2016 Tour of Qatar 8-12/02 2.HC

[Vasilis]

Re: Re:

Can EBH win the 2016 tour de france?
Go norway's ullrich!

He will be third, right after TLMRP and Fatancur 😎

This is the podium 😀

1. TLMRP
2. Fatancur
3. Eddie

I think you're taking the Richie Porte abbreviations a little too far now... 🙂

 

[Jancouver]

Re: Re:

Can EBH win the 2016 tour de france?
Go norway's ullrich!

He will be third, right after TLMRP and Fatancur 😎

This is the podium 😀

1. TLMRP
2. Fatancur
3. Eddie

I think you're taking the Richie Porte abbreviations a little too far now... 🙂

FYI

TLMRP = The Little Man Ritchie Porte 😀

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Van Emden so often strikes close to home..only to get hammered by the top favorite

 

[GP Blanco]

Van Emden so often strikes close to home..only to get hammered by the top favorite

The perfect description of a great domestique

 

[Vasilis]

Re: Re:

Can EBH win the 2016 tour de france?
Go norway's ullrich!

He will be third, right after TLMRP and Fatancur 😎

This is the podium 😀

1. TLMRP
2. Fatancur
3. Eddie

I think you're taking the Richie Porte abbreviations a little too far now... 🙂

FYI

TLMRP = The Little Man Ritchie Porte 😀

Yeah I know. But even though I showed I knew it was about Porte, you still felt the need to explain it, which supports my point. 😉

 

[Jspear]

Re: Re:

Can EBH win the 2016 tour de france?
Go norway's ullrich!

He will be third, right after TLMRP and Fatancur 😎

This is the podium 😀

1. TLMRP
2. Fatancur
3. Eddie

I think you're taking the Richie Porte abbreviations a little too far now... 🙂

FYI

TLMRP = The Little Man Ritchie Porte 😀

I thought it stood for Tiny Little Midget Ritchie Porte.

 

[BigMac]

That's three redundancies juxtaposed.

Modolo for the win tomorrow.

 

[Jancouver]

Re: Re:

Can EBH win the 2016 tour de france?
Go norway's ullrich!

He will be third, right after TLMRP and Fatancur 😎

This is the podium 😀

1. TLMRP
2. Fatancur
3. Eddie

I think you're taking the Richie Porte abbreviations a little too far now... 🙂

FYI

TLMRP = The Little Man Ritchie Porte 😀

I thought it stood for Tiny Little Midget Ritchie Porte.

Technically, you are correct, but for those sensitive fans that would not accept such a "term", I had to come up with a politically correct version.

As you know, these days, especially the millennials and Aussies are a very sensitive bunch so it is better to have an alternative just to keep them happy 😱

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Re:

Can EBH win the 2016 tour de france?
Go norway's ullrich!

Jan loved the heat. He should try a comeback and win the tt.

 

[May0maniac]

Re: Re:

Can EBH win the 2016 tour de france?
Go norway's ullrich!

Jan loved the heat. He should try a comeback and win the tt.

I recently saw pictures of him skiing with Levi on the Rettenbachferner on Fb 😀
Fear the return:

The heat should help the Aussie riders, Rohan could benefit from it in the ITT.
Back to Qatar, any news about the wind on the final 2 stages?

 

[Ricco']

Re: Re:

Can EBH win the 2016 tour de france?
Go norway's ullrich!

Jan loved the heat. He should try a comeback and win the tt.

I recently saw pictures of him skiing with Levi on the Rettenbachferner on Fb 😀
Fear the return:

The heat should help the Aussie riders, Rohan could benefit from it in the ITT.
Back to Qatar, any news about the wind on the final 2 stages?

I think that tomorrow will be the day with less wind of the week.

Friday it's the usual showcase in Doha, so echelons are almost impossible.

 

[Billie]

Der kaiser in the heat in qatar would easily win the WC tt. Even with the extra kilos he's packing. No doubt

also no need for a reconnaissance of the route 😛

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Disaster for EBH

 

[May0maniac]

Puncture for EBH with 8km to go!

 

[BigMac]

Supermarket drilling it hard in the front. 8k to go. Some echelons. Just tuned in. no idea waht's going.

EBH puncture.

http://www.cyclinghub.tv/livestream

 

[Eagle]

Echelons have started and EBH got a puncture

 

[May0maniac]

Renshaw (?) is now trying to bring EBH back to the front.

 

[BigMac]

Blergh, Katusha gonna take this.

Scavengers.

 

[BigMac]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. 😡

 

[May0maniac]

Lotto jumbo fail.

 

[classicomano]

Lotto Jumbo was here to test their new and improved sprint train. But it was just bussiness as usual, way too early on the front, the whole train derailed with 2k to go and nobody left to keep Hofland in the front. MORONS!

 

[BigMac]

Re:

Lotto Jumbo was here to test their new and improved sprint train. But it was just bussiness as usual, way too early on the front, the whole train derailed with 2k to go and nobody left to keep Hofland in the front. MORONS!

They didn't drill too early, they were daring and took advantage of the echelons when they saw was most fit, maybe they wouldn't have been able to pull that stunt a bit later in the race. It just so happens that Katusha was there peeking and ready for a monstrous pace. See how Cav started the sprint and coulnd't even overcome the Katusha domestique pulling. Insane stuff.

 

[May0maniac]

Imagine if we had todays finishing circuit that is actually exposed to wind as the WC RR circuit, that would be fun.
Cav is the new race leader 2 seconds ahead off GVA, Quinziato 3rd at 6 sec, Kristoff 4th at 9 sec and EBH 5th at 19 sec.

 

[cunavalos]

Re: Re:

Lotto Jumbo was here to test their new and improved sprint train. But it was just bussiness as usual, way too early on the front, the whole train derailed with 2k to go and nobody left to keep Hofland in the front. MORONS!

They didn't drill too early, they were daring and took advantage of the echelons when they saw was most fit, maybe they wouldn't have been able to pull that stunt a bit later in the race. It just so happens that Katusha was there peeking and ready for a monstrous pace. See how Cav started the sprint and coulnd't even overcome the Katusha domestique pulling. Insane stuff.

Had a look at it again and cav didn't start the sprint exactly, the final group had split and a gap had opened up between bennett and cav and the group containing kristoff so himself and bennett had to try and close the gap

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Boasson Hagen was never likely to get back on in that wind, in hindsight it was a mistake to leave Cav isolated given that he was second in GC and favourite to take the stage win. Fair play to Cavendish for getting the team out of trouble, a pretty impressive effort to still be there at the finish with no support.