2017 Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt-Tour of Austria (2.HC)

[shalgo]

So is Taaramae the GC favorite now? He has more than a minute on Lopez and almost two on Zakarin.

 

[Squire]

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So is Taaramae the GC favorite now? He has more than a minute on Lopez and almost two on Zakarin.

Eibegger.

 

[DNP-Old]

Restrepo out with a broken collarbone. Shame for him, tomorrows and Fridays' stage would have really suited him well.

 

[ppanther92]

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So is Taaramae the GC favorite now? He has more than a minute on Lopez and almost two on Zakarin.

Looked a bit chubby in the prologue to be honest. But Eibegger and Grossschartner struggle aalways a bit on the real high mountains. Delio Fernandez is not a bad climber.

But i still think Lopez is the favourite.

 

[May0maniac]

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So is Taaramae the GC favorite now? He has more than a minute on Lopez and almost two on Zakarin.

Looked a bit chubby in the prologue to be honest. But Eibegger and Grossschartner struggle aalways a bit on the real high mountains. Delio Fernandez is not a bad climber.

But i still think Lopez is the favourite.

Yes, Fernandez and Eibegger schould be good, Großschartner's form is still a bit of a question mark. This year Denifl hasn't climbed well, so I don't think he has a chance. If Taaramäe finds his Tiefenbachferner legs he should e the big favourite.
From what I've heard the riders really enjoyed the short uphill prologue because it's something totally different.

 

[May0maniac]

Slagter wins the stage ahead of Debesay, Miguel Lopez 3rd and Tusveld 4th.
Vanmarcke won the 40 men sprint for 5th place behind them.
Zakarin lost 1:47.
http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Int._Osterreich-Rundfahrt-Tour_of_Austria_2017_Stage_3
The stage was a lot harder than it looks on paper, the Jasenegg climb features a short section with a 24% steep ramp.
A video of the steep ramp: https://www.facebook.com/radliga/videos/10154196209237053/
Edit: There will be a livestream for the 2 mountain stages of the official hompage of the race, that's great!
source: http://www.oesterreich-rundfahrt.at...m-von-horn-und-glockneretappe-am-5-und-6-juli

 

[Ricco']

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Edit: There will be a livestream for the 2 mountain stages of the official hompage of the race, that's great!
source: http://www.oesterreich-rundfahrt.at...m-von-horn-und-glockneretappe-am-5-und-6-juli

Great!

One more reason for Fuji to smoke them all up Kitzbuheler! Well, being serious, Superman seems out of reach but Igor seems in a fairly good shape, so I can see him fighting for second, since Zaka is nowhere to be seen and Taaramäe is inconsistent as hell.

But as usual he will disappoint me and Debesay will be the best Dimension Data rider, I better get prepared for that.

 

[May0maniac]

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Edit: There will be a livestream for the 2 mountain stages of the official hompage of the race, that's great!
source: http://www.oesterreich-rundfahrt.at...m-von-horn-und-glockneretappe-am-5-und-6-juli

Great!

One more reason for Fuji to smoke them all up Kitzbuheler! Well, being serious, Superman seems out of reach but Igor seems in a fairly good shape, so I can see him fighting for second, since Zaka is nowhere to be seen and Taaramäe is inconsistent as hell.

But as usual he will disappoint me and Debesay will be the best Dimension Data rider, I better get prepared for that.

The funny thing is that Austrian Media hyped Teklehaimanot as some sort of mountain goat and contender because of holding KoM jersey's for a few days, when he's maybe the 3rd best climber that DD send to this race.
I don't know about Debesay, he's a strong rider with a big who can defend himself on a single climb, but Kitzbüheler Horn could be too hard for him.
No idea who'll be strongest Austrian rider on the mountain stages.

 

[Gigs_98]

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Edit: There will be a livestream for the 2 mountain stages of the official hompage of the race, that's great!
source: http://www.oesterreich-rundfahrt.at...m-von-horn-und-glockneretappe-am-5-und-6-juli

Great!

One more reason for Fuji to smoke them all up Kitzbuheler! Well, being serious, Superman seems out of reach but Igor seems in a fairly good shape, so I can see him fighting for second, since Zaka is nowhere to be seen and Taaramäe is inconsistent as hell.

But as usual he will disappoint me and Debesay will be the best Dimension Data rider, I better get prepared for that.

The funny thing is that Austrian Media hyped Teklehaimanot as some sort of mountain goat and contender because of holding KoM jersey's for a few days, when he's maybe the 3rd best climber that DD send to this race.
I don't know about Debesay, he's a strong rider with a big who can defend himself on a single climb, but Kitzbüheler Horn could be too hard for him.
No idea who'll be strongest Austrian rider on the mountain stages.

Yeah during the highlights of the prologue Austrian commentator peter brunner mentioned teklahaimanot as one of the overall gc contenders and when he ended up being pretty bad brunner just assumed he didn't go all out because he didn't have anorher explanation for teklhaimanot being that bad, although one could clearly see he was suffering

 

[Squire]

Re: Re:

Edit: There will be a livestream for the 2 mountain stages of the official hompage of the race, that's great!
source: http://www.oesterreich-rundfahrt.at...m-von-horn-und-glockneretappe-am-5-und-6-juli

Great!

One more reason for Fuji to smoke them all up Kitzbuheler! Well, being serious, Superman seems out of reach but Igor seems in a fairly good shape, so I can see him fighting for second, since Zaka is nowhere to be seen and Taaramäe is inconsistent as hell.

But as usual he will disappoint me and Debesay will be the best Dimension Data rider, I better get prepared for that.

The funny thing is that Austrian Media hyped Teklehaimanot as some sort of mountain goat and contender because of holding KoM jersey's for a few days, when he's maybe the 3rd best climber that DD send to this race.
I don't know about Debesay, he's a strong rider with a big who can defend himself on a single climb, but Kitzbüheler Horn could be too hard for him.
No idea who'll be strongest Austrian rider on the mountain stages.

I expect that to be Pernsteiner.

 

[May0maniac]

Re: Re:

Edit: There will be a livestream for the 2 mountain stages of the official hompage of the race, that's great!
source: http://www.oesterreich-rundfahrt.at...m-von-horn-und-glockneretappe-am-5-und-6-juli

Great!

One more reason for Fuji to smoke them all up Kitzbuheler! Well, being serious, Superman seems out of reach but Igor seems in a fairly good shape, so I can see him fighting for second, since Zaka is nowhere to be seen and Taaramäe is inconsistent as hell.

But as usual he will disappoint me and Debesay will be the best Dimension Data rider, I better get prepared for that.

The funny thing is that Austrian Media hyped Teklehaimanot as some sort of mountain goat and contender because of holding KoM jersey's for a few days, when he's maybe the 3rd best climber that DD send to this race.
I don't know about Debesay, he's a strong rider with a big who can defend himself on a single climb, but Kitzbüheler Horn could be too hard for him.
No idea who'll be strongest Austrian rider on the mountain stages.

I expect that to be Pernsteiner.

He's probably the safest pick, but you never know.

 

[Squire]

Weird how Bora has never ridden this race. Would've been great to see Konrad and Mühlberger in their home race.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Aqua Blue seem to think that Denifil has a shot to win, as they spent much of the day sharing the work with Cannondale.

 

[Ricco']

Just looked with close attention to today's profile and it seems harder than a first look might suggest.

Still, I think that it should end at the first passage on the finish line, that extra loop is in my opinion unnecessary.

 

[Sylvester]

1. Viviani 2. Vanmarcke, once more.

It can't have been too hard, then.

 

[Squire]

With Lowndes 2nd, it couldn't have been hard at all.

 

[May0maniac]

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With Lowndes 2nd, it couldn't have been hard at all.

Yes, but the guy is riding a solid race and doing well against someone like Gibbons, he probably deserves a contract at PCT level.
The final was easy and with the two big mountain stages coming up they probably took it rather easy.

 

[Squire]

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With Lowndes 2nd, it couldn't have been hard at all.

Yes, but the guy is riding a solid race and doing well against someone like Gibbons, he probably deserves a contract at PCT level.
The final was easy and with the two big mountain stages coming up they probably took it rather easy.

Yes, I didn't mean any disrespect to him. I think he's a promising talent. But he's a huge guy, so he's always gonna struggle with climbs.

 

[May0maniac]

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With Lowndes 2nd, it couldn't have been hard at all.

Yes, but the guy is riding a solid race and doing well against someone like Gibbons, he probably deserves a contract at PCT level.
The final was easy and with the two big mountain stages coming up they probably took it rather easy.

Yes, I didn't mean any disrespect to him. I think he's a promising talent. But he's a huge guy, so he's always gonna struggle with climbs.

Yes, I never saw you comment as disrespectful towards him, I just wanted to point out that he's a big talent who deserves a chance to ride for a bigger team.

 

[Eagle]

What time is todays stage going to be live?

Edit: It seems to be 25 minutes, if this is the correct link

http://radstars.at/details/id-06-juli-live-das-duell-aufs-horn

 

[DNP-Old]

Stream is godawful.

 

[Eagle]

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Stream is godawful.

Yeah, almost unwatchable.

Final climb about to start

 

[Jungle Cycle]

even like this is better than stage 6 tdf.....

 

[Stilletto]

Superman goes!


Think he got Teklehaimanot with him


well not anymore

 

[Escarabajo]

What's wrong with the camera man???

First time on a bike????