2014 Tour of California May 11-18

[Astana1]

This was a pretty weak field. It was like like he was riding against a bunch of Wigans.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

GC now:

1 41 Bradley WIGGINS Team Sky 22:03:42
2 13 Rohan DENNIS Garmin-Sharp 00:00:30
3 81 * Lawson CRADDOCK Team Giant-Shimano 00:01:48
4 104 Tiago MACHADO Team NetApp-Endura 00:02:02
5 57 * Adam YATES Orica GreenEDGE 00:02:14
6 1 Peter STETINA BMC Racing Team 00:02:30
7 52 Johan Esteban CHAVES RUBIO Orica GreenEDGE 00:02:39
8 71 Laurens TEN DAM Belkin Pro Cycling Team 00:03:01
9 11 Janier Alexis ACEVEDO CALLE Garmin-Sharp 00:03:05
10 102 David DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO Team NetApp-Endura 00:03:06

Good defensive ride by Craddock, up one place.

 

[johnymax]

Sagan. Nice ride for a sprinter. Wasn't him though, was it? The Tour Tracker thing was a bit misleading. Thought it was a bit odd.

No, it was George Bennett.

 

[Anderis]

I think that Craddock has a great future in him.

 

[trevim]

Bitter taste for Netapp: two 2nd places on the MTF and lost the podium. Still good performance from Machado, nice result as well with 4th overall and the team shown they have options other than Konig.

 

[cocteau_ireland]

Christ! My tv didn't record Can someone summate?

 

[Anderis]

8th GC podium in 7 years for Garmin in this race (there were years they had two guys on the podium) but still no win.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Christ! My tv didn't record Can someone summate?

Chavez was in the break with Danielson, De la cruz and a few others and attacked them with a few k's to go to win.

In the peleton Sky and BMC forced a decent pace before only Wiggins, Dennis, Yates and Stentina were left. Stentina tried to ride the others off his wheel but couldn't. At the finish Yates and Wiggins managed to gain 2 seconds on the other 2 who were cooked.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

I managed to forget that I could watch this stage while searching for music I'd like to hear on Youtube...

Did I miss a good race?

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Wiggins has used the TDC and absolutely demonstrated his skills and usefulness as a super-domestique for Froome in the TDF. As much as it breaks my heart to say, Wiggins will not win another GT, but he sure as hell can bat with the best. Go Wiggo! Bring on P-R 2015 !!!!

 

[maxmartin]

Wherever SKY participates, the race gets boring. I would say this year is very boring compared with last year race. I hope the organizer dis-invite SKY next year to give us a much more exciting ToC.

 

[Jancouver]

I managed to forget that I could watch this stage while searching for music I'd like to hear on Youtube...

Did I miss a good race?

Naaahhhhh. You didnt miss a thing. Dont ya already know the California race is boring? The last three days, the breaks made it to the finish and it is just pure boredom. Who cares about Phinney or Chaves winning solo some stupid race in the ugliest part of the world from the breakaway.

Tomorrow watch the Castilla y Leon instead. I'm sure watching Rojas winning bunch sprint is way more exciting

 

[DonMI6]

Sir Bradley Wiggins's do not ride as super domestiques. They are either the star of the show, or they stay home.

 

[DirtyWorks]

I managed to forget that I could watch this stage while searching for music I'd like to hear on Youtube...

Did I miss a good race?

meh. it was a hot, dry grind to the short ramp at the end. by then, they shelled everyone without the power.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Sir Bradley Wiggins's do not ride as super domestiques. They are either the star of the show, or they stay home.

Rubbish. Watch and learn.

 

[Jspear]

Naaahhhhh. You didnt miss a thing. Dont ya already know the California race is boring? The last three days, the breaks made it to the finish and it is just pure boredom. Who cares about Phinney or Chaves winning solo some stupid race in the ugliest part of the world from the breakaway.

Tomorrow watch the Castilla y Leon instead. I'm sure watching Rojas winning bunch sprint is way more exciting

Ugliest part of the world??? Now come on dude, I can think of some worst places. Here I am dreaming and wishing I could ride in Cali (and other states out there in the west), and your talkin' about it as the ugliest place around. Want to trade places? You come here, I'll go there.

 

[DonMI6]

Rubbish. Watch and learn.

I hope he does! I'd love to see Bradley Wiggins fetching water bottles for Chris Froome!

 

[Pricey_sky]

Wherever SKY participates, the race gets boring. I would say this year is very boring compared with last year race. I hope the organizer dis-invite SKY next year to give us a much more exciting ToC.

You've not seen Froome race much in the last year then?

 

[RichieTheBest]

wiggo is a fantastic athlete. mountain finishes suit froome perfectly. tt suits froome perfectly. the cobbles suit him better than anyone of gcs too given his team. with fit wiggo and richie on board, it will be fun. horrific fun.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Tomorrow watch the Castilla y Leon instead. I'm sure watching Rojas winning bunch sprint is way more exciting

meh. it was a hot, dry grind to the short ramp at the end. by then, they shelled everyone without the power.

Thanks for replying guys! Still, maybe I'd liked to watch it anyway! (Stupid me!!! )

If I had the time tomorrow I'd watch Castilla y Leon (which I also sadly ignored untill Rojas won the stage) and the Giro. Also I'd watch the ToC, well the last 10 k's since the rest should be boring. Happily and sadly also, since I would like to watch the Giro, I have to ride trains to get to a birthday of a friend of mine. What's really sad though is that I'll miss the German Cup Finale. That I'd just love to watch.

But overall I think we can all agree on this:
Friends and loved Family are most important in life, everything else is only secondary.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Wherever SKY participates, the race gets boring. I would say this year is very boring compared with last year race. I hope the organizer dis-invite SKY next year to give us a much more exciting ToC.

Record stuck?
It's The Tour of California, it's always boring.

Great tactics by Garmin.
A pity no one told Tom Danielson.
What was he doing?

 

[jens_attacks]

back in the days of levi&horner, cali was better. plus way more fans on the road.
but i don't think it was a bad edition.
last night, chavito comes back with a bang. dombrowski also magnificent. and wiggo shows he's the boss of this race. perfect.

 

[Jagartrott]

They should take climatic conditions more into account. Why not have this race somewhere in March? Catalunya could then be shifted to May. Both races are now prone to weather that is less-than-ideal for the riders: snowy stages in Catalunya, scorching hot weather in California.

 

[Pricey_sky]

They should take climatic conditions more into account. Why not have this race somewhere in March? Catalunya could then be shifted to May. Both races are now prone to weather that is less-than-ideal for the riders: snowy stages in Catalunya, scorching hot weather in California.

Not a bad shout really.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Chavez after the solo win.

Good smile on that boy.