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

[Wiggins_fan]

Johnny Hoogerland!!!!!

Anyone know if he will grace us with his presence in the vuelta too?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Poels said he attacked on the final climb and only reached the leaders with 500m to go.

So I guess he didn't exactly had time to recuperate for the sprint. Tomorrow a very difficult stage. And saturday queen stage

 

[Wiggins_fan]

Tomorrow is difficult indeed. Unless your name is Johnny. He will take it very
easy. The only question is; Will he gain enough time for overall? Hell yes

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I don't think he will ride the vuelta he already did 2 GTs this year, and has something like 70-80 race days I think.

Probably be better ending his season soon, but we'll probably see him race the autumn races in italy.

--
@DT
impressive by poels.
Otherwise I think he could have won, he has a decent kick.

and yeah Pinot is an exceptional talent. Move over LeBon
stage 4 is televised yeah?

 

[Lupetto]

Last 30 km.

 

[profff]

is it any streaming available for that race?
thanks in advance

 

[LaFleur]

Poels said he attacked on the final climb and only reached the leaders with 500m to go.

So I guess he didn't exactly had time to recuperate for the sprint. Tomorrow a very difficult stage. And saturday queen stage

Taaramae apparently instigated the attack but go left behind Pinot shortly before the end of the climb, managed to get back up tho. Taaramae said that he got cramps because of his new bike for the Vuelta (said that he would've bagged Pinot without that )

E: Hoogerland apparently on the attack

 

[LaFleur]

Taaramae apparently instigated the attack but go left behind Pinot shortly before the end of the climb, managed to get back up tho. Taaramae said that he got cramps because of his new bike for the Vuelta (said that he would've bagged Pinot without that )

Hoogerland apparently on the attack.

 

[Tuarts]

Do you have a ticker/report LaFleur?

 

[LaFleur]

No, just a random journalist who lives in that region is tweeting a bit.
E:Apparently Taaramae and Kangert (Both Estonians) teamed up and attacked with Dessel and some others..
E2inot not in it.
E3: Taaramae and Dessel 1.15 ahead of 2nd group and 2.30 ahead of the yellow jersey group (pretty much over for the Pinot fans out here.)
E4: Taaramae broke away of Dessel and is going for solo, Rolland attacked from the 2nd group and it's pretty much between them now!

 

[roundabout]

http://fr.twitter.com/#!/juveyre

 

[theyoungest]

Poels, Moncoutié, and Rolland apparently fighting for the win right now. 40 secs on the peloton.

 

[jens_attacks]

rolland got this under complete control

 

[roundabout]

Poels won.

 

[theyoungest]

Great stuff! Poels new leader as well, obviously.

 

[jens_attacks]

a certain poeme won,let's see if he can handle the french ugrumov in that big stage.

 

[Tuarts]

Wout Poels wins Stage 3 of Tour de l'Ain, ahead of Pierre Rolland and David Moncoutié. Vacansoleil rider takes the overall lead too

-from inrng's twitter.

Looks like that was a good ride to take it from Rolland.

Rolland favourite for tomorrow? Can't wait to watch it.

 

[roundabout]

Looks like Pinot blew it.

 

[trevim]

So Pinot blew up or was tactically outmatched?

 

[Kwibus]

Nice one for Poels!

 

[Lupetto]

1 POELS Wouter VCD
2 ROLLAND Pierre EUC
3 MONCOUTIE David COF à 2''
4 BARDET Romain FRA à 24''
5 HOOGERLAND Johnny VCD
6 BARGUIL Warren FRA
7 DESSEL Cyril ALM FRA
8 GUILLOU Florian BSC
9 COPPEL Jérôme SAU
10 KOENIG Leopold APP
11 MEDEREL Maxime AUB
12 TUFT Svein CSM
13 GADRET John ALM
14 PERAUD Jean-Christophe ALM
15 DUPONT Hubert ALM à 28''
16 VIENNET Emilien FRA à 1'44''
17 CHALAPUD GOMEZ Robinson Eduardo CEP à 2'05''
18 OOSTLANDER Sander SKS à 2'11''
19 TAARAMAE Rein COF à 2'28''
20 ATAPUMA HURTADO Darwin CEP à 3'04''
21 BAGOT Yoann COF FRA à 3'55''
22 KANGERT Tanel AST à 4'41''
23 PAEZ LEON Hector Leonardo CEP
24 OLIVIER Daan RB3
25 GUAY Julien RLM
26 DIETZIKER Andreas APP
27 PINOT Thibaut FDJ
28 IMPEY Daryl APP
29 MARTINEZ MONTERO John CEP
30 BUZAYEV Assan AST

No sign of Kelderman.

 

[roundabout]

http://www.directvelo.com/actualite/14050-tour-de-l-ain-et-3-classements.html

 

[l.Harm]

Kelderman ended at 10 minutes or something, I think he didn't really compete. Peaking for Tour de l'Avenir.

 

[Tank Engine]

Sounds like a great stage. Wonder what Taaramae was thinking with that attack? Pinot certainly blew. Well Poels is in pole positon and Rolland looks like the main competition and the last stage is the queen stage

 

[Hairy Wheels]

tuft....

Interesting result for Tuft on a stage when I expected he would have been dropped...finished in the company of some solid climbers. If anyone doesn't know he is the offspring of a large bear and a larger moose...and looks the part.

I don't expect him to finish up there in the last stage, but if this form is any indication we should look out for him at TT worlds (the prologue was too short and explosive for him....).