2013 Tour of Beijing, 11th to 15th October (WT)

[Not Riding Enough]

2nd mezgec
3rd maes
4th petacchi then
Mattews

 

[pastronef]

Dani Sánchez ‏@DaniBici 5m La megafonía del Tour of Beijing pone el tema de ‘Los Siete Magníficos’ de fondo. Supongo que se refieren al número de espectadores en meta.

the music at the finish line is from The Magnificent Seven movie
that's for the number of spectators at the finish

 

[Not Riding Enough]

Dani Sánchez ‏@DaniBici 5m La megafonía del Tour of Beijing pone el tema de ‘Los Siete Magníficos’ de fondo. Supongo que se refieren al número de espectadores en meta.

the music at the finish line is from The Magnificent Seven movie
that's for the number of spectators at the finish

Who were all probably ring-ins anyway.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Who were all probably ring-ins anyway.

Hey, it's the thought that counts.

 

[Not Riding Enough]

Hey, it's the thought that counts.

Wish the thought was to allow real spectators.

 

[JRanton]

9th win of the season for the God of Thunder. 8th highest amount of all riders. He's not done yet!

 

[trevim]

As long as Hushovd keeps winning I might change my opinion about this race

 

[goggalor]

Dani Sánchez ‏@DaniBici 5m La megafonía del Tour of Beijing pone el tema de ‘Los Siete Magníficos’ de fondo. Supongo que se refieren al número de espectadores en meta.

the music at the finish line is from The Magnificent Seven movie
that's for the number of spectators at the finish

Looks like there were quite a few to me.

 

[Michele]

Small pic, but definitely more than 7.

 

[Taxus4a]

4th stage give chances to Basso to win this race, but there are another interesting stages, and people as Dan Martin in good shape, as well as Rui Costa and Gesink

 

[GuyIncognito]

I love how even in such a hardcore cycling forum nobody gives the slightest sh__ about this race

 

[diegotelmo]

iam watching

 

[Not Riding Enough]

Lotto rider out in front again today (for a bit longer). Must have been as a result of that training ride they kindly let a few of the public join (even with a mtb).

 

[burning]

I love how even in such a hardcore cycling forum nobody gives the slightest sh__ about this race

To be honest, I care about Scheldeprijs more than this utter piece of cr*p

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Was a nice sprint, congrats to Bouhanni

 

[Not Riding Enough]

1 bouhanni
2 Ferrari
3 docker
4 breschel
5 petacchi

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

i care a bit about this race, a shame it's in the morning when i'm sleeping (weekend) or working (weekdays)

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Yeah actually, I don't care if last two years were crappy. If I've got time I'm sure to put on a live stream if I can watch a sprint of Bouhanni, Viviani, Hushovd, Matthews, Petacchi, Mezgec, though not for more than the last 10min.

I'll also be absolutely sure to turn on a 12km climb with Martin, Basso, Gesink etc. participating.

It's not a great race, but it's getting better and worth following a little bit by now, imo.

 

[diegotelmo]

Who wins tomorrow?

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

It's a shame the finale is a bit week. Stage looks intresting but the final climb has to much flat before it, so nobodies going to do anything in the rest of the stage which is full of climbs and the last climb in itself is a bit too easy. Probably random break, maybe bunch sprint if they can be bothered. If they race it hard, maybe reduced sprint so Hushovd or Breschel can win or something like that.

But yeah, because of the easier finale probably just a break.

 

[diegotelmo]

Must be quite a few good riders willing to go on a break, no?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

1 bouhanni
2 Ferrari
3 docker
4 breschel
5 petacchi

Bouhanni!

Probably the fastest on stage 1 too, but placement is sometimes crap.

Anyway Hushovd should pick up another win on stage 3.....

 

[Arredondo]

Really hope for Ferrari tomorrow. Must be frustrating for him to get zero help from his team during the sprints.

 

[Flamin]

It's a shame the finale is a bit week. Stage looks intresting but the final climb has to much flat before it, so nobodies going to do anything in the rest of the stage which is full of climbs and the last climb in itself is a bit too easy. Probably random break, maybe bunch sprint if they can be bothered. If they race it hard, maybe reduced sprint so Hushovd or Breschel can win or something like that.

But yeah, because of the easier finale probably just a break.

How does an easier finale give the break a higher chance to succeed? It's quite the opposite, since there's no reason for the sprinter teams to hold back in the final 40k (if their guy is still on board), and they can make up a lot of time there of course.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Who wins tomorrow?