Eneco Tour - 8th to 14th August

[Fetisoff]

I'll go for the Karpets one

OK, it's a deal then.... Now Denis just HAS TO win a stage. If he doesn't, I'll be pretty ****ed off

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Yes, Nuyens will be doing the Vuelta. I can see him winning a transition stage there.

I hope he'll do good, he might be a very good domestique at the Worlds

 

[l.Harm]

OK, it's a deal then.... Now Denis just HAS TO win a stage. If he doesn't, I'll be pretty ****ed off

Lol don't expect too much.

 

[El Pistolero]

Is he doing the Vuelta? Bomans doesn't really have the record of taking non-Vuelta guys...

Bjarne Riis owes Nuyens(and Nuyens owes Riis), so I would be extremely surprised if he didn't get to start. Especially because it's not good for your basic condition to not ride any GTs in a season(except if you're young of course)

 

[Tank Engine]

Talking about sprinters. It looks like it will be cross-wind sprint tomorrow. Is it a long finishing straight? I'm thinking Tyler with Greipel and EBH in close attendance. The course is dead flat, so the only thing that might split the peloton are cross-winds and it looks like most of the time it'll either be a headwind (particularly to start) or a tailwind.

As for Nuyens, it's probably true that he was planning to be in top form for this race, but even so he seems to be high up compared to other non-TT specialists who might be concentrating on the GC in a race like this (e. g. Westra - 22nd, GvA - 49th, and the enigma Devolder), so it looks good for him.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Bjarne Riis owes Nuyens(and Nuyens owes Riis), so I would be extremely surprised if he didn't get to start. Especially because it's not good for your basic condition to not ride any GTs in a season(except if you're young of course)

by winning RvV?

 

[El Pistolero]

by winning RvV?

Yeah, Riis seems vindictive enough to me to take pleasure out of Cancellara's misery

 

[auscyclefan94]

Booyah! Go Phinney! He crushed them!!!

 

[search]

Talking about sprinters. It looks like it will be cross-wind sprint tomorrow. Is it a long finishing straight?

there is a roundabout with about ~1,2km to go, leading the peloton into town on a straight, quite narrow and cobbled road to the finish.

but (just from watching the pictures) the surface seems to be quite plane, I doubt the cobblestones will make much difference

 

[Fetisoff]

Lol don't expect too much.

Meh,.... worst case scenario i get to sport a cool avatar for a month

 

[ParfaitAmour]

Only just caught up with the stage, after family life/London riot coverage.

Will try harder tomorrow

 

[El Pistolero]

This topic will get more pages than Poland despite this being a boring race

I wonder why?

(Not that Poland is much better)

 

[Swede1]

This topic will get more pages than Poland despite this being a boring race

I wonder why?

(Not that Poland is much better)

Because

1)this race is contested by top sprinters, and the classics specialists that are starting to get back into shape for Vuelta/Worlds
2)we can try to predict who will win vuelta stages and world championships based on Eneco tour form (even though that doesnt say much)

 

[AussieGoddess]

fuuuucccck gilbert is superman.

needs to be restated

EBH might be a problem though .... hopefully Phil can get some good times in the hills

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Booyah! Go Phinney! He crushed them!!!

Darn! I didn't get to see it. But happy for him after some tough goings earlier this season.

Now if The Cossack Galimzyanov can just get a win to make up for his Tour.

 

[the asian]

Gilbert has done quite well in the prologue. Losing only 8 secs to EBH.

 

[just some guy]

ACF we meet a friend of yours, whose girlfriend you steal ? Thought I should ask here as those threads will be toast soon ?

Nice chap really, good things to say about ACF!

Come on ACF spill the beans. The dude was a little upset, what did you do ?

 

[dlwssonic]

is today a flat stage?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Come on ACF spill the beans. The dude was a little upset, what did you do ?

ACF we meet a friend of yours, whose girlfriend you steal ? Thought I should ask here as those threads will be toast soon ?

Nice chap really, good things to say about ACF!

Erm...what are you talking about????

 

[auscyclefan94]

with such good form, i think he can win the TT.

I agree. He seems to have his mojo back and will do well in the ITT. He can win it in front of his biggest fan Dekker Tifosi!

 

[Michielveedeebee]

is today a flat stage?

I guess it is, they actually don't have a profile up for today's stage on the official site

 

[just some guy]

Erm...what are you talking about????

We had a Troll on here going off about you claims you stole his girlfriend, have sex with you family and are from Tasmania - which may or maynot be the same thing????

 

[auscyclefan94]

We had a Troll on here going off about you claims you stole his girlfriend, have sex with you family and are from Tasmania - which may or maynot be the same thing????

the troll is aka WonderLance

 

[just some guy]

WonderLance

no Cyclingfanatic ?????

 

[Mellow Velo]

the troll is aka WonderLance

no Cyclingfanatic ?????

Many of us saw what was written.
Maybe, given the nature of yesterday's extremely offensive attack on ACF, this might be better dealt with via pms?