2014 Santos Tour Down Under - *Spoilers*

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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    It was on Sky Sports 3 at midday for 2 hours ATC.

    Evans, schmevans.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Just watched the whole show. A marathon!
    Enjoyed the Willunga lap.
    Evans thought he had to break Gerrans and hadn't factored in Porte.
    Caught between the Sky man ( a rock) and the chasing pair, (a hard place) cost him the jersey.
    At that point, he needed a crystal ball.

    Where did you find that?

    I recorded it live, then watched it for most of the afternoon.
    Have to say it was a pretty dull affair, until the final 20kms.
    Not that I had any right to expect anything different.
    Joelsim wrote:
    I don't like Evans, miserable sod he is. Pleased he isn't leading.

    He's got ever right to be miserable.
    Evan's has got stuck with the eternal wheel sucker tag, yet he's started all the action in this race.
    Meanwhile, the guy who has made jumping off wheels in the last 100 metres an art form, you like.
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  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    Evans lost the wheel sucking tag years ago. Not stuck with it at all these days.

    Gerrans would have been lost there without Ulissi dragging him up Willunga. Never did a turn, never helped out. I admire his talent for making the most out of opportunities, but if everyone rode like him....

    He needs a Cadel like renaissance to get more love (although Cadel changing his style of racing also saw his results improve - not something that would happen if Gerrans did I reckon.)
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,329
    Personally I find Gerrans quite likeable when interviewed. I get why he's not generally liked much by others though. he's a bit of a pantomime villain, or some sort of bogeyman. I can imagine DSs telling their naughty riders "eat your rice and get to bed, or THE GERRANS will get you!"
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,005
    Gerrans wins GC
    Griepel stage
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,005
    Edited because I'm a cretin
    Looked like OPQS messed that up - Fenn and Renshaw both going for sprint.
    Finish clip on CN

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=v-QtzG1EF1k
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,005
    Quite difficult telling OPQS kit from Giant-Shimano
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    What's happened to Kittel? Dominant last weekend, rolling in behind the peloton today.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    I think Bellisol should be praised for getting a kit that work so well on a crappy stream! All Sprint teams should do that. OPQS in Solid Blue, LB in red and Giant-Shim in Solid White. Would be much easier!!
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,649
    Gerrans won it a la Sean Kelly, by going for every single time bonus he could and digging in when the road went skywards.

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  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    Quite difficult telling OPQS kit from Giant-Shimano

    shuts eyes...
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    FJS wrote:
    What's happened to Kittel? Dominant last weekend, rolling in behind the peloton today.

    Rumours that he's in a huff that the designers nuked the epaulettes he wanted on the new kit. Apparently the Mayor of Australia has to coach him out of the trailer every day.
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Andy Fenn right up there for England.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,158
    Turfle wrote:
    Andy Fenn right up there for England.
    Isn't he Scottish? Admittedly from the same Home Counties area of Scotland as David Millar, but Scotland all the same.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Fenn is an old English surname and although he was born in England his mum is Scottish.

    Surprised he still has a ride with a team such as OPQS tbh.
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    RichN95 wrote:
    Turfle wrote:
    Andy Fenn right up there for England.
    Isn't he Scottish? Admittedly from the same Home Counties area of Scotland as David Millar, but Scotland all the same.

    Yeah, just a little dig at Phil who was calling him English in the sprint.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    So Gerrans wins. I hope he is happy. Wouldnt be worth watching this race at all had Evans or Porte not been racing.

    Good comments from Ulissi on cnews.
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    I'd imagine he's very happy. He's won his home Tour and will lead the WT until Mar
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    That green and yellow electrical tape on the bars looks really, really sh%t! Can't post a pic as I'm on the tablet but Jesus, it appears I have Aussie national champion tape in my shed!
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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    Alight that's enough posts for one evening.
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Thanks FF. Nice work.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    I was amazed that the top few let a breakaway go, as someone famous once said, 2nd is 1st loser.

    Pleased with how Ulissi performed, I like him.
  • neeb
    neeb Posts: 4,467
    Absolutely gutted that Evans didn't win in the end, more disappointed than I've been at any result. I like the guy a lot, he's one of the classiest riders in the peloton and has full-on uniqueness. We need more weirdos like Evans and Wiggo in cycling IMO, diversity of personalities adds colour and unpredictability.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,738
    neeb wrote:
    Absolutely gutted that Evans didn't win in the end, more disappointed than I've been at any result. I like the guy a lot, he's one of the classiest riders in the peloton and has full-on uniqueness. We need more weirdos like Evans and Wiggo in cycling IMO, diversity of personalities adds colour and unpredictability.

    There are plenty. You just can't understand them ;).
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Cyclocosm's 'How the Race was Won':
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... YqAR26_iCA
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Cyclocosm's 'How the Race was Won':
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... YqAR26_iCA

    Thanks, enjoyed that.
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