Tour de l'Ain 2011 2.1 09/08 - 13/08

[Mellow Velo]

Pinot retirement party pooper.

 

[classicomano]

Are any of those Colombians signed to a European team yet?

 

[roundabout]

For a rider that looked like he was pedalinq squares and dropped off a while ago, Taaramäe haven't finished that far back.

 

[Mellow Velo]

French interviewer to Rein Taramaae: "Do you speak french?" he says, in English!
You would have thought they'd know by now.

No official time gaps as yet. Seemed about a minute or so.

 

[LaFleur]

Taaramae smiled a couple of times in the end and didn't look as if he was in pain at the end. Hopefully there's still a chance for him to go to the Vuelta.
E: Taaramae finished after the chasers group, so that means a 8th place for him in the stage, pretty nice considering that he gave his max for the full climb.

 

[Tuarts]

Stage results?

 

[jens_attacks]

lol are you telling me rolland didn't win this???

i hope there will be some videos on youtube or ct.nl because i missed it

 

[Lupetto]

1 PINOT Thibaut FDJ
2 MONCOUTIE David COF
3 KOENIG Leopold APP
4 ATAPUMA HURTADO Darwin CEP
5 POELS Wouter VCD
6 MEDEREL Maxime AUB
7 CHALAPUD GOMEZ Robinson Eduardo CEP
8 TAARAMAE Rein COF
9 GADRET John ALM
10 PAEZ LEON Hector Leonardo CEP
11 BARGUIL Warren FRA
12 ROLLAND Pierre EUC
13 KANGERT Tanel AST
14 PERAUD Jean-Christophe ALM
15 BARDET Romain FRA
16 DAMUSEAU Thomas SKS
17 BONNAFOND Guillaume ALM
18 COPPEL Jérôme SAU
19 BAGOT Yoann COF FRA
20 LE CORRE Florian RLM
21 LE LAY David ALM
22 JUMABEKOV Nazar AST
23 FAUCON Guillaume AUB
24 SHUSHEMOIN Alexandr AST
25 BENEDETTI Césare APP
26 DUPONT Hubert ALM
27 BARTA Jan APP
28 VILLEGAS Juan CEP
29 GUILLOU Florian BSC
30 KELDERMAN Wilco RB3

 

[Lupetto]

Complete results.

König takes another podium spot.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

ahh Poels couldn't do it. Unfortunate, still 2nd place is a decent result.

pinot will is making good healthy progress as a rider.

 

[Tuarts]

Gah, Rolland

Well done Pinot + Moncoutie

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Well this climb is a beast, imagine it being in the TdF

It has always been a "should-be-in-the-TDF" climb. Like Mont du Chat. Both climbs are depressingly underused when you consider just how repetitive Tour routes keep getting. "Yeah! Celebration of the mountains! MTF on a well known one! Climb it again another day! Huez! Tourmalet! Can't get enough of them! They're never overused! They're the only climbs July fans have heard of, so put them in in case the July fans feel stupid for not knowing where they are!"

 

[goggalor]

Pinot is awesome. The next Pierre Rolland.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Talking about Rolland, he slipped today.

Pinot is awesome, bigger talent than Rolland btw.

 

[skidmark]

Talking about Rolland, he slipped today.

Pinot is awesome, bigger talent than Rolland btw.

Yeah I didn't see any of this race other than reading the results, but they speak strongly for themselves. I'm excited to see how he progresses in the next 5 years, it seems like a looong time since a young French climbing talent has delivered such consistently promising results (although I certainly haven't followed cycling as closely as I have in the last few years, so my perspective is limited certainly)...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Rolland couldn't do what Pinot did in Dauphine this year and now at age 21.

 

[hrotha]

Is this confirmation that Poels is and will always be just a guy for the hills?

 

[Tank Engine]

Great ride by Pinot. I guess he must have hunger flatted yesterday. Nice to see Moncoutie win. He should be in good form for the Vuelta, but I'm not sure that the course suits him, as there don't seem to be many days for long breaks in the mountains.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Is this confirmation that Poels is and will always be just a guy for the hills?

Dude, he was 5th, in the same group as the number 3?
Rolland was 13th

Guess he's no climber then either.

Man, sorry but that is simply a stupid comment. If Poels was 20th I might give you a point but now you are making as much sense as Bob Roll on a bad day

 

[hrotha]

Different peaks. Rolland is clearly past it by now. With the form Poels had shown previously, if he was a real climber he would have been closer to Moncoutié and Pinot, or even up there with them. He was 5th, but it's not like this was the strongest field.

Poels is one of my favourite riders, but so far it's clear he's cut for hilly races.

 

[greenedge]

Massive time gaps. Nice ride by Moncoutie and great stage win from Pinot. Rolland is tired as.

 

[greenedge]

Europcar aren't doing the Vuelta at all.

Thx sorry for confusion.