2015 Tour of Croatia (22-26 april)

[TourOfSardinia]

poor Greg B. flat in the last km
Marco Kump wins sprint by a large margin

 

[LaFlorecita]

Nice win for Kump.

 

[cesko_jr]

Great racing in Zadar..superb. Matija Kvasina show that he is ready for Ucka but he was ill few days ago. Tomorrow I'm going to Ucka and on saturday It's Pula to Umag (Istria county) and they passing my home town Pazin from where is Meridiana Kamen Team. I hope for good whether and plenty of people at the top of Ucka (It's not Zoncolan and the stadium of 100 000 ). It's very suprising reaction from people here in Croatia about this race. Everybody is supporting this race and they enjoying the race and great promotion.Of course..we need tradition to understand cycling racing like other country's..but step by step. I'm very proud about this.

 

[argyllflyer]

Coverage been good so far, hopefully the race will grow in stature year after year.

 

[Velolover2]

Come on Szmyd! You have a golden opportunity today.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Paterski won the queen stage, after being in the break. CCC has 5 in the top 10 in GC now, sprinter Bole still in the top 10.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

Paterski won the queen stage, after being in the break. CCC has 5 in the top 10 in GC now, sprinter Bole still in the top 10.

What the hell!

 

[Velolover2]

Re:

Paterski won the queen stage, after being in the break. CCC has 5 in the top 10 in GC now, sprinter Bole still in the top 10.

Paterski should be on a WT team next year. He is by far the best rider on that team. We need more De Gendt-like attackers in the big races.

 

[Der Effe]

Re: Re:

Paterski won the queen stage, after being in the break. CCC has 5 in the top 10 in GC now, sprinter Bole still in the top 10.

Paterski should be on a WT team next year. He is by far the best rider on that team. We need more De Gendt-like attackers in the big races.

Hopefully a team like Lotto-Jumbo signs him. They kinda suck anyway, so at least he will have a free role. Bigger teams will probably just let him work like Liquigas / Cannondale did. Lampre would be nice too, but that's also because I like Paterski and Lampre has become a team with quite a few interesting riders.

 

[nayr497]

I spent awhile in Czech Republic with my wife in 2011 (awesome country!) and on a whim I suggested we take a March spring break trip to Croatia. WOW!!! What an incredible place. Happened to meet a local in a restaurant in Split and we had three meals with him in two days and got drunk on wine (he made a point that real Dalmatians don't drink beer! funny having been in Prague) twice as well.

It is one of the most cherished trips of my life. The coast is absolutely stunning. If I win the lottery I'd buy one house in Croatia, another on the south island of New Zealand, and split my time between the two. Croatia is a hidden gem, at least for most Americans I know. LOVELY. Going to try to watch some of the race to reminisce with the wife.

 

[cesko_jr]

Live TV coverage from motors and helicopters was bad and here you are live pictures from cameras around 500 meters to finish. This is from croatian television...but Eurosport and croatian television (HRT) will replay the race tonight or tomorrow. I will post some pictures later..great time..shame because of the whether and tv coverage

http://video.hrt.hr/2403/tour_of_croatia3_kraj.mp4

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Damn pity about the weather today.
So whats the food like in Croatia?

 

[De Snelle Duif]

Re: Re:

Paterski won the queen stage, after being in the break. CCC has 5 in the top 10 in GC now, sprinter Bole still in the top 10.

Paterski should be on a WT team next year. He is by far the best rider on that team. We need more De Gendt-like attackers in the big races.

Hopefully a team like Lotto-Jumbo signs him. They kinda suck anyway, so at least he will have a free role. Bigger teams will probably just let him work like Liquigas / Cannondale did. Lampre would be nice too, but that's also because I like Paterski and Lampre has become a team with quite a few interesting riders.

Although Paterski and CCC are pretty much unstoppable in this race I don't understand why Paterski was sent to this race. Considering his 9th place in Amstel and Brabantse Pijl one would expect him at LBL

 

[Netserk]

CCC weren't invited to Liege.

 

[johnymax]

Primož Roglič deserves a mention for an impressive 2nd place. He is a former ski jumper (a pretty talented one) who left ski jumping because of injury. He started to do kms with the bike as part of his rehab and then quickly became the Alberto Contador of amateur races in Slovenia. He then signed a contract with Adria Mobil and is steadily improving year after year. It's his third year now as a pro and he's become a very good climber. I'm sure he has still a lot of room to improve and I can see him in a WT team in a couple years. Btw he's 25.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Re:

Paterski won the queen stage, after being in the break. CCC has 5 in the top 10 in GC now, sprinter Bole still in the top 10.

who were in the break?

 

[cesko_jr]

Re:

Damn pity about the weather today.
So whats the food like in Croatia?

Man..we got the best cuisine..if I start to talk about this..I can write few books about it...continental region of Croatia of course has good cuisine (more recent contacts with neighboring cultures - Hungarian, Austrian and Turkish, using lard for cooking, and spices such as black pepper, paprika)..but I'm from Istria, near Italy so I will talk about the food from our coast (similar is Dalmatia..It's all mediterranean cuisine). So we have great wine, fresh fish and sea food, pasta with truffles, olive oil and of course the amazing istrian prosciutto + great coast and beautiful girls. I must said that Dalmatia is great and similiar with Pag Island cheese (sheep milk cheese) and lamb or octopus under peka*.

To explain "Peka" i will post a quote from this page (http://en.hostelforumzadar.com/) "The main ingredients include octopus und potatoes, but the key is the peka. The ingredients, a drop of olive oil and herbs are placed in a cast-iron or earthenware pot where they slowly cook, covered with a lid with hot coals on top of it. Peka is prepared in a fireplace and it takes a couple of hours to finish. It’s a true culinary art, but well worth the wait. Luckily you can also enjoy peka with different basic ingredients. If you’ve had enough of seafood, lamb under peka is another unforgettable dish. Simply irresistible!"

I can go on and on

Primož Roglič deserves a mention for an impressive 2nd place. He is a former ski jumper (a pretty talented one) who left ski jumping because of injury. He started to do kms with the bike as part of his rehab and then quickly became the Alberto Contador of amateur races in Slovenia. He then signed a contract with Adria Mobil and is steadily improving year after year. It's his third year now as a pro and he's become a very good climber. I'm sure he has still a lot of room to improve and I can see him in a WT team in a couple years. Btw he's 25.

Roglič is really a talented young man..what a story. Miholjevic told his story to the croatian TV when they broadcast todays stage.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Re: Re:

Paterski won the queen stage, after being in the break. CCC has 5 in the top 10 in GC now, sprinter Bole still in the top 10.

who were in the break?

Dont know exactly the updates were terrible, there was a break of 12 but only 3 names were given, Paterski, Robbert De Greef and Gradek. Dont know what their advantage was going into the last climb (and I suppose they were not with 12 there anymore, but dont know about that either)

 

[search]

Rogina, Parrinello and Jordi Simon were in the breakaway as well. Paterski dropped all of them before the final climb already though, and he only had a minute or so on the peloton heading into the climb.

edit: there was no live coverage, but short highlights are available here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njgbeDIFpc0

2nd day in a row with someone celebrating who didn't actually win

 

[ILovecycling]

Re: Re:

I'm sure it will be a good race in a beautiful country, however it really is rubbish that Eurosport are showing this live and not Trentino.

Thats true,at least it has nice landscapes .



btw who is the favourite? Paterski?

uhhhm where was my betting account


edit: strongest by a mile, impressive.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Very nice city circuit at the end which provided some fun racing. CCC were just a cut above everyone else all race long though.

 

[Beacon Hill]

Was a nice finishing circuit and overall a good first event.

Hopefully next year it will get a higher profile with some better teams.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Re: Re:

I'm sure it will be a good race in a beautiful country, however it really is rubbish that Eurosport are showing this live and not Trentino.

Thats true,at least it has nice landscapes .



btw who is the favourite? Paterski?

uhhhm where was my betting account


edit: strongest by a mile, impressive.

Good call