The big one: Tour of Poland, Aug 1st -7th

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

nice win by mollema.

 

[stefrees]

Didn't have time to check but judging by number of posts I presumed mollema must have done something.

I presume sky did a disappearing act?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

You should apply for their DS position...

You kidding? Because of his misplaced faith that Evans can compete and never tire, ACF would have worked Evans to exhaustion before the Giro! And still put him in the team for all 3 GTs cos he has a feeling that the field is one that will suit Evans.

 

[jobiwan]

Great win by Boke.
(Yes I request we call him nothing but Boke Mollema from now on)

I was expecting the others to try to put a bit more pressure on Martin though.

What if Bole loses this due to those seconds Lorenzetto took?

With only tomorrow's stage. I can't see Bole winning (probably Davis, Griepel, or a Haedo) and if there's no split, Martin will win.

 

[auscyclefan94]

BMc were fricking riding against each other in the finish! What the heck was going on? That's it. I am off to poland to show them some proper bike race tatics!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

New GC

1. Dan Martin
2. Grega Bole +8s
3. Bauke Mollema +10s

Bole can still win tomorrow...

 

[TRDean]

You kidding? Because of his misplaced faith that Evans can compete and never tire, ACF would have worked Evans to exhaustion before the Giro! And still put him in the team for all 3 GTs cos he has a feeling that the field is one that will suit Evans.

Yes...it was a joke...

 

[Mellow Velo]

Join the Bauke fanclub
(he'll soon be bigger than Cadel)

He will have to put on a lot of weight.

A time for Dutch celebration. The saviour has landed.
No one was catching TGBM, once he had put the hammer down.
They ate his dust.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Didn't have time to check but judging by number of posts I presumed mollema must have done something.

I presume sky did a disappearing act?

Sky who?

You kidding? Because of his misplaced faith that Evans can compete and never tire, ACF would have worked Evans to exhaustion before the Giro! And still put him in the team for all 3 GTs cos he has a feeling that the field is one that will suit Evans.

I have my some special remedies for cadel which will get him flying off the front. That's why I am applying for the soigneur/masseuse/ds role at bmc.

 

[MKirilenko]

What a dissapointment by Szmyd... What was he waiting for? Why no attack? I dont get this guy, he keeps saying stuff, promising and none of these things ever happen. Maybe he forgot its not TdF and tmr is the end

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

He will have to put on a lot of weight.

A time for Dutch celebration. The saviour has landed.
No one was catching TGBM, once he had put the hammer down.
They ate his dust.

Exactly as I figured it would be optimal. Attack between km 3 and 2, where the climb is the steepest, and use the false flat to gear up and hammer it down.

 

[salixcycling]

I presume sky did a disappearing act?

Actually they didn't. Nordhaug came in 8th and moved into the top 20.

 

[theyoungest]

Exactly as I figured it would be optimal. Attack between km 3 and 2, where the climb is the steepest, and use the false flat to gear up and hammer it down.

I actually thought: why didn't you go with the Polish guy with far too many consonants in his name? But of course now all is forgiven.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Actually they didn't. Nordhaug came in 8th and moved into the top 20.

top 20 in poland, epic stuff for the revolutionaries

 

[Moondance]

Good on you Bauke... First ever win with the big boys I believe.

Also, I think this wraps up 9 men for Netherlands at the Worlds (not like we'll need them).

 

[theyoungest]

Good on you Bauke... First ever win with the big boys I believe.

Also, I think this wraps up 9 men for Netherlands at the Worlds (not like we'll need them).

There's still a fly in the ointment, by the name of Grega Bole.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Good on you Bauke... First ever win with the big boys I believe.

Also, I think this wraps up 9 men for Netherlands at the Worlds (not like we'll need them).

well swiss have a guy in 4th place.
AG got a win here, and there is still Vattenfall -- where AG will probably ride, and place well.
so yeah, i suspect we wont have 9

 

[Moondance]

There's still a fly in the ointment, by the name of Grega Bole.

?

Are the Slovaks in danger of passing us in the UCI World Ranking or something?

 

[auscyclefan94]

There's still a fly in the ointment, by the name of Grega Bole.

bauke will attack with 20km to go tommorow and win. He is just that good!

 

[Moondance]

well swiss have a guy in 4th place.
AG got a win here, and there is still Vattenfall -- where AG will probably ride, and place well.
so yeah, i suspect we wont have 9

Oh... Hamburg still counts? It didn't last year.

 

[theyoungest]

?

Are the Slovaks in danger of passing us in the UCI World Ranking or something?

No. The Slovenians are though.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Oh... Hamburg still counts? It didn't last year.

I thought that too, but I read in a CN article - who knows right? - that it counts.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Actually they didn't. Nordhaug came in 8th and moved into the top 20.

Didn't I say that after yesterdays stage? That the great Nordhaug would move into the top 20?

I'm an oracle clearly

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

No. The Slovenians are though.

meh I doubt it. I don't think Bole will get enough points over us.
The difference is... 20ish?

 

[Moondance]

No. The Slovenians are though.

That sneaky Janez Brajkovic.