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

[wirral]

Break of 6 riders: Eisel, Henderson, Gatto, Will Clarke, Kohler, Timmer

 

[wirral]

61 km covered, break have advantage of 2 mins.

 

[Boardslide]

Clarke takes the first sprint ahead of Gatto & Kohler

 

[Boardslide]

70k covered, gap is 2.30

 

[iZnoGouD]

who wins today?

 

[Boardslide]

Today we have headwind, heat & uphill, the avg drops to 37kmh

 

[Boardslide]

The chase is on, peloton in one line, gap @ 1.50

 

[Boardslide]

At 90k covered the gap is now 2.20, flat road, headwind.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

who wins today?

Rodriguez, of course. Assuming he doesn't get dropped before the climb.

 

[Boardslide]

Temps high today so riders allowed drinks until final 8k, the chase reduces the gap to 1.40

 

[Vitapen]

At km 110 the gap is 1:15

 

[Vitapen]

At 40 km to go the gap is 2:15

 

[Boardslide]

At 40k to go the gap grows to 2.15

 

[Netserk]

Is there any streams?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Is there any streams?

No.
Only highlights the day after

 

[Boardslide]

The leaders have been on the attack for 110k, gap now 1.45

 

[Boardslide]

18k to the bottom of the climb, gap now 1.25 and the race is looping round to get a tailwind finish

 

[Oltean_RO]

I'm to lazy to go around the pages... who is in the break?

 

[Boardslide]

25k to go, gap now 1.20

 

[hatcher]

I'm to lazy to go around the pages... who is in the break?

That's the sort of laziness I can respect.

Eisel, Henderson, Gatto, Will Clarke, Kohler, Timmer

 

[Vitapen]

25 km to go. Gap is 1:20.

 

[Oltean_RO]

That's the sort of laziness I can respect.

Eisel, Henderson, Gatto, Will Clarke, Kohler, Timmer

Thank you!

 

[Boardslide]

Gap now 50sec as pace increases with the tailwind

 

[Vitapen]

Gap is cut to 50 seconds. Pace now increases with tailwind.

 

[Boardslide]

Gap is cut to 50 seconds. Pace now increases with tailwind.

We seem to be posting together so I shall now hand over to you.