can do it, but if you lose Alessandro it's already five and then if have to sacrifice one or two riders in a day you really don't have anything left. You can't make any mistakes because if you lose another guy then you just have to fall."
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Lucky for everyone there wasn't a bunch at the line - looked difficult enough for one rider to find his way through the press and cars.
    Camerawork marginally improved since last year, when it looked like a guy in the middle of the crowd with an iPhone, nowhere near the finish line and pointing mostly at the audience.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    @Vaughters
    Incredibly happy for @philgaimon.He rode 4000kms last sept after his season was over(most would be on holiday)because I asked him to.Respect
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Yeah - if you follow Gaimon and his blogs, you got to be happy for him.

    Phil the Thrill's a good guy.
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    frenchfighter wrote:
    @Vaughters
    Incredibly happy for @philgaimon.He rode 4000kms last sept after his season was over(most would be on holiday)because I asked him to.Respect
    You've got to be happy for someone who gets success after putting the hard yards in.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    frenchfighter wrote:
    @Vaughters
    Incredibly happy for @philgaimon.He rode 4000kms last sept after his season was over(most would be on holiday)because I asked him to.Respect

    Why would this be requested of an elite athlete? To prove he could handle a GT, improve endurance, just stick to a plan for once?
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Close finish! Arredondo just takes it from Stetina with the bunch just behind.

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