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

[Ryo Hazuki]

I do.

Do you?

Some riders become great professionals and some don't. We just don't know until they are thrown out there to compete with the big boys. In his case the injury kind of delay his development a little bit.

Langkawi is a good start.

chave sis not in good form yet at all. he hasn't trained for nealry a year or raced. he hopes to be good around pais vasco, but he will focus all on vuelta. that says enough

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

1) his injury was considered career threating, not sure if he is fully recovered
2) he was one of the first guys to leave Team Colombia, so he can be seen as a litmus test, along with Atapuma, on the continuation for that program
3) His biggest win, at Burgos, was impressive, but it was a gift from Henao, Uran & Sky. He worked hard for Henao at the end, Henao aiming for GC (eventually won by Daniel Moreno).
4) Orica-GreenEdge wants to see his progression.

I'm not expecting GC podium...I'm hoping for at least fireworks on Stage 4 from him.

it wasn't so much a gift as chaves rode a tmepo henao couldn't follow and asked him to slow down to help him win gc and he would win the stage. chaves was the best climber that day

 

[Netserk]

Didn't this use to be in January

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 2 in progress.

after 40km or so, break with 5-ish minutes:

Ho Junrong (Ocbc), Khalikhosroshahi (Tabriz), Asadov and Isgandarov (Baku), Jiang Zhi Hui (Giant) and Rashid Ibrahim (Malaysia)

Rashid seems to be struggling a bit.

Twiker here: https://twitter.com/myltdl

 

[Dazed and Confused]

20 clicks to go, 2 minutes the gap.

The pajama guys are chasing hard.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

what? stage 2 is long finished right? dyachenko won?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

what? stage 2 is long finished right? dyachenko won?

Don't know what you are talking about.

Less than 10k to go. Bunch sprint coming up.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Don't know what you are talking about.

Less than 10k to go. Bunch sprint coming up.

never mind. someone posted this on another forum that dyachenko won

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Bos destroyed everybody.

1-2 for Belkin.

Edit: big crash in the finale.

 

[theyoungest]

 

[Leonardus]

Bit of strange picture with the two Belkins, funny though.

 

[classicomano]

I guess Brown still has his use. Not in the least for his ability to take out the competition with his bare hands, the moron.

 

[trevim]

Is Michael Kolar a sprinter?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I guess Brown still has his use. Not in the least for his ability to take out the competition with his bare hands, the moron.

graeme clown probably caused the crash so bos could win. that's all he ever could do

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Is Michael Kolar a sprinter?

yes, but not a great one. just average talent. no idea why they took him?

 

[the asian]

Doesn't matter. Bos won !

What happened to Guardini?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Doesn't matter. Bos won !

What happened to Guardini?

Crashed. Not sure he will start stage 3.

Stage 2 result.
1 Bos, Theo (NED) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 3h11’11"
2 Brown, Graeme (AUS) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team
3 Haller, Marco (AUT) Team Katusha
4 Kruopis, Aidis (LTU) Orica Greenedge
5 Kolar, Michael (SVK) Tinkoff-Saxo
6 Rogers, Dene Thomas (NZL) OCBC Singapore
7 Reguigui, Youcef (ALG) MTN - Qhubeka
8 Brammeier, Matt (IRL) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
9 Ni****ani, Taiji (JPN) Aisan Racing Team
10 Kochetkov, Pavel (RUS) Team Katusha

Pretty much everybody got same time after the "clean up".

The Colombian still leads.

Now headed towards KL:

More of the same I guess. Going with Kruopis.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

A stage 2 pic from steephill. It would appear one crash was right at the front:

 

[Wallenquist]

A stage 2 pic from steephill. It would appear one crash was right at the front:

The big one was 700m from the finish. Yellow Fluo guy crashed and took van Hummel and Guardini down. And some others.

 

[ILovecycling]

good result by Kolar from Saxo,he is neo-pro if im not mistaken?

 

[Gloin22]

Seems the gods dont want Astana to win too early this season..

Guardini may be ( should be ) out of the race with this injury..

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhkjmoRCYAAN2zK.jpg

 

[gospina]

Crashed. Not sure he will start stage 3.

Stage 2 result.
1 Bos, Theo (NED) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 3h11’11"
2 Brown, Graeme (AUS) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team
3 Haller, Marco (AUT) Team Katusha
4 Kruopis, Aidis (LTU) Orica Greenedge
5 Kolar, Michael (SVK) Tinkoff-Saxo
6 Rogers, Dene Thomas (NZL) OCBC Singapore
7 Reguigui, Youcef (ALG) MTN - Qhubeka
8 Brammeier, Matt (IRL) Synergy Baku Cycling Project
9 Ni****ani, Taiji (JPN) Aisan Racing Team
10 Kochetkov, Pavel (RUS) Team Katusha

Pretty much everybody got same time after the "clean up".

The Colombian still leads.

Now headed towards KL:

More of the same I guess. Going with Kruopis.

Quintero is a great descender, so he shouldn't have any issues on Stage 3 or Stage 5. The race will be decided on Stage 4, IMO.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Quintero is a great descender, so he shouldn't have any issues on Stage 3 or Stage 5. The race will be decided on Stage 4, IMO.

stage 3 is like 100m over 6km (last hill) on a road going into KL. Bunch sprint if the sprinters are not too scarred. But the Colombians will sit on the front for a least 100km.

The Genting climb will do the job, but don't underestimate the peloton drive, day in and day out.

 

[Butterhead]

Looks pretty chaotic today.
A lot of unhappy faces coming in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEiX3yfJWcY

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Looks pretty chaotic today.
A lot of unhappy faces coming in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEiX3yfJWcY

Thanks.
We really need a 5 minute HD viddy of the finale. I mean this thing is broadcasted live.

In the meantime from stage 1: