Tour Cycliste International du Haut Var-matin (2.1), 21.02 - 22.02.2015

[mrhender]

Cult have been robbed from all their bikes during the night and are out of the race.

http://cultenergyprocycling.com/cult-energy-robbed-in-france-team-abandons-haut-var/

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Fabian Wegmann ‏@FabianWegmann 4 min.4 minutter siden
Thanks to #French Police They don't want to come to the hotel to look what happend!!! #goodjob

That is a bit weird... I feel sorry for the team, must be very frustrating...

 

[dlwssonic]

Good chance for gilbert to win the GC today.
Hopefully it is streamed live

 

[Dazed and Confused]

It took more than 50km to establish the break:

Johan Le Bon (FDJ), Maxim Belkov (Katusha), Yannick Martinez (Europcar), Anthony Turgis (Cofidis), Nikolay Mihaylov (CCC Sprandi), Ignas Konovalovas (Marseille 13 KTM), Julien Guay (Auber 93), Antoine Demoiti? (Wallonie - Bruxelles) et Serge Dewortelaer (Veranclassic - Eko?)

128km left, gap 1:45

Ticker: http://direct.directvelo.com/live-course/2253/tour-du-haut-var-etape-2-2-1.html

 

[Christian]

C?te de Tuili?res (1.4 km @ 10%) will probably decide. If a couple of riders can get a good gap there, and then work well together until the finish, one of them can win GC. But it's still a little over 10km to the finish so for one rider alone it seems difficult. Gastauer has got Vuillermoz who should be able to help him there. Cult is out, so no Wegmann, he could have been an ally for Gilbert. Other than that it's hard to say, a lot of rather unknown riders in the field

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

There's no boni seconds right? In that case I guess Gastauer is the favourite to win. Otherwise I'd say it's between Gilbert and Hivert. However the gaps are small and the stage is more than raceable, so there's still a lot that can happen.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Situation with about 30km to go:
Johan Le Bon (FDJ)

? 5" : Anthony Turgis (Cofidis)

? 10" : Maxim Belkov (Katusha), Julien Guay (Auber 93), Antoine Demoiti? (Wallonie - Bruxelles)
? 25" : Yannick Martinez (Europcar) et Serge Dewortelaer (Veranclassic - Eko?)
? 55" : Ignatas Konovalovas (Marseille 13 KTM)
? 1' 05" : Jean-Marc Bideau (Bretagne-S?h? Environnement)

? 1'25" le peloton

Go Le Bon ffs.

 

[Roude Leiw]

Gastauer takes overall !!

After Jungels, second GC victory this year for Luxembourg!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Lux ex Schlecks doing great it seems.

Stage :
1 Luka Mezgec (Team Giant-Alpecin)
2 Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team)
3 Baptiste Planckaert (Roubaix-Lille M?tropole)
4 Matthieu Ladagnous (FDJ)
5 Julien El Far?s (Team Marseille 13-KTM)
6 Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing Team)
7 Jonathan Hivert (Bretagne-S?h? Environnement)
8 Rudy Molard (Cofidis)
9 Alexis Vuillermoz (AG2R La Mondiale)
10 Aleksei Tcatevich (Team Katusha)

 

[Dazed and Confused]

GC:
1 Ben Gastauer (AG2R La Mondiale)
2 Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team)
3 Jonathan Hivert (Bretagne-S?h? Environnement)
4 Matthieu Ladagnous (FDJ)
5 Baptiste Planckaert (Roubaix-Lille M?tropole)
6 Aleksei Tsatevich (Team Katusha)

 

[Roude Leiw]

Lux ex Schlecks doing great it seems.

Now Drucker to take tha Omloop next Weekend

 

[Dazed and Confused]

From the roll out (stage 2):

There are many things to like.

More pics:http://www.steephill.tv/2015/tour-du-haut-var/photos/stage-02/

 

[Irondan]

Good chance for gilbert to win the GC today.
Hopefully it is streamed live

I watched the streamed coverage of yesterdays stage, the quality was as if I woke up one day and decided to televise a bike race all by myself. Does anyone know if that was on live television in France?