2012 Tour of California May 18 stage 7: Ontario - Mt. Baldy 126 km

[El Pistolero]

Lol at Gesink almost crashing into the barriers and losing this.

He got his new nickname for a reason.

 

[webbie146]

Lol, crash always delivers. He almost missed that last corner there

lol He always finds a way to crash doesn't he

 

[burning]

Props for Zabriskie as well, he was pretty good i guess

 

[kanari]

Kelderman awesome.

Mt. Baldy super tarmac fail

 

[Race Radio]

They need to repave the last 1 km next year. Looks like the Tour of Turkey

 

[killswitch]

TJVG finishes together with DZ. Told ya.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Outclimbing zabriskie duarte and danielson is no special feat for someone of gesinks quality but the tt was.

Yeah but coming from where Gesink is coming he is far from top. And still winning....

 

[will10]

Outclimbing zabriskie duarte and danielson is no special feat for someone of gesinks quality but the tt was.

This is the first time he's climbed well since the leg break.

 

[will10]

Uran and Henao good at the Giro, Atapuma and Duarte good at Cali. Great day for the Colombians.

 

[The Hitch]

Atapuma is going to win the stage

Lol what a fail prediction. 2 riders to choose from with 500 m left and one out in a break all day and you still get it wrong.

 

[The Chicken]

At least Gesink remembered to zip up his jersey

 

[Bavarianrider]

Dombrowski
Future GT winner in the making i guess.

 

[Moviefan1203]

Dombrowski
Future GT winner in the making i guess.

I just hope he picks the right team when he starts getting big offers.

 

[hrotha]

It's been a while since we saw Gesink beating some top-level riders in a mountain stage. It's obvious he has to keep improving but for the first time in over a year I'm satisfied with his climbing.

Van Garderen was disappointing. I didn't expect Zabriskie to defend himself at all. And yay Tommy D, solid.

 

[offbyone]

Great win by Gesink, glad to see him finally put one together, he had me worried on that last corner.

 

[Don Johnson]

Dombrowski
Future GT winner in the making i guess.

No doubt, Drombrowski has shown GT class, blowing by top tier riders.

 

[boomcie]

Lol what a fail prediction. 2 riders to choose from with 500 m left and one out in a break all day and you still get it wrong.

Fear is Ruben's worst adviser. We've seen this time and time again.

Got to hand it to Crash Bandicoot though, he almost made that prediction come true anyhow.

 

[ElChingon]

They need to repave the last 1 km next year. Looks like the Tour of Turkey

Nagh, the crappy surface is part of the charm. Its just like all the other mountain tops in Cali. For some odd reason everyone things the state is perfectly paved... nope!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Outclimbing zabriskie duarte and danielson is no special feat for someone of gesinks quality but the tt was.

While I agree, we gotta view this win with perspective. Gesink just came of a very very bad injury, hence why this climbing performance while not that amazing, is big progress.

I was very impressed with wilco btw

 

[Froome19]

FANTASTIC last corner by Gesink

Nearly had a heart attack there.

Btw shame no one tooke me up on my bet for Gesink to finish on podium and TJVG not to.

 

[classicomano]

Man im so happy for Gesink, he had to go through so much crap and this finally seemed like a typical Gesink-suffering-special that I missed for some time.

 

[The Sheep]

Thought Velits would do better, where was he?

 

[BillytheKid]

Great stage today. Very tough final. Not enough left in the tank for Horner. Gesink, Atapuma, Duarte, Tommy D hats off.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Man im so happy for Gesink, he had to go through so much crap and this finally seemed like a typical Gesink-suffering-special that I missed for some time.

Yeah this display is what I always liked about gesink. While he got some good results last year, it wasn't in the fashion I like.

 

[FabulousCandelabra]

If atapuma didn't go in the break, could he have won the stage?