Eneco Tour - 8th to 14th August

[Tuarts]

How many times can this commentator mention Phinney. There are other riders!

 

[Ferminal]

Van Leijen +55" ! Will hold his spot (except to Jos) and possibly improve. Should go ahead of Bole, Bak and Dries.

Devenyns +1'00"

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

How many times can this commentator mention Phinney. There are other riders!

When speaking out loud constantly it's quite hard to think, so Harmon comes in to the race with a pre-determined mindset and can't be shaken from it, no matter how obvious it is to everyone else.

N.b. don't point this out on twitter, he gets VERY defensive.

 

[dannywpt]

Holy ****, this course is technical for being this flat..

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

It's Millar time.

Just posting now in case he sets a monster check point time.


EDIT -

N.b. It is definately not Millar time.

 

[hrotha]

How many times can this commentator mention Phinney. There are other riders!

There are also other channels

 

[Ferminal]

Phinney +30", good enough for 4th GC I think. I missed Hermans' split though. Millar +25".

 

[Cobblestoned]

Looking good for Sergent

Luck is part of the game.

 

[Tuarts]

"This is a fast time"

No its not, he finished 8th, 30s down.

Ffs. I wish I could watch sport muted.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

There are also other channels

Yeah, but this one is so cool he just explained how to work out the effect of times on the GC.

Sure am glad he's teaching me basic subtraction.

 

[Ferminal]

"This is a fast time"

No its not, he finished 8th, 30s down.

Ffs. I wish I could watch sport muted.

It's a shame, because the host broadcaster does a great job with the vision.

Bak +1'15"

 

[Mellow Velo]

How many times can this commentator mention Phinney. There are other riders!

Hard to miss isn't it? He's still at it.
Not a bad time by no means, but he hardly
set the course alight.
30 seconds down.

Having said that, Harmon is calling Millar and EBH fast.......when they really aren't.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

It's a shame, because the host broadcaster does a great job with the vision.

When I started watching cycling I thought Harmon was great. Now he just seems a chump who can't make sensible tactical calls.

Not sure if I was easy to please then, or just a miserable ******* now.

 

[Tuarts]

I'm on the Dutch stream now, maybe some of the language will stick.

 

[saganftw]

Hard to miss isn't it? He's still at it.
Not a bad time by no means, but he hardly
set the course alight.
30 seconds down.

Having said that, Harmon is calling Millar and EBH fast.......when they really aren't.

they are fast considering the conditions,he said that himself like 15 mins ago,everything within 30 sec behind isaichev is fast

 

[Ferminal]

Phil in a Scot and Sky sandwich on GC based on the intermediates.

 

[AussieGoddess]

in fairness - Phinney's time is pretty good for the conditions.

Plenty of riders coming in well down on that.

 

[Ferminal]

Ffs, everyone's time is getting judged based on Phinney's GC position. Who would have thought that the top3 were out on course.

 

[dannywpt]

EBH clearly not in top shape. He normally sits better on the tt bike imo.

 

[Captain_Cavman]

in fairness - Phinney's time is pretty good for the conditions.

Plenty of riders coming in well down on that.

19'05 seems to be par for the decent TTers

 

[Ferminal]

Millar drops 17s to Phinney.

(In before big dave)

Yep, completely ignored Van Leijen, Bak in 7th and Bole in 8th according to him.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Ffs, everyone's time is getting judged based on Phinney's GC position. Who would have thought that the top3 were out on course.

Millar 42 seconds down and guess what Harmon is now trying to work out?
Yes, whether Phinney overtakes him.......which he doesn't.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Boasson wins the Eneco tour.

 

[Mellow Velo]

EBH drops 8 seconds to Phinney!

The race will be decided over the weekend, not by this ITT.
Gilbert will have to attack and guess who'll be collateral damage?

 

[Ferminal]

Gilbert should stay 2nd... just.