Tour de Luxembourg 2012 : 30.05 - 03.06

[Froome19]

1. Poels
2. Fuglslang
3. Schleck
4. Barry
5. Puccio

GC same but Jakob leading by 2 secs

The two RSNT riders should have secured their tour spots, yet I read earlier in the year when Fuglsang was still doing the Giro that he was reticent to do the Tour as it would leave him too fatigued for the rest of the season, I wonder if that has changed especially as he could receive a leadership a leadership role at the Vuelta while at the Tour even with the TT kms he is destined to be a domestique.

Shame about the 2 sky riders as they are looking good (puccio especially) yet they surely have no chance of making the Sky team for the tour.

 

[maltiv]

Shame about the 2 sky riders as they are looking good (puccio especially) yet they surely have no chance of making the Sky team for the tour.

Puccio is a neo-pro, sending him to the TDF would be crazy. Hopefully we'll see him in the Vuelta though.

 

[greenedge]

Could Puccio go well at the Ardennes in the future or not?


Also congrats to Poels. Congrats to Fuglsang for the leaders jersey which he should keep. Frank looks good ( at least one Shleck can animate a race ) and he can hopefully go well at the TDF supporting Andy.

 

[El Pistolero]

Good job by Poels. He reminds me of young Phil.

 

[theyoungest]

You mean the days when Phil still won races?

 

[El Pistolero]

You mean the days when Phil still won races?

And yet Phil would still be one of the best Dutch cyclists this season despite having an absolute crappy year so far.

 

[theyoungest]

Oh dear, someone said something about a Belgian again

 

[El Pistolero]

Here's a Dutch proverb for you: koekje van eigen deeg.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Here's a Dutch proverb for you: koekje van eigen deeg.

more like the dutch saying for this: je bent een calimero-belgje

everytime someone says something not 100% positive about a belgian you immediately go into the dutch-belgian comparisons typical calimero behaviour

 

[hatcher]

live and moving pictures today:

http://www.aotdl.com/live-video/

 

[El Pistolero]

more like the dutch saying for this: je bent een calimero-belgje

everytime someone says something not 100% positive about a belgian you immediately go into the dutch-belgian comparisons typical calimero behaviour

Says the guy who calls Omega Pharma the TB-500 team. By the way, did you already realize Vansevenant didn't actually have TB-500 on him? You must feel stupid now, not as stupid as Vansevenant must feel, but pretty stupid never the less.

What I did however was giving him a koekje van eigen deeg. If you can't stand the heat then don't go in the kitchen. I'm sorry, but I'm not really the Calimero here nor do I particularly care about that saying, no one does in Belgium.

If someone decides to take a hit at me for no apparent reason I'll hit back. If you don't like it then I suggest you don't do it to me in the first place.

Thanks.

Ps: what you said wasn't a saying, but you being a bigot.

 

[escartin]

there has been torrential rain here all morning so not certain that the last stage will be actively raced to the finish. it was annulled 2 years back in similar conditions. it is still raining now but much less torrential than earlier.
was planning on head out to watch as it is only 500m from where i live but i'll see what the weather is like in a while.

ps. 1st post

 

[hatcher]

there has been torrential rain here all morning so not certain that the last stage will be actively raced to the finish. it was annulled 2 years back in similar conditions. it is still raining now but much less torrential than earlier.
was planning on head out to watch as it is only 500m from where i live but i'll see what the weather is like in a while.

ps. 1st post

Welcome!

..

 

[taiwan]

Radioschleck are riding very hard by the looks of things. Sucky weather. No Idea what the situation is atm. There was a break with Roelandts, but it may have been caught by now.

 

[El Pistolero]

there has been torrential rain here all morning so not certain that the last stage will be actively raced to the finish. it was annulled 2 years back in similar conditions. it is still raining now but much less torrential than earlier.
was planning on head out to watch as it is only 500m from where i live but i'll see what the weather is like in a while.

ps. 1st post

Thanks for the info. Could become dangerous then. Slippery bunch sprints. Glad I'm not one of the sprinters right now.

 

[hatcher]

Roelandts 30 seconds up the road. GC already decided. 7 laps of 7k left. Something like that.

 

[hatcher]

GC decided, so Shack sit up. Up to the sprinters teams now.

ticker lied. Shack still on the front at the start/finish line.

 

[El Pistolero]

Roelandts 30 seconds up the road. GC already decided. 7 laps of 7k left. Something like that.

Amazing how quickly he returned to a good level. Will probably make it to the Tour squad.

 

[hatcher]

Amazing how quickly he returned to a good level. Will probably make it to the Tour squad.

Very impressive. He was in the break all day, so must be getting some good kilometres in his legs.

 

[will10]

Amazing how quickly he returned to a good level. Will probably make it to the Tour squad.

Indeed, can't see him not doing Le Tour considering how well he's done for Greipel here.

 

[hatcher]

Roelandts a minute ahead of a chase group which contains Greipel, Appollonio, Jungels, Schleck, Fuglsang, and others.

Not sure what happened to the moto camera. Did I dream it?

 

[hatcher]

Race appears to have become a bit of a mess. Only 48 left in the peloton due to riders climbing off. Roelandts up to 2'10 with only 24k to go. Not sure if there's anyone left to chase.

 

[djerkson]

Roelandts wins!

 

[roundabout]

First win since 2008? Pretty good going considering his fall even if it was a semi-neutralized stage.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Appollonio 2nd?