Three days of de Panne - 29th to 31st March

[Ferminal]

Vaitkus deserves a win, has been very strong all season. Thought he might have had them.

Seems Denis had the speed but was a second too late.

 

[auscyclefan94]

not bad... I hope he will improve his shape...

lets hope so, he needs a win, that was a good opportunity but he needs to learn to find his way through sprints. I guess a top 5 is a start.

 

[TeoSheva]

1. Jacopo Guarnieri (Liquigas-Cannondale)
2. Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha)
3. Jimmy Casper (Saur Sojasun)
4. Kenny Van Kummel (Skil-Shimano)
5. Alexander Kristoff (BMC)
6.Gerald Ciolek (Quick Step)
7. Michal Kwiatkowski (RadioShack)
8. Mirko Lorenzetto (Astana)
9. Jacobe Keough (UnitedHealtcare)
10. Stijn Neirynck (Topsport)

 

[hrotha]

I thought it was Oss ahead of Galimzyanov and I was about to get the Dom Perignon.

 

[Jamsque]

Ah, Keough is a UHC rider. I was completely baffled for a moment to see an American I didn't recognise in the top 10.

 

[Francois the Postman]

OK, so they are taking the ITT circuit clockwise for a change. Coastal start with wind in the back. Final kms into the wind.

 

[theyoungest]

Westra mentions Flens as his main rival for the TT.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Nice little half stage that. Quite an astute attempt by Vaitkus to nick it.
Go Westra, who hasn't had a mention from either Clueless Kirby, or Maggie B, as being a bit of an ITT specialist.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

I'm not watching but it seems from comments here that HTC were doing most of the work in chasing down the attacks. Anyone know why ? It doesn't appear as though they got anything out of it

 

[Anonymous]

Video of stage 3a up for those waking up late. first post of the thread.

 

[auscyclefan94]

So Bert de Backer is in the lead of the gc?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Nice little half stage that. Quite an astute attempt by Vaitkus to nick it.
Go Westra, who hasn't had a mention from either Clueless Kirby, or Maggie B, as being a bit of an ITT specialist.

Wow, how can they not know that? Do these guys ever watch a result after babbling nonsense for hours?

 

[boomcie]

1. Jacopo Guarnieri (Liquigas-Cannondale)
2. Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha)
3. Jimmy Casper (Saur Sojasun)
4. Kenny Van Kummel (Skil-Shimano)
5. Alexander Kristoff (BMC)
6.Gerald Ciolek (Quick Step)
7. Michal Kwiatkowski (RadioShack)
8. Mirko Lorenzetto (Astana)
9. Jacobe Keough (UnitedHealtcare)
10. Stijn Neirynck (Topsport)

That I find funny.
I'm so easy.

 

[Jamsque]

Lieuwe Lieuwe, oh baby!
Said we gotta go...
Ya ya ya ya ya,
Lieuwe Lieuwe!

 

[theyoungest]

That I find funny.
I'm so easy.

Enlighten us?

 

[El Pistolero]

Gerald Ciolek sure sucks hard.

 

[sublimit]

I'm not watching but it seems from comments here that HTC were doing most of the work in chasing down the attacks. Anyone know why ? It doesn't appear as though they got anything out of it

Probably for Degenkolb, I didnt see it either though.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Gerald Ciolek sure sucks hard.

Doesn't that happen to basically every rider QSI ever gets? except cobble riders + bettini?

 

[stefrees]

Wiggins missed time cut, out of time trial according to cycling weekly

 

[Roland Rat]

Wiggins missed time cut, out of time trial according to cycling weekly

What exactly was the point in him getting out of bed this morning? He might as well have not bothered and joined Sagan, Ballan etc at the breakfast buffet than do this and miss the chance of winning the afternoon's TT anyway. Rubbish.


Edt: although, being Cycling Weekly, it could be wrong.

 

[sublimit]

Wiggins missed time cut, out of time trial according to cycling weekly

Expletives deleted. Westra will walk this anyway.
Wiggo probably thinking ahead to Roubaix or riding like a girl, probably the former I hope.

 

[joy118118]

54 riders left on the start last TT stage De Panne, start every 2min instead of 1min, it's not going to bring back the other 128 riders

 

[boomcie]

Enlighten us?

It said Kenny Van Kummel
Hilarious.

 

[El Pistolero]

Doesn't that happen to basically every rider QSI ever gets? except cobble riders + bettini?

He sucked already on Milram in his last season.

And Steegmans seems to be doing a lot better now. Sylvain Chavanel can't really complain with his 2 stages in the Tour.

I don't think it's QS fault here, just the cyclists that f*ck it up. Or crybabies like Rujano.

 

[theyoungest]

He sucked already on Milram in his last season.

And Steegmans seems to be doing a lot better now. Sylvain Chavanel can't really complain with his 2 stages in the Tour.

I don't think it's QS fault here, just the cyclists that f*ck it up.

Steegmans seemed to be doing better. But getting dropped from the third or fourth echelon in the Driedaagse van de Panne isn't exactly great.