2012 Tour of California May 16 stage 4: Sonora - Clovis 209.6 km

[Spine Concept]

Boonen caught up with the peloton. Don't fancy him against Sagan though. We'll have to wait and see I guess.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Tom is back. Give that man some coke!...............er, not Pepsi.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Fortunately, my feed has been perfect so far. I am in the US though.

These guys look exhausted. 5000 meters of climbing today.

 

[will10]

It's chill time in the 2nd biggest race in the world. When's the cafe stop?

 

[Spine Concept]

Did the commentator just react to the evasive actions by the motorcycle by uttering the words: ''whoopsie daisy''? Always wondered about the etymology behind that saying.

 

[theyoungest]

Fortunately, my feed has been perfect so far. I am in the US though.

These guys look exhausted. 5000 meters of climbing today.

It's the "old" Tour of California again: lots of climbing, but not where it matters.

 

[Pippo_San]

I'm on Chrome and it's consistently perfect HD quality. Make the switch

I'm on chrome too but the streaming quality is really variable

 

[Mellow Velo]

Could they possibly have designed a worst stage for tv coverage?
It's turned terminal............time to talk about the clock stage.

 

[AntonioRossi]

So seems like it will be bunch sprint again and guys like boonen got back to the peloton on the descent. Time for haussler to win at last?

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

It's the "old" Tour of California again: lots of climbing, but not where it matters.

Indeed. All this climbing was really relatively pointless. The riders are suffering like dogs, but this is going to be a bunch sprint.

People look absolutely done. Look at this peloton. They look as though they're all about to quit.

 

[FjPavels]

Am I the only one getting tired of the commentators saying how hard this race is ?

 

[Pippo_San]

Am I the only one getting tired of the commentators saying how hard this race is ?

And they haven't even looked at Cyclingnews stage profile...it looks like this is the most dramatic stage ever during the third week of a GT

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Terrible day of racing.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Another day for Zlatan.

 

[mewmewmew13]

It's supposed to be d@mn hot the rest of the days....really tough on the riders as it seems like a pointless parade

 

[will10]

I'm sticking with Boonen

 

[Spine Concept]

Has anybody here seen Sagan's younger brother race? I highly doubt he'll be better than Sagan. The latter is already a super-talent what would that make his younger brother if he's better?

 

[Christophe]

I'm still hoping Sagan can pull off six stage wins in this edition, equalling Leipheimer's career total of ToC stage wins.

 

[Spine Concept]

I'm sticking with Boonen

I'm backing Sagan again, he would have to make a mistake or Boonen would have to surprise him somehow to beat him. Because purely on speed alone I don't see him beating Sagan. It's definitely not impossible, just not likely.

 

[taiwan]

I take it Kittel's been dropped?

 

[Spine Concept]

I take it Kittel's been dropped?

If Boonen was dropped I think Kittel would have been dropped as well. Don't take my word for it though.

 

[will10]

I'm backing Sagan again, he would have to make a mistake or Boonen would have to surprise him somehow to beat him purely on speed alone.

Tommeke is often the best when everyone is tired.

 

[Kazistuta]

Has anybody here seen Sagan's younger brother race? I highly doubt he'll be better than Sagan. The latter is already a super-talent what would that make his younger brother if he's better?

It's much more of a "Indurain brothers" talent ratio than a "Schleck brothers" talent ratio.... Juraj is mostly on Liquigas because of Peters enormous potential.

 

[taiwan]

If Boonen was dropped I think Kittel would have been dropped as well. Don't take my word for it though.

Good point. Just not really been following.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Has anybody here seen Sagan's younger brother race? I highly doubt he'll be better than Sagan. The latter is already a super-talent what would that make his younger brother if he's better?

Not good as peter so far and he is older than peter.