Tour de Suisse 2012: Stage 3; Martigny → Aarberg (195km)

[tomorrow]

ok, sagan, ???, boonen

who was second?

 

[kjetilraknerud]

Dangerous finish! Nice try from Cooke! (was it him), and a good effort from Swift as well.

Farrar, Petacchi - Nowhere to be seen.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

ok, sagan, ???, boonen

who was second?

Uh, Boonen? Swift was third.

 

[Trofinios]

Unf-u-c-kingbelievable!!!!

Stream died when they went through the last corner.

 

[markene2]

ok, sagan, ???, boonen

who was second?

Baden Cooke?

 

[Netserk]

Unf-u-c-kingbelievable!!!!

Stream died when they went through the last corner.

same here

 

[Mellow Velo]

The Tour du Sagan continues.

 

[tomorrow]

Uh, Boonen?

ok sorry, i looked liked omega pharma jesresy, bad quality stream

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

I'm glad that Sky didn't win. Hopefully, the ease with which Sagan destroyed Swift will give them some pause the next time they think about chasing for him. It probably won't though. Somebody seems to have implanted "ruin every race" chips in their rider's heads.

 

[cocteau_ireland]

Did u notice sagan placing foot on ground on 2nd last corner? Still wins it

 

[DominicDecoco]

What a beast.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Incredibly weird last kilometer

235235 corners?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Stage:

 

[brilleaben]

Impressive that there were no crashes, with those corners and wet roads. It was slalom.

 

[tomorrow]

Did u notice sagan placing foot on ground on 2nd last corner? Still wins it

still wins it? i wouldn't be very surprised if he did that on purpose to take the corner faster

 

[Marcus135]

My stream cut out at 300m to go :| i almost cried. I couldnt imagine anyone other than Sagan taking the win though.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Impressive that there were no crashes, with those corners and wet roads. It was slalom.

Yes, designing a sprint finish like that just before the Tour is just asking to ruin some rider's season.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Baden Cooke
Great to see him back in the front. i didn't even know my old homie Baden was still racing

 

[Trofinios]

Not bad by Cooke.

Sagan amazing as usual.

 

[Marcus135]

Was that just me or where they playing the star wars song on location?

 

[Ferminal]

Cooke is used to it:

1. [SVK] SAGAN Peter LIQ 3h10'44" 25
2. [AUS] COOKE Baden GEC 15
3. [NED] SLAGTER Tom Jelte RAB 10
4. [FRA] GALLOPIN Tony RNT 5
5. [LTU] NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas GRM 3

They were actually working for Davis, but as it happened he wasn't with Cooke. Albasini did an absolute monster turn before Cooke which is what strung it out so much. A bit easy for Sagan in the end though.

 

[BillytheKid]

The Tour du Sagan continues.

Tomorrow maybe. Stage 5 Wednesday, I think will offer up a battle on the GC and leave him behind. If not, then he's back again.

 

[Jukebox]

Sagan is amazing. Crazy technical last k.

 

[tomorrow]

Tomorrow maybe. Stage 5 Wednesday, I think will offer up a battle on the GC and leave him behind. If not, then he's back again.

well sagan state before, that he's going to test his climbing abilities here, so he will certainly not do anything like yesterday when there is a pretty good chance for him

 

[Boardslide]

Good ride by swift considering he's coming back from injury at the start of the Giro and having concentrated on the track at the start of the year.