2011 Tour de Suisse, Stage 5: Huttwil to Tobel-Tägerschen, 204 km

[boomcie]

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according to this they are last


18 VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (VCD) 82
Björn LEUKEMANS BEL19770701 54
Thomas DE GENDT BEL19861106 12
Matteo CARRARA ITA19790325 10
Wouter POELS NED19871001 4
Lieuwe WESTRA NED19820911 2

That's because they have not been doing so well in World Tour races. Only one win there by the way, Paris Nice stage by De Gendt and a second today of course.

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

What an awesome finish today! That is what I love about cycling.....

Susan

 

[goggalor]

Just saw the finish. Great stuff. Love seeing Bozic win.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

18 117 Juan Mauricio SOLER Movistar Team 00:00:00

soler is learning quickly

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

Anyone who missed the end - http://sport.rtl.lu/livestream/stream/ are
currently repeating the last 18km

missed it again

 

[Michielveedeebee]

18 117 Juan Mauricio SOLER Movistar Team 00:00:00

soler is learning quickly

And finally staying on the bike [touches wood]

 

[boomcie]

And finally staying on the bike [touches wood]

Please don't touch your wood and mention it on the forum Veedeebee. Highly infantile.

 

[hrotha]

Sagan scr**ed things up again, he should've won. Clearly the strongest, but lost it when he (and Thor) stopped riding at 400m from the finish.

You're not suggesting he should have gone with 400 meters to go, are you?

 

[Flamin]

You're not suggesting he should have gone with 400 meters to go, are you?

In the position he was in, I say follow Marcato, yes. Better than slow down 5km/h at 400m of the finish.

 

[Anonymous]

missed it again

video up on teamskyfans now as well. great finish.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Please don't touch your wood and mention it on the forum Veedeebee. Highly infantile.

I said wood not my wood You have a dirty mind Boomcie, a dirty mind indeed

 

[dabaideschbi]

sagan is missing a lot of opportunities in my opinion! i like this guy very much! he's a talent for sure probably he is gonna become a real champion!
i think he lost because of lack of experience many races this year : he could have won easily those two stages in the tour of suisse but yesterday went to early and today i think he should have gone behind marcato and than he wasn't covered inside the group, repaired from the wind! at the philadelphia race he was in the 15th position when there only 200 metres to the arrive, so very far from rasmussen who won the race.
than at the tour of california he started three sprints way behind the winner! i would like to see him winning more in the future even if he is still young! probably he is gonna gain experience year by year!
congrats to Bozic!!!!

 

[luckyboy]

Happy for Bozic today Not just because he's in my CQ fantasy team.

This will probably be my favourite shorter stage race this year I think. Been very good so far, plus riders I like are doing well.

 

[boomcie]

I said wood not my wood You have a dirty mind Boomcie, a dirty mind indeed

As the saying goes, great minds think dirty.

 

[katkotom]

any news on Peter Velits? is he ok?

edit: he fell while taking his musette from a colleague...but only bruised nothing broken...

 

[cineteq]

sagan is missing a lot of opportunities in my opinion! i like this guy very much! he's a talent for sure probably he is gonna become a real champion!

He's not missing out, he's learning quite fast.

 

[FabulousCandelabra]

that is what a sprint stage should look like! i really hate those big wide flat sprint finales in the TDF.