2014 » Tour de Slovénie (2.1) 19.06- 22.06

[johnymax]

Francesco Manuel Bongiorno celebrates his first win:

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Yates 4th.

Orica tweet was wrong

Pos.RiderTeamEuTPntTime
1 BONGIORNO Francesco ManuelBardiani - CSF 16205:09:17
2 MACHADO TiagoTeam NetApp – Endura11120:01
3 ZAKARIN IlnurRusVelo670:07
4 RABOTTINI MatteoNeri Sottoli550:29
5 YATES SimonOrica GreenEDGE440:41
6 SELLA EmanueleAndroni Giocattoli - Venezuela23,,
7 KOREN KristijanCannondale 2,,
8 CARUSO DamianoCannondale 10:44
9 PAGANI AngeloBardiani - CSF ,,
10 LIETAER EliotTopsport Vlaanderen – Baloise0:56

 

[johnymax]

Official results stage 3

 

[jaylew]

Yes, but I don't understand your remark.

Machado won't win a sprint stage, so he will probably will win the GC.

Pretty sure he's just joking about the fact that Tiago often finishes top 10 but never actually wins anything so he could still find a way to screw it up. In fact, I think the only race he's won at the WT level is a TT 4 years ago.

 

[Liquigas]

Not too bad from Horner, only 1:44 down.

 

[trevim]

Machado to beat Costa at TDF

Now you cursed Tiago! That sort of curse is stronger than the rainbow jersey curse

Pretty sure he's just joking about the fact that Tiago often finishes top 10 but never actually wins anything so he could still find a way to screw it up. In fact, I think the only race he's won at the WT level is a TT 4 years ago.

It wasn't WT level though

So, I'm struggling to see how Tiago will screw this one.... I'm sure he won't disappoint me!

[I'm actually quite happy for him, I never really liked his riding style (to little brains) but he certainly is much better than all the jokes made him look like. And he's also a nice guy so hats off to him.]

And it's also nice to see Buongiorno getting a win after what I considered a poor Giro from him.

Great day: Chavez wins, Gilbert wins, Tiago almost wins and Formolo/Figueiredo are awesome!

 

[Hugo87]

This is a rare pic

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Machado having some fun in his new team. Good to see.

 

[trevim]

Machado having some fun in his new team. Good to see.

This was really a case where taking 1 step back was followed with taking 2 steps ahead.

 

[jaylew]

It wasn't WT level though

Good catch. I meant as a WT rider, of course. He'll never win a WT race. That would be against the laws of the universe.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Elia Viviani wins the final sprint stage.

Tiago Machado - STOP THE CLOCKS - secures the GC win. His first win since April 2010.

 

[VanBsr]

Stage 4
1 48 ITA19890207 VIVIANI Elia CAN - CANNONDALLE 3 24'15''
2 155 ROU19920904 GROSU Eduard* VFN - VINNI FANTINI NIPPO - `` -
3 24 AUS19901026 MATTHEWS Michael OGE - ORICA GREEN EDGE - `` -
4 122 SLO19800808 BOŽIČ Borut SLO - REPREZENTANCA SLOVENIJE - `
5 95 BEL19900419 VAN ASBROECK Tom TSV - TOP SPORT VLAANDERN BALLOISE

Eduard Grosu is impressive

 

[jens_attacks]

bravo edy! one of the craziest and most talented sprinters out there
next year, he should be in world tour no doubt

 

[ILovecycling]

Machado ohh he did it
Congrats

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Nice cobbles sprint it seems.

 

[Parrulo]

Legendary Machado is Legendary

Now bring that Tour Kom Jersey and 5 stage wins home

 

[trevim]

Legendary Machado is Legendary

Now bring that Tour Kom Jersey and 5 stage wins home

Anything less and we'll be disappointed for sure!

 

[burning]

Machado will finish 24th with 0 KOM and green jersey points

 

[Rui Quinta]

Tiago rocks! I'm so happy!