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

[gerundium]

Just got back from a ride. Really strong winds for summer today. And i live inland, so it should be quite a bit stronger in zeeland. Should be a good stage, very nervous and echelons very likely with this kind of wind.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I've done a ride here in Limburg today. And the wind has been pretty strong. Zeeland is usually much worse..

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

The wind is strong but it's mostly headwind.

 

[Jordynelson]

Great to see Stannard back, the peloton misses him

 

[manafana]

28km to go and winds kicking up time to wake up anyone, they should be alert by 20km to go.

Interesting the pace been upped now however

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

The wind is making a few casualties, but no proper echelons yet.

Rohan Dennis for instance is gone, but I didn't see any sprinters or GC men gone yet.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Goss and Modolo crashed both pretty bad, they won't be sprinting.

Modolo looks like an ugly crash.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Boom for 3 seconds in the boni sprint, Gilbert got 1, I think.

 

[luckyboy]

lol Kirby just wondered whether Greipel would work for Debusschere

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Dillier crash. Van Poppel also crashed.

 

[RedheadDane]

What is this? Roundabout Whipeout?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

GODDAMNIT

Tom Dumoulin so close yet again

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Guardini won

too bad for Dumoulin

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Greipel is so nervous in the bunch these days. Can't hold position at all.

By contrast, Guardini was always well positioned today. Weird.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Guardini!!!!

 

[Flamin]

Damn, I wanted to put some money on Guardini at 10/1 but decided not to in the end

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

https://twitter.com/tom_dumoulin/status/498849674447835136

 

[ILovecycling]

Damn, I wanted to put some money on Guardini at 10/1 but decided not to in the end

same here my friend

 

[Kwibus]

https://twitter.com/tom_dumoulin/status/498849674447835136

Hehe. Great tweet.
At some point i really thought he had it, but then the headwind began to hurt his legs. If it wasn't for the headwind he would've won. Too bad

 

[Peccio89]

Once he discovered a lactose deficiency problem, Guardini is back to his old time sprinting finally.
Hope he'll keep up with this kind of performance.

 

[Netserk]

Once he discovered a lactose deficiency problem, Guardini is back to his old time sprinting finally.
Hope he'll keep up with this kind of performance.

Is that a fancy word for contract year?

 

[jens_attacks]

very nice by guardini but with him,nothing is sure. at least i hope he can win this week one more time

 

[willbick]

Im guessing Guardini is a good headwind sprinter coz he's small and crouches v low

 

[manafana]

Something telling me Trentin might come good.

 

[Lil_Tommy_V]

Lars Boom to try something in his home town?