Eneco Tour 2012 Stage 7

[classicomano]

Awesome! Congrats Lars Boom!

 

[gthx_gthx_]

I hope Kappelmuur stage is going to stay a classic at Eneco.


Congrats to Ballan and Boom.

 

[will10]

Was Chavanel in the group behind?

 

[Publicus]

Nice work by BMC.

 

[vcampbell]

Contador top5 in GC?

 

[The Hitch]

Was Chavanel in the group behind?

If Boonen was working i guess so.

 

[Red Rick]

Contador top5 in GC?

Yeah, pretty good result isn't it

 

[DominicDecoco]

Tuft did brilliantly here.

 

[vcampbell]

Contador 5th at the ENECO (______..._) Tour. Eat that! N1 Alberto!

 

[roundabout]

Pretty entertaining stage.

Still, too many TT kms in this race.

 

[The Hitch]

lol juraj sagan 5th in world tour

 

[trevim]

GC (from CyclingQuotient)

1.BOOM Lars RAB 240
2.CHAVANEL Sylvain OPQ 180
3.TUFT Svein OGE 145
4.TERPSTRA Niki OPQ 132
5.CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto STB 120
6.DURBRIDGE Luke OGE 108
7.KWIATKOWSKI Michal OPQ 96
8.CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan MOV 85

 

[Miburo]

Contador 5th at the ENECO (______..._) Tour. Eat that! N1 Alberto!

Without TTT nr.3

 

[Netserk]

Pretty entertaining stage.

Still, too many TT kms in this race.

With a prologue as only TT and a hilly stage like the one Gilbert won last year = Very nice race.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Not Tuft, but Terpstra 3rd.

Tuft took an illegal bottle (too late in the race). And got a time penalty

 

[Poursuivant]

What did AC look like kids? Does he look ready for Vuelta??

 

[richwagmn]

What did AC look like kids? Does he look ready for Vuelta??

Sort of what you'd expect. Not top of form, but pretty strong.

 

[Kwibus]

Well this stage was a lot fun. Makes up for all the dull stages we had to endure.

Keep the short (max20km) TT and add atleast a semi hard hilly stage to this one and the Eneco is a very nice race.

They will ride this stage the next 5 years which is very good news.


p.s. Contadorrrrrrrrrr! Doesn't matter where he is, but he will attack and try to win the race. Also a race that is pretty much impossible for him to win (Eneco Tour).

 

[Red Rick]

What did AC look like kids? Does he look ready for Vuelta??

Strong enough. He wasted too much energy before the last time up the Muur, and he also had a bad position. He's gonna get ready for the Vuelta

 

[richwagmn]

Strong enough. He wasted too much energy before the last time up the Muur, and he also had a bad position. He's gonna get ready for the Vuelta

Is he doing San Sebastian?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Contador is not far from full strength. He misses some stamina but this also wasn't his course.

The Vuelta design with short stages and not that many super-hard multi mountain stages is ideal for him in his current state. The slight lack of stamina he has right now will be fixed for next season but won't bother him in the Vuelta.

 

[Poursuivant]

Ok thanks. Just hope nothing affects the Vuelta like a crash or something, because it could be a classic.

 

[maltiv]

Major respect to Contador for trying even on this course. Most others would've sat up or even DNS in order to avoid risks ahead of one's main season objective. But not Contador. A true champion.

 

[l.Harm]

Lots of respect for Contador indeed.

 

[theyoungest]

Contador is a real racer. It would have been cool had he won the Eneco Tour. It was quite bizarre to see Boom dropping him on a climb, but of course cobbles change everything.