Anyone care about the tour of Oman?

[Andy99]

confirmed now.

1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Pro Cycling Team
2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha
3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step

 

[stefrees]

Which twitter?

Cyclingweekly they have a reporter there I think.


Good win for him, toughish stage by sounds of it

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

Cyclingweekly they have a reporter there I think.

So does CN, and we have had the brief report up for a while now..... http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/1st-tour-of-oman-2-1/stage-3/results

Susan

 

[Anonymous]

confirmed now.

1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Pro Cycling Team
2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha
3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step

So EBH beat both Boonen and Farrar in a sprint?

Quick, someone hold ACF94 and Dimspace apart!

 

[stefrees]

So does CN, and we have had the brief report up for a while now..... http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/1st-tour-of-oman-2-1/stage-3/results

Susan

Apologies, Twitter seems to be the quickest way of finding out these days

 

[hektoren]

So EBH beat both Boonen and Farrar in a sprint?

Quick, someone hold ACF94 and Dimspace apart!

Fantastic result! Can't wait for the tours this year, when the Sky leadout-train is perfected.

 

[Anonymous]

So EBH beat both Boonen and Farrar in a sprint?

Quick, someone hold ACF94 and Dimspace apart!

Dont need to hold me apart.. I always knew he was talking crap, was just a matter of time..

He is strangely quiet the last three days. I hope nothings happened to him

 

[Andy99]

Is Farrar going to win anything this year?

 

[Winterfold]

Good lad.

Hopefully Brailsford will be talking to the England rugby and cricket guys about how to find a long lost Brit great great great granny in the Boasen-Hagen family tree.

 

[Not Riding Enough]

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

I given up on Oman TV2. I'll just read the twits and watch highlights when you post them. Thanks, it is great to be able to go to 1 place. Sky has Gerrans so I guess it is OK for me to frequent the site.

 

[Ferminal]

Dont need to hold me apart.. I always knew he was talking crap, was just a matter of time..

He is strangely quiet the last three days. I hope nothings happened to him

Surely there was a bunch crash and the only reason EbH won was that he was last man standing?

 

[sublimit]

Fantastic result! Can't wait for the tours this year, when the Sky leadout-train is perfected.

yes, i think SKY should look to get this guy into green at the Tour and points leader at the Giro and concentrate less on Wiggins this time round. i reckon wiggo can look out for himself on the climbs anyhow..

 

[Anonymous]

I given up on Oman TV2. I'll just read the twits and watch highlights when you post them. Thanks, it is great to be able to go to 1 place. Sky has Gerrans so I guess it is OK for me to frequent the site.

Yeh ive given up, just doing with text and twitter, and the highlights videos are just for posterity more than anything.. stupid aso They should be up about 11pm gmt most days.

 

[maltiv]

Just saw the sprint, EBH won by approximately 2 bike lengths. Great stuff!

 

[stefrees]

Seems like a good effort by sky to control the race and produce a leadout, i think they could have a good season, like a lite-htc Columbia if that makes sense

 

[theswordsman]

Is Farrar going to win anything this year?

I picked him for my first ever Director Sportif team. His results don't count for a couple of weeks, so I hopes he's just sandbagging it a bit, but if he vanishes completely in March, it's my bad.

 

[Anonymous]

I picked him for my first ever Director Sportif team. His results don't count for a couple of weeks, so I hopes he's just sandbagging it a bit, but if he vanishes completely in March, it's my bad.

He sandbagged last year.. till march.. then again pretty much till september

 

[maltiv]

Video of todays sprint for those of you who haven't seen it yet: http://msn.tv2sporten.no/sykkel/boasson-hagen-tok-aarets-foerste-seier-3137616.html

 

[stefrees]

geez boasson hagen was miles quicker than farrar, garmin should have won that. great work from cj.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

geez boasson hagen was miles quicker than farrar, garmin should have won that. great work from cj.

Yup, that's pretty embarassing, did farrar have his brakes stuck on/

 

[taiwan]

I picked him for my first ever Director Sportif team. His results don't count for a couple of weeks, so I hopes he's just sandbagging it a bit, but if he vanishes completely in March, it's my bad.

Yeah I did too. Also Ciolek

 

[hektoren]

Yup, that's pretty embarassing, did farrar have his brakes stuck on/

Not as embarrassing as for Lieuwe Westra from Vacansoleil when he sprinted towards the finish line, one lap short, and celebrates his win in great style somewhat prematurely. Counting to three can be real hard, sometimes.

Play the movie at http://msn.tv2sporten.no/sykkel/boasson-hagen-tok-aarets-foerste-seier-3137616.html and wait until the end, then clicking on the second link from the top with the name Lieuwe Westra in it.

 

[Big GMaC]

Not as embarrassing as for Lieuwe Westra from Vacansoleil when he sprinted towards the finish line, one lap short, and celebrates his win in great style somewhat prematurely. Counting to three can be real hard, sometimes.

Play the movie at http://msn.tv2sporten.no/sykkel/boasson-hagen-tok-aarets-foerste-seier-3137616.html and wait until the end, then clicking on the second link from the top with the name Lieuwe Westra in it.

that was incredibly funny. he must have felt like such a tool...

also, how slow was farrar in st. 3, i mean the gramin lead out was phenomenal, he must have had at least 20m at one point...

 

[Ferminal]

What happened on Stage 2?

Columbia seemed to be going slow at the front and kind of fooled CJ into just sitting on their wheels? Bennati took that on a plate.

 

[ingsve]

What happened on Stage 2?

Columbia seemed to be going slow at the front and kind of fooled CJ into just sitting on their wheels? Bennati took that on a plate.

Ya, it looks very strange from the video I've seen. Almost like they didn't know where the finish line was (except Bennati) and all of a sudden there is was...