Tour Down Under - Stage 2: Taliem Bend - Mannum, 146km

[woodie]

Peiper just said that they plan to have it Renshaw -> Cav -> Goss

Maybe Renshaw will just drop them both off at 300.

I think Renshaw will drop them off at 200m if he can so Cav can try and win and Goss gets second and gets more bonus seconds

 

[Ferminal]

Cavendish crashed... could be HTC train down.

 

[ingsve]

"Can they grab the points again". I think these commentators are too influenced by various crit series.

 

[Ferminal]

TeamGround also down.

 

[ingsve]

Greipel and three Sky also down.

 

[Ferminal]

Ben Swift!

McEwen
Brown

Greipel also crashed according to twitter.

 

[ingsve]

If it was outside the 3 km then the GC will be wide open depending on Goss.

 

[Ferminal]

It seems like Swift got a bit of a gap (maybe because of the crash) and won solo rather than a sprint.

 

[ingsve]

There was apparently a crash with 100m to go.

 

[Willy_Voet]

TdU supposed to be a sprinters' fest.

Does sprinters' fest = crashfest?

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

There was apparently a crash with 100m to go.

Was this the second bunch sprint after Swifty crossed for the win?
(Another crash in the dash to the finish with many riders down. )

 

[cyclingfanatik]

what was Rojas thinking?

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

TdU supposed to be a sprinters' fest.

Does sprinters' fest = crashfest?

looks like it is crashfest

did anyone see live video? was this a tricky run in to the line?

 

[Anonymous]

There was no live video.

Wouldnt surprise me if the crash was caused by the shack and lance now has to retire from the race.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

on the santos tdu live updates site: gravel on one of the corners has been at least in part to blame

 

[Ferminal]

what was Rojas thinking?

What did he do..?

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

There was no live video.

Wouldnt surprise me if the crash was caused by the shack and lance now has to retire from the race.

Lance might be wanting to just go hide somewhere... like Antarctica

 

[Ferminal]

McEwen will be leading overall now.

 

[ingsve]

What did he do..?

He was apparently off hte front before hte sprint started so perhaps he got a gap with the crashes and gave it a go for a last km sprint.

 

[royalpig180]

McEwen will be leading overall now.

I think you're right. McEwen get's 6 bonus seconds for 2nd place, and he started the day exactly 6 seconds back on Goss. Tiebreaker (since there's been no TT) is stage placings and McEwen's 3-2 is better than Goss's 1-(much lower). Consistency is paying off for Robbie.

 

[cyclingfanatik]

Yes. Rojas pushed ahead solo w/ 3k left.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

McEwen will be leading overall now.

Go Robbie... ol' pocket rocket!

 

[Ferminal]

4. Goddaert
5. They said it but I didn't get it... maybe Mori.

 

[Ferminal]

Goss went down in the Cav crash. Superficial injuries, should be ok.

Apparently at the 4km mark but Goss managed to get up quickly and finish. No idea what's going on with all the sprinters scattered all over the place. Could be big gaps between them or none. Would be funny if HTC had to make Renshaw their #1.

 

[ingsve]

4. Goddaert
5. They said it but I didn't get it... maybe Mori.

Ya, something like that 4th. Sounded like Mondory but he's not there. Could be Mori, Moinard or Marangoni perhaps.