The Aviva Tour of Britain 2015 2.HC 6/9/15-13/9/15

[Pricey_sky]

Vakoc wins! Great finish

Lobato 2nd and Eddy Boss 3rd

 

[LosBrolin]

What a ride by Vakoc!! Just superrrr.

 

[Bushman]

Great ride from Vakoc!!

Wonder why Movistar didn't chase harder with Lobato there.

 

[The Principal Sheep]

Superb ride by Vakoc and well deserved but not sure what some of the other teams were doing?_?

 

[JRanton]

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Great ride from Vakoc!!

Wonder why Movistar didn't chase harder with Lobato there.

Bizarre wasn't it? They had 4 riders there to support him and it was a very good finish for him.

 

[LosBrolin]

GC

Doull also riding very well.

 

[Bushman]

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Great ride from Vakoc!!

Wonder why Movistar didn't chase harder with Lobato there.

Bizarre wasn't it? They had 4 riders there to support him and it was a very good finish for him.

Seems really stupid considering the finish was perfect for Lobato and he won it easily.

 

[williamp78]

GC

Doull also riding very well.

Was it an eight and a half hour stage!?

 

[Bushman]

GC

Doull also riding very well.

Was it an eight and a half hour stage!?

It's the gc.

 

[williamp78]

GC

Doull also riding very well.

Was it an eight and a half hour stage!?

It's the gc.

Thats a no then!?

 

[TMP402]

Kennaugh is out of the top 10 GC because of a penalty. Pauwels moves up to 10th.

 

[TMP402]

Peter kennaugh ‏@Petekennaugh 9m9 minutes ago

I got a 20" time penalty for taking a gel under 15km to go oops didn't know about that rule. another stupid uci rule that makes no sense

 

[Brullnux]

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Peter kennaugh ‏@Petekennaugh 9m9 minutes ago

I got a 20" time penalty for taking a gel under 15km to go oops didn't know about that rule. another stupid uci rule that makes no sense

How did he not know about that rule. That is ridiculous. Maybe Sky should spend a little more time teaching their riders about simple, well known rules. If a rule like this is in place then I'm pretty sure that there is a reason.

 

[Andy262]

Great ride Vakoc

 

[PremierAndrew]

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Peter kennaugh ‏@Petekennaugh 9m9 minutes ago

I got a 20" time penalty for taking a gel under 15km to go oops didn't know about that rule. another stupid uci rule that makes no sense

Surely he knows about it considering Froome on Alpe in 2013

 

[dicanio_michael]

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Peter kennaugh ‏@Petekennaugh 9m9 minutes ago

I got a 20" time penalty for taking a gel under 15km to go oops didn't know about that rule. another stupid uci rule that makes no sense

He sounded he didn't care, thought he is the GC guy for Sky. 20' is a lot.

 

[manafana]

kind silly that you cant take a gel from car if you drop back ot it yourself. Vakoc in prime position to win this now, alot to like about him

 

[postmanhat]

Nice racing again today and some heroic efforts by Hugh Porter with the funny foreign names. Am sure Petra Vakoc is thrilled with her unanticipated celebrity

 

[TMP402]

If his team car gave it to him, then they're the ones who should be penalised IMO - a rider should be able to trust that his DS is following the rules.

And in this case some leniency would probably have been fair - pretty sure last year the race officials were giving riders and teams wrong information about how many kms were left (which contributed to the break winning several times), who knows if the team car had the right information.

I don't think it will matter a great deal anyway, Kennaugh was nearly 20 secs back already, so he was going to have be aggressive to overhaul Vakoc in any case.

 

[search]

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If his team car gave it to him, then they're the ones who should be penalised IMO - a rider should be able to trust that his DS is following the rules.

And in this case some leniency would probably have been fair - pretty sure last year the race officials were giving riders and teams wrong information about how many kms were left (which contributed to the break winning several times), who knows if the team car had the right information.

usually there are signs at the road side signalizing (the start and) the end of the feeding, and it's also communicated to the team cars by the commissaire via radio. Both was the case when I was following the SIbiu Tour at least, so I guess it should also apply for the higher profile UCI races.

 

[willbick]

Is it possible the peloton (or at least certain teams) didnt know vakoc was in front? Seems the only explanation for the likes of movistar not chasing. Funnily enough i see to remember vakoc winning a stage of tour of poland solo last year when they didnt know he was away?

 

[old.edu]

I like the fact that wiggo along with 6 others got a 200CHF for Unseemly behaviour (urinating in public)

 

[Pricey_sky]

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Is it possible the peloton (or at least certain teams) didnt know vakoc was in front? Seems the only explanation for the likes of movistar not chasing. Funnily enough i see to remember vakoc winning a stage of tour of poland solo last year when they didnt know he was away?

I did think that, Etixx came to the front a couple of times in the last 10k's as if they didn't know they had Vakoc up front. I love racing with no radio's!

 

[Lil_Tommy_V]

What happens today? 215km with a lumpy finish. 6 man teams should make it hard to control a sprint.

Should be plenty of late attacks especially from Sky with Kennaugh, Poels and Swift

 

[Libertine Seguros]

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Is it possible the peloton (or at least certain teams) didnt know vakoc was in front? Seems the only explanation for the likes of movistar not chasing. Funnily enough i see to remember vakoc winning a stage of tour of poland solo last year when they didnt know he was away?

I did think that, Etixx came to the front a couple of times in the last 10k's as if they didn't know they had Vakoc up front. I love racing with no radio's!

Etixx probably bluffing, come to the front to break it up but not so obviously that teams that may have forgotten about him remember Vakoc is there.