2014 Tour of California May 11-18

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Howson was better than I thought. 16th at 1.29min is really good performance for him, better than anything powerhouses like Durbridge or Hepburn have shown in the mountains.
Will Orica try to turn him into a GC rider like they did with Cameron Meyer? They didn't have a lot of success with Cam so...any thoughts?
 
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Dekker_Tifosi said:
It finally happened. I fell asleep during a mountain finish stage..

Cycling has stopped exciting me I guess :(

You run out of excitement after the Giro stage
 
pastronef said:
Wiggo suffered more that others in the heat. there's a pic of him gasping to the finish line with dry white lips
here http://www.teamsky.com/gallery/0,27401,17548_9310747,00.html#photo=14

Obviously, since he was pulling with 10km on an 5-6% climb in the wind. Everyone drafting had to make a smaller effort than he did. What he did was quite impressive really if I read well. I didn't see it, but pulling with 10km to go on a climb like this is really hard.
It's all he could do though. Do a TT up the mountain.
 
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Pentacycle said:
JV also said Slagter was Purito 2.0, but these young riders still have a long way to go. Dennis's climbing has to improve on multi-mountain stages, much like Kwiatkowski for example. And he will probably never be the best climber in a GT, like Wiggins, so he's dependent on a favourable course with plenty of time trials.

Everybody is dependent on favourable courses. If there is favourable course, even Cav could win GT :)
 
Stage 4 reminder.

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Not a bad profile for a flat stage, but we probably on a big highway again.

Any life in Voigt at this point?
 
Dekker_Tifosi said:
Fun fact

Machado now only has 250 CQ points less than Costa (300 vs 550), while riding a much lesser program.
Can he bounce back in the battle of best Portuguese rider?

Machado for TDF Win :D
You can also see this as a proof that Machado has half the talent of Rui, so I guess this ends the discussion :D
Seriously though I hope Machado keeps making the best out of the freedom he has now because soon he'll be on domestique duty for Konig.
 
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Dazed and Confused said:
Stage 4 reminder.

Not a bad profile for a flat stage, but we probably on a big highway again.

Any life in Voigt at this point?

Got to say, that's the thing I hate the most about Tour of California. A large part of the route is on giant and boring highways. You won't see that in the Giro d'Italia. Can't they send them along country roads or something, would be a lot better the highways. And I'm sure they could find some.

Anyways, Sagan for the win.
 
Afrank said:
Got to say, that's the thing I hate the most about Tour of California. A large part of the route is on giant and boring highways. You won't see that in the Giro d'Italia. Can't they send them along country roads or something, would be a lot better the highways. And I'm sure they could find some.

Anyways, Sagan for the win.

I very much doubt there is much in the way of 'country roads' in California. The road system developed in a very different and more recent way to european roads
 
Dazed and Confused said:
Stage 4 reminder.

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Not a bad profile for a flat stage, but we probably on a big highway again.

Any life in Voigt at this point?

Highway 1 in that area is not a "big highway." It's two-cars wide plus a little and twisty. Not too hilly though. Wind might be a factor later, maybe.