Arctic Race of Norway 2018 16 - 19 August

[Kwibus]

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I guess you are being sarcastic, and I know the field isn't much. But I'm telling you even in a full on WT field there will be very few who can beat MvdP on such a particular finish as this.

I'm willing to believe he can crack the top-5 on a very good day, not that he's nigh on impossible to beat. Not until I see him actually beat a top quality puncheur.

Indeed, claims like DT make after MvdP beating a bunch of 2nd and 3rd tier are ridiculous. Mathieu seems to have it in him, but I first want to see him compete vs a real puncheur before I judge him.

 

[Robert5091]

Tomorrow's (Friday's) Stage 2 Tana to Kjøllefjord 195 km - lumpy.

3 km long descent to finish so fast finish.

 

[Son of Amsterhammer]

MVP won so easily that any talk of “ he needs to do it against real competition” is a bit silly. Any other of the top guys wouldn’t have won more easily than that. He’s legit, clearly.

 

[Robert5091]

Kristian Aasvold - if not for the crash yesterday ... he was looking good. Good luck on stage 2!

 

[Ricco']

Anyone with a working stream for the race? (Not geoblocked).

 

[DNP-Old]

Echelons again.

 

[DNP-Old]

Barguil just crashed pretty hard after getting blown off the road by the wind.

 

[Robert5091]

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Anyone with a working stream for the race? (Not geoblocked).

Try http://tiz-cycling.live/ - works for me (no commentary though)

Warren in trouble -

 

[Ricco']

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Anyone with a working stream for the race? (Not geoblocked).

Try http://tiz-cycling.live/ - works for me (no commentary though)

Warren in trouble -

Thanks! For some reason I never remember to check Tiz.

 

[Flamin]

MVDP dropped!

 

[DNP-Old]

Mathieu getting dropped by Fuglsang.

 

[WKA311]

Astana dropping Van der Poel

 

[Flamin]

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Mathieu getting dropped by Fuglsang.

He's getting dropped by basically everyone now. Pedalling squares.

 

[DNP-Old]

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Mathieu getting dropped by Fuglsang.

He's getting dropped by basically everyone now. Pedalling squares.

When Mathieu is bad, he is really, really bad. All in or all out, there seems to be no in between.

 

[Flamin]

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Mathieu getting dropped by Fuglsang.

He's getting dropped by basically everyone now. Pedalling squares.

When Mathieu is bad, he is really, really bad. All in or all out, there seems to be no in between.

No wonder he ain't interested in GT's. Would just be a waste of time to focus on that.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Fuglsang has the bit between his teeth, not sure they are getting caught again

 

[DNP-Old]

More riders getting blown off the road. What a race.

 

[Robert5091]

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Fuglsang has the bit between his teeth, not sure they are getting caught again

Yep, Astana should have this wrapped up.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

LOL, Fuglsang just took a turn pulling, then looked over his shoulder, and realised he had dropped them both, so stopped pedalling

 

[tobydawq]

Sometimes I get annoyed when Danish TV2 shows some meaningless silliness when they're supposed to be transmitting a race, but OH my god the Norwegian TV2 is a trillion times worse. Why the hell would I want an interview with an old man in a boat (at the roadside, no less) 12 kilometres from the finish?

 

[Flamin]

Front three going to get caught. Too bad.

 

[Robert5091]

So much for Astana!

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Man this finish is tense

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Great race!

 

[Der Effe]

Was it Joyce who won?

Edit: It was. Think he will get the leaders jersey as well. Nice result for Rally Cycling.

Edit 2: He is one second behind Chernetski, who leads the race.