Anyone care about the tour of Oman?

[usedtobefast]

i think an office park crit would be tougher. and not more guys in robes, either.
the Tour of Oh! Man...

 

[Anonymous]

Ok.. actuall stage 2 profile

last bit gets repeated...

or this with the last bit on

i prefer my doodles

 

[zapata]

good job! that's a lot of downhill, but might be an interesting stage, with the uphill finish.

edit: now that you've added the yellow bit, it doesn't seem quite as dramatic..is the finish practically flat?

 

[zapata]

gilbert, pozzato and ballan all in the race. who else? breschel? my dark horse: lars petter nordhaug..

 

[Anonymous]

good job! that's a lot of downhill, but might be an interesting stage, with the uphill finish.

the actual finish is flat, theres just a very slight slope on the second half of the circuit..

very hard to route accurately, the roads dont actually exist, have to do it as walking

 

[zapata]

ah, well, hope it's a good one anyway.

 

[stefrees]

love the interview on sky sports news with mat hayman where they had a pic of peter kennaugh in gb team jersey

 

[St. Elia]

I have ridden this route and it's pretty flat (stage two), the next one should be more interesting as there are a couple o small hills and a fair size one just before the finish so you could see a climber get away for a win, Ballan? I'm going to be at the start and finish of that stage so should be interesting. The first hill in that stage is the same as the final ITT FYI. Pinoti? Or Cancelara? who ever does it could be the winner.

No pics from last night as it was two dark..... typical Oman an hour late and no barriers I thought for sure some one would get hit!!! Did see the police pull some people away for doing stupid things but really poor on the safety. On the positive side I got a great spot to watch the race from!! Good turn out too.

 

[Not Riding Enough]

... I'm going to be at the start and finish of that stage so should be interesting. ...

What is the start time and approx finish time?

 

[Not Riding Enough]

oh, I think start time is 1pm local.

 

[St. Elia]

Stage One
14 February - 1800hrs start

Distance: 60.8 km in 16 turns around the Muttrah Corncihe from Riyam Roundabout to the Fish Roundabout

Stage Two
15 February – 1300hrs start

Distance: 148.5 km from Nizwa to Izki, Samail, Bidbid, and back to Samail

Stage Three
16 February – 1300hrs start

Distance: 125 km Sifat Ak Sheikh to Quriyat

Stage Four
17 February – 1150hrs start

Distance: 187 km from Ibri to A’Rustaq , Al Awabi, and Nakhal

Stage Five
18 February – 1315hrs start

Distance: 148 km from Wattayah to Shatti Al Qurum, A’Seeb, Barka, Al Khoudh, Ghala, and Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex

Stage Six
19 February – 1400hrs start

Distance: 18.5 km from the Shangri-La Barr Al Jissa hotel to the to the Fish Roundabout on the Muttrah Corniche

 

[St. Elia]

Anybody know a good way to estimate finish times?

 

[maltiv]

oh, I think start time is 1pm local.

Which means it started like 15 minutes ago?

Guess they will be finished in about 3,5 hours then.

 

[stefrees]

4 man break including alex dowsett 6 mins clear after 33k according to cycling weekly

 

[Anonymous]

4 man break including alex dowsett 6 mins clear after 33k according to cycling weekly

you got a link to where they are putting updates?

 

[stefrees]

you got a link to where they are putting updates?

no all i got was that tweet from cycling weekly, i cant find anything anywhere? was just going to nip into town and hope to come back to some more info!

my moneys on EBH today, sky finally get the lead out spot on

 

[Anonymous]

first sprint
117 Jackson STEWART BMC
93 * Ben GASTAUER AG2R (Possibly)
146 * Kristof VANDEWALLE Topsport (Possibly)

Pelaton @5m50

tour of omans twitter feed is running today
http://twitter.com/tourofoman2010

 

[Not Riding Enough]

Not live on OmanTV2 yet.

Highlights of last night and some talking head about the stage today.

Hopefully the twitter feeds will better than my attempt last night. You get what you pay for.

 

[Anonymous]

Not live on OmanTV2 yet.

Highlights of last night and some talking head about the stage today.

Hopefully the twitter feeds will better than my attempt last night. You get what you pay for.

Im guessing oman tv2 are just covering those last two laps of the circuit..

i still cant get an oman tv2 feed, loads of oman tv, but none of the sports channel..

Your attempts where great, not your fault they were riding in pitch black.. Looking forward to your updates..

latest
Pltn @ 4m 25. Gap narrowing. 63km to go

 

[stefrees]

cheers for the twitter link dim, think its a nailed on sprint

 

[Not Riding Enough]

Peleton just gone past the talking head on the spot.

I'm guessing that is at the finish point. It was bizzare as the camera must have been at least 500m from the road the cyclist were on.

Credits are rolling and looks like the show is over. Maybe real coverage will start. Maybe...

 

[Not Riding Enough]

They are now showing and extended highlights of last night.

It must have been digitally altered as now you can actually see the riders and which team they are one.

I can't believe they have had hours of coverage but not actually showing the race.

Less than 20km to go and still recapping last night!

 

[stefrees]

daniele bennatti wins according to liquigas twitter feed

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

2. Farrar, 3. EBH

Susan

 

[stefrees]

2. Farrar, 3. EBH

Susan

that must mean ebh in leaders jersey by my poor maths? bennatti ebh and casper all on same time, but ebh having better placings?