Tour de l'Ain 2012 (2.1) 7-11 Aug

[Netserk]

Pffff and only a few hours ago I said that Pauwels and Cataldo won't be able to win l'Ain and then they let them ride away.
I hope Pardilla, Talansky Coppel or Olivier will beat them anyways

I hope Navarro will. Just to show Alberto that he is ready, and that a few riders on the team actually have what it takes to win a race

 

[Fidolix]

I suppose there´s no live coverage as usual from this race?

 

[infeXio]

http://direct.directvelo.com/live-course/1416/tour-de-l-ain-3e-etape-2-1.html

 

[pastronef]

Daniel Navarro (Saxo-Tinkoff) wins

 

[infeXio]

Dani Navarro wheyyyy



Top 6 :

1er : Daniel Navarro (Team SaxoBank-Tinkoff bank)
2em : Alexey Lutsenko (Astana CT)
3em : Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp)
4em : ??
5em : Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun)
6em : Guillaume Bonnafond (AG2R-La Mondiale)

 

[sulgpallur]

His form must be coming good
Only his second victory?

 

[Kwibus]

Daniel Navarro (Saxo-Tinkoff) wins

Nice!

Happy for him.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Lutsenko impressing again. I wonder how he'll get on tomorrow.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Saxo with a...

 

[Cimber]

Oh if Navarro is near his 2010 Tour form he will bring havoc to the Vuelta in his work for Berti. Good to see him win again

 

[Ruudz0r]

Lutsenko impressing again. I wonder how he'll get on tomorrow.

Same here, he really has impressed me this year.

 

[jens_attacks]

happy for dani....last win in that dauphine i guess..
just like i said,the arms race is on! saxo has to counter sky in this vuelta.let's see


lutsenko amazes me too

 

[Miburo]

If he's in 2010 tour form which I suspect he'll be close to it since he peaked for the vuelta only then this dude is going to be always with the last 10 climbers.

People tend to underestimate this guy, wouldn't do it.

This is the guy who saved contador's tour in 2010 when andy schleck won that stage at the end of the first week.

And he destroyed nearly everybody on the madeleine.

Perfect guy for contador, can set up an insanely high pace for 2 km which is enough.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

happy for dani....last win in that dauphine i guess..
just like i said,the arms race is on! saxo has to counter sky in this vuelta.let's see


lutsenko amazes me too

+ 100000

lutsenko the next kazakh super hero

 

[Kwibus]

Today should be a good stage!
I think we can expect a lot of attacking and an mtf.

I tried to find a profile of the last climb, but couldn't find it.

 

[theyoungest]

Luckily this time Daan Olivier made the right break. In the Tour Alsace he could have finished on the podium, if it weren't for the 12 minutes he lost when that break with Tiernan-Locke went...

 

[Samson]

Talansky wins stage 4 and goes into yellow.

Stage 4 results:
1 Andrew Talansky (Garmin - Sharp),

2 Rafal Majka (Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank)

3 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Movistar Team)

4 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Movistar Team)

5 John Gadret (AG2R la Mondiale)

6 Warren Barguil (France Espoirs)

7 Guillaume Bonnafond (AG2R-La Mondiale)

8 Yoann Bagot (Cofidis)

9 Daan Olivier (Rabobank CT)

10 Juan Ernesto Chamorro (Colombie Espoirs)

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Majka climbs very well it looks like

 

[sucotash]

Yes he does, but he crashes as often as Gesink

 

[Pentacycle]

Majka climbs very well it looks like

Majka is my prediction for the surprising top 5 guy in the Vuelta.

An early spring knee injury is the new bilharzia infection, when it comes to GT preparation.

 

[Kwibus]

Majka climbs very well it looks like

He certainly has talent. Let's hope we get to see it this Vuelta.

Also good to see Barguil and Olivier in the top10. Young guns for the future.

 

[jens_attacks]

saxo upping the game!!

will they get close to sky in vuelta though?i doubt it

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

saxo upping the game!!

will they get close to sky in vuelta though?i doubt it

I have predicted that we will see a Navarro in tour 10 form, AC does not need anything else than that

 

[roundabout]

First pro win for Talansky.

And for all the hype Navarro climbed about as well as a noted climber Mads Christensen and lost 50 seconds on a relatively easy 8km climb.

 

[Fidolix]

1. TALANSKY Andrew 3.47.46
2. Rafal Majka, Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank + 0.00
3. PARDILLA BELLON Sergio + 0.00
4. INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Benat + 0.17
5. GADRET John + 0.46

11. Daniel Navarro Garcia, Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank + 0.51
12. Mads Christensen, Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank + 0.51
16. Jesús Hernández Blazquez, Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank + 1.11

must say Mads Christensen surprises me, he improved alot though it was not the hardest climb, but still.

And roundabout, Navarro is not gonna peak until the Vuelta and he already said yesterday he wouldn´t defend the jersey, sorry to disappoint you, it seems Contador will have a strong and competitive team to the mountains afterall, life sucks huh...