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Arnout said:Anyone can fill names?
- Phinney
- Van Garderen
- Gilbert
- LL Sanchez
- Valverde
- Castroviejo
- Schär
- Cancellara
- Nordhaug
- O'Grady(?)
- Chavanel
- Fuglsang
Please copy and fill.
Gap coming down slightly, 55 seconds.
Dekker_Tifosi said:According to Dutch commentators the gap, hand-clocked, is 49 seconds.
So it still looks like a sprint
Armchair cyclist said:Philippe Gilbert (Belgium), Stuart O’Grady (Australia), Tim Duggan (USA), Lieuwe Westra (Netherlands), Jonathan Castroviejo (Spain), Alejandro Valverde (Spain), Luis Leon Sanchez (Spain), Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia), Michael Schar (Switzerland), Vincenzo Nibali (Italy), Gregory Rast (Switzerland), Andriy Grivko (Ukraine), Lars Boom (Netherlands), Luca Paolini (Italy), Sylvain Chavanel (France), Jack Bauer (New Zealand), Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark), Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic), Alexandr Kolobnev (Russia), Taylor Phinney (USA), Alexander Kristoff (Norway), Tejay Van Garderen (USA), Rui Costa (Portugal), Robert Gesink (Netherlands), Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland).
(according to CN live text)
At least you can hear english commentary. My Arabic sucks.Apollonius said:It would be great if the BBC commentator would turn is microphone off when he's coughing and spluttering. It sounds disgusting.
Does anybody know who he is? (I know the other is Boardman) This guy has the amazing ability to dumb down cycling even more than P&P!
The Hitch said:Nordhaug serving sky by attacking break.
DirtyWorks said:You guys don't get it. Two days a year these guys ride under national colors. the other racing days they get paid. For those two days, do you think they are going to do anything to screw up the part of their life where they are paid to ride?