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

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manafana said:
sounds liek a headwind meant even a strong group of 4 could not stay away in the end.

that, and I can only guess of course, there's also question, if they wanted to work with sagan
 
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Top 10

1. Greipel 2. Sagan 3. Bouhanni 4. Swift 5. Canola 6. Stybar 7. Gavazzi 8. Dempster 9. Trentin 10. Battaglin
 

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del1962 said:
Top 10

1. Greipel 2. Sagan 3. Bouhanni 4. Swift 5. Canola 6. Stybar 7. Gavazzi 8. Dempster 9. Trentin 10. Battaglin

It's nice when all top 10 is changed after 1 stage, tomorrow :)
 
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manafana said:
all will be revealed tommorow

well, tomorrow it might be too much even for sagan, or perhaps not? Basically it will depend on the will of gc guys to make it hard for punchers. For GC, it's enough to play along with them, and hit them hard on green mountain. Sagan would have to have serious chance on wining it all to even try there.
 
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well, tomorrow it might be too much even for sagan, or perhaps not? Basically it will depend on the will of gc guys to make it hard for punchers. For GC, it's enough to play along with them, and hit them hard on green mountain. Sagan would have to have serious chance on wining it all to even try there.
Isn't this the same stage Froome won last year, after Contador went completely nuts?

Sagan was quite far back that day, I think, but without a Contador to liven up the race the stage will probably be raced a lot less aggressively this time.
 
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maltiv said:
Isn't this the same stage Froome won last year, after Contador went completely nuts?

Sagan was quite far back that day, I think, but without a Contador to liven up the race the stage will probably be raced a lot less aggressively this time.

Sagan had withdrawn before stage 4 due to illness, the similar stage last year was stage 5 i think. Sagan won both stage 2 and 3. But I might be wrong, it's just what i remember and Sagan was very cold and had serious cough after stage 3 last year.
 
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Dekker_Tifosi said:
Andy Schleck in the first group. I'm in shock
You should place a spoiler alert before saying those things! No one is ready to read it while reading a thread :D
Seriously I like the fact he's trying, go Andy!
 
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Boom was with the attack of Stybar, Froome, Cancellara and Sagan as well. He was the first one to bridge the gap between the groups.
 
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Dekker_Tifosi said:
Boom was with the attack of Stybar, Froome, Cancellara and Sagan as well. He was the first one to bridge the gap between the groups.
Kreuziger too.
 
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maltiv said:
Isn't this the same stage Froome won last year, after Contador went completely nuts?

Sagan was quite far back that day, I think, but without a Contador to liven up the race the stage will probably be raced a lot less aggressively this time.

There is still pumped up Kreuziger with his early shape...have you seen his abs?:D
 
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Arredondo said:
Purito is going to shine tomorrow. He just hides himself perfectly.

His shape is not as good as last year though, according to himself.

Stybar FTW.