2011 Tour of Utah 2.1 August 9-14

[skidmark]

It's pretty funny that this is the best commentary we've had all week. This guy sounds like he's hosting a show on college radio. Still, I find it somewhat endearing - definitely an improvement over the monster-truck style announcer yesterday.

 

[jobiwan]

Gap now at 2:05!

 

[just some guy]

Gap now at 2:05!

and passing the dead centre of town

 

[goggalor]

Looking good for Vandevelde, eh? Leipheimer and Brajkovic will have to take up the chase themselves in a few laps. Could open up for attacks from Sevilla/Henao.

 

[jobiwan]

Gap 2:15 now.

 

[just some guy]

Looking good for Vandevelde, eh? Leipheimer and Brajkovic will have to take up the chase themselves in a few laps. Could open up for attacks from Sevilla/Henao.

Lead slowly increasing

 

[Tuarts]

What is the point of having a graphic which shows who's in the break, if you don't allow it too show all the riders in it.

 

[jobiwan]

Sevilla chillin' out at the back.

 

[jobiwan]

Uh-oh. Paul Sherwen's 10 kilometer rule has been mentioned!!!!!!!

 

[Mellow Velo]

Difficult to say what will happen in the last couple of laps.
Hardly all out racing at the moment.
Hopefully the Goobie guys will attack out of the peloton.

 

[jobiwan]

Sevilla getting the bottles!! Shouldn't that be someone else's job?

 

[LaFleur]

Uh-oh. Paul Sherwen's 10 kilometer rule has been mentioned!!!!!!!

No, this was the kilometer rule right now . And apparently to them "100 seconds is about a minute and a half"

 

[goggalor]

Uh-oh. Paul Sherwen's 10 kilometer rule has been mentioned!!!!!!!

Sherwen's rule is a minute per 10 km, right? This was 10 seconds per kilometer. Which is a bit ridiculous when 25 % of the peloton is in the break.

I wonder what Sevilla doing fetching bottes. Is he not feeling good, or is he feeling very good? Either way Radioshack's tempo doesn't look particularly fast.

 

[jobiwan]

No, this was the kilometer rule right now . And apparently to them "100 seconds is about a minute and a half"

Yeah, well to me it sounded far too similar!

But I actually today's commentator has done a fairly good job, and the feed is much better.

 

[jobiwan]

Gap 2:35. VdV 15 seconds off virtual lead.

 

[goggalor]

I wonder if the Shack is really struggling to keep the break within reach, or if they're still soft-pedaling a little.

And yup, the stream and commentator is good today.

 

[jobiwan]

The final climb to the Capital is going to hurt.

 

[Swede1]

How many Shack riders are left?

 

[jobiwan]

2:10 the gap now. HTC is upping the pace.

 

[jsem94]

"like a time trial but harder"

doesn't quite describe cyclo-cross...

Ah well, this is best commentary so far of this race... lol

 

[Mellow Velo]

Bunch breaking up?

 

[goggalor]

Commentator taking a pee break.

 

[jobiwan]

Lots of little groups on the road now.

And thankfully, the good commentator has returned from the bathroom.

 

[jobiwan]

Some big attacks now, including a Garmin guy.

 

[just some guy]

does the camera person have a crush on Mancebo