2014 Tour of Oman, Feb. 18-22 (2.HC)

[saneguy]

Greipel it is! Well done!

 

[saneguy]

was greipel dropped alone or had he some teammates to help him to get back?

No clue. No live coverage so no one knows.

 

[Rollthedice]

Greipel wins.

 

[del1962]

Top 3

1 Greipel 2 Howard 3 Ruffoni

 

[saneguy]

1. Greipel (Lotto)
2. Howard (OGE)
3. Nicola Ruffoni (Bardiani)

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

they edit it like north koreans would.

only goats to be seen, oman has no women

Ignorant prejudice disproved by race's twitter page.

 

[jens_attacks]

thank god to twitter then! it must be true

 

[del1962]

30 minutes since finish and only the top 3, if they are going to have a .HC race, there should be some rules for getiing the results out quicker in this day and age, it is not still 1984

 

[jens_attacks]

you are right, it's not 1984. it's 1214 there

 

[wirral]

Along with the trophy, Andre received the traditional pair of sheep's eyeballs from the local dignitaries. Ever the gentleman, he gracefully accepted.

 

[Guybrush]

Along with the trophy, Andre received the traditional pair of sheep's eyeballs from the local dignitaries. Ever the gentleman, he gracefully accepted.

 

[del1962]

Top 10
1 - AndreGreipel
2- Leigh Howard
3 - Nicolas Ruffoni
4 Nacer Bouhanni
5 Tom Boonen
6- Michael Van Staeyen
7 Barry Markus
8 Steve Chainel
9-Alexander Kristoff
10 - Borut Bozic

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 2:

Another Gorilla win?

Stage starts at 9:35 (CET) and ends around 13:00.

 

[Roude Leiw]

Stage 2:

who's the guy in the rabobank jersey?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

who's the guy in the rabobank jersey?

A sprinter who doesn't look up? Gotta be Van Hummel back in the days.

 

[will10]

A sprinter who doesn't look up? Gotta be Van Hummel back in the days.

Nah, Graham Brown.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Nah, Graham Brown.

Even better.

Stage 2 is on now.

Ticker with some pictures here: https://twitter.com/TourofOman_live

Rumble in the desert.

update: Break established at 4,5km:

Van Hecke (TSV), Colonna (BAR) and Ilesic (UHC)

Thats it for the next 120km probably.

 

[manafana]

they also had a minutes silence at the start line:

 

[manafana]

eddy "the cannibal" merckxx was out ridding with UHC

 

[Dazed and Confused]

In good shape still.

Less than 8km to go.

 

[saneguy]

Greipel for this one as well I think

 

[wirral]

Bunch sprint. Whole peleton still together.

 

[saneguy]

Kristoff wins! Surprise!

 

[del1962]

Kristoff wins! Surprise!

Not a massive suprise

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Kristoff wins! Surprise!

yea, maybe. First win of the season for Katusha.