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[Midnightfright]

Re: Re:

Bevin shouldn’t lose now.

Porte only needs 12 seconds on him if he doesn't finish in top 3.

It's not over yet but the strong headwind makes it a challenge. There is also Impey but I don't think he can drop a motived Bevin on such as climb. Outsprint him at best.

If anything Bevin looked a bit stronger in the climb yesterday

 

[Velolover2]

Rewatched the last part of the stage. Bennett looked like the strongest man on the climb. A shame Willunga Hill doesn't suit his characteristics. It's much more high cadence than Corkscrew hill.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/george-bennett-sees-podium-chances-fade-despite-corkscrew-attack/

"I hate Willunga Hill. There's nothing good about that hill. I gave it a nudge and I'll go for it for sure but it's just niggly. That was the strongest group you could hope for and we all committed. Everyone was in but the average weight for that group was probably about 60kg. it was good to test the legs and I was really surprised."

 

[armchairclimber]

UAE with three riders in the top 15.

 

[movingtarget]

Impey still a chance with time bonuses. Not sure that Porte is the form of previous editions, he seemed to be happy to follow wheels on Corkscrew and Woods looked stronger. Bevin did what he had to do but Sanchez went too early in the sprint.

 

[wirral]

Sprint 1:
Impey 3s
Bevin 2s

New virtual GC :
Bevin
Impey 6s
Sanchez 13s
The rest 23s

 

[wirral]

Sprint 2:
Bevin 3s
Impey 2s

New virtual GC :
Bevin
Impey 7s
Sanchez 16s
The rest 26s

 

[wirral]

Split!

 

[stefank]

Getting interesting......

 

[RedheadDane]

Bevin…

 

[Ferminal]

lol, not that you needed it but the peloton just confirmed that the TDU is not a bike race.

 

[wirral]

Bevin down!

 

[Ferminal]

Looks like he made it back to the tail just as the front went through 3km

 

[Ferminal]

Some credit to Ewan there for opening the sprint when he did.

 

[jaylew]

Ewan head to head vs Viviani. Not even close.

 

[Ferminal]

Bevin holding his left arm like something fractured.

 

[sienna]

Re:

Bevin down!

Gutsy ride back by the Kiwi.
Solid win for the Aussie.

 

[wirral]

Bevin holding his right ribs.Obviously looks pretty banged up.

 

[Ferminal]

That makes more sense ^

 

[RedheadDane]

Bit worried for Bevin.
At first, right after the crash, it looked pretty bad. Then, when he was chasing back, I thought maybe it wasn't as bad as feared. Finally, after the finish, I realised that maybe it really is bad.

 

[Ferminal]

Ewan going to be relegated for using his head to gain position, probably the right call.

 

[Koronin]

Hope it's not too serious, but it doesn't sound good. Gutsy ride.

 

[42x16ss]

Robbie McEwen and Stuart O'Grady sitting right next to each other discussing headbutting in the sprint :lol:

 

[sienna]

Ewan DQ. Soft.

 

[42x16ss]

Pathetic decision

 

[swuzzlebubble]

Tough call. The other bloke gave up his spot pretty easy