Tirreno -Adriatico Stage 4: 243km San Gemini - Chieti

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

still a really open race, shame that tomorrow's stage is shortened. I hope the Forca di Presta will still be used, that will really hurt the riders. And make it interesting.

 

[auscyclefan94]

This was certainly a great victory for clean cycling

was just about to say thst! look at gc timmy!

6.Evans
8.Gesink

Gesink probably forced evans against the barrier

 

[bicing]

looks like evans knew what he was doing after all, didn't finish far back in the GC or the stage, better than nibali!!

 

[maltiv]

where's EBH?
bring on the itt

think he was about 1 min behind, might've been Lövkvist though. impossible to see with this terrible stream

 

[auscyclefan94]

looks like evans knew what he was doing after all, didn't finish far back in the GC or the stage, better than nibali!!

saving himself for tommorow!

 

[stefrees]

i found myself shouting obscenities at the tv as scarponi won.

 

[auscyclefan94]

i found myself shouting obscenities at the tv as scarponi won.

same... it's same when valverde is doing well!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

think he was about 1 min behind, might've been Lövkvist though. impossible to see with this terrible stream

probably lovkist, would be surprised if it was ebh.

 

[stefrees]

same... it's same when valverde is doing well!

maybe vaugregard (sic) was celebrating as moral winner?

 

[auscyclefan94]

probably lovkist, would be surprised if it was ebh.

did you see the gc?

 

[auscyclefan94]

probably lovkist, would be surprised if it was ebh.

possible spiking of his water bottle?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

did you see the gc?

indeed i did, scumbag getting that 1 second on stage 1

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

possible spiking of his water bottle?

na he's keeping himself to beat the likes of sastre and basso at the tour

 

[auscyclefan94]

indeed i did, scumbag getting that 1 second on stage 1

hopefully scarponi bombs tomorrow. don't like him! tommorow i think the battle will be between evans and gesink with evans havin a lead of 1 second over robert gesink from Rabobank!

 

[auscyclefan94]

strong team ride by bmc to chase, evans poised for gc (even though caught napping), auscycle happy and ready for bed at 2:50am!

 

[powderpuff]

strong team ride by bmc to chase, evans poised for gc (even though caught napping), auscycle happy and ready for bed at 2:50am!

You can't go to bed yet.. still 18km to go in pAris Nice

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

You can't go to bed yet.. still 18km to go in pAris Nice

evans aint racing there

 

[powderpuff]

evans aint racing there

He don't follow Cadel, He backed Gesink to beat him today

 

[Mellow Velo]

Yes, nice to see that Michele Scarponi can ride up a 20% gradient with a smile on his face, while the likes of Vince Nibali grovels.
Not at all suspicious of falling back into his old bad habits.
Gianni Savio's wild bunch.

What happened to BMC? All at the front. One little dig from Vino and they're all off the back.

 

[maltiv]

maybe vaugregard (sic) was celebrating as moral winner?

indeed, that was what I was thinking as well...

 

[Jamsque]

Full results finally up.

Flecha was, perhaps surprisingly, the best-placed Sky rider, 23rd at 0:49. Lovkvist came in at 1:15 and Eddy Bos at just under three minutes.

 

[maltiv]

Full results finally up.

Flecha was, perhaps surprisingly, the best-placed Sky rider, 23rd at 0:49. Lovkvist came in at 1:15 and Eddy Bos at just under three minutes.

Cavendish, Boonen, Farrar at 31 minutes

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I agree with Mellow Velo, suprise suprise the old operacion puerto client wins...

Vaugrenard looks again improved since last year, where he was pretty good in the ardennes classics. He'll never be a winner, but he could suprise in one of them.

Tomorrow a more mountainous stage right?

 

[Moondance]

I agree with Mellow Velo, suprise suprise the old operacion puerto client wins...

Vaugrenard looks again improved since last year, where he was pretty good in the ardennes classics. He'll never be a winner, but he could suprise in one of them.

Tomorrow a more mountainous stage right?

Tomorrow is defintely the Queen Stage. 200km+ again, and the last 100k are almost continuously up or down. Right before the finish there is also a nice ramp of about 1km with an av. of 15% or so....

Scarponi owns the peleton again most likely

 

[craig1985]

Greg Van Avermaet comes in 14th. Nice ride too by Rigoberto Uran.