Route du Sud 2014

[kingjr]

Steephill also says 45 seconds....
Anyone have a link to highlights?

cqranking says 45 seconds now too.

 

[PunchingRouleur]

Rogers outsprints Valverde.

Tinkoff will storm Tour.

 

[MBotero]

He hasn't raced since LBL, almost 2 months ago. Give him a break.

Lol,sure but only if he's preparing for TDF 2015,cause TDf 2014 will start in 13 days

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Rogers outsprints Valverde.

Tinkoff will storm Tour.

so lets see, Tinkoff sends the C team with Contador, Kreuziger gets the middle of the road stuff and Roche surrounds himself with royalty.

 

[Antoine_Blondin]

Pictures of stage 2 between Bagnères-de-Luchon and Val Louron :

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.549824391788388.1073741845.213235132113984&type=1

Video highlights to follow.

 

[jens_attacks]

tinkov guys are on fire wow

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

tinkov guys are on fire wow

Rogers outsprinting Valverde..

what's next. Contador out-alienating Froome?

 

[trevim]

Very good result i must say. Let's not forget portuguese teams do very little racing before the Volta season starts so he doesn't have much competitive rythm.

You heard it here first, Frederico to win the volta by 5 minutes

Ahah I don't think so. All the older guys will be fully charged, I would be worried if Frederico wins the damn thing. I can't wait to see him out of Portugal. Rui Costa should take a look at another domestique

Also, two of his team mates DNF. Nuno Matos 2nd best rider from the team.

 

[kingjr]

Rogers outsprinting Valverde..

what's next. Contador out-alienating Froome?

Rogers isn't too bad as a sprinter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2j0jIIDtio

37:15 onwards.

 

[trevim]

Rogers isn't too bad as a sprinter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2j0jIIDtio

37:15 onwards.

Come on, this is T-Mobile, it doesn't count

 

[Netserk]

Come on, this is T-Mobile, it doesn't count

Does his Tinkov period count?

 

[trevim]

Does his Tinkov period count?

Nah, it's pretty much the same thing I expect

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

so lets see, Tinkoff sends the C team with Contador, Kreuziger gets the middle of the road stuff and Roche surrounds himself with royalty.

I suspect that is mostly about not burning out the Giro - Tour guys or other riders who already have their a Tour form. They don't need nine hard days racing. Ultimately all of these are just prep races.

 

[Antoine_Blondin]

2014 Route du Sud - Video highlights stage 2

http://youtu.be/DLiT23NHC7E

 

[Jspear]

2014 Route du Sud - Video highlights stage 2

http://youtu.be/DLiT23NHC7E

Thanks! This race doesn't really get that much coverage. Takes awhile for vid's to come out and nothing in English. Well I guess I don't HAVE to understand the commentators to watch the highlights.

 

[greenedge]

Kudos to Kudus

Valverde looked strong but congrats to the Tinkoff boys who also were.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

2014 Route du Sud - Video highlights stage 2

http://youtu.be/DLiT23NHC7E

Great highlight package once again.

No spin from Kudos. The man really is very happy.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 3:

This can be raced without a doubt, but the Tinkoff duo needs to be attacked from a distance.

Why settle for a top 10 here. Its meaningless.

GC:
1 46 ROCHE Nicolas TCS 9h39'07''
2 28 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro MOV à 45''
3 45 ROGERS Michael TCS à 49''
4 85 ROSSETTO Stéphane BIG à 55''
5 58 * KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi MTN ''
6 34 * ELISSONDE Kenny FDJ ''
7 107 SIUTSOU Kanstantsin SKY ''
8 132 ARROYO DURAN David CJR à 01'25''
9 101 * BOSWELL Ian SKY à 01'32''
10 11 BERARD Julien ALM à 01'49''
11 43 * MCCARTHY Jay TCS à 02'04''
12 92 DI GREGORIO Rémy LPM ''
13 76 FEILLU Brice BSE ''
14 74 GUILLOU Florian BSE ''
15 118 * FIGUEIREDO Federico BOA ''
16 47 * BELTRAN SUAREZ Eduard Alexander TCS ''
17 57 KONOVALOVAS Ignatas MTN ''
18 65 MOLARD Rudy COF à 02'09''
19 147 TORRES AGUDELO Rodolfo Andres COL à 02'36''
20 146 RUBIANO CHAVEZ Miguel Angel COL à 02'59''

 

[HappyLoser]

Tinkoff Saxo looks ridiculous... Can't see AC losing TdF.

 

[Ferminal]

This can be raced without a doubt, but the Tinkoff duo needs to be attacked from a distance.

Why settle for a top 10 here. Its meaningless.

Valverde to attack 40km out

 

[Dazed and Confused]

well you got it right yesterday...

Molard crashing just before the finish line yesterday:

Ran up the last bit.

More pictures from stage 2 here: http://www.steephill.tv/2014/route-du-sud/photos/stage-02/

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Kudus did pretty well.

 

[murali]

anyone to challenge bouhanni here?

 

[indianfanboy]

anyone to challenge bouhanni here?

Expect Valverde to do a good sprint but if Bouhanni rides like he did on the 1st stage it will hard to stop him

 

[Jspear]

anyone to challenge bouhanni here?

NO! At least I hope not. Bouhanni to win and secure a TdF spot. They need to take him. He is more likely to grab a stage than Demare imo.