2012 Tour de France: Stage 2: Visé → Tournai (208km)

[Morbius]

I doubt it. They'll work, even if Cav wins everything. Otherwise they have to explain to their sponsors why they took a team for the sprints and then didn't bother trying to bring the breaks back.

Ah but they have to persuade the other teams that they won't work - that's the game of bluff. Anyway I don't think that Sky (the company) are going to give the team too much stick about chasing breaks.

 

[patterson_hood]

Ah but they have to persuade the other teams that they won't work - that's the game of bluff. Anyway I don't think that Sky (the company) are going to give the team too much stick about chasing breaks.

That's not what I meant. Argos, Lotto and GE are here for sprints. If they don't work they will have to explain to their sponsors why they took teams to win sprints and then didn't bother to chase breaks.

Like I said, they'll (other teams) work, even if Cav wins everything (which I don't think he will).

 

[Trofinios]

We'll see mate Knees, Eisel and EBH will be the only ones. Siutstou doubtful, but definitely no train.

Sure, there will be no train a lá HTC. But they need to have EBH reasonbly fresh with 500-700 meters to go, and to be sure about this they need to use a couple of guys setting that up.

 

[CASørensen]

Mørkøv has stopped working to save energy for a potential jersey defense again tomorrow

 

[trevim]

Is Knees Tony Martin's twin brother? Christ they look the same

 

[Trofinios]

Come on Mørkøv sprint for it!

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Goss, Renshaw, Cavendish, Sagan, Van Hummel

 

[Fetisoff]

Renshaw >> Cav.

 

[patterson_hood]

99% he will.

Didn't look like much effort.

 

[Unkown]

Great sprint, Greenedge looked good there.

 

[Gloin22]

Renshaw >> Cav.

It's not like they were really going full gas though.

Stage win is so much more important for him. If he doesnt win there, then we can say he failed

 

[Frosty]

Thought Cavendish was going to crash there trying to squeeze by along the barriers.

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Looks between Goss, Greipel and Kittel today then. Cav and Sagan not quick enough.

 

[Fetisoff]

It's not like they were really going full gas

Stage win is so much more important for him.

I know. This sort of follows the same line as my comment from intermediate sprint yesterday, stating that Cav is slow and he should quit the tour

 

[Captain Sensible]

It looks to me that Cav is not giving 100% effort in those sprints.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Didn't look like much effort.

Yes, because there is only 1 point per place in the intermediates, so you just need to take part and get some sort of score.

He still went for points and got some. If he was not going for green he would say so, and until he does he will go for points, because he is clearly going for green at the moment.

 

[Kopuliak]

Looks between Goss, Greipel and Kittel today then. Cav and Sagan not quick enough.

hm, they didn't look going at full speed ... we'll see when they will

 

[180mmCrank]

It's all about keeping options open... Sky dont have to decide anything right now ... so they will keep a stake in all competitions.

(Cav wants to win in London - this will feature eventually in his thinking)

T

 

[Trofinios]

Intermediate sprint

1. Kern (EUC) 20pts

2. Roux (FDJ) 17pts

3. Morkov (STB) 15pts

4. Goss (OGE) 13pts - at 2'00"

5. Renshaw (RAB) 11pts

6. Cavendish (SKY) 10pts

7. Sagan (LIQ) 9pts

8. van Hummel (VCD) 8pts

9. Impey (OGE) 7pts

10. Lancaster (OGE) 6pts

11. Boeckmans (VCD) 5pts

12. Cooke (OGE) 4pts

13. Hondo (LAM) 3pts

14. Petacchi (LAM) 2pts

15. N. Sorensen (STB) 1pt

OGE only team to really set up their sprinter for points.

 

[Galic Ho]

Great to see Lotto pulling for ages and Greipel is too lazy to even contest the sprint albeit an intermediate one. Looking like an Aussie or Cav will end up in Green in Paris.

I do not understand why Farrar, Petacchi and Greipel are even at the Tour. Your pedigree is sprinting and yet they take forever to get going. If you are not there you won't get results. Period. Rojas...well he fell yesterday so he is different, but these other guys. Stupidity. At least Cav tries.

 

[Galic Ho]

Great to see Lotto pulling for ages and Greipel is too lazy to even contest the sprint albeit an intermediate one. Looking like an Aussie or Cav will end up in Green in Paris.

I do not understand why Farrar, Petacchi and Greipel are even at the Tour. Your pedigree is sprinting and yet they take forever to get going. If you are not there you won't get results. Period. Rojas...well he fell yesterday so he is different, but these other guys. Stupidity. At least Cav tries.

 

[Morbius]

I do not understand why Farrar, Petacchi and Greipel are even at the Tour

I guess they are going for stages but not planning to get to Paris so don't care about green

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Get well soon Didi the Devil.

 

[gustienordic]

Great to see Lotto pulling for ages and Greipel is too lazy to even contest the sprint albeit an intermediate one. Looking like an Aussie or Cav will end up in Green in Paris.

Well Sagan, Goss, Renshaw & Kittel are the only ones actually going for it.

 

[Fetisoff]

Get well soon Didi the Devil.

What happened to him?