ENECO Tour August 17 - 24

[Mellow Velo]

Ouch! Bono and Ongarato go down a banking........

 

[jens_attacks]

is soler ok?wtf?

 

[Tom T.]

is soler ok?wtf?

I think he's out. He should just pack it in and shoot for 2011.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Leezer down. Nasty. Riders trying to use all avenues.

 

[Tom T.]

Leezer down! A couple HTC riders coming in from side bike path might have spooked him. That could have been really bad.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Soler didn't look badly hurt. Looked like he was more concerned for his teammate

 

[roundabout]

You have to wonder who came up with the ingenious idea of selecting Soler to ride in the worst race possible for him outside of the cobbles.

 

[Spare Tyre]

Is it usual for cyclists in races to use the cycle paths?

 

[insideout leadout]

Van Staeyen could be dangerous today.

 

[roundabout]

Ooh, entering splitsville

 

[The Hitch]

Van Staeyen could be dangerous today.

I do like the fact that they have cycle paths, real ones, and outside the city no less. In this country a cycle path is a 30 cm wide lane next to traffic in which cars park and is very rare as well.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Ooooh Echelons! Rabo put the boot in.

 

[Moondance]

Awwww..... We were sooooo close to seeing a big break.

 

[Moondance]

Hmmmm.... Actually that peloton is pretty small already, even if the gaps behind don't look to large.

 

[Jamsque]

Plenty have been thrown out the back, but no really huge splits yet.

 

[The Hitch]

Ebh

Oh he goes too soon


Oh

Robbie Mcewan. Well done Carlotn Kirby. Called it at 80k

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Robbie. Sweet

 

[Jamsque]

My stream froze with 300m to go...

 

[Mellow Velo]

McEwen! Chapeau old man!!

Robbie Mcewan. Well done Carlotn Kirby. Called it at 80k

Then he blew by changing his tune when he saw it was uphill.

 

[jens_attacks]

omg robbie won!just awesome.chapeau

 

[roundabout]

What the hell was Edvald thinking???

 

[Moondance]

McEwen... Very nice.

Also Van Emden totally sabotaged Eddy Hagen's chances... Eddy looked verhy strong though, but the man has much left to learn.

 

[Tom T.]

EBH made a mess of that one! Good for Robbie!

 

[hrotha]

What the hell was Edvald thinking???

Probably thinking if he made it he could get some gap, and after following Van Emden he was already up there so why not. It didn't work, but meh, at least he tried.

 

[maltiv]

1 km sprint Edvald? Bit too long maybe? Anyway, it was a nice try. And as I predicted, Team Sky once again completely screwed up in the wind. Was there a single team sky rider there at the end with Edvald?