2014 Tour of Qatar, 9th - 14th February (2.HC)

[jens_attacks]

i wonder if this was the fastest race ever. any idea?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

i wonder if this was the fastest race ever. any idea?

I wondered that too and I'm sure it is. I've seen wind stages in uruguay go well over 50, but 57!!

edit: I did a check up and according to thecyclingwebsite the 9th stage in vuelta uruguay was 185 km and went over 60 km/h!!

http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ritfiche.php?ritid=204698

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JBowoKshD0

this stage. probably some increidble tailwinds considering there were no echelons. while normally echelon racing in uruguay is like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf0jGPwJ7os

 

[jsem94]

edit: I did a check up and according to thecyclingwebsite the 9th stage in vuelta uruguay was 185 km and went over 60 km/h!!

That is absolutely SICK!

 

[jens_attacks]

I wondered that too and I'm sure it is. I've seen wind stages in uruguay go well over 50, but 57!!

edit: I did a check up and according to thecyclingwebsite the 9th stage in vuelta uruguay was 185 km and went over 60 km/h!!

http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ritfiche.php?ritid=204698

c'mon that site is wrong
the stage was 142 km and not 185

they say 46 km/h average

El promedio final de marcha superó los 46 kms a la hora y por momentos en la ruta los relojes se rompían. Imposible establecer una diferencia por delante del pelotón por lo tanto, las incidencias que se vieron resultaron inocuas.


http://www.uruciclismo.com/noticias/VCU-Etapa9.html


today was the fastest ever imo. but i would like to be sure...

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

c'mon that site is wrong
the stage was 142 km and not 185

they say 46 km/h average

El promedio final de marcha superó los 46 kms a la hora y por momentos en la ruta los relojes se rompían. Imposible establecer una diferencia por delante del pelotón por lo tanto, las incidencias que se vieron resultaron inocuas.


http://www.uruciclismo.com/noticias/VCU-Etapa9.html


today was the fastest ever imo. but i would like to be sure...

ah that explains it thank you

 

[manafana]

Bennett my dark horse for stage 5 felt bit hard done today

 

[42x16ss]

a quick calculation gave me an average of 56.8 km/h for this stage

Apparently the riders finished over 20mins earlier than forecast and the caterers etc hadn't finished setting everything up for the riders!

 

[42x16ss]

I watched him race 1.5 weeks ago here locally. Despite being a really windy day, he was in a break of 4 doing 48-51km/h laps. The thing that impressed me the most though was that he looked like he was on a Sunday recovery ride. Anyway even if he has had some minor help from the wind here I believe that ride signals that Hepburn is going to have a very bright future on the road.

Was that Murrarie or Nundah? One thing I hated about crits in Brisbane over the summer was turning up for A grade and seeing the likes of Hepburn, McCarthy, Cantwell and Rudolph signing on. Never a fun race when they turned up

 

[wirral]

Windy again today.

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

Boonen is going the the TdF to be Cav's lead out man, btw.

I wonder what does Boonen think about new MSR route.
His form looks sharp enough for a shot at it.

He complained about the new course, about the organizers wanting to make it a Tour of Lombardy clone, a LBL clone,... while there's nothing wrong with a race with it's own character...

 

[Netserk]

He complained about the new course, about the organizers wanting to make it a Tour of Lombardy clone, a LBL clone,... while there's nothing wrong with a race with it's own character...

I understand Boonen. Must be frustrating that he hasn't won it, and with the new route probably never will.

 

[del1962]

Crosswinds again?

 

[wirral]

Crosswinds again?

Yes, but this time they will be going into a wind more often than having it helping them. The course turns and has 2 laps at the end so there are certainly chances that the peleton will be split.

 

[Netserk]

 

[wirral]

Crosswinds again?

4-man break, Devolder, Isachyev, Schorn & Gretsch. No danger to GC. Will take the sprint bonuses away from the pack. Good for Terpstra.

 

[manafana]

4-man break, Devolder, Isachyev, Schorn & Gretsch. No danger to GC. Will take the sprint bonuses away from the pack. Good for Terpstra.

OPQS likely happy for that anyway they have their one two now

 

[diggercuz]

Anyone know any updates or know of a live ticker?

 

[del1962]

Stream

http://alfatv.webs.com/

 

[del1962]

Leaders have 1:50

Devolder
Gretch
Schorn
Isaichev

32K left

 

[del1962]

No sound but peleton looks all together

 

[jens_attacks]

who is this otti guy on the moto?

 

[Roude Leiw]

25k 2:50 is that correct? If Lotto/Katusha/FDJ don't start really working, break will make it. OPQS seems happy to let the break stay away

 

[del1962]

25k lead 2:48 I think

 

[del1962]

25k 2:50 is that correct? If Lotto/Katusha/FDJ don't start really working, break will make it. OPQS seems happy to let the break stay away

Katusha have a man in break, Cannondale need to work for Viviani