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

[TRDean]

Long shot...but Bert de Backer riding very well...last year at this time he was having surgery! Good for him!

 

[boomcie]

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

Innergetic is no longer part of the team name. It's QST now.

 

[Mellow Velo]

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

That'll make for some grim watching.
Sending Wiggins to the land of beer is asking for trouble!

 

[stefrees]

That'll make for some grim watching.
Sending Wiggins to the land of beer is asking for trouble!

Wiggins punctured apparently, but yes I imagine he's already enjoying a westmalle (sp?) which is exactly what I'll be doing in geraardsburgen come Sunday.

I'm going for grabsch for the win just to go against the grain.

 

[The Sheep]

"mountain" jersey leader Laurens De Vreese was part of the 128 and the rest of the top 3 aswell so westra gets the jersey

 

[Jamsque]

Well I hope Bradley tears it up at Roubaix, or at least does a lot of work for Flecha, because he had a great chance at this race and ****ed it away.

 

[Ferminal]

1 152 Bert DE BACKER Skil - Shimano 12:02:52
2 8 Lieuwe WESTRA Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team 00:00:02
3 193 Arnoud VAN GROEN Veranda's Willems - Accent 00:00:04
4 81 Dmitriy MURAVYEV Team RadioShack 00:00:06
5 2 Romain FEILLU Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team 00:00:07
6 208 Aidis KRUOPIS Landbouwkrediet 00:00:10
7 198 James VAN LANDSCHOOT Veranda's Willems - Accent 00:00:10
8 186 Stijn NEIRYNCK Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 00:00:10
9 21 Mark RENSHAW HTC - Highroad 00:00:10
10 54 Vladimir GUSEV Katusha Team 00:00:10
11 121 Jens KEUKELEIRE Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne 00:00:10
12 145 Cyril LEMOINE Saur - Sojasun 00:00:10
13 83 Sébastien ROSSELER Team RadioShack 00:00:10
14 116 Niki TERPSTRA Quick Step Cycling Team 00:00:10
15 111 Sylvain CHAVANEL Quick Step Cycling Team 00:00:10
16 86 Michal KWIATKOWSKI Team RadioShack 00:00:10
17 22 Bert GRABSCH HTC - Highroad 00:00:10
18 91 Andriy GRIVKO Pro Team Astana 00:00:10
19 155 Robin CHAIGNEAU Skil - Shimano 00:00:10
20 135 Matthieu LADAGNOUS FDJ 00:00:10
21 92 Tomas VAITKUS Pro Team Astana 00:00:10
22 12 Rick FLENS Rabobank Cycling Team 00:00:10
23 102 Manuel QUINZIATO BMC Racing Team 00:00:10
24 72 Maciej BODNAR Liquigas - Cannondale 00:00:10
25 78 Alan MARANGONI Liquigas - Cannondale 00:00:10
26 67 Gregory HENDERSON Sky Procycling 00:00:10
27 4 Borut BOZIC Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team 00:00:19
28 114 Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK Quick Step Cycling Team 00:00:22
29 36 Vicente REYNES MIMO Omega Pharma - Lotto 00:00:28
30 98 Mirco LORENZETTO Pro Team Astana 00:00:30
31 32 Jurgen ROELANDTS Omega Pharma - Lotto 00:00:31
32 171 Sébastien CHAVANEL Team Europcar 00:00:33
33 26 John DEGENKOLB HTC - Highroad 00:01:09
34 31 André GREIPEL Omega Pharma - Lotto 00:05:08
35 156 Roger KLUGE Skil - Shimano 00:05:08
36 16 Dennis VAN WINDEN Rabobank Cycling Team 00:05:19
37 64 Michael BARRY Sky Procycling 00:05:19
38 62 Chris SUTTON Sky Procycling 00:05:28
39 57 Denis GALIMZYANOV Katusha Team 00:05:45
40 192 Steven CAETHOVEN Veranda's Willems - Accent 00:06:36
41 136 Olivier BONNAIRE FDJ 00:07:10
42 153 Mitchell DOCKER Skil - Shimano 00:07:28
43 227 Andreas SCHILLINGER Team NetApp 00:08:26
44 14 Tom LEEZER Rabobank Cycling Team 00:10:16
45 117 Gerald CIOLEK Quick Step Cycling Team 00:12:15
46 166 Federico CANUTI Colnago - CSF Inox 00:12:15
47 141 Jimmy CASPER Saur - Sojasun 00:12:39
48 13 Graeme BROWN Rabobank Cycling Team 00:12:50
49 35 David BOUCHER Omega Pharma - Lotto 00:16:14
50 75 Jacopo GUARNIERI Liquigas - Cannondale 00:17:16
51 151 Kenny Robert VAN HUMMEL Skil - Shimano 00:17:32
52 33 Jens DEBUSSCHERE Omega Pharma - Lotto 00:18:12
53 23 Matt BRAMMEIER HTC - Highroad 00:20:10
54 215 Jake KEOUGH Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis 00:24:47
55 103 Alexander KRISTOFF BMC Racing Team 00:24:47
56 211 Boy VAN POPPEL Unitedhealthcare Presented By Maxxis 00:25:07

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Go Vaitkus

 

[Anonymous]

So 99 riders eliminated at the end of stage 3a

AS for wiggins, thats a pretty impressive **** up even for his standards.

 

[Ferminal]

http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-5.php

Boy just about to leave.

Anyway, I'm predicting the overall to end as:

Westra
Rosseler
Gusev

But 2nd and 3rd is open, lots of the people 10s back are good time trialists on their day.

 

[Ferminal]

The most TV time Kristoff is going to get this season...

 

[Winterfold]

What a bunch of ar5e from Wiggo/ Sky.

British tour winner in 5 years yeah right.

I'd like to see a British winner of a tough short stage race first.

 

[Anonymous]

Wiggins just tweeted

No TT in De Panne, can't really say I'm dissapointed, Home tonight, can't wait its been a long week

He may not be bothered but i wonder if he wants to repay the ferry fares for the fans who travelled over today hoping for him to win the time trial

 

[superconfex]

Big Bertie to win

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Originally Posted by on3m@n@rmy referring to Galimzyanov
Nice ride for sure, but it's GENGHIS (Khan)

nah.... that nickname sux... and BIG TIME...

Riiiiiiiight... IYHO. Look, if Galimzyanov is going to be threatening everyone at the front like he did again today (partial results below) then he deserves a nickname that is more threatening. The Cossack is too general. But there is only one GENGHIS.

1. Jacopo Guarnieri (Liquigas-Cannondale)
2. Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha)...

Nice job in heat 3a.

 

[superconfex]

i wonder if he wants to repay the ferry fares for the fans who travelled over today hoping for him to win the time trial

NO...He doesn't

 

[Christian]

TGAK second best intermediate time

 

[Jamsque]

He may not be bothered but i wonder if he wants to repay the ferry fares for the fans who travelled over today hoping for him to win the time trial

Long week? Two days of racing at Crit Int, one day of racing at De Panne and two days of sitting in the autobus do not equal a long week for most professional riders. God dammit, Bradley. God dammit.

 

[Ferminal]

TGAK second best intermediate time


out of two

Fixed it for you.

 

[roundabout]

Seems like a slow course. 20 minutes is a bit much even if Van Poppel is not a time trialist

 

[Francois the Postman]

I am kinda glad that Wiggins wissed the cut. I would have hated to see him win this afternoon, with an attitude like that. Just leave the race glory for the guys that do show up and care.

 

[Christian]

Fixed it for you.

lol thanks.

Kinda weird, some riders seem to still be recon'ing the course

 

[Anonymous]

I am kinda glad that Wiggins wissed the cut. I would have hated to see him win this afternoon, with an attitude like that. Just leave the race glory for the guys that do show up and care.

Agreed. If riders cant be bothered about races and would rather be at home maybe they should consider another profession.

 

[roundabout]

Seems like a slow course. 20 minutes is a bit much even if Van Poppel is not a time trialist

Although looking at cars barely making it round hairpins it makes sense

 

[stefrees]

Maybe too many corners for grabsch? Wouldn't be surprised to see Henderson go top ten.