Tour de Belgique - Tour of Belgium 2012 (2.HC) May 23 - May 27

[Fetisoff]

2 Lottos dropping back to help Sieberg back to the peloton.
Gilbert driving the peloton for a while.

Definitely some strange tactics shown here


Meh, looks like break's ****ed after all

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Didn't Van Hummel win on this finish? And Bozic in the past?

Van Hummel won in 2010 and was 2nd behind Greipel in 2011. I just heard

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Greipel again, easily this time

 

[Fetisoff]

Greipel. Making it look easy.

Did seem to be a pretty chaotic sprint till the last couple hundred meters though

 

[dlwssonic]

was that easy or what.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Master of the sh*t small race.

 

[Fetisoff]

Top-10 stage 2

(from http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=51624)

1 Greipel
2 Napolitano
3 Guarnieri
4 Petit
5 Van Hummel
6 Van Staeyen
7 Dupont
8 De Backer
9 Tsatevitch
10 Vanthourenhout

 

[Dazed and Confused]

No reason why Greipel shouldn't win stage 3.

 

[Panda Claws]

Gilbert testing his legs?

 

[hiero2]

Weird. My post went in the wrong thread. Very strange.

 

[Der Effe]

How has today's race been so far? Any wind?

 

[Der Effe]

Apparently there is. Or well, at least some riders dropped. Like Niels Albert.

 

[Fetisoff]

Why are Omega Pharma constantly at the head of the peloton (I think they were yesterday as well). For Steegman's top-20?

 

[Fetisoff]

Victorious Gorilla victorious again

Greipel
Napolitano
Blythe
KRVH
Andrew Fenn

 

[cineteq]

Stage 1, 2, 3:
1. André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol)
2. Danilo Napolitano (Acqua&Sapone)

 

[taiwan]

Blyth lives cool.

 

[Bavarianrider]

So will someome manage to stay within 30 seconds to Tony tomorrow?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Westra if he's in Paris Nice shape

 

[Fetisoff]

So will someome manage to stay within 30 seconds to Tony tomorrow?

Danilo Napolitano

 

[Mellow Velo]

Which part of California is Belgium in?

 

[Panda Claws]

Which part of California is Belgium in?

The good part.

 

[Fetisoff]

Which part of California is Belgium in?

Jersey Shore, California

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

how is the hilly stage tomorrow?

 

[El Pistolero]

3 hills in the final 20km.

This is the Route de France(I expect the final to start here):

2.6km at 8% average.

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This is the Mur d'Amay

1.5 km at an average of 7.4%.

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This is the Côte de Hermalle sous-Huy:

2.2km at an average of 6.5%.

 

[El Pistolero]

Which part of California is Belgium in?

The weather has indeed been Californian because usually, at this time of the year, the second stage is much more interesting. This Tour of Belgium needs 2 queen stages though: one on the flemish cobbled hills and one on the hills in the Ardennes...

2 fun stages, a time trial and 2 sprints where wind can play a big role and this would be one of the better stage races around.