2014 Tour Down Under Stage 4: Unley -> Victor Harbor, 148.5km (2.WT)

[auscyclefan94]

Astana and OPQS team attack

Bakelandts & Pauwels

 

[auscyclefan94]

Splits peloton!

Gerrans right up the front

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Nice try OPQS.

 

[Afrank]

Gorilla easy.

Dam, overhead shot makes it look like the others were pulling their brakes.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Greipel
Roelands
Viviani
Gerrans
Von Hoff

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Lotto 1-2.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Geschke and Ulissi seems to have dropped out of top 10

 

[swuzzlebubble]

1. 31 Andre GREIPEL (LTB) 3h33:07 10
2. 35 Jurgen ROELANDTS (LTB) +0 6
3. 176 Elia VIVIANI (CAN) +0 4
4. 11 Simon GERRANS (OGE) +0 5
5. 133 Nathan HAAS (GRS) +0 4
6. 15 Daryl IMPEY (OGE) +0
7. 71 Maxime BOUET (ALM) +0
8. 54 Nikolay TRUSOV (TCS) +0
9. 116 Anthony ROUX (FDJ) +0
10. 83 Francesco GAVAZZI (AST) +0
11. 137 Steele VON HOFF (GRS) +0
12. 181 Jonathan CANTWELL (DPC) +0
13. 1 Cadel EVANS (BMC) +0
141 Jan BAKELANTS (OPQ) +0
151 Robert GESINK (BEL) +1

 

[auscyclefan94]

 

[swuzzlebubble]

General Classification
PROVISIONAL After Stage 4

Time/Gap
1. 1 Cadel EVANS (BMC) 14h19:46
2. 11 Simon GERRANS (OGE) +7
3. 133 Nathan HAAS (GRS) +23
4. 151 Robert GESINK (BEL) +30
5. 63 Geraint THOMAS (SKY) +30
6. 15 Daryl IMPEY (OGE) +33
7. 57 Rory SUTHERLAND (TCS) +34
8. 3 Ben HERMANS (BMC) +34
9. 61 Richie PORTE (SKY) +34
10. 32 Adam HANSEN (LTB) +34

 

[gooner]

Good day for Gerrans in the end. Catching the break at the right time and getting the 2 sec bonus could be vital.

Looking back again at the finish Viviani came from a way too far back starting position.

 

[swuzzlebubble]

Cycle Instead Young Rider
Virtual Standings - Stage 4

Time/Gap
1. 192 Jack HAIG (UNI) 14h21:05
2. 147 Carlos VERONA QUINTANILLA (OPQ) +1:19
3. 114 Kenny ELISSONDE (FDJ) +3:01
4. 167 Luca WACKERMANN (LAM) +3:18
5. 45 Danny VAN POPPEL (TFR) +6:35
6. 6 Rick ZABEL (BMC) +8:02
7. 142 Julian ALAPHILIPPE (OPQ) +8:40
8. 47 Calvin WATSON (TFR) +9:36
9. 197 Bradley LINFIELD (UNI) +9:36
10. 175 Matej MOHORIC (CAN) +10:19

 

[Pippo_San]

Looking back again at the finish Viviani came from a way too far back starting position.

Which can be said for every sprint Viviani is involved. Which is why he'll never be a true winner (a pity cause the kid's got speed).

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Which can be said for every sprint Viviani is involved. Which is why he'll never be a true winner (a pity cause the kid's got speed).

Lampre as a team are tactically clueless imo, has been for while.

edit: Morning starting well. Cannondale ain't clueless, but Viviani clearly is. Point about Lampre still stands.

The Gorilla is back in town. Wind really is a godsend.

 

[Der Effe]

Ewan ftw!

10 chars

Well, almost! I mean, if the 94 riders in front of him didn't finish who would know what might have happened?!

 

[greenedge]

The ride was fun (6 hours) and that KOM was really hard, so I was not surprised to hear that Kittel got dropped.

It seemed an interesting day

 

[Der Effe]

Geschke and Ulissi seems to have dropped out of top 10

They were both in the first group?

 

[Peter von]

Which can be said for every sprint Viviani is involved. Which is why he'll never be a true winner (a pity cause the kid's got speed).

This one was bad even for him, especially considering how few true sprinters was there at the end.

 

[stefank]

Ulissi wasn't, Geschke I can't remember.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Ulissi wasn't, Geschke I can't remember.

Geschke was in the front group.

Ulissi also confirmed in front group now.

GC top 10:

1 (1) EVANS Cadel [www.procyclingstats.com] BMC Racing Team 14:19:46
2 (2) GERRANS Simon Orica GreenEDGE 0:07
3 (3) ULISSI Diego Lampre - Merida 0:14
4 (4) HAAS Nathan Garmin - Sharp 0:23
5 (5) GESINK Robert [www.procyclingstats.com] Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:29
6 (6) THOMAS Geraint Team Sky ,,
7 (7) IMPEY Daryl Orica GreenEDGE 0:33
8 (8) BOOKWALTER Brent BMC Racing Team ,,
9 (9) SUTHERLAND Rory Tinkoff-Saxo ,,
10 (11) PORTE Richie [www.procyclingstats.com] Team Sky ,,

 

[Der Effe]

This says Geschke 19th and Ulissi 34th, both in the same time as Greipel

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=138994

Ulissi was in the 2nd group then?

 

[theyoungest]

Geschke already had dropped out of the top-10 on the Corkscrew.

 

[Yingge]

My apologies, as it seems that I accidentally 'reported' a post in this thread. I can't see which one, or how to undo the report, so if anyone gets quizzed, just refer to this post. There was no intent to report any post.

(Stupid Tablet...scrolling down and it seems that I bumped a 'report post' icon as I saw the 'you have reported this post' box briefly pop up).

 

[stefank]

Ulissi wasn't, Geschke I can't remember.

Wrong, wrong, wrong. I'm just old and confused, sorry.

 

[stefank]

This (incorrect) graphic explains my mistake - Ulissi is missing from the GC top 10. I feel better now.