Tour of Oman
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"Where's that prick Boonen? He's holding up the photo-op. What do you mean he's not coming?"It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0
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A good first stage from what twitter says.
Worth following @cyclingbetting who is live tweeting and re-tweeting relevant stuff from @felixmattis and @tourofoman
Apparently highlights on ES20 -
Not the best start for Titchie Richie - dropped by 5km to go
Great win for Jungels0 -
It's not on Eurosport live. I'm sure this and Qatar were last year which is not a good sign for both tours.0
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TheBigBean wrote:It's not on Eurosport live. I'm sure this and Qatar were last year which is not a good sign for both tours.
Oman has never been live that I can remember. Think the authorities are a bit funny about that sort of thing.Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy0 -
It's entirely possible I'm mixing up Dubai and Oman.0
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Porte - after shelling 3:24 to Jungels - says he said all along Oman wasn't a goal, and that P-N is his first big goal
Hmmm. P-N is only 18 days away.
Let's see about Green Mountain then0 -
A lot can change in 18 days, we don't know what he has been doing in the run up to this doesn't it0
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We'll see on Green Mountain. That climb tends to be selective enough, and this year they've added another 2km0
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ShutupJens wrote:A lot can change in 18 days, we don't know what he has been doing in the run up to this doesn't it
If he's been altitude training, he may not have reacclimatised yet.0 -
Joelsim wrote:ShutupJens wrote:A lot can change in 18 days, we don't know what he has been doing in the run up to this doesn't it
If he's been altitude training, he may not have reacclimatised yet.
He's not. Flown to Oman from Oz.
But hey ho, find out soon enough with P-N not far off down the road0 -
Richmond Racer 2 wrote:Joelsim wrote:ShutupJens wrote:A lot can change in 18 days, we don't know what he has been doing in the run up to this doesn't it
If he's been altitude training, he may not have reacclimatised yet.
He's not. Flown to Oman from Oz.
But hey ho, find out soon enough with P-N not far off down the road
Anything above 5'4" is altitude for him0 -
I was thinking more along the lines of him having trained a lot and not bothered to rest up too much, use Oman as training too. Looking at last years prep for Paris Nice it seems that he rode Algarve not long before and wasn't on top, and was 40 somethingth in Oman before he won P-N in 2013, this seems fairly normal0
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Joelsim wrote:Richmond Racer 2 wrote:Joelsim wrote:ShutupJens wrote:A lot can change in 18 days, we don't know what he has been doing in the run up to this doesn't it
If he's been altitude training, he may not have reacclimatised yet.
He's not. Flown to Oman from Oz.
But hey ho, find out soon enough with P-N not far off down the road
Anything above 5'4" is altitude for him
You heightist, Joel!0 -
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So with all that "JET LAG" he has a good excuse. :roll:Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
He's not. Flown to Oman from Oz.Joelsim wrote:
If he's been altitude training, he may not have reacclimatised yet.ShutupJens wrote:A lot can change in 18 days, we don't know what he has been doing in the run up to this doesn't it
But hey ho, find out soon enough with P-N not far off down the road
Well he's still asleep. ?Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 19720 -
Loon, deejay, I was replying to Joel re his question about whether Porte had been training at altitude, not about acclimatising
Anyway, what's the latest in Nuffle World?0 -
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deejay wrote:
So with all that "JET LAG" he has a good excuse. :roll:Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
He's not. Flown to Oman from Oz.Joelsim wrote:
If he's been altitude training, he may not have reacclimatised yet.ShutupJens wrote:A lot can change in 18 days, we don't know what he has been doing in the run up to this doesn't it
But hey ho, find out soon enough with P-N not far off down the road
Well he's still asleep. ?
It can't be easy leaving the warmth of a Kangaroo's pouch for a sh*tty desert.0 -
thchris1958 wrote:
There must be close to 30 people watching at the finish line.
Can anyone explain the business model here? Oman looks to have the best of the Arabian scenery, but with zero local interest and very little broadcasting, what's the point?0 -
There's a programme on BIKE at 10pm on Oman. Not sure if it's this year's.0
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Mad_Malx wrote:thchris1958 wrote:
There must be close to 30 people watching at the finish line.
Can anyone explain the business model here? Oman looks to have the best of the Arabian scenery, but with zero local interest and very little broadcasting, what's the point?
Cheap to host, and a week's worth of tourist adverts.0 -
Joelsim wrote:There's a programme on BIKE at 10pm on Oman. Not sure if it's this year's.
Blurb on Sky says it's the 5th edition which if correct makes it the 2014 edition.
Daily highlights of 2016 on ES though.0 -
argyllflyer wrote:Joelsim wrote:There's a programme on BIKE at 10pm on Oman. Not sure if it's this year's.
Blurb on Sky says it's the 5th edition which if correct makes it the 2014 edition.
Daily highlights of 2016 on ES though.
It was this year's but with an Aussie commentator so I switched it off and waited for ES0 -
Damn, in the break, if only he was one of my men I could have said 'Mein Kamp'0
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Porte out of the back again, before the hard climbing0
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Edvald! Gratulerer!0
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Joelsim wrote:Porte out of the back again, before the hard climbing
Porte out of the porte, as they might say in franglais0 -
shoot, just seen that the thread title is missing 'spoiler'...0
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