2011 63. Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt (2.HC) 3rd - 10th July

[Parrulo]

oh man i've heard barbosa quit.can someone confirm?

yes he announced his retiring last week

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Not before time to be perfectly honest. He's lost his (pathetically ridiculous) climbing legs, and after pure charity was the only reason he got a stage of the Volta last year, and having not really done anything of any note whatsoever this year, it's probably about time.

 

[Parrulo]

Not before time to be perfectly honest. He's lost his (pathetically ridiculous) climbing legs, and after pure charity was the only reason he got a stage of the Volta last year, and having not really done anything of any note whatsoever this year, it's probably about time.

well only reason why i am sad about him retiring is that he did it before a younger guy(machado or rui costa mostly) could become the new face of portuguese cycling. barbosa was prolly the only portuguese rider that the average portuguese person knew and now i doubt those people know any1.

hopefully a good volta by cardoso, or a stage win by rui costa on the second week of the tour or a nice performance by machado in the vuelta can fix that.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

oh man i've heard barbosa quit.can someone confirm?

yep. he was done for as now also his sprint had become weak

 

[Anonymous]

Parulo, whats wrong with machado? totally out of form or some injury?

 

[Parrulo]

Parulo, whats wrong with machado? totally out of form or some injury?

not a single race day since the giro and has mostly been doing either easy or medium training sections. seems like a proper recovery from the giro build up towards the vuelta schedule imo by getting some k's in austria and then racing poland.

hopefully he will be a bit luckier at the vuelta. in the giro on the strade bianche stage along he fell once and had 2 flat tires he then got sick and bruynnel wanted him to retreat from the race but he refused.

 

[Anonymous]

okay, thank you.

 

[roundabout]

Grrr. How about discussing 25 people ahead of Machado on GC who aren't treating this as a training ride.

 

[Parrulo]

Grrr. How about discussing 25 people ahead of Machado on GC who aren't treating this as a training ride.

sorry you are right =/

 

[TeoSheva]

any news from the race? I'm at work, should be nice today

 

[just some guy]

Fair old stage

 

[kjetilraknerud]

Looks like a nice stage. Albasini for the win.

 

[roundabout]

any news from the race? I'm at work, should be nice today

http://liveticker.laola1.at/universal/flashticker_rad.html

They are on the Dientner Sattel. Rohregger has attacked from the field that is splitting up.

 

[spalco]

Big win for Alexandre Geniez from a very long breakaway, also long solo in the end.

 

[roundabout]

1-2 for Skil. Respect.

IMO the Tour needs a second really selective stage, not that this one wasn't difficult.

 

[TRDean]

Nice 1-2 for Skil..very happy for the team. Geniez looks to be an very promising up and comer!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

On the way East from here they could easily have stuck a stage over the climb to the Schizentrum Weinebene (18,4km @ 6,3%):

Certainly enough room at the top to host the race too:

Deutschlandsberg is at the bottom of the descent from this one. They visited Deutschlandsberg as a stage finish last year, but used the easier Hebalm as the final climb, which also means much more flat before the finish, not descending right in to the stage town.

So yea - if they're not going to use the Glockner as a finish or at least close enough to it to be potentially race-decisive, then this is my suggestion.

 

[Anonymous]

So far.
1. Etappe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flx4uj_d9RU

2. Etappe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Al0-fa2I2s&feature=related

3. Etappe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUxxcixumYM&feature=related

waiting for 4.Etappe

 

[just some guy]

Nice photo could we have a bigger one next time

 

[Parrulo]

i wonder if by the time trial machado will have some sort of form and do well.

are there any good ittrs in this race?

 

[palmerq]

Nice photo could we have a bigger one next time

I resized it. well i hope i did :S

 

[roundabout]

i wonder if by the time trial machado will have some sort of form and do well.

are there any good ittrs in this race?

Wyss, Menchov, Lequatre, Busche, Grabsch, Stannard, Kwiatkowski, Boaro, Sergent, Ovechkin, Gretsch, Phinney and others that I might have missed.

And enough with Machado already.

 

[Parrulo]

Wyss, Menchov, Lequatre, Busche, Grabsch, Stannard, Kwiatkowski, Boaro, Sergent, Ovechkin, Gretsch, Phinney and others that I might have missed.

And enough with Machado already.

problem?

ty for the info

 

[TourOfSardinia]

So far.
1. Etappe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flx4uj_d9RU

2. Etappe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Al0-fa2I2s&feature=related

3. Etappe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUxxcixumYM&feature=related

waiting for 4.Etappe

Thanks - this gives the flavor of the event even if it is skimpy on the coverage

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks - this gives the flavor of the event even if it is skimpy on the coverage

I have no clue as to what was being said on the video but since its a bike race, i really don't mind. Lol