Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2011

[hrotha]

Excellent news for me. But did nobody bother chasing?

 

[Ferminal]

lol @ the 2nd group completely giving it up, lost a minute in 3km.

 

[Stilletto]

so looks like Thomas Peterson will be the new leader?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

so looks like Thomas Peterson will be the new leader?

But if the peloton doesn't care then why should we?

 

[Ferminal]

I blame Euskal...oh wait.

 

[hrotha]

But if the peloton doesn't care then why should we?

Because CQ.

 

[Stilletto]

might be nice weather...

 

[roundabout]

so looks like Thomas Peterson will be the new leader?

Depends on how they finish. I think Efimkin is the closest to him at 13 seconds behind before today

Edit: make it Wurf is the closest at 13 seconds

 

[Handbrake]

Looks like the first group has given up as well. Someone please attack and get this over with as I need to go to bed.

 

[roundabout]

That was fun. 5 meters more and Euser would have done a Petacchi.

Nice win by Rabbotini

Edit: i mean Efimkin, duh.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

bravo matteo!

 

[Mellow Velo]

Lovely finish!

 

[Ferminal]

Always fun seeing a large break which is safely clear in the final few km... Plus this one had a GC battle in it too.

Great to see Rabottini hold on.

 

[roundabout]

Did Greipel just win a sprint for 11th?

Nope.

 

[boomcie]

Timmy-loves-Rabottini?

 

[palmerq]

Did Greipel just win a sprint for 11th?

Nope.

I don't think ti was, althoguh ti was definently a lotto guy :S maybe it was.

 

[roundabout]

I first thought it was Greipel but it didn't look like him on the replay.

 

[tofino]

Peterson post stage interview

Interview with Tom Peterson over at Canadiancyclist dot com

http://www.canadiancyclist.com/dailynews.php?id=21447

Peterson says he's "now a good bike rider" in the interview. Nice way to put things.

 

[Christian]

Some interesting details from the Tour of Turkey from Laurent Didier's column. This is about the 4th stage (yesterday), where he fell but was able to finish. Today he was listed as DNF.

"The stage was very nervous and the peloton explosed on a climb, 20 km from the start. You had to ride the climb sitting down - due to bad roads, the rain and oil, when you started to go en danseuse, the wheels would slip.

Afterwards there were constant attacks, just like in junior races. At around km 90 I fell in a descent, after a Caja Rural rider went down in front of me. Luckily my team car was right there, and after a short examination by our team doctor, he suggested that I continue, but that I change first because of the rain.

This had never happened to me, but after finishing the descent, I stopped to change my jersey, put on my 3/4 shorts and start again calmly. I took my time because I knew the peloton was far behind, after only 90 km they had already had 15 minutes on the first group.

Shortly before the finish I told another rider that we were approaching the sixth hour in the saddle, and he told me he had already 6:05 hours. I then realized that I had stopped for 7 minutes since I only had 5:58. After the stage I went to the hospital and ran into several other riders who had also crashed in the peloton.

Even if the organisers are making efforts, it's not easy. We were given two vans with chauffeurs but they don't always know the way. When it comes to eating, you have to take what you get. For example, it is impossible to find Muesli. This morning I had to eat bread and even a pancake for breakfast because the hotels that we're staying in are often resorts with a lot of tourists. It's also rather noisy."

http://www.lequotidien.lu/les-sports/22734.html

I hope he's fine and he didn't fall again today (he'd already fallen and gotten stitches in AGR) and will be able to do the Giro!

 

[wirral]

Kirby's having none of it. That's telling them. "Don't tell me how to pronounce Spanish."

 

[greenedge]

TBH this race is not as exciting as i expected it to be. It's attracted no real team leaders and now Peterson shall win. It's hard but i think the TDU was a better race. Hopefully tonight shall be interesting like yesterday's.

 

[TRDean]

TBH this race is not as exciting as i expected it to be. It's attracted no real team leaders and now Peterson shall win. It's hard but i think the TDU was a better race. Hopefully tonight shall be interesting like yesterday's.

Peterson may not win...in a bit of trouble now...

 

[palmerq]

The Tour of turkey has been pretty good this year so what if peterson wins, anyway he might not efimkin is a minute ahead of just now and there is 27 km left..

Greipel is the front group and I dont remember them saying who else was up there but I dont think there was any other very good sprinters, surely a great chance for greipel, no team mates though..

Kirby talking about greipel. " Look at that lump of man meat"....................:S

 

[TourOfSardinia]

This look like a hill!

 

[thrawn]

Peterson's group sure is small, and he's struggling to boot.