Skoda Tour of Luxembourg - 1st to 5th June

[Gloin22]

Current top 5:
1. Gaudin (EUC)
2. Engoulvent (SAU) +3
3. Hayman (SKY) +6
4. Mortensen (LEO) +9
5. Mangel (SAU) +9

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[Mellow Velo]

Now, this is the race that should be buried in the final week of the Giro, instead of the ToB.

 

[will10]

Now, this is the race that should be buried in the final week of the Giro, instead of the ToB.

Why, what difference does it make?

 

[El Pistolero]

Why, what difference does it make?

Don't know what he means by that, but it could increase the interest in the Tour of Belgium on this forum and in general if it wasn't during the Giro.

 

[Roude Leiw]

Don't know what he means by that, but it could increase the interest in the Tour of Belgium on this forum and in general if it wasn't during the Giro.

Actually I think he speaks from a german perspective an means the Bayernrundfahrt as the sole german stage race with at least a 2HC categorisation (btw the same as the TdL)

 

[Andy99]

Now, this is the race that should be buried in the final week of the Giro, instead of the ToB.

'vuelta'??

 

[Libertine Seguros]

'vuelta'??

ToB in this instance means Tour of Belgium.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

The riders weren't lying about how tough this super short prologue is, averages are pretty low, hardly above 40 km/h

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

Actually I think he speaks from a german perspective an means the Bayernrundfahrt as the sole german stage race with at least a 2HC categorisation (btw the same as the TdL)

No German would ever call it the Tour of Bavaria.

Susan

 

[Roude Leiw]

current top 10

1 Gaudin Damien FRA Team Europcar 03:47:000 00:00:000
2 Engoulvent Jimmy FRA Saur-Sojasun 03:50:000 00:03:000
3 Feillu Romain FRA Vacansoleil 03:53:000 00:06:000
4 Hayman Mathew AUS Sky Pro Cycling 03:53:000 00:06:000
5 Casper Jimmy FRA Saur-Sojasun 03:54:000 00:07:000
6 Mortensen Martin DEN Leopard 03:56:000 00:09:000
7 Mangel Laurent FRA Saur-Sojasun 03:56:000 00:09:000
8 Van Leijen Jost NED Vacansoleil 03:57:000 00:10:000
9 Rast Grégory SUI Team RadioShac 03:57:000 00:10:000
10 Stannard Ian GBR Sky Pro Cycling 03:57:000 00:10:000

 

[El Pistolero]

Who did Leopard send?

edit: I see, Fabian and Franki. Nice. Let's see if Fabian can make something from his second part of the season.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Cancellara ...

 

[will10]

Cancellara wins

 

[Andy99]

ToB in this instance means Tour of Belgium.

Ah. That explains it. Cheers!

 

[Mellow Velo]

Don't know what he means by that, but it could increase the interest in the Tour of Belgium on this forum and in general if it wasn't during the Giro.

I did indeed mean this.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Cancellara ...

heh funny, a minute after i answered pistolere questions he managed the fastest time, no suprise there though

 

[Gloin22]

Hayman 5th. Happy with that

 

[El Pistolero]

Nice to see Canc winning again. Hope he'll go for the overall and do something more than time trials this season.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

F.Schleck in the same time as Klöden, not bad

 

[Bavarianrider]

Hopefully Klöden didn't use all his gunpowder in spring.
but 2.7km should be too short to draw conclusions

 

[jobiwan]

Nice win for the Canc, seemed like a tough prologue.

 

[c&cfan]

Nice to see Canc winning again. Hope he'll go for the overall and do something more than time trials this season.

more than those ****ty classics and stage races plus the worlds? i tought it was enough... but you clearly hadve a problem with him because he is better than gilbert.

 

[El Pistolero]

more than those ****ty classics and stage races plus the worlds? i tought it was enough... but you clearly hadve a problem with him because he is better than gilbert.

How the hell would I have a problem with Cancellara? He didn't win any classics and stage races this year and there aren't any classics or big stage races left he can win. So yeah, my post is very much valid.

Perhaps in your dream world Cancellara won classics this season, but he didn't. Hence I hope he goes out to win more than just time trials in his second part of the season. As most of the time he doesn't do anything but time trials in his second part.

And yeah, the one with 10 victories this season is worse than the one with 3. Again, just in your world.

 

[c&cfan]

How the hell would I have a problem with Cancellara? He didn't win any classics and stage races this year and there aren't any classics or big stage races left he can win. So yeah, my post is very much valid.

Perhaps in your dream world Cancellara won classics this season, but he didn't. Hence I hope he goes out to win more than just time trials in his second part of the season. As most of the time he doesn't do anything but time trials in his second part.

And yeah, the one with 10 victories this season is worse than the one with 3. Again, just in your world.

yes, he is.
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[dlwssonic]

frank schleck did pretty good getting 2nd, no one would have expected him to do that in such a short TT. congrats to canc!