Dubai Tour 2018

[Alexandre B.]

Viviani and Groenewegen are the fastest in this race so far.

 

[DFA123]

Great sprint from Viviani. He held off Cavendish and Kristoff with ease.

Katusha with a lot of work to do on their leadout. That last 2km was shambolic from them.

 

[Robert5091]

Re:

Viviani and Groenewegen are the fastest in this race so far.

Seems to be!

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Viviani is SO Quickstep.

 

[Laplaz]

Great result also by Minali, who didn't seem to care much about Cort Nielsen today

 

[MartinGT]

Tell you what Groenewegen seemed to come up really fast then. Wonder if with better positioning that Viviani could stay with him!

 

[Breh]

Well, happy birthday Viviani!

He seems to be a nice fit for Quick Step.

 

[MartinGT]

Another high finish for Jacob Hennessy. Well done lad!

 

[yaco]

Seems like Hennessy could pick up a few sprints for MS Bike Exchange - Groenewegen seems to have taken a step forward in 2018 - I rate him on a par with Ewan so will be interested to see how both progress this year.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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Seems like Hennessy could pick up a few sprints for MS Bike Exchange - Groenewegen seems to have taken a step forward in 2018 - I rate him on a par with Ewan so will be interested to see how both progress this year.

I think that Groenewegen is certainly a better pure sprinter than Ewan. I read somewhere that he even had the highest recorded speed at some of the Tour-stages - even higher than Kittel.

 

[yaco]

Re: Re:

Seems like Hennessy could pick up a few sprints for MS Bike Exchange - Groenewegen seems to have taken a step forward in 2018 - I rate him on a par with Ewan so will be interested to see how both progress this year.

I think that Groenewegen is certainly a better pure sprinter than Ewan. I read somewhere that he even had the highest recorded speed at some of the Tour-stages - even higher than Kittel.

Performances indicate that Groenewegen and Ewan are on a similar level - Only year difference in age, similar types of wins - Know that Ewan rates Groenewegen.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Very nice to see Minali sprint to 3rd

 

[pablohidalgo7]

Re: Re:

Seems like Hennessy could pick up a few sprints for MS Bike Exchange - Groenewegen seems to have taken a step forward in 2018 - I rate him on a par with Ewan so will be interested to see how both progress this year.

I think that Groenewegen is certainly a better pure sprinter than Ewan. I read somewhere that he even had the highest recorded speed at some of the Tour-stages - even higher than Kittel.

Performances indicate that Groenewegen and Ewan are on a similar level - Only year difference in age, similar types of wins - Know that Ewan rates Groenewegen.

For me last year they were almost equal (altough Groenewegen usually beats him by a slim margin in their fair duels),but the difference is that the dutchman is progressing each year more than Caleb, you just have to compare the Groenenewegen of 2015 with the current version, an impresive improvement in these years, only Kittel and Gaviria are better than him, others like Ewan, Viviani, Greipel or Demare are on a similar level but defenitevely not in a higher one.

 

[Jagartrott]

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only Kittel and Gaviria are better than him

Computer says no.

 

[skippo12]

Cavendish said that he doesn`t care about his result as long as he isn`t winning. He stated that finishing 4th or 2nd makes no difference to him.
I wonder if his teammates and sponsor think the same when it comes to World Tour points and prize money.
He could have finished second today but gave up early and finished 4th.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Cav has always been like that and that's what caused him to lose green in 2010.

Than they lost and gained no world tour points on his placement because this race isn't part of the world tour.

 

[Blanco]

Cavendish said that he doesn`t care about his result as long as he isn`t winning. He stated that finishing 4th or 2nd makes no difference to him.
I wonder if his teammates and sponsor think the same when it comes to World Tour points and prize money.
He could have finished second today but gave up early and finished 4th.

True sportsman and professional would always aim to place himself as high as possible. I don't buy that "win or nothing" crap!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Dylan off the back once again.

Gruppo Compatto

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Umm. So thats not allowed. Even if you had a puncture.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Interesting groups now

 

[Robert5091]

Go Tom!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Cavendish said that he doesn`t care about his result as long as he isn`t winning. He stated that finishing 4th or 2nd makes no difference to him.
I wonder if his teammates and sponsor think the same when it comes to World Tour points and prize money.
He could have finished second today but gave up early and finished 4th.

On the other hand

 

[canarydan23]

Good boy Cav!!!

 

[Robert5091]

Cav doz the biz!

 

[glassmoon]

... so maybe he could stop whining finally?