Tour de Pologne 2014 (2.WT), 03.08 - 09.08

[skidmark]

No it isnt

yeah, I guess I wasn't conducting a scientific study of how long it took to complete the final km. Thought it would be a bit closer than 12 seconds GC difference when he went under the banner.

 

[Rollthedice]

People on this forum really underrated his TT ability

I think the Movi guys were not performing as expected.

 

[T-Nielsen]

Man Vanderwalle have some huge legs. Not going for a mountaintop win any time soon.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Pretty exciting ITT, but we could use much more timings. Maybe next year.

Congrats to Majka.

 

[Netserk]

 

[Piti4Podiums]

Wow a lot of 2nd and 3rd places for Movistar, not even the stage win for Malori today. What's that worth? Not much I suppose.

Seriously kinda messed my day.

 

[skidmark]

haha, earlier when they were showing the splits the polish tv showed Deignan with a polish flag beside his name, then in the final GC it showed a canadian flag.

 

[cineteq]

Final GC
1 Majka
2 I Izagirre+8
3 Intxausti+22
4 Riblon+34
5 Niemiec+1.20
6 Amador+1.21
7 Deignan+1.24
8 Gesink+1.41
9 Nerz+1.42

 

[luckyboy]

Nice race, apart from 4 flat stages at the start

 

[Jerkovin]

Loving how Majka has broken through these past months. Hopefully just the beginning.

 

[arvc40]

Awesome ride from Majka.

 

[gunara]

I think the Movi guys were not performing as expected.

You think so? I think they're alright, I don't expect them to beat Vandewalle, Malori, or Cummings. If anything about Movistar for me, it's Malori should've been able to win the stage, and Gorka was the surprise.

Anyway, the TT turned out to be of the right distance/not too long in the end

 

[Rollthedice]

You think so? I think they're alright, I don't expect them to beat Vandewalle, Malori, or Cummings. If anything about Movistar for me, it's Malori should've been able to win the stage, and Gorka was the surprise.

Anyway, the TT turned out to be of the right distance/not too long in the end

With Gorka's time Ion would have won for 1 sec.

 

[ILovecycling]

Nice race, apart from 4 flat stages at the start

pretty much this,...and the Vakoc stage was good

 

[ILovecycling]

Final GC
1 Majka
2 I Izagirre+8
3 Intxausti+22
4 Riblon+34
5 Niemiec+1.20
6 Amador+1.21
7 Deignan+1.24
8 Gesink+1.41
9 Nerz+1.42

disappointed by Amador here,he hasnt impressed me this season.

 

[Netserk]

So Majka confirming in his post-race interview that he'll do Colorado?

 

[sucotash]

So Majka confirming in his post-race interview that he'll do Colorado?

Yes, but he said that he will take it easy

 

[Afrank]

So Majka confirming in his post-race interview that he'll do Colorado?

If he is then he really IS the energizer bunny. Just keeps going and going and going and going.....

Although I would like to see him at the Vuelta more.

 

[HappyLoser]

Majka showed winning spirit: "I was going more than 110% today."

 

[Dazed and Confused]

pretty much this,...and the Vakoc stage was good

Take one of the flat stages out, move down South quicker and add this stage again (from '11 race):

The mid mountain stage in Slovakia also works well for this race imo. I would keep that or find something similar.

I don't know if they can find slightly more interesting circuits around the bigger cities (for the flat stages), but there gotta be better places than the highway junction stuff we saw on the first 4 stages. Well hopefully.

 

[roundabout]

No. That Zakopane stage is awful. A 100 rider uphill sprint with practically zero GC relevance.

From my perspective as a viewer it's about as bad a flat stage

 

[Dazed and Confused]

No. That Zakopane stage is awful. A 100 rider uphill sprint with practically zero GC relevance.

From my perspective as a viewer it's about as bad a flat stage

Then cut out the final uphill part for a descent finish.

 

[theyoungest]

There used to be a finish with a cobbled uphill sprint on a circuit... that one was fun. One of the first signs of life of Sagan, if memory serves. Now we had 4 ultra boring flat sprint finishes (well, three, and one that should have been a sprint finish).

 

[Red Rick]

Why did Riblon start between Izaguirre and Inxausti? Cause of team car or drafting issue's?

 

[roundabout]

There used to be a finish with a cobbled uphill sprint on a circuit... that one was fun. One of the first signs of life of Sagan, if memory serves. Now we had 4 ultra boring flat sprint finishes (well, three, and one that should have been a sprint finish).

Cieszyn. The only cool city circuit they had.