Anyone care about the tour of Oman?

[Ferminal]

Any chance of Spartacus not going for the win?

 

[BroDeal]

Any chance of Spartacus not going for the win?

Maybe Sky will pay him off and, just like the Tour of California the other year, he will produce a surprising and substandard time trial.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Looking at the current overall stands I figured this is going to be the easiest race Cancellara has ever won.
here is my prediction of the final overall GC:
Cancellara
Pinotti
EBH
Benatti
Boonen

How will EBH be up there in GC...? there is quite a few tters which have about 50 seconds on him which will not lose that much if anything at all!

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

Boonen said he was not sure about the TT, since he's getting tired after 2 weeks of racing...

 

[Ferminal]

Maybe Sky will pay him off and, just like the Tour of California the other year, he will produce a surprising and substandard time trial.

Did he take cash from Leechy last year?

 

[hakka_lugi]

Fabian Cancellara FTW

 

[stefrees]

on the ebh incident, what would the reaction now be if sky attacked eithewr boonen or a cervelo rider in a classic when they had a mechanical? its opened a can of worms. i thought the highlights really showed that boonen/quickstep/cervelo looked pretty telling

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Any chance of updates today then, or are we waiting for a fait accompli again?

 

[Anonymous]

on the ebh incident, what would the reaction now be if sky attacked eithewr boonen or a cervelo rider in a classic when they had a mechanical? its opened a can of worms. i thought the highlights really showed that boonen/quickstep/cervelo looked pretty telling

Indeed.. The highlights put it to bed for me.. all the time sky where driving the other teams where happily joining in, no complaints.

The break was clearly forced initially by cervelo, and then boonen who was doing the encouraging.. Very dissapointed in Tom, i thought he had more class, then, i should have known better really.

 

[Anonymous]

Any chance of updates today then, or are we waiting for a fait accompli again?

looks like nothing, started allegedly at 2pm local time, so well under way by now and not a dicky bird..

 

[Tyke1968]

Any news on today's stage anyone?

Thanks,

 

[Anonymous]

Any news on today's stage anyone?

Thanks,

Nothing, nada, nil. Oman tv2 offline everywhere as usual, twitter dead, aso site not updating, matsport who do the timing arent bothering with live reports, crap

 

[The Cobra]

From twitter ''stevendejongh: Edvald is about to win the TT ! It was not
impressive but very very impressive''

 

[Anonymous]

Looks like EbH could be about to win the TT, and with it possibly the points competition..

@stevendejongh: Edvald is about to win the TT ! It was not impressive but very very impressive.

 

[Cerberus]

From twitter ''stevendejongh: Edvald is about to win the TT ! It was not
impressive but very very impressive''

Presumably they start in reverse GC order and Spartacus is 14 positions ahead of EBH in the GC which means that Cancellara might not have started yet. Do you know what the time gap between the starts are?

 

[Anonymous]

Presumably they start in reverse GC order and Spartacus is 14 positions ahead of EBH in the GC which means that Cancellara might not have started yet. Do you know what the time gap between the starts are?

Maybe that EbH has already finished, and its Cancellaras time that they are basing the tweet on.. should be race should be just about finished..

 

[Cerberus]

Maybe that EbH has already finished, and its Cancellaras time that they are basing the tweet on.. should be race should be just about finished..

Possilbe I supose. Damn the Twitter character limitation!

 

[Reverend_T_Preedy]

Scott Sunderland on twitter- 'Yeeehaaa!! Absolutely awesome. Fantastic win in Oman TT by Edvald "Eddy" Boasson Hagen. Well done '

Looks like he got it then!!

 

[Anonymous]

Possilbe I supose. Damn the Twitter character limitation!

triplesmc @Teamsky Yeeeehaaaa! Absolutely fantastic

thats got me wondering how impressive the TT performance was.. surely EbH couldnt have taken 45 seconds out of cancellara....

Boasson Hagen has won the Timetrial...

Up yours doubters

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

triplesmc Yeeehaaa!! Absolutely awesome. Fantastic win in Oman TT by Edvald "Eddy" Boasson Hagen. Well done @Teamsky!
1 minutes ago from web

 

[Anonymous]

Holy ***...

Edvald wins TT. 1st Youth jersey ,2nd in general 1st in points !!!!!!!!!

How the hell fast did he go to come second in the GC... and Who won overall?

 

[Reverend_T_Preedy]

Cancelarra wins the overall and EBH 2nd overall. Must have been a great TT by EBH

 

[Publicus]

triplesmc @Teamsky Yeeeehaaaa! Absolutely fantastic

thats got me wondering how impressive the TT performance was.. surely EbH couldnt have taken 45 seconds out of cancellara....

Boasson Hagen has won the Timetrial...

Up yours doubters

Clearly it's not a natural win

 

[stefrees]

Geez ebh must have rinsed it! Impressive

 

[Cerberus]

Preliminary stage report is up:
Stage result
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:25:58
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Saxo Bank 0:00:17

General classification 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Saxo Bank
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/1st-tour-of-oman-2-1/stage-6/results