Arctic Race of Norway 8th-11th of August

[Maaaaaaaarten]

looks like they will make it, no organized chase. I don't know Minnaard, how is his sprint?

edit: anyway, it's Teunissen not Minnaard

Teunissen is petty quick I think. At least for espoir cyclocross standards. But I'm not even entirely sure about that.

 

[Pentacycle]

Teunissen is pretty fast, how is Waeytens'sprint?

 

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Teunissen is pretty fast, how is Waeytens'sprint?

nothing special

still 50 seconds, they will make it

nordhaug going solo now though

 

[Pentacycle]

Chernetsky will take it, those Norwegian guys were almost crying.

 

[Pentacycle]

Teunissen easy second, looks like these 4 will also fight it out for GC.

 

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yeah, looks like, the final stage is pretty tough though, but with Nordhaug and Chernetskiy having the strongest teams as well one of those two will propably win

Chernetskiy might have an advantage with the TTT still to come

 

[Ruudz0r]

Pretty pathatic how Chernetksiy rode, I know its part of cycling but this was bull****. He was their main guy for GC and he didnt do 1 turn at the front. The other 3 were riding at 100%. I know Kristoff was in the bunch but come on, this was really sad.

Chernetskiy made Levi Leipheimer from the old days look like a fantastic contributing rider.

Hopefully he will lose out in GC but im afraid he ll keep it.

 

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stage 2 is live on Eurosport 2 now (or on stream)

~30k to go, Brammeier (CSS), Tanner (BEL) and Eidsheim (ØHR) currently in front, but Katusha is chasing

 

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Kristoff himself is on the front of the field now, trying to bring back David Tanner

 

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Wisniowski and Nordhaug in the attack now, commentators going crazy

 

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....they were catched with 200m to go or so, Kristoff won the sprint

good stage again

 

[Ruudz0r]

Its really beautiful over there. Was a nice try by Nordhaug and Wisniowski, to bad they didnt make it. Dont like Katusha winning again after yesterdays performance.

 

[MrRoboto]

Svalbard?
I'm sorry but...
Do they even have roads up there?
I thought it was just some research-guys. And polar bears...

There is probably about 10 km of asphalt road on Svalbard

 

[RedheadDane]

There is probably about 10 km of asphalt road on Svalbard

Would it be possible to make some sort of circuit?
Or else 10 km sounds like the perfect distance for a short ITT!

 

[MrRoboto]

Would it be possible to make some sort of circuit?
Or else 10 km sounds like the perfect distance for a short ITT!

As already stated here, you could make a tiny circuit in Longyearbyen. Sounds a bit silly to go round and round there though. You could also probably make a ITT with about 6 km.

I guess that could work as a prologue. But traveling all the way to Svalbard for a tiny prologue where everyone freezes their asses off sounds like fantasy talk to me.

 

[SpokeyDokeyBlog]

Svalbard! Is there not a polar bear danger there? Norway looks stunning on the Eurosport coverage, could be worth a cycling holiday, anybody know where to go & when without getting frozen to death. Used to biting insects & bad weather, Scottish.

 

[RedheadDane]

Svalbard! Is there not a polar bear danger there? Norway looks stunning on the Eurosport coverage, could be worth a cycling holiday, anybody know where to go & when without getting frozen to death. Used to biting insects & bad weather, Scottish.

I think as long as you go during the summer you won't run any risk of freezing to death.
And, yeah, there are some polar bears on Svalbard. Which is why the gendarmes are going to have big guns!

As already stated here, you could make a tiny circuit in Longyearbyen. Sounds a bit silly to go round and round there though. You could also probably make a ITT with about 6 km.

I guess that could work as a prologue. But traveling all the way to Svalbard for a tiny prologue where everyone freezes their asses off sounds like fantasy talk to me.

They're not gonna freeze their asses off during the summer...
But yeah... it is quite long to travel...

 

[MrRoboto]

Well..There isn't much of a summer on Svalbard.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Tour des Fjords, last stage.

about 25km left, peloton together.

ticker here:

http://www.procycling.no/article3663947.ece

 

[Dazed and Confused]

small group infront with 20s or so:

Thomas Leezer
Nick Van der Lijke
Cort Nielsen

Katusha led peloton chasing.

11km to go

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Angelo Tulik takes the stage from a late attack from the peloton.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Tour des Fjords, last stage.

about 25km left, peloton together.

ticker here:

http://www.procycling.no/article3663947.ece

Not of use anymore, but there was a livestream everyday. Today only the last hour, the TTT was fully live, and the first 2 stages around 2 hours.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Not of use anymore, but there was a livestream everyday. Today only the last hour, the TTT was fully live, and the first 2 stages around 2 hours.

yea, livestream was advertised today, but when clicked I got motogp.

 

[LouieLouie]

And, yeah, there are some polar bears on Svalbard. Which is why the gendarmes are going to have big guns!

Some? There are enough of them around that the local government insist that you carry a loaded weapon at all times when out of town.

 

[Ruudz0r]

yea, livestream was advertised today, but when clicked I got motogp.

Worked for me at all stages was at sport2400.com