Tour Down Under **Spoilers**

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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    edited January 2017
    Bunch o' old gits!

    This is innovation. Regardless of whether you don't like it for aesthetics or possible danger, he doesn't wreck because of his position. Imagine you would come up with something like this and win because of it and this is the response you'd get. LAME.
    PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 2023
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    It's not the safety i have a problem with.

    Just looks terrible.

    To sprinting what Froome is to climbing.
    Personally I think he looks amazing. It's better than your man Boonen bouncing his head up and down like he's at an AC/DC gig.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    Isn't moustache man Degenkolb the worst/best in that class?
    PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 2023
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    ^yes, but I thought his mini head bang look more like a dog that picked up a scent.

    Ewan hasn't had a history of crashing when sprinting, and with this being his third year his track record isn't bad. Despite his overly crouched style, I'd guess he has as much control as the next sprinter.
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Today's intrepid explorer is Jasha Sutterlin. 93.4km to go, 3:30 advantage. 10km to go for the intermediate sprint.
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Sutterlin, Kolar and Selig get the intermediate points.

    McCarthy gained 2 seconds in the first sprint.

    Gap at 3:30 with 70 to go.
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Mechanical for Henao leaves him off the main the group with 22km to go and has made this race slightly more interesting than my commute.
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Almost glued to the cars. Ellissonde trying to bring Henao back while Durbridge drives the main group.
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Nice early attack by Porte enabling a very comfortable win. 16 seconds plus bonuses... Should be enough to break the duck.

    Only Izagirre and Chaves could follow the initial attack. Gerrans is finished.
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    1
    PORTE, Richie (BMC Racing Team)
    (AUS)
    03:46:06
    2
    IZAGUIRRE, Gorka (Movistar Team)
    (ESP)
    00:16
    3
    CHAVES, Esteban (ORICA - SCOTT)
    (COL)
    mt
    4
    DENNIS, Rohan (BMC Racing Team)
    (AUS)
    00:19
    5
    HAAS, Nathan (Team Dimension Data)
    (AUS)
    mt
    6
    ULISSI, Diego (UAE Abu Dhabi)
    (ITA)
    mt
    7
    GUERREIRO, Ruben (Trek - Segafredo)
    (POR)
    mt
    8
    STORER, Michael (UniSA-Australia)
    (AUS)
    mt
    9
    WOODS, Michael (Cannondale-Drapac Professional Cycling Team)
    (CAN)
    mt
    10
    SANCHEZ GIL, Luis Leon (Astana Pro Team)
    (ESP)
    mt

    Group also includes Gerrans, Henao, Earle, McCarthy, Gesink and Kelderman
  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    Boom! My Man Richie lighting it up first chance he gets. Domestiqueing duties for tejay this year by the looks of things.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    2 things I noticed.

    1 - is he riding narrower bars?

    2 - he was pushing a big gear in that finale.
    _
  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    wombly knees wrote:
    Almost glued to the cars. Ellissonde trying to bring Henao back while Durbridge drives the main group.

    That makes for an amusing contrast in stature / style.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    jam1e wrote:
    Boom! My Man Richie lighting it up first chance he gets. Domestiqueing duties for tejay this year by the looks of things.


    Tough tits Tejay :)
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    YorkshireRaw wrote:
    wombly knees wrote:
    Almost glued to the cars. Ellissonde trying to bring Henao back while Durbridge drives the main group.

    That makes for an amusing contrast in stature / style.


    If you stacked Wee Sergio on top of Wee Kenny, you'd get a Durbo
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    This from cyclingnews:
    'A double puncture felled Sebastián forcing Sky to send his cousin Sebastián, and Kenny Elissonde to help pace him back'
    So which was it? Seb and Kenny lost 11 mins whilst Sergio was in the fairly select groupd 19sec down. I assume Sergio punctured in which case they did a good job.
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  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    Kengio Henissonde. Coming to a race commentary of Phil Liggett soon.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    inseine wrote:
    This from cyclingnews:
    'A double puncture felled Sebastián forcing Sky to send his cousin Sebastián, and Kenny Elissonde to help pace him back'
    So which was it? Seb and Kenny lost 11 mins whilst Sergio was in the fairly select groupd 19sec down. I assume Sergio punctured in which case they did a good job.



    Ah, its that classic CN attention to detail....
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    All these Colombians look the same.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    watching the finish now

    With the changes to the BMC kit, I've having flashbacks to RadioShack
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    inseine wrote:
    This from cyclingnews:
    'A double puncture felled Sebastián forcing Sky to send his cousin Sebastián, and Kenny Elissonde to help pace him back'
    So which was it? Seb and Kenny lost 11 mins whilst Sergio was in the fairly select groupd 19sec down. I assume Sergio punctured in which case they did a good job.

    my man Kenny already saving the universe and it's not even February

    Kenny Elissonde ‏@KennyElissonde 6h6 hours ago
    Puncture at the worst moment possible for Sergio today. We have lost the battle but not the war.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    This from cyclingnews:
    'A double puncture felled Sebastián forcing Sky to send his cousin Sebastián, and Kenny Elissonde to help pace him back'
    So which was it? Seb and Kenny lost 11 mins whilst Sergio was in the fairly select groupd 19sec down. I assume Sergio punctured in which case they did a good job.

    my man Kenny already saving the universe and it's not even February

    Kenny Elissonde ‏@KennyElissonde 6h6 hours ago
    Puncture at the worst moment possible for Sergio today. We have lost the battle but not the war.


    :lol::lol:

    Kenny is a one man Entente Cordiale for all partner nations
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    I'm a bit in love with wee Kenny. In a motherly way. I sort of want to pop him in a pouch and feed him scrubby grass and eucalyptus leaves.

    That BMC kit really is bobbins in real life isn't it. Definite hints of Radioshack as RR says. Not good.

    Anyway happy newyear alles.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Anyone know of Ruben Guerreiro ? Young Portugese rider - can't read a lot into first race at WT but that was a good effort today. TREK look like they picked him up on the back of Tour of California ( I'm guessing?)

    Looks like a rider who can adapt to a number of terrains?
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    Anyone know of Ruben Guerreiro ? Young Portugese rider - can't read a lot into first race at WT but that was a good effort today. TREK look like they picked him up on the back of Tour of California ( I'm guessing?)

    Looks like a rider who can adapt to a number of terrains?


    Axel Merckx alumni (inevitably). current Portuguese U23 RR champ. Podium in last year's U23 L-B-L, can handle the lumpy stuff but also has a decent kick. Think Geoghegan Hart type. Gotta spend a bit of time in the WT to find out what his speciality is.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    Anyone know of Ruben Guerreiro ? Young Portugese rider - can't read a lot into first race at WT but that was a good effort today. TREK look like they picked him up on the back of Tour of California ( I'm guessing?)

    Looks like a rider who can adapt to a number of terrains?

    Check out Storer too. 19 years old.
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    He's some prospect. It's good that the AIS has moved away from the prototypical second rate time trialist who peaks aged 23.
  • Shadowrider
    Shadowrider Posts: 483
    Good enough end to the stage. Richie looks great in that BMC kit, but not too sure about it all round.
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Sprint stage around snoozelaide today. Multiple man breakaway for once. Even bonus seconds are not up for taking for the protagonists. Will have a look again when Ewan wins.
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    And he did. Literally Cavendish.

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