2015 Arctic Race of Norway 2.HC 13/8 - 16/8

[lemon cheese cake]

He's back on, but stage 2 winner Sam Bennet has attacked.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Zakarin wheelsucking

 

[Rollthedice]

Now, not any more!

 

[Rollthedice]

Zakarin has gone nucular.

 

[Rollthedice]

Rein for the GC win.

 

[Bushman]

How did Taaramae catch up on Dillier and Zakarin? On the descent?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Bmc 2 victories this afternoon.

GC

 

[mihhint]

Re:

How did Taaramae catch up on Dillier and Zakarin? On the descent?

Just before the decent. Although pretty sure he would have done it in decent/flat anyways, he was the strongest today.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Re:

How did Taaramae catch up on Dillier and Zakarin? On the descent?

Rode back to them on the last part of the climb, after it flattened out then ramped up again.

 

[Irondan]

Nice win for Sylvan Dillier! Hope to see more like this from him in the future.

 

[Bushman]

Re: Re:

How did Taaramae catch up on Dillier and Zakarin? On the descent?

Rode back to them on the last part of the climb, after it flattened out then ramped up again.

Alright, just saw him getting distanced on the climb, then I was away for a while and when I got back Taarsmae was a the front again.

Am I the only one thinking Dillier could have tried an attack in the last couple of K's to win the overall? Taaramae was tiring and the finishing straight was a bit uphill

 

[Metabolol]

Taarame could have won the stage today had he pulled a bit less. He pulled too much at the end although it still worked out well for him.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Nice result by Tolhoek

 

[Tank Engine]

Re:

Taarame could have won the stage today had he pulled a bit less. He pulled too much at the end although it still worked out well for him.

Since there are no race radios, he might have not known the race situation and ensuring the GC win is the most important. Herrmans had bad luck with his mechanical, but Taaramae was so strong. He also raced very intelligently on the last climb to drag Dillier and Zakarin back right at the top.

I've just caught the last two stages after a weekend in the mountains. The Narvik stage was particularly entertaining and with the sun out both stages were beautiful.