2014 Volta a Catalunya, Stage 1: Calella › Calella (165.7 Kms)

[Geraint Too Fast]

1. Luka Mezgec
2. Leigh Howard
3. Julian Alaphilippe
4. Paul Martens
5. Tosh van der Sande
6. Daniele Ratto
7. Marcus Burghardt
8. Roberto Ferrari
9. Samuel Dumoulin
10. Gianluca Brambilla

 

[Roude Leiw]

I thought Alaphilippe maybe.

Good call


Pos. Rider Team
1 MEZGEC Luka [www.procyclingstats.com] Team Giant-Shimano
2 HOWARD Leigh Orica GreenEDGE
3 ALAPHILIPPE Julian Omega Pharma - Quick-Step

 

[Hugo Koblet]

1. Luka Mezgec
2. Leigh Howard
3. Julian Alaphilippe
4. Paul Martens
5. Tosh van der Sande
6. Daniele Ratto
7. Marcus Burghardt
8. Roberto Ferrari
9. Samuel Dumoulin
10. Gianluca Brambilla

OK I guess I was way off then

 

[Arredondo]

OMG, the Dutch commentators on Eurosport think that old man on the podium is Miguel Poblet.

However, Poblet died one year ago....

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Another nice long sprint by Mezgec.

Top 10:

1 MEZGEC Luka [www.procyclingstats.com] Team Giant-Shimano
2 HOWARD Leigh Orica GreenEDGE
3 ALAPHILIPPE Julian Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
4 MARTENS Paul Belkin-Pro Cycling Team
5 VAN DER SANDE Tosh [www.procyclingstats.com] Lotto Belisol
6 RATTO Daniele Cannondale
7 BURGHARDT Marcus BMC Racing Team
8 FERRARI Roberto Lampre - Merida
9 DUMOULIN Samuel AG2R La Mondiale
10 BRAMBILLA Gianluca [www.procyclingstats.com] Omega Pharma - Quick-Step

 

[kingjr]

That was one of the worst bits of sports coverage i have ever seen.

 

[barmaher]

Apart from Porte, did any other significant riders lose time?

 

[whittashau]

Brambilla top 10? What the hell have OPQS done to him? He somehow can't climb anymore, yet he can get in the top 10 of a bunch sprint. I'm not sure what is more surprising.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Apart from Porte, did any other significant riders lose time?

Damn, Porte gone already.

 

[Roude Leiw]

That was one of the worst bits of sports coverage i have ever seen.

I most enjoyed the 4 km to go in the upper left corner when they started sprinting

 

[Fzotrlool]

Apart from Porte, did any other significant riders lose time?

The peloton looked almost intact.

 

[arssura]

Can you please telll me the results of this comparatives for this 1st stage ?
1) Froome vs Contador
2) Porte vs Quintana
Thanks

 

[BYOP88]

Hopefully other races will decide to use the camera work employed by the Catalunya crew.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Can you please telll me the results of this comparatives for this 1st stage ?
1) Froome vs Contador
2) Porte vs Quintana
Thanks

Pretty sure Contador finished in front of Froome because he was top 20 or so.

Porte finished a couple minutes back so Quintana probably finished in front of him.

 

[BYOP88]

Pretty sure Contador finished in front of Froome because he was top 20 or so.

Porte finished a couple minutes back so Quintana probably finished in front of him.

Awww poor little Richie. But I guess a couple of minutes can be retrieved on 1 mountain finish.

 

[EnacheV]

Pretty sure Contador finished in front of Froome because he was top 20 or so.

Porte finished a couple minutes back so Quintana probably finished in front of him.

Froome must be careful

Organizers will invent splits for Contador or any local rider out of thin air if the opportunity arise (see Vuelta 2013)

 

[Mellow Velo]

Sky is just trying to avoid the ridiculousness of a 1-2

Yeah.
Much better to play safe with a 1-3.

 

[jens_attacks]

OMG, the Dutch commentators on Eurosport think that old man on the podium is Miguel Poblet.

However, Poblet died one year ago....

lol

catalunya broadcast strikes again. i remember two years ago, romanian commentators choose to commentate e3 harelbeke from a live stream instead of catalunya lol. to show how they feel about the catalan broadcast

the sad thing is that we probably won't have any battle between the big ones. what are the latest weather news?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Tinkoff Saxo ‏@tinkoff_saxo

No alarms and no surprises for #Tinkoff_Saxo during first stage of #VoltaCatalunya: http://www.tinkoffsaxo.com/news/sprinter-feast-catalunya/ …

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Everyone same time except these

163 HENDERSON Gregory Lotto Belisol 2:58
164 BEWLEY Sam Orica GreenEDGE ,,
165 JI Cheng Team Giant-Shimano ,,
166 DYACHENKO Alexandr Astana Pro Team ,,
167 KERN Christophe Team Europcar ,,
168 LEMARCHAND Romain Cofidis, Solutions Crédits ,,
169 SIJMENS Nico Wanty - Groupe Gobert ,,
170 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar Trek Factory Racing ,,
171 HABEAUX Gregory Wanty - Groupe Gobert ,,
172 PATE Danny Team Sky ,,
173 PORTE Richie Team Sky ,,
174 VAKOC Petr Omega Pharma - Quick-Step ,,
175 EDMONDSON Joshua Team Sky ,,
176 PETERSON Tom Team Giant-Shimano 6:29


Seemed Sky panicked a bit to try & save Porte

 

[LaFlorecita]

the sad thing is that we probably won't have any battle between the big ones. what are the latest weather news?

Wait what?

 

[Cyivel]

Wait what?

Auld Kirby said there was snow settling on La Molina today fwiw.

 

[EnacheV]

Wait what?

-2 C and snow for March 27 which means 2000m+ climb will be cancelled

 

[roundabout]

It may be pretty cold on Thursday at the arrival. La Molina seems doable. Not sure about Creueta.

 

[veji11]

Hehe... That's the thing with that super duper exciting Catalunya route that gets the fans drooling, well it means they take big chances with the weather. They would be better of trying to use more of those 1500/1600 climbs. Going to 2000 in March is just stupid, too much of a lottery (see 2 years ago and possibly this year).