13th BinckBank Tour (2.UWT) 7.8 - 13.8

[Cance > TheRest]

Nice provisional time by Søren Kragh. Sunweb will have two cards to play in the GC now

 

[Max Rockatansky]

He should be called Crashy Martin. It's incredible how often this guy hits the road.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I hate rain rain in time trials. Ruined a race in July as well

 

[RedheadDane]

How did that Cannondale rider manage to get his number askew in a pocket?

 

[yaco]

Itt's are never the best spectacles for TV, but it's tough viewing when it rains,

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Sütterlins 16th position must be the best time set for the last hour or so.

 

[Jagartrott]

The heavy rain definitely made the riders much slower, so the ones that gambled yesterday were 100% right.

 

[GraftPunk]

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I hate rain rain in time trials. Ruined a race in July as well

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[Netserk]

Decent performance given the rain.

10'' behind Dumoulin in GC now.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Seems Tony Martin again showed he is rather limited as a time trialist or did he ride when it poured?

 

[Netserk]

He crashed...

 

[Valv.Piti]

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He crashed...

Exactly, he isn't a good technician by any means and he pretty bad on technical courses, so I wondered how wet it was when he crashed.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Crashed, but he would never have won, let alone finished in the top 5, of a tt this technical

 

[Alexandre B.]

Tim Wellens will obliterate them.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

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He crashed...

Exactly, he isn't a good technician by any means and he pretty bad on technical courses, so I wondered how wet it was when he crashed.

He crashes all the time. No matter which conditions.

 

[del1962]

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Decent performance given the rain.

10'' behind Dumoulin in GC now.

Presume your talking about Sagan

 

[Bigas Lunas]

Fantastic ride by Sagan, given the conditions he rode through.

 

[Sestriere]

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He crashed...

Exactly, he isn't a good technician by any means and he pretty bad on technical courses, so I wondered how wet it was when he crashed.

Weirdly, he is a pretty good descender though. I think the main reason why he's bad in technical courses is rather the contstant breaking and accelerating which prevents him to get into a good rhythm. He doesn't like that at all.

 

[Samamba]

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Tim Wellens will obliterate them.

Rain expected on Saturday, so we already know the winner.

 

[Keram]

So who are the relevant GC guys here?
Dumoulin
Boom +5
Lampaert +7
Sagan +10
Wellens +12
Terpstra +20
Gilbert +21
GVA +23
Keukeleire +27
Stuyven +28
Sep +28
Bakelants +34
Naessen +37

Am I missing somebody? Also I am curious how Bodnar and Kung will stand. Kung especially because Bodnar probably will be Sagan´s domestic. Imho this bike race is between Dumo, Sagan, GVA and Wellens now but only Sagan can collect some seconds before last 3 stages. But some strong long range attack in last two stages can change everything and somebody outside of this four can win.

 

[Echoes]

Let me joke a bit. Tim Wellens should have arranged to start under the rain. He might even have been faster.

 

[Derry]

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So who are the relevant GC guys here?
Dumoulin
Boom +5
Lampaert +7
Sagan +10
Wellens +12
Terpstra +20
Gilbert +21
GVA +23
Keukeleire +27
Stuyven +28
Sep +28
Bakelants +34
Naessen +37

Am I missing somebody? Also I am curious how Bodnar and Kung will stand. Kung especially because Bodnar probably will be Sagan´s domestic. Imho this bike race is between Dumo, Sagan, GVA and Wellens now but only Sagan can collect some seconds before last 3 stages. But some strong long range attack in last two stages can change everything and somebody outside of this four can win.

I would not be surprised if we see Wout van Aert (+16) getting involved.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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So who are the relevant GC guys here?
Dumoulin
Boom +5
Lampaert +7
Sagan +10
Wellens +12
Terpstra +20
Gilbert +21
GVA +23
Keukeleire +27
Stuyven +28
Sep +28
Bakelants +34
Naessen +37

Am I missing somebody? Also I am curious how Bodnar and Kung will stand. Kung especially because Bodnar probably will be Sagan´s domestic. Imho this bike race is between Dumo, Sagan, GVA and Wellens now but only Sagan can collect some seconds before last 3 stages. But some strong long range attack in last two stages can change everything and somebody outside of this four can win.

What about Van Baarle?

 

[Der Effe]

Boom will fail on the Ardennes stage. Guy has been riding off his talent, which he has a lot, for years now.

 

[barmaher]

Soren Kragh Andersen should be allowed to ride for himself. He could get Top 10.