2014 Tour of California May 11-18

[DonMI6]

Cavandish! Good effort by Sagan though.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Cavendish well done.

 

[BigMac]

The rider next to Sags.

Cavendish looks like Frodo?

 

[Netserk]

Frodo won.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

I'm curious, who is Frodo?

Today's winner.

Degenkolb solid, but superb comeback by Cav.

 

[BigMac]

Cavendish sucking Terpstra's soul. Sooo cute.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Cavendish looks like Frodo?

Same height and general shape.

 

[doperhopper]

Degen so fast, Cav's celebration almost costed him the win

 

[djlovesyou]

Hairy feet too.

Also, Frodo got beaten a lot by an orc named Kittel in the Tour de Mordor.

 

[Rollthedice]

Nice one Cav. Though Degenkolb almost stole it. Sagan obviously has little chances against these guys.

 

[BigMac]

Same height and general shape.

Hobbits don't have beard I think.

Cav doesn't have hairy feet I think.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Hobbits don't have beard I think.

Cav doesn't have hairy feet I think.

A close up from the Dubai race promo......

 

[BigMac]

A close up from the Dubai race promo......

Smooth like a babe.

 

[pastronef]

well done Wiggo, and good job for Joe Dombrowski coming back from knee injury.

 

[jens_attacks]

damn. wiggo is a machine. congrats to cav but he was really close to do a zabel

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage result:
1 22 Mark CAVENDISH Omega Pharma-QuickStep 02:53:50
2 84 John DEGENKOLB Team Giant-Shimano 00:00:00
3 61 Peter SAGAN Cannondale 00:00:00
4 51 Matthew Harley GOSS Orica GreenEDGE 00:00:00
5 35 * Danny VAN POPPEL Trek Factory Racing 00:00:00
6 2 Thor HUSHOVD BMC Racing Team 00:00:00
7 73 Lars BOOM Belkin Pro Cycling Team 00:00:00
8 103 Zakkari DEMPSTER Team NetApp-Endura 00:00:00
9 16 Alex HOWES Garmin-Sharp 00:00:00
10 97 Kiel REIJNEN UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 00:00:00

Damn, Goss beating..... Van Poppel and Thor.

 

[cycladianpirate]

I thought that was a pretty good TofC but where were the crowds? Was there some sort of local protest about roads being closed?

 

[Gloin22]

I thought that was a pretty good TofC but where were the crowds? Was there some sort of local protest about roads being closed?

It's pretty early in California. Sleep ----> Bike Race I guess

 

[Dazed and Confused]

I thought that was a pretty good TofC but where were the crowds? Was there some sort of local protest about roads being closed?

Gotta remember just about all North American cyclists who have performed in the last decade or so have recently been dragged through the mud. It will take a bit of time to restore the fan base imo.

 

[JRanton]

Trek didn't have a great Tour of California did they? No stage win and no GC top 10.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Final GC:
1 41 Bradley WIGGINS Team Sky 28:22:05
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

It would be a major mistake for Sky not to include Wiggo in the tour line up imo.

Anyway congrats with the win in Cali.

 

[cycladianpirate]

Gotta remember just about all North American cyclists who have performed in the last decade or so have recently been dragged through the mud. It will take a bit of time to restore the fan base imo.

And meanwhile, at the Giro, we have wall-to-wall celebrations of Pantani.....

 

[Pricey_sky]

Nice win for Cav, a proper celebration too unlike yesterday! Proper manners on the podium too.

Well down Wiggo, another race he has met his targets and showed good form. Surely now they should stick him on Froome's Dauphine team and let them ride together again.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Nice win for Cav, a proper winning celebration too unlike yesterday! Proper manners on the podium too.

Well down Wiggo, another race he has met his targets and showed good form. Surely now they should stick him on Froome's Dauphine team and let them ride together again.

 

[Richeypen]

I thought that was a pretty good TofC but where were the crowds? Was there some sort of local protest about roads being closed?

+1 on it being a good ToC. The two Cav wins were exciting for sprint stages and the bunch ****ing up on stage 4 was great to see. Wiggo was just too strong for there to be GC excitement,he was a class above all week.