BinckBank Tour...Spoiler Alert!

ridgerider
ridgerider Posts: 2,851
edited August 2017 in Pro race
And we are up and running in the "The Most Beautiful Chipper in the World"tm.

What is there not to like...its all the Spring Classics but with sunshine and no wind.

And not forgetting, you saw them here first...Golden Kilometers.
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  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    I just switched to commentary free feed to avoid CK wittering on about the golden kilometres. 45 mins I managed to last - not bad endurance
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    25.5km to go - lead group have 1:49
    en tête
    McNally
    Reinders
    Allegaert
    De Vreese
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Sagan sneaks it by a whisker from Bauhaus
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    What a boring sprint shambles and Kirby to boot.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,150
    An interesting collection of riders finishing right at the back of the peloton today. The last 15 filled with GC contenders and TT specialists. So it looks like the weather will be best for the early starters tomorrow.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Can someone explain the golden kilometre please?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,150
    All the TT specialists went off early and Stefan Kung leads. With a couple of hours in the hot seat ahead of him, he's settling in.

    DGtX4MJXUAQ3QdS.jpg
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    RichN95 wrote:
    An interesting collection of riders finishing right at the back of the peloton today. The last 15 filled with GC contenders and TT specialists. So it looks like the weather will be best for the early starters tomorrow.

    Good call there. Bodnar went out in okish weather - it is looking really vile now.

    Josh van Emden 13 seconds down on Bodnar after getting lost and having to retrace steps

    Kueng in hot seat with 10:58
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Can someone explain the golden kilometre please?

    3 x bonus second sprints in one kilometre - no sprint jersey points just bonus time
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    imatfaal wrote:
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Can someone explain the golden kilometre please?

    3 x bonus second sprints in one kilometre - no sprint jersey points just bonus time

    OK, cool. Get it now. Thanks.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    RichN95 wrote:
    An interesting collection of riders finishing right at the back of the peloton today. The last 15 filled with GC contenders and TT specialists. So it looks like the weather will be best for the early starters tomorrow.

    Smart move on their part.
    If Kung reads as fast as he rides he can finish that book, just so long as the comfy armchair doesn't give him lead eyelids.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    That will be our Becky responding to Carlton's sausage dog course description, no doubt.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    what's the cut-off for a short TT? Kung at 658secs - Demarre at 768secs - 110seconds down on leader; over 16% down.
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,231
    Only a brief victory interview, but Kung seems like a top bloke...
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,150
    imatfaal wrote:
    what's the cut-off for a short TT? Kung at 658secs - Demarre at 768secs - 110seconds down on leader; over 16% down.
    Time trials are generally 25% I think
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    RichN95 wrote:
    imatfaal wrote:
    what's the cut-off for a short TT? Kung at 658secs - Demarre at 768secs - 110seconds down on leader; over 16% down.
    Time trials are generally 25% I think

    Ah - I just hated the way Demare coasted the last section and then started a bit of effort after the line.

    edit: Just found La Vuelta rules - whacking great +35% cutoff on ITT and 40% on TTT (probably more likely if you get shelled from teammates early - but not this edition with only 13km)
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    New Eurosportplayer? Seems ok - but don't like the limited playback time; I regularly wanted to either go back to an incident or pause for 10-15 mins whilst doing something else.
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,231
    Kittel is such a whoopsie.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,558
    Just been reading up on Stage 5. Sounds like it should be good day of racing...

    BBank-5-1.jpg
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,851
    It's Amstel Gold day...
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  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Boom!
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Lars Boom f/b Sagan fb GVA
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,851
    Gosh...

    My Man wins

    My Man leads the race

    My Man gets me 6 PTP points

    Eat dust Sagan!
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,150
    Lars seemed upset with someone.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,851
    The dutch press?
    Rick Chasey?
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,479
    Does the winner get a Binckety Bank cheque book and pen (80s cultural reference - ask your parents kids).
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,002
    ^had to think for a while - god that was awful (terry wogan rip).
  • arnuf
    arnuf Posts: 98
    Ridgerider wrote:
    The dutch press?
    Rick Chasey?

    Team left him out of Vuelta.
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,851
    Odd time to tell someone that, mid race.
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  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Rory Sutherland
    Dylan van Baarle T
    ony Martin
    Pieter Weening
    Alexis Gougeard
    Tao Geoghegan Hart

    Group have 3 and a half minutes with sixty three km to go

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