2012 Tour of Oman (14th - 19th of February), 2.HC

[Boardslide]

One lap of the finishing circuit to go, the leader takes another 10sec, Cav Kittel Goss & Farrar rejoin.

 

[hatcher]

He's gonna bloody do it.

 

[jens_attacks]

damn some fuel for omega's vandenbergh...how strong is this team?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Liquigas chasing with Team Sky on the front of the next group to try and bring Cavendish back

A pattern we are likely to see a few times the year.

 

[theyoungest]

1.15 gap for Vandenbergh now.

 

[jens_attacks]

lol 1 minute 15...wtf?

 

[Boardslide]

Vandenbergh motoring, his gap now 1.15

 

[hatcher]

What the heck happened? Sagan etc started to struggle so no team kept up the chase?

 

[jens_attacks]

the road goes uphill now,i doubt he can keep spinning nicely

 

[Boardslide]

Gap drops to 45sec, long climb now away from the sea, not steep but sapping

 

[theyoungest]

What the heck happened? Sagan etc started to struggle so no team kept up the chase?

I reckon if that were true another team would have tried to drop him. I think the finishing circuit isn't hard enough to really make a difference, if even Cav can be brought back.

 

[Boardslide]

Matt Goss on the front of the peloton for Greenedge powering up the climb. Sprinter going out the back

 

[hatcher]

I thought they were much closer to the finish than they evidently are.

 

[Tuarts]

What is up with the Belgian teams this year? Dominating and we're not even up to Classics yet! Strong ride by Vandenbergh. Goss on the front - riding for Cooke again?

 

[Kvinto]

yeah, it seems the circuit is not hard enough, they just can't ride it that easy

 

[wirral]

Vandenbergh was a foil for Boonen!

 

[Boardslide]

Gap is 18sec, leader is going to be caught, hes caught. Sagan, Chavanel and Casr riding hard on the front on the climb

 

[Oltean_RO]

He has been caught!

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

What is left? 5 km or so?

 

[Boardslide]

Greipel fropped, Chavanel attacks

 

[durhamwasp]

What is left? 5 km or so?

about 15km im guessing

 

[MartinGT]

Greipel fropped, Chavanel attacks

Word of the week for me

 

[theyoungest]

about 15km im guessing

5 k is closer to the truth I think.

 

[jens_attacks]

i hope chavanel can make it

 

[hatcher]

Tour of Oman twitter feed (obviously incorrectly) said 5k to go about 20 mins ago!