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

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I don't think Flens time is good enough. Vaitkus already pretty close.

Suspect Rosseler or Chavanel to go faster, and then Westra

 

[sublimit]

I'm not that bothered about his inflated salary as such, thats not his fault but you have to at least make some sort of effort, and compromising his teamates in the race is unforgivable as mentioned earlier.

 

[superconfex]

wow... bertie just looks like he's strolling but only 2 secs down

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Kwiatkowski

The Polish suprise.
The Hitch will be pleased

 

[Roland Rat]

It could well be that that 4th place in the Tour has given him a huge salery, but also drawn a premature line under his career, it seems.

He's drawn a line under his own career by using the track as a safety net. If he had committed fully to the road he could have carved out a decent career like Millar has done. Or like Boardman and Yates before him. But he hasn't. He doesn't want to work for other people as he's The Great Bradley Wiggins. And The Great Bradley Wiggins is not a domestique. His biggest problem is that he wants to be a rock star, not a cyclist. He's not interested in winning de Panne, like Millar did last year, that won't get his name in lights. It seems he was only committed to the road for the period of time that he thought he could win the Tour, then he would be a BIG STAR!, and if he can't win the Tour, he's not interested.

 

[TeoSheva]

Kwiatkowski

The Polish suprise.
The Hitch will be pleased

really really intresting this guy!

 

[sublimit]

Kwiatkowski

The Polish suprise.
The Hitch will be pleased

Aye, Bodnar is also going well recently.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Chavanel slower than Kwiatkowski, wow that's really a suprise

 

[Jamsque]

Chav is pretty close at the intermediate check.

Grivko just went fastest by 6 seconds.

 

[Barrus]

Good time by Grivko

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Grivko 18:55, new best time.

Grivko also virtual leader now. Waiting for Grabsch now

 

[killswitch]

Good time by Grivko

Yep. Also considering that he attacked in the last kms this morning to set up Vaitkus.

 

[Jamsque]

Grabsch's huge gear is JUST big enough, beats Grivko by 1.5 seconds!

 

[superconfex]

bertie new leader

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Grabsch monster gear with 18:53

Wow this is so close!
Chavanel, Rosseler, Westra still to come

and our polish suprise Kwiatkowski

 

[Barrus]

Grabsch's huge gear is JUST big enough, beats Grivko by 1.5 seconds!

I actually expected him to have more of an advantage over Grivko

 

[roundabout]

Rosseler with the new best intermediate

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Rosseler with a monster time! 12:16 at the halfway point, wow!

Kwiatkowski at the finish with the new best time!
18:45

 

[Francois the Postman]

Rosseler taking 10 secs at the halfway point. Wow.

 

[Barrus]

Is it just me or does Radioshack almost solely exist of TT specialists?

 

[Jamsque]

Boy, those Shackers sure can ride a time trial.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I'm beginning to fear for Westra. That time by Rosseler is just SICK.

 

[jens_attacks]

radioshack owning some races ha?kudos to them!

 

[Boardslide]

What kind of gear is Bert Grabsch riding??? 69x5?

Grabsch wanted to use a 58 tooth but the team didn't have one with them so he's had to use a 56 instead.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Don't you just love the way the Shack ride?
Hardly see them during the "racing", then they turn up at the TT and turn the rest into also rans.
Go Chava!