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

[willbick]

Deary me Schleck bros showing what they can do on carrots only lol

 

[willbick]

So much for Andy Schleck being competitive on the climb.

I believe the phrase is, ahem, 'new era'

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I guess the good news is that Gesink rides 1 minute faster than he did in 2011. The bad news is, the others are faster as well. In Froome's case years faster

 

[Pricey_sky]

For someone like Purito to come out and say Froome looks in worse condition than this time last year and Froome to still win shows just how far the others have to go to catch him and make the Tour even half competitive. I really like Froome, he looks ugly on a bike but he always attacks and goes for the win even when he isn't in top shape.

Good luck to the rest at the Tour, I can't see anyone putting enough time into him over the mountains to keep it interesting for the last TT. I know anything can happen in a long GT but if he doesn't have a crash/mechanical it's going to be an annihilation.

 

[willbick]

Lets be honest. There's not much in le tour nowadays for the cycling fan. In fact its been dull as ditchwater since the late 80s

 

[Gloin22]

Lets be honest. There's not much in le tour nowadays for the cycling fan. In fact its been dull as ditchwater since the late 80s

There is if you bet on it

 

[Netserk]

Lets be honest. There's not much in le tour nowadays for the cycling fan. In fact its been dull as ditchwater since the late 80s

I guess you saw neither 2006 nor 2007.

 

[wwabbit]

Uran, Purioto and Tj beat 2013 times also

Not surprising, having watched the video of the last year's climb. There was a lot of cat-and-mouse going on between the contenders last year, so times are going to be slower, whereas this year it sounds like a straight grind all the way to the top.

 

[ILovecycling]

As expected, easy win for Froomey. Seems like he will be even better than last year

So his opponents.

 

[ILovecycling]

Not surprising, having watched the video of the last year's climb. There was a lot of cat-and-mouse going on between the contenders last year, so times are going to be slower, whereas this year it sounds like a straight grind all the way to the top.

(english accent)bloody hell!...you should change your avatar


as for topic: I agree.Its ridiculous to compare last year and this year Green mountain.Sky set perfect pace from the bottom this time and then the conditions.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

I guess you saw neither 2006 nor 2007.

I general though, the giro (and even the Vuelta for that matter) has been more interesting the last couple of years than the tour

 

[kingjr]

I guess you saw neither 2006 nor 2007.

And 2003

10ch

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage results for some other riders:

11. Nieve + 1.19
12. Elissonde +1.20
13. Tschopp +1.22
14. Moreno +1.24
15. Clement +1.30
16. Nibali + 1.45
18. Lövkvist +1.48
20. VdB + 1.48
23. Konig +2.05
28. F Schleck +2.19
34. A Schleck +2.49

Methinks the wake up call will feel like sleeping next to a church bell. Particularly for Frank.

 

[Flamin]

Lets be honest. There's not much in le tour nowadays for the cycling fan. In fact its been dull as ditchwater since the late 80s

Classics > GT's

 

[Gloin22]

Methinks the wake up call will feel like sleeping next to a church bell. Particularly for Frank.

Frank had a puncture on the climb.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Frank had a puncture on the climb.

ah ok, fair enough. Good time even perhaps.

 

[JorgeZZ]

VAM = 1941 Vm/h
Relative power = 6,36 Watts/kg

kill'em all

 

[Arredondo]

I general though, the giro (and even the Vuelta for that matter) has been more interesting the last couple of years than the tour

Tour 2011? Tour 2010?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

VAM = 1941 Vm/h
Relative power = 6,36 Watts/kg

kill'em all

Stage 6:

vam bam thank you mam.

Almost impossible to race with 8 man teams. Greipel FTW.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Tour 2011? Tour 2010?

didn't say they were bad, but the giro has been very good over the last years (11 was perhaps to dominated by AC), And the Vuelta has had alot of great battles, perhaps more so than in the tour that has been in general dominated by either Sky or AC.

 

[Netserk]

Tour 2011? Tour 2010?

Giro was far better both years.

 

[happychappy]

Remember that Froome attacked with just 1.5k to go. Hell, he must have gone banans to gain so much time on such a short distance.

 

[Arredondo]

Giro was far better both years.

You're serious? Giro 2011 was just complete domination from Contador. Quite boring, if you're not a fanboy. Giro 2010 was really good, but in 2011 we saw a fantastic fight between Schleck and Evans, with Voeckler who hold his yellow yersey for a very long time. I will never forget the stages to Galibier and Alpe d'Huez. Even the Giro 2010 couldn't match it.

With the word far, you admit you didn't watch closely the Tour back in those days.

 

[Netserk]

You're serious? Giro 2011 was just complete domination from Contador. Quite boring, if you're not a fanboy. Giro 2010 was really good, but in 2011 we saw a fantastic fight between Schleck and Evans, with Voeckler who hold his yellow yersey for a very long time. I will never forget the stages to Galibier and Alpe d'Huez. Even the Giro 2010 couldn't match it.

With the word far, you admit you didn't watch closely the Tour back in those days.

Dude, did you see more than just the highlights? First two weeks of the Tour was a yawn. The Giro had a lot of action on several days.

 

[Arredondo]

Dude, did you see more than just the highlights? First two weeks of the Tour was a yawn. The Giro had a lot of action on several days.

Dude, i saw the whole Giro. If you red my whole post, i said the Giro 2010 was really good, but 2011 was just boring in terms of first place in GC. Yeah, we did saw a nice stage to Val di Fassa, but did you ever had the idea they could crack Conta?

Tour 2011 had lots of action on several days. Remember the stages to Alpe d'Huez, Galibier, or the crazy descent to Pinerolo? Or the hectic first week where a lot of GC guys crashed and saw there dreams shattered? Or the exciting last TT? Only the Pyrenees were quite boring, but still we saw a nice win for Sammy in front of his homecrowd.

Did you saw the whole Tour, dude?