Santos Tour Down Under Stage 2 Mt. Barker to Rostrevor 116.5km

[manafana]

I think Geraint Thomas will win, just to p.ss you off

got it done today good call, i had clarke to maybe do it or de gendt, clarke tried but couldnt breakaway.

 

[maxmartin]

Is GT another W or CF in the making by the SKY???

 

[Eyeballs Out]

He should win the GC too

 

[Parrulo]

great win for thomas.

but what the hell happened behind? i was expecting guys like gilbert and gerrans to get back to him out of nowhere and they never did

 

[Unkown]

great win for thomas.

but what the hell happened behind? i was expecting guys like gilbert and gerrans to get back to him out of nowhere and they never did

Cyclingnews is reporting Gilbert was in the group of 15 that crashed as well as Matt Llyod.

 

[Ruudz0r]

YES!!! Now go and win the overall G make me some money!

 

[manafana]

GT does it!

Great 1st stage win for him, looked very good on that tough climb.

this needs to be corrected hes won itt stages before, he also won a stage of the route de sud

 

[Afrank]

1. Thomas
2. Moreno
3. Hermans
4. Slagter
5. Wellens
6. Pietropolli
7. Bauer
8. Kelderman
9. Izagirre
10 Bennett

Who was in the crash?

 

[Pricey_sky]

this needs to be corrected hes won itt stages before, he also won a stage of the route de sud

Ah yes I forgot about that route de sud victory. My mistake. Im blaming it on staying up until 3-30am

Still a good win nonetheless. What happened to Gilbert? was he in the crash as nothing was said

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Promising result for Wellens

 

[Unkown]

Ah yes I forgot about that route de sud victory. My mistake. Im blaming it on staying up until 3-30am

Still a good win nonetheless. What happened to Gilbert? was he in the crash as nothing was said

Gilbert was in the crash.

 

[Museeuw]

And Ponzi was in top100 - maybe...

 

[petiagos]

Gilbert was in the crash.

Matthew Lloyd also.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Gilbert was in the crash.

Poor that nothing was even mentioned, was it on the descent?

 

[maltiv]

great win for thomas.

but what the hell happened behind? i was expecting guys like gilbert and gerrans to get back to him out of nowhere and they never did

Gilbert seems to have crashed at least.

I guess today confirms that whenever Sky says that a rider is in good form that means said rider will win the race without even breaking a sweat, even if said rider has never won a road race before - just like Porte in Algarve last year or G here. Definitely should've put all my money on G @ 50/1 when it was said he was going to be the GC leader, but somehow I kind of didn't believe that yet another Brit would turn into a super climber/puncheur at 26.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Gilbert looks OK.

 

[PCutter]

was the crash in the last 3km?

 

[Ferminal]

How nice of Sky to actually let their best riders lead instead of roboticly supporting EBH, great win.

 

[Pricey_sky]

was the crash in the last 3km?

Not sure but he wasnt in the chasing bunch with around 4k's to go so perhaps it was a little further out.

 

[manafana]

Ah yes I forgot about that route de sud victory. My mistake. Im blaming it on staying up until 3-30am

Still a good win nonetheless. What happened to Gilbert? was he in the crash as nothing was said

no worries, think it was mentioned in thread earlier too, his first world tour road stage win .

 

[Afrank]

GC
1. Thomas
2. Moreno '5
3. Hermans '7
4. Pietropoli '14
5. Slagter '14
6. I. Izagirre '14
7. G. Izagirre '14
8. Machado '14
9. Wellens '14
10. Veikkanen '14

Anyone know if Gerrans was in the crash?

 

[hidache]

at least not in the 1st chasing group, otherwise he would've been 4th in gc now with his time bonuses of yesterday.

 

[Parrot23]

I was half expecting to see Durianrider leading on the climb, LOL.

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=12032&page=91

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blG0yF6BjTU

Check his Youtube video riding with Movistar riders up Corkscrew. Impressive! This guy is a strong rider. But apparently he eats about 30+ bananas a day, if you can believe it, with his weird vegetarian diet. Just as well he rides a lot, otherwise he'll be turning into the Michelin man real fast. Be swinging from the trees next, if you ask me. I see he says his HCT is 48, a bit high. Probably doping, ha, ha!

Anyone know what sort of time Thomas et al did up Corkscrew, as Durianrider posts his times on Strava?

 

[theyoungest]

How nice of Sky to actually let their best riders lead instead of roboticly supporting EBH, great win.

Ouch, now you're just baiting maltiv

Must say I'm surprised with Thomas, or maybe not. Sky know that it's more useful to let a guy like Thomas peak for a race like this, and Porte for Algarve, rather than in the biggest races where they'll end up in the lower reaches of the top-10.

I only saw the last few k's, would have liked to see some more drilling on the front of that chasing group from Kelderman for Slagter. But maybe it was my crappy stream.

BTW, not a single Aussie in the top-10 today. Just two Kiwis.

 

[PCutter]

Good to see that Leopard with two men in a 4 man leading group managed a best finish of 3rd. They're in for a stellar season.