Eneco Tour 2014 (2.WT), 11.08 - 17/08

[Cance > TheRest]

hahaha Belkin fail

 

[Bushman]

What were Belkin doing? Giving Stybar a perfect leadout.

 

[cineteq]

Stybar >>> Boom

Also. Belkin

Belkin failed...terribly

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

hahaha Belkin fail

Astana (Boom) vs Trek (Mollema) vs Vanmarcke (Belkin)

 

[kingjr]

He closed a minute by himself....

with help from cars and motorbikes i should think

 

[Amsterhammer]

Another classic Rabo/Belkin fail.

 

[Kwibus]

Stybar beating 3 Belkins....grrr

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Stybar is super strong here

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

lol that finish was hilarious

what a ride by Dumoulin though

 

[Kwibus]

Meh.

It wasn't a bad idea of Mollema to attack there. He put Stybar on the front early, but Boom and Vanmarcke were simply not able to pass him.

I dont agree that it was a fail. Ofcourse they shouldve made a train to lead a rider out, but organising that with 500m to go with riders that never do such a thing is impossible to expect.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Stybar beating 3 Belkins....grrr

serves them right tho... idiots

 

[Cance > TheRest]

victory #50 for OPQS this season

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Great racing today.
Stybar the man.

 

[Ruudz0r]

with help from cars and motorbikes i should think

Yes when you saw his teammates sit up, you could see a Giant Shimano rider about 150-200 meters in front of him right behind a car. He must have had a very good draft for a while, else there was no comming back anyway.

 

[jens_attacks]

seems like these crossers are strong. great racing today
rabo always delivers when they are three against one styby was very strong though, no rojas there

 

[Kwibus]

Yes when you saw his teammates sit up, you could see a Giant Shimano rider about 150-200 meters in front of him right behind a car. He must have had a very good draft for a while, else there was no comming back anyway.

Yeh he obviously had help. I don't care to be honest

 

[Kwibus]

Watching the replay changed my opinion. Mollema should've checked if someone was following his attack. Then he would've seen that stybar was on his wheel and he should've stopped racing hard. Now he indeedd made did an leadout, if he checked his back he could've forced Stybar in the wind early.

 

[Arredondo]

serves them right tho... idiots

They did everything good in the final.

 

[Ruudz0r]

serves them right tho... idiots

Why? They were already riding hard at the front of the peloton before Dumoulin had a flat tire.

 

[Kwibus]

They did everything good in the final.

Indeed, except Mollema should've checked his back. Besides that good racing by Belkin. They did make the race.

 

[PeterB]

Ironically, the decisive split, enabling OPQS to win in a contest without participation of sprinters, was quite likely caused (or helped, at least), by crash of their rider...

 

[Lord Stanley]

Superstrong Stybar there. BTW what's the best road-race-WC result of any cyclocross champion?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Superstrong Stybar there. BTW what's the best road-race-WC result of any cyclocross champion?

Uhh.. the cyclocross champions of old won major classics such as RVV, Roubaix, Lombardy etc.. Multiple classic and stage winners..

 

[Netserk]

Superstrong Stybar there. BTW what's the best road-race-WC result of any cyclocross champion?

More recently I think Boom got 4th in 2012.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

More recently I think Boom got 4th in 2012.

5th, but close - John D was 4th