Qatar Tour 2015 *Spoilers*

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Surprisingly exciting this is! And a long time for them to keep the hammer down so early in the season.


    It's not surprising, Qatar always has one or two stages like this.

    That there is racing like this is not surprising...it is how much I am enjoying it that is :lol:
    Contador is the Greatest
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Surprisingly exciting this is!
    I now know who you are
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    Twitter: @RichN95
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Rojas,Terpstra, Boonen, Sagan, Van Avermaet, Guardini, Kristoff, Démare, Blythe, Haussler in 1st group. Gap: 1'15. 47 Km to go.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
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    Matt Blythe ‏@mattjblythe 6m6 minutes ago
    'Tim' Boonen 2nd in #TourofQatar #dailymail
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    So.
    You invite riders who are essentially rolling advertising boards to a race to showcase your region and it's not on telly?

    Excellent.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Demare puncture.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Bouhanni and Pozzato are dropped. 35 riders in the first group, 50 km to go.

    Démare gets back in the first group.
    Kittel and Cancellara are now 1'20 away.
    #TourofQatar
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Terpstra, Boonen, Maes, Van Keirsbulck and MY MAN Vandenbergh are the QS guys up front now.

    Break has long since been swallowed up.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    hate to be all nationalistic but where is Wiggo?
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Irrelevant to the race, that's where.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    what group?\

    Are yoou on the twitter feed or is there a ticker somewhere my google-fu can't find...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Hausser pulls, rojas dropped.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    rojas already 30 secs down.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Demare with him.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Apparently there are 15 in the front group:

    Terpstra, Boonen, Maes, Sagan, Bodnar, Stuyven, Burghardt, Van Avermaet, Kristoff, Guardini, Tleubajev, Rowe, Stannard, Blythe, Haussler.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    RichN95 wrote:
    Apparently there are 15 in the front group:

    Terpstra, Boonen, Maes, Sagan, Bodnar, Stuyven, Burghardt, Van Avermaet, Kristoff, Guardini, Tleubajev, Rowe, Stannard, Blythe, Haussler.

    Uff, not messing around with the quality of that group.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Few got dropped who couldn't handle the echelon.

    Arndt, Delage, Keukeleire (puncture), Kluge, Schorn and Offredo
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  • corona
    corona Posts: 116
    just came live on telly. too windy for the helicopters to fly, 3 km to go
  • corona
    corona Posts: 116
    kristoff wins
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Decent win. Would have liked Guardini to take it if it wasn't going to be Boonen.

    2nd smallish group 20 secs back.
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    corona wrote:
    kristoff wins

    My man!

    Also, thanks all for the updates...
  • corona
    corona Posts: 116
    Kristoff overall leader by 1 second over Boonen ( recon he'll win his 5th tour)
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 3:49:52
    2 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana
    3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC
    4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo
    5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx-QuickStep
    6 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
    7 Adam Blythe (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge
    8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC
    9 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing
    10 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky


    +1 for the updates Rick.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Good work by Blythe in 7th.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    RichN95 wrote:
    Apparently there are 15 in the front group:

    Terpstra, Boonen, Maes, Sagan, Bodnar, Stuyven, Burghardt, Van Avermaet, Kristoff, Guardini, Tleubajev, Rowe, Stannard, Blythe, Haussler.

    Change the desert for wet cobbles and you could certainly picture a group like that leading in a few weeks. My man Rowe is going to get a good result this season.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Disappointed about Boonen tbh.

    :(

    Anyone see the sprint?
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Disappointed about Boonen tbh.

    :(

    Anyone see the sprint?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k65_MeD3P6Y

    If you can bare the laughable camera work.
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Sounds like some hard riding to force a selection like that. Good to see my man Stannard the right side of the split.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Watch out for my man Bodnar tmw.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    48kph average and a sizable group nearly 24 minutes down. That must have brutal for those who've had an easy winter.
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