Arctic Race of Norway 2019 - 15/18 Aug

[hammerthaim]

Another thing: Each time I see van der Poel or Van Aert sprint, my respect for Trentin increases. That he could outsprint them both in last years Euros seems pretty insane now.

Great call

 

[Blanco]

I don't like riders that always want to downplay their chances.

On the contrary, I like them. No need for big mouth talk, just look at Simon Yates at the Giro.
Let the deeds talk.

 

[Cinemaniak]

I don't like riders that always want to downplay their chances.

It's just a sign of respect for the other riders. I'm sure he wouldn't have been up there on a bad day and even MvdP can have a bad day.

 

[glassmoon]

It's just a sign of respect for the other riders. I'm sure he wouldn't have been up there on a bad day and even MvdP can have a bad day.

Nah, he was just expecting that some rivals will show up

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

anybody know the name of, or where that outdoor sculpture gallery that was just featured on the coverage is?? I missed the start of it.

 

[RedheadDane]

LoL… I thought they were working on his (Bouet's) knee!

 

[olavni]

anybody know the name of, or where that outdoor sculpture gallery that was just featured on the coverage is?? I missed the start of it.

I don't know which sculpture you saw, but it is probably a part of the "Artscape Nordland" project. 35 works of outdoor art scattert all over Nordland County. You can read about the project, and probably find the one you were looking for, here: http://www.skulpturlandskap.no/project/

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Break

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

I don't know which sculpture you saw, but it is probably a part of the "Artscape Nordland" project. 35 works of outdoor art scattert all over Nordland County. You can read about the project, and probably find the one you were looking for, here: http://www.skulpturlandskap.no/project/

Brilliant thanks, my partner is doing a PhD in sculpture, so I'm thinking a trip to these islands, say around this time in August next year....

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Wow Coquard beat MVdP

 

[staubsauger]

Any clue why Eurosport shows BeNeLux - Utah - BeNeLux instead of BeNeLux & Norway live like yesterday? It's not on Eurosport 2 either, with Snooker & Athletics running!

 

[Ricco']

Any clue why Eurosport shows BeNeLux - Utah - BeNeLux instead of BeNeLux & Norway live like yesterday? It's not on Eurosport 2 either, with Snooker & Athletics running!

Well, in Portugal it was live right after the end of the Binck Bank stage.

 

[RedheadDane]

Dunno why anyone would show Benelux, since there's no such race.
But they definitely showed Norway, and not Utah.

 

[staubsauger]

Well in Germany they seriously showed a replay of this mornings Utah replay and afterwards they showed the BinckBank Tour stage they had shown live just an hour ago. Norway is scheduled for a replay ahead of tonight's Utah stage apparently!

Weird planning somehow!

 

[Danskebjerge]

I wonder if Cort will get back in shape at some point. He has been disappointing for half a year now, and the world championships are not far away.

 

[RedheadDane]

I wonder if Cort will get back in shape at some point. He has been disappointing for half a year now, and the world championships are not far away.

Have you seen him? He's been climbing better than ever lately, which… has cost him in the sprint.

 

[tobydawq]

Have you seen him? He's been climbing better than ever lately, which… has cost him in the sprint.

Indeed. He looked extremely good yesterday.

It seems he does not like sprinting very much, though.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Coquard in the break taking sprint points

 

[Sestriere]

Can't deny that I'm pretty excited to see how Van der Poel fares today. He has been kicking people's behinds uphill during MTB these last few months but you would think that challenging Top10-TdF riders on a 12% murito would be a different ball park.

 

[Finn84]

Zakarin had a mechanical something like 1 km before the final climb.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

typical Illnur Zak. luck
at the bottom of the climb

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Really excited about the Storheia finish. It's kind of unique in the sense that there are not many asphalted climbs this tough in this part of Norway. Also there is a 500m stretch averaging 14.6 %!

 

[F_Cance]

Glad that he cracked

 

[TourOfSardinia]

MVdP lots to learn ...

 

[Cance > TheRest]

An odd christian viking appears