2015 Eneco Tour (2.WT), Aug 10 - 16th

[MatParker117]

Greipel doesn't have much opposition.

Viviani

 

[WheelofGear]

Greipel doesn't have much opposition.

Ryder Hesjedal disagrees.

 

[Flamin]

Benoot involved in a crash. Theuns also went down, though nothing too serious.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Benoot was stopped for well over a minute with no teammates. Not sure he's going to get back on

 

[Flamin]

Re:

Benoot was stopped for well over a minute with no teammates. Not sure he's going to get back on

He's back

 

[TMP402]

Haas should really be winning these sprints. Hmm. Did a lot of work beforehand.

 

[TMP402]

Sky burning matches too early as ever.

 

[TMP402]

Goodness me Sky down to one man left for Viviani with 2.5km to go.

 

[luckyboy]

Terrible leadout from Lotto

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Gorilla otb

 

[cadence]

Probably don't expect to go man on man with the Lotto train. Expect Viviani to tag onto Griepel

 

[TMP402]

Viviani! got Greipel's wheel after Soudal came to the front with 1.7km to go. Very messy leadout.

 

[cadence]

Good tactics by Sky then?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Re:

Good tactics by Sky then?

apparently, yes !

 

[kenk09]

Same tactic they used in the Giro. Just get him to the final 1.5km and then let him follow wheels. It's a definite tactic, whether it's a good one is still to be decided.

 

[TMP402]

Re:

Good tactics by Sky then?

Brutally bad.

 

[TMP402]

van Poppel had the Saganesque "best" sprint without winning.

 

[Flamin]

Greipel didn't look good, very passive as well. Lost the wheel of his train multiple times. Decompression after the Tour I guess.

 

[TMP402]

Same tactic they used in the Giro. Just get him to the final 1.5km and then let him follow wheels. It's a definite tactic, whether it's a good one is still to be decided.

Yeah Viviani just said this in the interview. Fenn's job is to get him to the final km and let him take the best wheel. Which I guess is the best thing to do when your support is Sutton and Fenn.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Just watched the final, nice win for Elia!

 

[Jancouver]

Those 3 intermediate sprints in 1km was a pretty cool idea. Not sure if that is the tradition in this race but it would be nice to have something like that in some big races like TdF.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Re:

Those 3 intermediate sprints in 1km was a pretty cool idea. Not sure if that is the tradition in this race but it would be nice to have something like that in some big races like TdF.

They came up with the idea for the Baloise Belgium Tour earlier in the year.

 

[Tank Engine]

Re: Re:

Ouch. Luke Rowe has an English flag next to his name.

And so does Andy Fenn.

This intruiged me as it seems to me that he was always described as English in everything I read. It turns out that indeed Fenn rode in the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and 2014 for Scotland, since he has a Scottish mother (he was born in Hertfordshire). Obviously, I don't pay attention to who takes part in the Commonwealth Games

 

[TMP402]

Re: Re:

Ouch. Luke Rowe has an English flag next to his name.

And so does Andy Fenn.

This intruiged me as it seems to me that he was always described as English in everything I read. It turns out that indeed Fenn rode in the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and 2014 for Scotland, since he has a Scottish mother (he was born in Hertfordshire). Obviously, I don't pay attention to who takes part in the Commonwealth Games

British people with parents from different constituent countries is tricky when it comes to sport.

 

[Tank Engine]

Re:

Greipel didn't look good, very passive as well. Lost the wheel of his train multiple times. Decompression after the Tour I guess.

It was a strange sprint in a couple of ways.

True. Greipel was way off his train, but the guy on his wheel won. Thus obviously Greipel wasn't at 100%.

Etixx sets up a train behind Lotto and then what? Why?