Tirreno -Adriatico stage 2 - Montecatini terme - 165 km

[Jamsque]

Come on T-A, let's see some fireworks. Paris-Nice was dull as dishwater today, it's up to you to restore my faith in the sport.

Boonen is still in the pack I see, and I assume Eddy Bos is too, has Farrar been sighted?

 

[luckyboy]

How come this stream works so great, but the P-N were awful?!

Hutarovich ftw! Seriously, Bennati I think or Boonen

 

[Jamsque]

Boonen is very well positioned.

And he gets it.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

boonen
friere
bennati

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

edit martens they are saying (for rabo)

speaking of the rabo rider he was poorly placed with 500m to go, did extremely well.

 

[Big GMaC]

BOONEN! Party o'clock

 

[Jamsque]

Boonen got the perfect lead-out from the Liquigas train, it was too easy for him in the end.

McEwen in fourth, nice ride from him.

I hope there is some actual racing somewhere tomorrow.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Boonen got the perfect lead-out from the Liquigas train, it was too easy for him in the end.

McEwen in fourth, nice ride from him.

I hope there is some actual racing somewhere tomorrow.

tomorrow is a chane the sprinters will have their way again. Though I think the san baronto (about 15km from the end) will be a lil much for some of them.

 

[ak-zaaf]

tomorrow is a chane the sprinters will have their way again. Though I think the san baronto (about 15km from the end) will be a lil much for some of them.

How about Martens? Impressive sprint, didn't really expect him there.

 

[Jamsque]

tomorrow is a chane the sprinters will have their way again. Though I think the san baronto (about 15km from the end) will be a lil much for some of them.

I imagine it will be enough to shell Cav, with the way he has been going. I hope Farrar and EBH can get up in the mix with Boonen and Bennati and make it a bit more interesting.

 

[BroDeal]

BOONEN! Party o'clock

Coke dealers everywhere celebrate. Despite the economy it will be a good year.

 

[pmcg76]

Hushovds form is looking very poor, he was put into a great position but started to fade even before the sprint proper started.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

How about Martens? Impressive sprint, didn't really expect him there.

indeed impressive (where is friere?). Though I remember him riding well before the vuelta last year where he podium a few times. He is capable of a good sprint, but this was very impressive and unexpected. good ride, especially considering where he started his sprint from.

 

[Moondance]

Wow... Bennati must feel a bit stupid, he couldn't have possibly asked for a better leadout.

Twas indeed impressive by Martens. Never seen him do that before.

Any breaks in the peleton reported? Liquigas had the pack strung out something awful?

 

[theyoungest]

boonen
friere
bennati

As a Rabo fan, you should be able to discern that this wasn't Freire.

Paul Martens singlehandedly led Freire to a stage win in the Ruta del Sol, bringing him all the way from 20th position to the front within a hundred meters. He could have won that stage himself, because frankly he looked stronger than Freire.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

As a Rabo fan, you should be able to discern that this wasn't Freire.

Paul Martens singlehandedly led Freire to a stage win in the Ruta del Sol, bringing him all the way from 20th position to the front within a hundred meters. He could have won that stage himself, because frankly he looked stronger than Freire.

yeh my stream was god awful. I remember that, he might get some results this year if given the chance.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

As a Rabo fan, you should be able to discern that this wasn't Freire.

Paul Martens singlehandedly led Freire to a stage win in the Ruta del Sol, bringing him all the way from 20th position to the front within a hundred meters. He could have won that stage himself, because frankly he looked stronger than Freire.

yeh my stream was god awful. It kept cutting out, all I heard was the commentators saying rabo rider so i kinda assumed haha.
I remember that, he might get some results this year if given the chance.

 

[python]

am i the only one who got this funny feeling that vino-fox is planning a sneaky move tomorrow ? hes been remarkably quiet so far and even the media is leaving him alone.

 

[maltiv]

EBH was blocked by some Euskaltel rider who failed (not sure what he was doing, if he crashed or what) with 1k to go.

 

[Anonymous]

Closing Stages

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Please ban this blatant spammer with his team sky links everywhere

 

[luckyboy]

You're joking right?

 

[Mellow Velo]

You're joking right?

Yeah.
I take it that Team SF's is Dim's, non posting alter ego.
The link has now been removed.
DT has a lot to say for someone who went into winter hibernation, when the rest of us, such as Dim, kept this place alive.

Oh and a decent finish, again.

 

[velosiped]

Where in h%&# is Petacchi?
Shouldn't he have a feeding frenzy on these flatter stages?

 

[Mellow Velo]

Where in h%&# is Petacchi?
Shouldn't he have a feeding frenzy on these flatter stages?

Bad crash, just a few days ago. Touch and go that he would ride at all.