TOC stage 2: Davis - Santa Rosa, 176.2 km

[Jamsque]

Cancellara is the only big GC name who didn't make the winning move as far as I can tell. I'm kind of glad, if he had taken the overall here we would have had to endure another round of "SPARTACUS WILL WIN THE TDF" chat.

 

[Moondance]

Good result for Lars Boom, thought he was here for nothing, now he can ride a nice GC...

Boom has a shot of course.... And a 33km, slightly rolling TT suits him fine...

But can he hang on in the Big Bear stage? I know the climbs aren't steep.... But they are long.

 

[maltiv]

Anyway, great to see Cervelo getting a win. They've had lots of bad luck this season.

 

[Kazistuta]

I hope the "girls" in the yellow shirts aren't todays podium girls....

And yet they were... I want Podium Look back

 

[flicker]

Great coverage by Versus and the supplemenatary cyclingnews ticker plus amgenlive. ooooo wow!

first class guys to the 4th largest race in the world. thanks!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Boom has a shot of course.... And a 33km, slightly rolling TT suits him fine...

But can he hang on in the Big Bear stage? I know the climbs aren't steep.... But they are long.

Better long than steep.
Probably won't hang on to Leipheimer and co no, but in the group behind that maybe.

 

[flicker]

Cancellara is the only big GC name who didn't make the winning move as far as I can tell. I'm kind of glad, if he had taken the overall here we would have had to endure another round of "SPARTACUS WILL WIN THE TDF" chat.

he did it to make me look bad. again

 

[santacruz]

Peter Sagan looking confused as hell, so he just starts kissing the podium girls lol

 

[soOpOSMthanks!]

Great coverage by Versus

At first I was all =|

But then after I was all =|

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

1. Lancaster Cervelo
2. Sagan Liquigas
3. Boom Rabobank
4. Sutherland UnitedHealthcare
5. Steensen Saxo Bank
6. Parisien Spidertech
7. Leipheimer Shack
8. Hesjedal Garmin
9. Bak HTC
10. Rogers HTC

gc

1. Lancaster
2. Sagan +4
3. Menzies +4
4. Boom +6
5. Rabou +6
6. De Maar +7
7. Mach +8
8. Rogers +10
9. Brajkovic +10
10. Hesjedal +10

 

[Publicus]

I'm pretty sure Lancaster won't be able to get much spray out of that bottle of vino.

 

[Jamsque]

There is always podium girl confusion at Cali

 

[flicker]

1. Lancaster Cervelo
2. Sagan Liquigas
3. Boom Rabobank
4. Sutherland UnitedHealthcare
5. Steensen Saxo Bank
6. Parisien Spidertech
7. Leipheimer Shack
8. Hesjedal Garmin
9. Bak HTC
10. Rogers HTC

gc

1. Lancaster
2. Sagan +4
3. Menzies +4
4. Boom +6
5. Rabou +6
6. De Maar +7
7. Mach +8
8. Rogers +10
9. Brajkovic +10
10. Hesjedal +10

nice to see leipheimer out of the top 10

 

[offbyone]

did zabriskie finish with that first group?

 

[Anonymous]

whats the time percentage for elimation..?

winner finished in 278 minutes.. cos if its 10% some of them are going to be close..

 

[Beech Mtn]

It's funny watching them ride up to the finish line with PED PED painted on the road.

 

[santacruz]

yah Zabriskie was with the lead group

 

[Moondance]

Back to Rabo p)...

I was surprised van Winden was able to make the cut (been invisible all season so far), and Martens wasn't. I was hoping Martens would do well and wrap up his slot at the Tour, because he was riding great throughout the early season, and deserves to go....

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Van Winden might be one of those riders who is never good in the early season and needs some time to get going, we don't know

 

[D Avoid]

What are those Aussies taking?

No prisoners!

 

[theswordsman]

No prisoners!

Ummm...but they STARTED as prisoners (except for the indigenous people)

 

[issoisso]

That was an interesting sprint.

It's nice to see Lancaster win something again

 

[stefank]

Ummm...but they STARTED as prisoners (except for the indigenous people)

Only those of British descent. The rest of us are OK!

 

[Bala Verde]

I am glad I had the giro stage 7 and 8 still lying around. So in anticipation of the small bunch sprint with Sagan, Boom and Lancaster, I was fortunately not forced to watch an overpass and umbrellical chords of people. Fog as thick as mud!

Sagan has quite the acceleration! From the 30s of footage, it looked as if he came from nowhere.

Hopefully the footage is better tomorrow, because the California area is quite spectacular.

 

[BroDeal]

Clue me in. Has my man Tommy D. fallen sick yet? Or is he still in there with a shot at a shot of being a contende'?