2012 Tour of California May 13 Stage 1: Santa Rosa - Santa Rosa 186.5 km

[hrotha]

If I ever turn pro I hope I never ride for Rabobank. Their fans are so vicious it's not even funny.

Yah their sprinter crashed. Guess they all should pack up and go home.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

daniel oss great work as lead out man
he brought peter to 350m outpassing easily greenedge train, then....

A bit embarrassing for the GreenEdge lads how quickly Oss went past them.

 

[will10]

That's not how it works!

I will take a permanent Sagan avatar if he wins this race

 

[will10]

If I ever turn pro I hope I never ride for Rabobank. Their fans are so vicious it's not even funny.

Yah their sprinter crashed. Guess they all should pack up and go home.

"fans" ?

It's just a CN forum bandwagon everyone jumps on

 

[DominicDecoco]

A bit embarrassing for the GreenEdge lads how quickly Oss went past them.

Oss has always been fast man.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

If I ever turn pro I hope I never ride for Rabobank. Their fans are so vicious it's not even funny.

Yah their sprinter crashed. Guess they all should pack up and go home.

Ah now, I quite like the fact that the Dutchies have a bit of a sense of humour about their heroes. There isn't really much nastiness in it.

 

[hfer07]

too easy for Sagan -even the flat didn't prevent him from trashing the competitions

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Oss has always been fast man.

Definitely, but you still don't want to see a lone lead out man going past your train as if you aren't moving.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

A bit embarrassing for the GreenEdge lads how quickly Oss went past them.

Liquigas gas are simply amazing

 

[jsem94]

Roche... that was a close call regarding the 3km banner.

 

[Havetts]

How did the jury rule on the crash? Did Roche et all get the same time?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Roche... that was a close call regarding the 3km banner.

With his recent luck, and that of Ag2r in general, he probably got injured.

I'd really like to see that crash again in slow motion. What the hell was Matthews doing?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

If I ever turn pro I hope I never ride for Rabobank. Their fans are so vicious it's not even funny.

Yah their sprinter crashed. Guess they all should pack up and go home.

This is your problem we are not Rabo fans.
I couldn't care less for Matthews or Sanchez etc

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Did someone push matthews? That was very strange how he bump into ted king.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

This is your problem we are not Rabo fans.
I couldn't care less for Matthews or Sanchez etc

Come off it. You aren't fanatics, but on the odd occasion when Rabo gets their act together, most of the Dutchies seem pretty pleased about it.

 

[hfer07]

just curious - are there time bonuses at the finish? -If they are -then Sagan has a good chance to get podium after the next 3 stages he'll win though..

 

[ElChingon]

Anybody listening to the dead air on the NBC ticker? Ligit just said he'd hit that, referring to Levi's wife LOL!

Was also surprised to see Levi on the podium for the Break away from Cancer jersey.

Sherwin eating chips, crunchy too.

 

[Rocksteady]

Was going to give the tracker 2 thumbs up, because for a bit there I was able to go back and watch the stage, but just shut down....

Please bring it back!!!

(wasn't home till during the race)

 

[SafeBet]

Anybody listening to the dead air on the NBC ticker? Ligit just said he'd hit that, referring to Levi's wife LOL!

I had it on the background and was like: wait a second

 

[mewmewmew13]

Anyone see a replay of the crash?
I saw some shoulders bumping hard from the side and then boom....


Amazing Liqui finish...stormed it and Sagan is quite impressive..

 

[Maroon Heaven]

heard that as well.

Surprised they did not say more. They were loving those crisps

In relaton to crash any word on Roche - took a nasty spill

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Come off it. You aren't fanatics, but on the odd occasion when Rabo gets their act together, most of the Dutchies seem pretty pleased about it.

Not me unless it's a dutch guy i actually care about
I'm completely indifferent when menchov won the giro for example. Couldn't care less for the 'rabo' success

i was never a team fan to begin with anyway.

 

[Bala Verde]

Anyone see a replay of the crash?
I saw some shoulders bumping hard from the side and then boom....


Amazing Liqui finish...stormed it and Sagan is quite impressive..

Looked like Matthews had his front wheel on the wrong side of the RAB pace line (his front wheel was on the left side of the guy in front of him) and when he wanted to go to the right side, he touched wheels, lost balance and crashed into the LIQ train that was making its way to the front with Sagan.

To me it looked like it was his own fault.

It looked like RAB also didn't get timely information on Sagan's puncture, because they didn't pull very hard and even let some garmin and LIQ rider set the pace. Prorbably due to the lack of race radios? Then when matthews went down, the guy he touched wheels with saw him hit the tarmac and they still continued to set the pace, leading out whom? LLS, Kelderman? Strange tactics.

 

[SafeBet]

Full results anybody?
Standings?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Not me unless it's a dutch guy i actually care about

Fair enough, maybe I'm just mentally rolling your reactions in with those of some of your countrymen.