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Ryo Hazuki said:http://www.letour.fr/2011/TDA/LIVE/fr/300/classement/index.html
quintana must';ve lost lots of time in downhil and no team mate waited for him and 2nd guy chavez is in first group. all should still be fine, when ie saleve climb?
Timmy-loves-Rabo said:Quintana @ 2.55
ouch.
A little surprised that Hepburn took this.
Chaves has improved a lot this year, won a couple of stages in Colombian races against elite riders.Timmy-loves-Rabo said:yeh but Jordi simon surely wins this now.
Ryo Hazuki said:quintana must';ve lost lots of time in downhil and no team mate waited for him and 2nd guy chavez is in first group. all should still be fine, when ie saleve climb?
Ferminal said:Wow, ok then Hepburn.
He was 7th over the KoM, so maybe he was dropped or close to.
theyoungest said:Tom Dumoulin now 11th on GC... better than expected, actually.
Since Hepburn won, I assume this was a breakaway group. I mean, the guy was dropped on the Cauberg in Olympia's Tour...
theyoungest said:Tom Dumoulin now 11th on GC... better than expected, actually.
Since Hepburn won, I assume this was a breakaway group. I mean, the guy was dropped on the Cauberg in Olympia's Tour...
simon won't stand a chance on the mountains against rodriguez for sure, he was 2nd in vuelta juventud. quintana is down and too far down now but rodriguez and chavez are now favorites for sure I think. gaps will be big on saleveHugo Koblet said:Don't know much about the columbian riders but surely Simon is the favorite now? I agree that Laengen could do well also. Cattaneo is also in a good position as well as the one I predicted would do well, Preidler
Edit: impressive that Hepburn won the stage.
Duartista said:Chaves has improved a lot this year, won a couple of stages in Colombian races against elite riders.
Duartista said:According to the Colombia es Pasion website, Quintana was one of 30 riders who were held up for more than a minute by a passing train. The peloton had split into five groups after the third climb of the day, as all the teams wanted to get their riders into the break. There were then more splits on a flat section, the final one being decisive.
http://colombiaespasion4-72.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=536:tercera-etapa-del-tour-de-laavenir-&catid=37:nacionales
They've also posted a video showing the weather conditions for the stage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoXvVg_fR-w&NR=1