2014 Paris Nice, Stage 3: Toucy - Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 180k

[burning]

Which one?
I'm assuming it's Brice, isn't Romain more of a sprinter?

Romain is in the break

 

[RedheadDane]

Oh... guess I had a 50% chance of getting it right and... got it wrong!

Thanks for clearing it up guys.

 

[Christian]

Only now noticed Andy is almost 9 minutes down in the GC.

He even got fined €164 for taking a shortcut..... disgrace for cycling, that's all I got to say

 

[del1962]

UK Cycling Expert

Shame Gianni Meerkat has gone home. Today's leg on the motor racing circuit would be perfect for his style of high-speed cycling!

LOL

 

[BigMac]

He even got fined €164 for taking a shortcut..... disgrace for cycling, that's all I got to say

It goes beyond my comprehension to understand what the actual went wrong with him. I wouldn't say disgrace, more like sadness.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Boeckmans also DNS today. Any info?

 

[Netserk]

It goes beyond my comprehension to understand what the actual went wrong with him. I wouldn't say disgrace, more like sadness.

I think disgrace is quite fitting (not referring to the fine, but his career post July '11 as a whole).

 

[BigMac]

Boeckmans also DNS today. Any info?

Wow, apparentely not the only one.

Zona Matxin ‏@ZONAMATXIN 1 h
#ParisNice Ya en marcha la 3ª etapa. Meersman (OPQ), Boom (BEL) y Boeckmans (LTB) causan baja en el día de hoy.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Wow, apparentely not the only one.

yea, well Boom fractured his elbow, reported yesterday. Meersman hurt his back from the crash yesterday. Missing info on B-man

 

[BigMac]

yea, well Boom fractured his elbow, reported yesterday. Meersman hurt his back from the crash yesterday. Missing info on B-man

Ha, thanks, didn't had the info. Well apparentely B-man did too. Probably fatigue.

 

[Roude Leiw]

The first two stages were not boring. In fact, the first was quite good. It would have been even better if Betancur had stayed on the group with Bardet, the Schlecks etc. That is what you get for riding in the back of the peloton

Bardet said in an interview that he was riding around 30 position in the field when they fell in front of him. Those GC contenders riding on the other side of the road were fine and went on, he was blocked. So I would not be too harsh with Bardet, Betancur was just lucky to be on the other side of the road and be able to pass

 

[classicomano]

Boeckmans also DNS today. Any info?

Concussion after a crash.

 

[manafana]

boom did not look happy when he crashed so knew something wasnt right.

 

[manafana]

UK Cycling Expert



LOL

dont get why he is so followed the comments i know are banter but just unfunny for most part

 

[BigMac]

Bardet said in an interview that he was riding around 30 position in the field when they fell in front of him. Those GC contenders riding on the other side of the road were fine and went on, he was blocked. So I would not be too harsh with Bardet, Betancur was just lucky to be on the other side of the road and be able to pass

I didn't know about Bardet's position, too bad for him then, since he was riding in the middle-front of the bunch. But the likes of Betancur, Schlecks, Voeckler, all at the very end. Everytime the camera picked the rear of the peloton, there they were.

dont get why he is so followed the comments i know are banter but just unfunny for most part

Completely agree. He is not funny at all.

 

[search]

Boeckmans also DNS today. Any info?

crashed on stage 1

http://www.lottobelisol.be/en/boeckmans-and-henderson-out-1700.htm

 

[Afrank]

He even got fined €164 for taking a shortcut..... disgrace for cycling, that's all I got to say

Wait, what happened here exactly? Saw a post saying he crashed or something, haven't had the time to look into it. So what happened with him?

 

[Rollthedice]

Wait, what happened here exactly? Saw a post saying he crashed or something, haven't had the time to look into it. So what happened with him?

Kim Andersen says:

“Andy [Schleck] is not here as one of our leaders, that was never planned. He is not in good enough form yet, as he is missing race days. He did a lot of work for the team today, going back often to get bottles. His motivation is good."

 

[Netserk]

Kim Andersen says:

That hardly explains why he took a shortcut though.

 

[RedheadDane]

That hardly explains why he took a shortcut though.

He... wanted to bring the bottles to his team mates as quickly as possible...

 

[Rollthedice]

That hardly explains why he took a shortcut though.

True but what's happening with Andy is hard to explain.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

He... wanted to bring the bottles to his team mates as quickly as possible...

lol, good one feisty redhead.

 

[Roude Leiw]

That hardly explains why he took a shortcut though.

To set this into context, according to our local newspaper he was fined according to the shortcut/cycling path etc rule. Basically he was taking either a small shortcut or a cycling path and was fined. Commissaires seem to be touchy since KBK with this rule. In the Equipe I read they were generally ****ed for 150 riders showing up 10 min before stage to sign in. They consider this a disrespect to the public. Made now a schedule which the teams where the most riders failed to sign have to appear first

 

[the asian]

Good that Andy Pandy is made to carry bottles for his team mates.

He didn't have the opportunity in his younger days to do it, so he gets it in his prime!

Should put his Ego back in his place.

 

[Netserk]

BTW the gaps remains from yesterday, so Thomas is well placed in the GC.