Le Tour de Langkawi 2014(27 Feb - 8 Mar) (2.HC)

[the asian]

What the hell happened to Bos?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

What the hell happened to Bos?

boxed in, it was a chaotic sprint (+6 man teams.)

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 7.

Long and

day coming up and I'm not talking about the rain here.

So our friends from Tabriz, how will they feel like after being at the front for 5 hours?

 

[manafana]

Good win for Van Hummels its been a real deverse course and a race with good future, maybe worth them having it straight after Oman, those looking to start season a little later could do well to come here for racing.

 

[classicomano]

boxed in, it was a chaotic sprint (+6 man teams.)

As usual, Bos' speciality is 6-lane highway sprints.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Good win for Van Hummels its been a real deverse course and a race with good future, maybe worth them having it straight after Oman, those looking to start season a little later could do well to come here for racing.

Not so sure about that. Still think they need more variety during a 10 day stage race. Find some steep hills somewhere. In any case the race looks organized. Lots of spectators too.

 

[wirral]

It needs more live coverage. At least Eurosport is putting on highlights this year but they are in 4-stage chunks in the middle of the night. Still glad to see it going strong. I didn't bother going this year. I will go again next year.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 7. The Bos show:

1 BOS Theo [www.procyclingstats.com] Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 30
2 KRUOPIS Aidis Orica GreenEDGE 18
3 DUQUE Leonardo Team Colombia 12
4 ALZATE ESCOBAR Carlos Eduardo UnitedHealthcare 7
5 KOLAR Michael [www.procyclingstats.com] Tinkoff-Saxo 4
6 HANSON Ken UnitedHealthcare 3
7 FöRSTER Robert UnitedHealthcare 2
8 CHICCHI Francesco Neri sottoli.it - Yellow Fluo 1
9 GUARDINI Andrea Astana Pro Team
10 ROGERS Rico [www.procyclingstats.com] OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team

Long or short stage, same result if the terrain is flat. Any spent forces in the peloton after today? We shall see.

 

[coimbrawu]

Pro Cycling Stats ‏@ProCyclingStats 1h
Team Katusha’s Pavel Kochetkov suffers from a broken collarbone after a crash in the 7th stage of Le Tour de Langkawi

Marco Haller ‏@mhaller91 50m
teammate pavel kochetkov out with a broken collarbone. the deep flying helicopter blew him off the road. alle the best man! @katushacycling

the race is really dangerous for riders with various crash... deceleration strip 700m before the final in stage 2, and then helicopter blow rider off in stage 7

 

[classicomano]

Finshes of the last 2 stages:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjDPyROCAtE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dos_st70w3w

 

[theyoungest]

Finshes of the last 2 stages:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjDPyROCAtE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dos_st70w3w

Bos rides Kruopis straight off his wheel. There's second tier sprinters, and there's second tier sprinters.

 

[gospina]

Stage 7, Duque pushed to the front too soon. Still a good 3rd place.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

I think many have had enough at this point, but here we go another sprint stage coming up:

Along the coastline:

 

[VeloHuman]

The points jersey is still very much up for grabs.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Deja vu. Result from stage 8.

1 BOS Theo [www.procyclingstats.com] Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 30
2 GUARDINI Andrea Astana Pro Team 18
3 VAN HUMMEL Kenny Androni Giocattoli 12
4 KOLAR Michael Tinkoff-Saxo 7
5 FöRSTER Robert [www.procyclingstats.com] UnitedHealthcare 4
6 KRUOPIS Aidis Orica GreenEDGE 3
7 KLEMME Daniel Synergy Baku Cycling Project 2
8 MARTINEZ Yannick Team Europcar 1
9 CHICCHI Francesco Neri sottoli.it - Yellow Fluo
10 BERTAZZO Omar [www.procyclingstats.com] Androni Giocattoli

3rd win from the Bos here. Congrats.

Clip from sprint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JecHfdwBGho

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

He almost crashed, and still won.

Guardini is doing well for someone with a hole in his foot

 

[Dazed and Confused]

He almost crashed, and still won.

Guardini is doing well for someone with a hole in his foot

The leader of the race hit the deck with 2km to go. Doing ok, I think.

 

[theyoungest]

I tried to make the sprint before the left turn, to take position and pass Theo, but he was too strong. It’s (Belkin) a big team and they do really good work every day and for this finish, it is normal that when you have a really strong team, it is easier to win.

Guardini actually looks faster on the video. Interesting comment about Belkin being a big team... what, so Astana isn't?

 

[boomcie]

So happy for Bos. His transfer to road cycling has been a huge succes.

His streak in last year's Tour of Hainan and his numerous wins in Langkawi are already outweighing his palmarès and general potential on the track.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Guardini actually looks faster on the video. Interesting comment about Belkin being a big team... what, so Astana isn't?

Give me some support more likely.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Bos quickly saw that he had a big lead, didn't seem like he was sprinting full at the line anymore

 

[theyoungest]

Bos quickly saw that he had a big lead, didn't seem like he was sprinting full at the line anymore

Yeah, he was really taking it easy.

 

[Wallenquist]

All what Guardini need is out leadout man from top level like Hunter, Petacchi, Velo, Renshaw, Hondo or Brown. Today he was all alone again and look how easy he passed four guys ahead of him in last 300m. Bos is good so he couldn't catch him but all the rest was quite slow comparing to young Italian.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Nothing outlasts the

it keeps going and going...

Stage 9:

Kolar has been in the top 5 almost every single day. It would be great to see him win a stage.

 

[fauniera]

All what Guardini need is out leadout man from top level like Hunter, Petacchi, Velo, Renshaw, Hondo or Brown. Today he was all alone again and look how easy he passed four guys ahead of him in last 300m. Bos is good so he couldn't catch him but all the rest was quite slow comparing to young Italian.

This. The move to Astana was maybe not so smart, Guardini has very little support there. Why no Guarnieri in Langkawi for instance?