Dubai Tour 2017 discussion thread

[May0maniac]

Yes, that was a rather messy final, not your typical Kittel sprint.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Stage 2

 

[GP Blanco]

Dubai Tour discussion thread

Lobato aiming for the GC with his sprinting seperated from Groenwegen's train.

 

[PremierAndrew]

Cav was definitely faster than Kittel there, but Cav was still in Gronewegen's slipstream while Kittel was eating wind. Then again, Cav put in an effort to get onto Blythe/Gronewegen's wheel in the first place

 

[pablohidalgo7]

Re: Dubai Tour discussion thread

Groenewegen from 350 ms, a 20 seconds sprints is just insane but he almost makes it.

 

[RedheadDane]

So, apparently things are going a bit crazy down in the desert.

 

[barmaher]

How do I find out what is going on?

I did note that both today and tomorrow's stage are susceptible to wind, and it is forecast to be windy on both days.

 

[King Boonen]

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How do I find out what is going on?

I did note that both today and tomorrow's stage are susceptible to wind, and it is forecast to be windy on both days.

http://live.cyclingnews.com

Best at the moment, I can't find a feed that's stable.

 

[claude cat]

Packed start to #DubaiTour stage 3 with a sandstorm, echolons, crashes and a report of a bloodied fight between Kittel and an Astana rider.

@SophieSmith86 Thu, 2nd Feb 2017 09:41:59

 

[SafeBet]

Holy *** he's the second coming of Ivan Drago!

 

[claude cat]

:lol:

 

[claude cat]

Kittel saying it was an elbow.

https://twitter.com/Ciclignorante/status/827089896762380288

 

[King Boonen]

Bunch sprint in 15km...

 

[King Boonen]

QS nowhere at the moment...

 

[King Boonen]

Blue train arrives right on time!

 

[King Boonen]

Degenkolb!

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Yes!! Nice win John D

 

[LaFlorecita]

top 10

Nice win for Deggers, Reinie was so close
Minali 5th, impressive
Old fox Benna in 10th
Lobato one to watch for tomorrow

 

[King Boonen]

Messy final few km's seemed to stop the trains delivering, 2nd tier sprint finish.

 

[TMP402]

Is it just me or did that not look like Cavendish? Neither his face nor sprinting style.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Is it just me or did that not look like Cavendish? Neither his face nor sprinting style.

Yes, it was Janse Van Rensburg

 

[King Boonen]

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Is it just me or did that not look like Cavendish? Neither his face nor sprinting style.

It wasn't him, it was Van Rensberg. I'm sure Cav was there towards the end with Kittel in his wheel (aero helmet is another give away) but both seemed to get blocked in somehow. Need the overhead to know what really happened there, looked messy all the way in with QS coming through very late and DDD going early. I think they saw QS weren't there with 3km to go, decided to chance it and got swallowed up.

 

[Red Rick]

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Packed start to #DubaiTour stage 3 with a sandstorm, echolons, crashes and a report of a bloodied fight between Kittel and an Astana rider.

@SophieSmith86 Thu, 2nd Feb 2017 09:41:59

Combativity award?

 

[King Boonen]

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Packed start to #DubaiTour stage 3 with a sandstorm, echolons, crashes and a report of a bloodied fight between Kittel and an Astana rider.

@SophieSmith86 Thu, 2nd Feb 2017 09:41:59

Combativity award?

To the guy who threw the elbow you mean?

 

[Red Rick]

On of the two