Eneco Tour - 8th to 14th August

[thirteen]

done! ........

 

[superconfex]

Phil Gil new leader

 

[jobiwan]

Gilbert's got the lead now.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Seems to be no stopping Gilbert

 

[Havetts]

Gilbert or EBH?

 

[jobiwan]

Good ride by Phinney, in the end.

 

[maltiv]

EBH was so cooked he couldn't even sprint. Still good chance for GC though.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

1 Gilbert
2 Bole +6s
3 Hermans? s.t.

leader Gilbert

Phinney +35s

So even softpedalling Phinney couldn't save it.
Dissapointment of the day Boom and Langeveld.

 

[hrotha]

Not mocking him, just the posters here, who thought he might survive today.

By calling him Failer?

As for Gilbert, I repeat: yawn.

 

[Havetts]

Boom at 1;13... #Rabofail

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Yeah even a guy like Cornu is still in the 2nd group. 2 years ago Boom made mincemeat out of Cornu and Van Avermaet on a course like this, but now he can't handle hills anymore because he is more muscular. :
or more fat

yeah.

but to be fair to boom, i doubt he is great here.

 

[Jamsque]

I am not sure EBH will put huge time in to Gilbert in the ITT, he doesn't look incredibly strong.

 

[jobiwan]

We need Valverde. Gilbert's too dominant.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

yeah.

but to be fair to boom, i doubt he is great here.

Rabobank has no one that peaked for ENECO Tour it seems. Langeveld was crap as well. I don't know why they don't care about their home tour...

 

[Ferminal]

Anyone think he would have been better attacking on the final lump? Tough call, the good part about attacking where he did was that Jelle could hurt them all to start with. If he had a stronger team (to drive it on the flat) maybe attacking at the end would have worked. Always the same result I guess.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Lol Koen de Kort 4th.

Shows how hard this stage was

 

[Havetts]

Nice ride by stybar

 

[jobiwan]

Gilbert
Bole
Hermans
De Kort
Gerdemann
Stybar

 

[AussieGoddess]

Super Phil

 

[Havetts]

lmao the translation that the english eurosport guys give.

 

[roundabout]

Gilbert
Bole
Hermans
De Kort
Cornu
Stybar

Looked like Gerdemann in 5th.

 

[Mellow Velo]

By calling him Failer?

As for Gilbert, I repeat: yawn.

Well, seems to have hit a raw nerve for some.
Failer-Taylor. meh, just a bit of rhyming joviality.
Too many seem to think the lad should be winning big races in his first full season.

I was going to pay him a complement for his effort pulling G2 to the finish and finishing ahead of Lars Boom...............except I'm not sure the last part is much of a compliment.

 

[Ferminal]

lmao the translation that the english eurosport guys give.

Credit to Harmon in admitting his shortcoming though!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Dissapointed by the general dutch failure outside of De Kort and Van Leijen. Really guys, sucking so much in home tour.

 

[TRDean]

Lol Koen de Kort 4th.

Shows how hard this stage was

Stick it buddy....de Kort has been riding pretty well recently. Better than Rabo...