Tour de l'Ain *spoilers*

FJS
FJS Posts: 4,820
edited August 2014 in Pro race
Started today. Always a nice little mountain stage race. Although, no Grand Colombiere this year! Still. Couple of uphill finishes.
Decent startlist: Bardet, Peraud, Uran, Cav, Alaphilippe, Elisonde, Berhane, Slagter, Dan Martin

A 1, 2, 3, 4 for OPQS in the prologue, won by Meersman

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Yeah it is a cracking startlist. Shame they have removed the Colombiere - I have been up there in person when the Tour de l'Ain used it a few years ago and it shattered the field.
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  • Paulie W
    Paulie W Posts: 1,492
    Meersman takes stage 2 to retain overall lead.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,649
    Cav's been leading him out
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,114
    Preparing for the second half of his career? :wink:
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,649
    Nah, just think it's SUCH a sh*t small race he daren't win it ;)
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Rabobank Development rider Lindeman beats Bardet, Martin and Peraud in today's queenstage with mtf
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Nice win by him. Yet another Dutch wonder coming out of Rabobank...wonder if he will fail like most or progress like few. Finally Martin shows some form.
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  • arnuf
    arnuf Posts: 98
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Nice win by him. Yet another Dutch wonder coming out of Rabobank...wonder if he will fail like most or progress like few.

    He already was a pro at Vacansoleil for some years. Dont think he's really that young.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    25, iirc.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Lindeman was the last left of a breakaway, holding off a chasing Bardet. So no new unknown talent riding away from Tour de France stars. Still a good win
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Any coverage of this race?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Ah fair enough. Rabo development team so assumed that would be very new riders.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Craven finished 30mins down...

    All bar one of Team Col riding the back end of the results on a mountain stage. Again.

    Uran 6 mins adrift.

    Bardet actually 1.5 mins ahead of third place which is excellent. He got this advantage as he attacked on the penultimate climb solo to chase the leaders.

    Rest of the results show some carnage. Would have been a good stage to watch. The peloton gave the break 8mins and struggled to bring it back so they had to go really hard and it broke up a lot.

    Sicard, Alaphilippe and Elissonde reasonably well placed.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    My boy Alaphilippe wins the stage. BOOM. Neo pro and given free reign to light it up.

    Lind wins overall.

    Bardet attacked 30km from the finish and had martin, sicard and alaphillipe for company. Martin doing well just before the Vuelta. Would have been great to watch.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Haven't been able to follow the race much but....??

    Retweeted by Romain Bardet
    Dan Martin ‏@DanMartin86 16h
    Happy to be on podium @tourdelain but sorry for @romainbardet Rode a great race to win GC except for questionable tactics from other teams
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    FDJ I think were being idiots about chasing on the stage where the dutch guy got all his time.

    Bardet really wanted it and he attacked several times from distance.
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