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

[DNP-Old]

1. Superman
2. Denifl +16
3. Ciccone +49

http://livetiming.at/live.php?V_ID=170706&R_ID=0&P_ID=all&lastfew=0&refresh=5

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re:

1. Superman
2. Denifl +16
3. Ciccone +49

I couldn't work out what the hell was going on other than Lopez was out front, someone unknown was less than 20 seconds back, someone else unknown was further down the mountain etc.

Nice to see Lopez win, but that's one hell of a ride by Denifl.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Huge time gaps

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

So what's the overall situation now? I can't get the official site to work.

 

[DNP-Old]

Re:

So what's the overall situation now? I can't get the official site to work.

Denifl new leader, 41 seconds over Delio Fernandez and 56 over Superman.

http://livetiming.at/tourg.php?V_ID=170706&R_ID=0&P_ID=all&refresh=5&tour=1

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

That stream brought me back to the good old days of watching bizarre and only semi comprehensible streams of the Tour de St Luis.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re: Re:

So what's the overall situation now? I can't get the official site to work.

Denifl new leader, 41 seconds over Delio Fernandez and 56 over Superman.

http://livetiming.at/tourg.php?V_ID=170706&R_ID=0&P_ID=all&refresh=5&tour=1

That's a substantial gap, but it's an odd parcours tomorrow. They could conceivably be in ones and twos again with 60 km to go.

 

[fauniera]

Denifl seems to be a really nice guy, so i'm really happy for him. Ciccone finally getting into form, i like that as well. Tomorrow anything could happen, it's quite a weird stage.

 

[Escarabajo]

Astana is cleaning out!!

 

[Sylvester]

Re:

That stream brought me back to the good old days of watching bizarre and only semi comprehensible streams of the Tour de St Luis.

TOP TOP TOP TOP PARA DANI DIAZ
TOP TOP TOP TOP PARA CONTADORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Good times!

 

[yaco]

Reckon Lowndes is borderline PCT standard. Sunderland is a better rider.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

It's interesting how successful Cannondale have been in this race (up until today of course) with a team containing neither climbers nor sprinters, only rouleurs and puncheurs.

 

[ppanther92]

Absolutely huge for Denifl. Especially after his long suffering period with his knee problems. I mean he already showed with place 7 at Paris-Nice GC that he is capable of great things, but to be honest, looking at the results this year i feared his career is more or less over.

 

[Anderis]

Re:

It's interesting how successful Cannondale have been in this race (up until today of course) with a team containing neither climbers nor sprinters, only rouleurs and puncheurs.

I would say that there is nothing surprising in the fact that riders like Vanmarcke or Slagter can shine against this kind of opposition.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re: Re:

It's interesting how successful Cannondale have been in this race (up until today of course) with a team containing neither climbers nor sprinters, only rouleurs and puncheurs.

I would say that there is nothing surprising in the fact that riders like Vanmarcke or Slagter can shine against this kind of opposition.

Both have ridden against worse opposition than this and failed to shine and it isn't only them who have been riding well - the team has imposed itself on multiple stages, creating echelons, setting up attacks etc.

Of course the fact that there's an uneven field quality matters, but there are 5 WT teams, 6 PCT teams and a high level Italian national selection here, it's not like it's a small Spanish race where Movistar and Caja Rural effectively have no rivals. It seems to me that it's a combination of having one of the strongest squads with having a selection that is very well equipped to control or pull apart a peloton.

 

[May0maniac]

Apparently Debesay was the only one who tried to go with Miguel Lopez, but he cracked badly. The climb was probably too hard and too steep for him, usually he's good on this kind of stages.
Nice to see that Ciccone is back on track after the heart operations.

 

[DNP-Old]

Superman has already attacked with 75k to go.

 

[Angliru]

Why is this race not listed on CN? I haven't seen any articles posted nor does it appear under the "Races" category.

 

[DNP-Old]

Re:

Superman has already attacked with 75k to go.

He has made his way to the break of the day and has a minute on Denifl, who seems to be isolated.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Lopez is going to do it. He has joined up with the break, while Denifl is out of teammates.

 

[Gigs_98]

A lot will depend on whether the other riders in the break are willing to work with Lopez or not but right now it's looking good for the Colombian

 

[fauniera]

Re:

Lopez is going to do it. He has joined up with the break, while Denifl is out of teammates.

We don't know if Denifl is alone or with other riders.

 

[DNP-Old]

Denifl is in a group of 12 (including himself), but he has no helpers with him. Gap is 1:48.

 

[fauniera]

Looking good for Denifl then. These 12 should work together.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Denifl descending faster in the rain, gap back to 1 min.