Qatar Tour 2015 *Spoilers*

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Is the wind seasonal or all year round? Or more to the point, what's it like in October. The 2016 Worlds could be surprisingly brutal.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Lowest wind is in October, on average, but it doesn't seem to deviate all that much.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Wind direction throughout the year
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    Fraction of time spent with various wind directions as a percentage.
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,810
    That's a lot of info about wind! Inrng pointed out the Tour de l'Eurometropole will have a stellar line up next year with the World Champs in October!

    On Rowe, he gives a snippet of an interview for Procycling this month (being an ex-Fab Four-er) where he says he will have a freer role (but not necessarily with team support) in the semi Classics, but he knows he will have to be a gregario for the biggies.

    Also, not sure if it was mentioned but it was too windy for choppers, therefore static cams only.
  • corona
    corona Posts: 116
    Loved the information on the wind, I have never seen it displayed like that before. I have lived here 15 years and can confirm the prevailing wind is from the North. Todays wind however was from the south and this wind blows in from Saudi picking up dust and sand, it can get unpleasant. It's still blowing now and the strong south wind due to last till Thursday.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    I'm a geologist not a meterologist, but Deserts are commonly very windy. I guess becasue of the effect of hot air rising...

    To get back in my comfort zone, consider that sand dunes are actually a lower energy desert bedform. In properly windy areas, deserts are stripped of any sand that could be blown by wind and only large rocks or soil remain. I remember working in Algeria in the desert and it was phenominal - even to Dutch people - how hard the wind could blow
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  • ozzzyosborn206
    ozzzyosborn206 Posts: 1,340
    7th for Blythe, remember him going well there a couple of years ago, proves he should be at that level
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,810
    ozzzyosborn206 wrote:
    7th for Blythe, remember him going well there a couple of years ago, proves he should be at that level

    The subtle sound of David Harmon describing Blythe following Cancellara's wheel at 1:22
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    ozzzyosborn206 wrote:
    7th for Blythe, remember him going well there a couple of years ago, proves he should be at that level

    The subtle sound of David Harmon describing Blythe following Cancellara's wheel at 1:22

    Thats how I imagine our group rides look!
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... ion-156676

    At what point did the proverbial hit the fan?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    TailWindHome wrote:
    http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/tour-qatar-stems-information-156676

    At what point did the proverbial hit the fan?

    Kilometre 15 I think, but it came together again after 75km.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
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    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,314
    Milton50 wrote:
    Sounds like some hard riding to force a selection like that. Good to see my man Stannard the right side of the split.

    Is it silly to think Stannard could be vying with Terpstra for the lead in GC today...?
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
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    Tour of Qatar ‏@tourofqatar_ 8m8 minutes ago
    Lars Boom still in the lead but Guillaume van Keirsbulcke is the fastest at the intermediate time check. #TourofQatar

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    Aigor Glez. Galdeano ‏@AigorGaldeano 4m4 minutes ago
    #TourofQatar Sir Wiggins on road. Sir Wiggins en marcha.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Brandle fastest at the finish ahead of van Keirsbulck and Boom.

    I suppose he's expected to do well in TTs now.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Brandle 14:21
    Van Keirsbulck 14:23
    Boom 14:33

    14:12 for Wiggins
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Cancellara fastest by two seconds.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    http://www.sportingvideo.tv/20150208/vv54d6c57692cda0.33731195-999829.html

    Stannard steams away.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    RichN95 wrote:
    Cancellara fastest by two seconds.

    Oh boy, Wiggins where you at?!?!

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Watch live here if the link posted by macaloon doesnt work:
    http://www.yopika.tv/20150208/v-haha_sp ... 32174.html
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,706
    Valverde only manages a mediocre 13th.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Pretty sure the French commentators just went there: FIFA slave labour camps :shock:
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Stannard slots in just 1 second down on Wiggins
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,706
    Terpstra currently ahead of Cancellara.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Stannard 3rd at the moment.

    Just realized that if Cancellara wins then Trek wins and i had selected them as the last team to win. (edit, Trek got a win on the 8th with Jungels).
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Valverde only manages a mediocre 13th.

    Actually a very good time for him.
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,160
    Is Wiggo really so surprising at this distance?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Wow Terpstra goes 8 secs quicker than Cancellera.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    Is Wiggo really so surprising at this distance?

    I know: 2.5 times the Olympic distance. What were the organizers thinking?
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    Is Wiggo really so surprising at this distance?

    Terpstra is! There are a few happy people in my club WA group right now...
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    - @ddraver

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