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Dazed and Confused said:Here is another fact. After six stages the team classification looks like this:
1 (1) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 61:46:22
2 (2) Crelan-Euphony 0:34
3 (3) Ukraine 0:49
4 (4) Drapac Cycling Team ,,
5 (5) La Pomme Marseille 1:13
6 (6) CCC Polsat Polkowice ,,
7 (7) Burgos BH - Castilla y Leon ,,
8 (8) Team Novo Nordisk ,,
9 (9) Champion System Pro Cycling Team ,,
10 (10) Synergy Baku Cycling Project 1:17
11 (11) Rietumu - Delfin 1:41
12 (12) Team Quantec - Indeland ,,
13 (13) Arbö Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer ,,
14 (14) Max Success Sports ,,
15 (15) Atlas Personal - Jakroo ,,
16 (16) Hong Kong China ,,
17 (17) RTS Racing Team ,,
18 (18) Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team ,,
So either every single team have taken vacation or the parcours simply doesn't allows for differentiation.
Ah, they keep it challenging for themselves. Tomorrow they have to do a 1-2-3-4-5.Der Effe said:Tom Leezer was 4th
theyoungest said:Ah, they keep it challenging for themselves. Tomorrow they have to do a 1-2-3-4-5.
Der Effe said:
Well, like Lars Boom said, these races are good for the (young) riders' confidence.
roundabout said:Beating up on continental riders is now good for confidence
It shows the shamefully low level of the race when a 7 rider team who have led for a week can finish 1-2-3-4
This is not a ssr, this is a sssr.
Boom isn't talking about his own confidence, but the confidence of a neo pro who is about to win his first HC race. Or the confidence of another neo pro who has to control a 100 man peloton all day on his own.roundabout said:Beating up on continental riders is now good for confidence
It shows the shamefully low level of the race when a 7 rider team who have led for a week can finish 1-2-3-4
This is not a ssr, this is a sssr.
classicomano said:Its official, Belkin is the new Gewiss.
I'm not saying anyone cares about this race, even though it's HC. But for a neo pro to win it is a fine performance, regardless.roundabout said:2012 Hainan thread got a total of 11 posts.
And let's ask this guy how winning 6 stages and the overall translates to the real world
http://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider.asp?riderid=4826
Gewiss TTT 50km out.theyoungest said:There's one blemish on the race so far, which is that the GC looks like this:
1. Hofland (BEL)
2. Amorison (CRE)
3. Leezer (BEL)
4. Van Emden (BEL)
The Belkin boys have to find a way to kick Amorison off the podium.
Libertine Seguros said:This is the kind of thing I used to dislike about HTC (among many, many other things) - sending strong squads to races they can absolutely obliterate, just so they can pad their number of wins out and point to sponsors to say "we won this much". But even HTC never had a race quite like this
jens_attacks said:name me please one example of HTC riding such a low level race....there are shiity races and there is tour of hainan
theyoungest said:There's one blemish on the race so far, which is that the GC looks like this:
1. Hofland (BEL)
2. Amorison (CRE)
3. Leezer (BEL)
4. Van Emden (BEL)
The Belkin boys have to find a way to kick Amorison off the podium.