Tour d'Azerbaïdjan - 2.1

[Ruudz0r]

Tour d'Azerbaïdjan - 2.1

Last year it was a 2.2 race.
Top 10 - 2013
1. Serhiy Grechyn
2. Alex Surutkovich +0:54
3. Bakhtivar Kozhatayev +0:54
4. Damien Monier +1:02
5. Lars van der Haar +4:22
6. Joni Brandão +4:28
7. Anatoliy Pakhtusov +4:52
8. Jan Hirt +4:56
9. Zhandos Bizhigitov +4:57
10. Ricardo Vilela +4:58

Teams of 6 riders
Startlist (GC riders)
Torku Sekerspor (Cobo, De La Fuente, Grechyn)
MTN - Qhubeka (Gerdemann, Pardilla, Janse van Rensburg)
Team Nova Nordisk
Neri Sottoli (Failli)
Rusvelo (Frisanov, Ovechkin)
Androni Giocattoli (Zilioli)
CCC Polsat Polkowice
Caja Rural (Parra, Bilbao)
Drapac Professional Cycling (Lapthorne)
Australia (Power)
Synergu Baku Cycling Project (Eibegger, Surutkovich)
Continental Team Astana (Ayazbayev, Kozhatayev)
Itera - Katusha (Foliforov)
Kolss Cycling Team (Buts, Lagkuti)
Alpha Baltic - Unitymarathons.com
An Post - Chain Reaction
Team La Pomme Marseille (Di Gregorio)
Adria Mobil (Mugerli, Rogina)
Development Team Giant-Shimano (Ludvigsson, van der Haar)
China Huasen Cycling Team
Rapha Condor JLT (Whitehouse)
Leopard Development Team (Kirsch)
Gebruder Weiss - Oberndorfer
Tusnad Cycling Team (Braico)
Rad-Net Rose Team (Buchmann)

Stage 1

Stage 2

 

[Ruudz0r]

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

 

[Dazed and Confused]

6 man teams. Love it.

Stage 1 in progress..

Ticker here: https://twitter.com/tourdaz/

20km to go.

About 70 in front group, rest of peloton +4 mins or so.

edit: 30 min highlight package every evening at around 22:00 (CEST) on some Eurosport channels.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Sounds like the bunch spilt in 2, I wonder if any GC guys were left behind the split.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

1. Kenny van Hummel
2. Vitaly Buts
3. Davide Vigano

 

[jens_attacks]

sunday from 9 am CET, eurosport will broadcast live(!) the last stage of this wow

stage 4 would have been better of course. torku should improve by now

 

[Dazed and Confused]

rules.

Van Hummel pointing out he could win one of the bunch sprints in the Giro. Good for him.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

It's a shame Kudus isn't riding. He got a broken collarbone in Turkey; he would've won this one easily otherwise

 

[Christian]

I followed this race a bit last year when Jan Hirt won a mountain stage, seemed like a pretty cool race. Glad to see it was upped to 2.1 and the startlist looks great too

 

[VeloHuman]

Kenny van Hummel having a nice year.

 

[Arredondo]

It's a shame Kudus isn't riding. He got a broken collarbone in Turkey; he would've won this one easily otherwise

There was still Parra. He had bad luck with a crash just before the final climb of Emali. Parra finished higher than Kudus in L'Avenir btw

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Short clip from the sprint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQCM7hlunH0

Van Hummel bossing the field, almost Abdou style. Great win.

 

[Christian]

Thanks, D&C.

If you are interested, Alex Kirsch is writing a diary on his experiences in Azerbaidjan for radsport-news.com (in German). Here is today's entry:

http://www.radsport-news.com/sport/sportnews_87245.htm

Sounds like the wind was pretty fierce: "The biggest problem was staying on the bike"

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Thanks, D&C.

If you are interested, Alex Kirsch is writing a diary on his experiences in Azerbaidjan for radsport-news.com (in German). Here is today's entry:

http://www.radsport-news.com/sport/sportnews_87245.htm

Sounds like the wind was pretty fierce: "The biggest problem was staying on the bike"

lol, yes crosswinds are easily becoming the most "dangerou"s element in pro racing.

Now how to get the stuff on demand.

Thanks for the link. Always good to hear from a young voice of the peloton.

 

[Arnout]

^^ On that race, Dutch rider Lars van der Haar says villages are so full of spectators that the riders have to slow down. Cycling is universal

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 2 in progress....

Ticker: https://twitter.com/tourdaz/

after 45km or so, 2 in front with 8 minutes.

Laurent Van Der Bak from AN Post - Chain Reaction and Thomas Vauborzeix

Peloton in three parts.

Lots of wind again.

Game on.

 

[Christian]

I love the twitter feed Good coverage, and every now and then a spelling error that makes you smile

 

[Christian]

1. ROGLIC Primoz (Adria Mobil)
2. CLARKE Will (Drapac) 0:10

Seems to have been from a breakaway

 

[Dazed and Confused]

1. ROGLIC Primoz (Adria Mobil)
2. CLARKE Will (Drapac) 0:10

Seems to have been from a breakaway

Sounded very eventful. Some lets say less clear messages at the business end. Results might reveal a bit more and the highlights tonight could be interesting.

Anyway congrats to Roglic, first pro win.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Nice result ! Tomorrow should be good 18 year old Power already attacked today on the climb. I expect to see him in the top 5 tomorrow even though he is still so young.

 

[Wergeland]

1. ROGLIC Primoz (Adria Mobil)
2. CLARKE Will (Drapac) 0:10

Seems to have been from a breakaway

Primoz Roglic is a former skijumper. Here's Roglic crashing i Planica in 2007: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8kSNVxtdwI&feature=youtu.be

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Van Der Haar 7th... for a guy who thinks he has little potential on the road, pretty good to finish ahead of Cobo

 

[Ruudz0r]

BOTD: Honkisz + Vaubourzeix + Stevic they have a 5.30 gap. Not much wind today unfortunatly

 

[Ruudz0r]

Youcef Reguigui won, guess the final climb was not to hard then

 

[Ruudz0r]

Strong break today

Currently Zakarin is leading solo he was with Gerdemann but he just punctured.
Chasing group 2-3 minutes down (they were originally with Gerdemann and Zakarin) and peloton about 4-5 minutes down with about 13K to go.