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

[Hugo Koblet]

Kristoff wins an insanely close sprint. Cav wins GC while Kristoff moves to second.

 

[King Boonen]

Wouldn't want to be in charge of calling that!

 

[jaylew]

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Kristoff wins another insanely close sprint. Cav wins GC while Kristoff moves to second.

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[PremierAndrew]

Being on the inside ultimately won it for Kristoff. Perfect sprint from him

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Calling another 20+ victories for the hardman this year as well. My favourite sprinter without a dobut

 

[Alexandre B.]

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Calling another 20+ victories for the hardman this year as well. My favourite sprinter without a dobut

Hope he will be in monster shape for the Worlds. Same for Degenkolb.

 

[Aurelio]

As a Cav fan I am starting to think that this season is going to be the hardest of is career until now. I get it that Kittel and Greipel are the top dogs in the sprints right now, but when he loses to Kristoff, who is a hardman/sprinter like Thor used to be, things seems to be worse than ever. I hope that I am wrong.

 

[carolina]

well, cavendish probably went harder during the TT and he had to work a lot yesterday. I think he's going to have a great season and prove some people wrong.

 

[sir fly]

Kristoff held off perfectly.
Looked like Cavendish had enough acceleration, but it was only to level up with Kristoff. Another couple of wheel turns wouldn't help him either. The both have timed their sprints perfectly and were empty on the line.
Great duel.

 

[TMP402]

No option for Cavendish or EBH in the poll...

 

[Inquitus]

Who's comes out of this better, Kristoff with 3 stage wins or Cav with 1 stage win and the GC?

 

[johnymax]

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Who's comes out of this better, Kristoff with 3 stage wins or Cav with 1 stage win and the GC?

Looking just at the results I'd say Cav, but watching the race it looked like Katusha an Kristoff dominated Cav and the others.

 

[Aurelio]

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Who's comes out of this better, Kristoff with 3 stage wins or Cav with 1 stage win and the GC?

Looking just at the results I'd say Cav, but watching the race it looked like Katusha an Kristoff dominated Cav and the others.

Agreed. Kristoff´s leadout train was perfect while DD has to work on a few things, like not going to early to the front of the race. Cav is not looking good losing flat stages against Kristoff, but that maybe because the time he is spending in the velodrome. Hope to see him getting better as the season continues.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Winning GC is obviously better for a riders palmares, but for both Cavendish and Kristoff, the GC of the Tour of Qatar would be a loooooong way down their list of important wins. Winning three stages says more about where a rider is at the moment. Given a choice I think both would take the three stages.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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Winning GC is obviously better for a riders palmares, but for both Cavendish and Kristoff, the GC of the Tour of Qatar would be a loooooong way down their list of important wins. Winning three stages says more about where a rider is at the moment. Given a choice I think both would take the three stages.

100% agreed.

 

[pink_jersey]

Cav will not win anything big this year. His team is useless and I think that he's dependent on his team at this point in his career.

 

[Happy dude]

Cav will win more races than the rest of his team, for DD I think that's all that matters

 

[Gloin22]

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Cav will win more races than the rest of his team, for DD I think that's all that matters

All that matters? That shouldn't be even mentioned as achievement, its' not ''all that matters'' its barely a minimal requirement you expect for paying him so much money.

 

[jaylew]

How did GVA leapfrog Quinziato?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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How did GVA leapfrog Quinziato?

GVA was second yesterday, netting 6 bonus seconds.

 

[pink_jersey]

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Cav will win more races than the rest of his team, for DD I think that's all that matters

He should win stages in WT races. That's what it's expected for him.