ENECO Tour August 17 - 24

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Solid TT by Moerenhout

Sad that Martin is competing

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

really solid ride by koos.
Shame he couldn't get over martin.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Martin owns.
Very good ride.

 

[Jamsque]

Martin just a cut above today.

 

[sublimit]

Martin pushing a Grabsch style giant gear. and gets it.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

TT

1. Martin
2. Tjallingii
3, Rasmussen
4. Porte
5. Moerenhout
6. Boasson Hagen
7. Van Emden
8. Castroviejo
9. Klöden
10. Tuft
11. Gretsch
12. Boom (with flat tire !#%$!$)

 

[the student]

very good TT by martin he was unbeatable today...

 

[hfer07]

T-Martin just smoked the filed- good for him

 

[The Hitch]

Lars Boom should have been 4th overall. Instead hes 6th because of a puncture.

Chapeau tony martin. I think he might have won this without the breakaway.

 

[sublimit]

Martin was nailed on for the TT, but predicting second is very difficult.

I thought Boom for second but he punctured, Thomas did OK, i totaly forgot Van Embden, Rassmussen.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Lars Boom should have been 4th overall. Instead hes 6th because of a puncture.

Chapeau tony martin. I think he might have won this without the breakaway.

I think boom would have pipped ebh for the podium, he was having a solid ride.
Ah well..

 

[The Hitch]

credit to Martin for saying "this year i only beat him one time" about Cancellara. He actually beat him twice- toc and tds and he is aknowledging that in the toc, saxo were taking the p**s.

 

[Kwibus]

Grats to Tony Martin. Nice winning the Eneco Tour and finishing it off by winning the ITT.
Moerenhout brought the wrong rider with him when he won in Ronse

 

[insideout leadout]

Grats to Tony Martin. Nice winning the Eneco Tour and finishing it off by winning the ITT.
Moerenhout brought the wrong rider with him when he won in Ronse

Or the right one....2nd in the GC and a very nice stage win thanks to Martin, IMO it's better than expected from Koos.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Or the right one....2nd in the GC and a very nice stage win thanks to Martin, IMO it's better than expected from Koos.

yeah... koos initiated the attack, yes the support was helpful, but koos only has to thank himself for the stage win - martin was never going to beat him at the end, that was clear.

 

[insideout leadout]

Yes it was clear due to the GC situation. But I highly doubt that Koos would be able to stay away from a chasing bunch with someone else than Martin, it's like being in a break with Cancellara or a motorbike. Martin has to be thankful as well since he got away with a guy from Rabo which made the strongest team passive in the chase.

 

[theyoungest]

Yes it was clear due to the GC situation. But I highly doubt that Koos would be able to stay away from a chasing bunch with someone else than Martin, it's like being in a break with Cancellara or a motorbike. Martin has to be thankful as well since he got away with a guy from Rabo which made the strongest team passive in the chase.

Koos is quite the big rouleur himself, he's a perpetually underrated rider. He needed someone else to stay away, but it didn't need to be Martin. In fact, it's a bit of a tactical error, if Rabo had the overall victory in mind.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

If it was Moerenhout with Hagen, or Moerenhout with Porte, or Moerenhout with Tuft, they would have stayed away as well.

Moerenhout was 6th at the TDF ITT and 6th at the Worlds ITT 2009 for a reaosn you know.
Somehow I get the feeling people have no idea whatsoever about that

 

[insideout leadout]

I know about Koos' TT performances but he's still 3 min behind the best. Sometimes time differences says more than places.

Who knows...perhaps Im underestimating Koos or you are underestimating Martin, it's all speculation If Martin wasn't in the break...he would strengthen the chase.

Why is Koos retiring after this season? he's clearly good enough to continue for a couple of years more.

 

[stefrees]

Martin was strongest rider in that break and today, simple as

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I know about Koos' TT performances but he's still 3 min behind the best. Sometimes time differences says more than places.

Who knows...perhaps Im underestimating Koos or you are underestimating Martin, it's all speculation If Martin wasn't in the break...he would strengthen the chase.

Why is Koos retiring after this season? he's clearly good enough to continue for a couple of years more.

Get Cancellara out of result of the worlds ITT and he loses 1'30 on Larsson
And in Tour result he was one of the first riders to endure the effect of the wind getting worse, and still riding well.

Times don't say everything either.