Tour Méditerranéen Cycliste Professionnel 2014 (2.1), Feb 13 - 16

[Christian]

Nr. 85, Christophe Laporte of Cofidis

Fumiyuki Beppu powers on

Lawrence Warbasse... too fast for my camera

 

[Christian]

The sun did come out at the end of the day. Finally arrived at the banks of the river Rhône in Arles.

Like a pro!!

 

[the sceptic]

nice pictures.

 

[Afrank]

Cool pictures and report Christian.

 

[Sykhrzon]

Peraud should take this stage like he did last year. Bentancur is more of an attacker, but should be able to set a hard pace for the overall victory.

Guys like Chava and Lulu have to attack before the final climb if they want to win.

 

[Escarabajo]

Betancur already good with his current condition. He will be in shape for the classics.

It looks like he is getting into shape faster than I thought (knock on wood).

 

[Dazed and Confused]

The morning sprint:

They don't make boulevards like that anymore.

 

[jens_attacks]

thanks for sharing, Christian


today i think peraud will win again. maybe cummings though manage to stay in the lead
betancur will work for peraud i guess. he still has that puffy face

 

[Ferminal]

Yikes Zoidl, he's definitely doing the Giro?

 

[Christian]

Yikes Zoidl, he's definitely doing the Giro?

It looks that way

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Situation de la course :

Break at 5 mins, ~ -km160

Omar Fraile (Caja Rural)
Rudy Kowalski (Roubaix Lille Métropôle)
Mark Christian (Raleigh)
Tom Dernies (Wallonie - Bruxelles)


todays mountain here: http://www.climbbybike.com/profile/Mont_Faron_Toulon_profile.gif

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Looking forward to the result a lot! Zoidl should normally be more of a climber than a TTer I think, so it will be intresting to see how well he does on the climbs, given how well he TT'd yesterday. Normally riders like Barguil, Betancur and Peraud are better climbers though.

Personally I'm also intrested in seeing how well Jungels climbs. He wasn't much of a climber in the espoirs or last year - though he has a few decent results in stages with some climbing. However, he has said he will be targeting stage races this year, so I'm assuming he's worked on his climbing a bit. He's got a big engine and he's not too heavy I guess, so I think at least in theory he could climb at a decent level. But whether that will work out, we will see it today I guess.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Looking forward to the result a lot! Zoidl should normally be more of a climber than a TTer I think, so it will be intresting to see how well he does on the climbs, given how well he TT'd yesterday. Normally riders like Barguil, Betancur and Peraud are better climbers though.

Personally I'm also intrested in seeing how well Jungels climbs. He wasn't much of a climber in the espoirs or last year - though he has a few decent results in stages with some climbing. However, he has said he will be targeting stage races this year, so I'm assuming he's worked on his climbing a bit. He's got a big engine and he's not too heavy I guess, so I think at least in theory he could climb at a decent level. But whether that will work out, we will see it today I guess.

On Jungels , I fear the focus on hilly racing/GC has removed some power from the TT. We shall see.

I see Zoidl as an "allrounder", but his TT seems better now, so as you say perhaps his climbing will be better too. Perhaps we are looking at a Giro top 10 here.

 

[roundabout]

It was a difficult TT. Under 45 average. Difficult to deduce a lot.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

It was a difficult TT. Under 45 average. Difficult to deduce a lot.

yea, Lofkvist won the race last year and tanked for the the rest the season iirc. Also a "special" TT.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

It looks like he is getting into shape faster than I thought (knock on wood).

he's like freire except I hope he has a good bas.e or else he may get in form quickly but drop that form even quicker

 

[Guybrush]

20 km to go, the break is at 1:30. How long is the Faron?

 

[jens_attacks]

bmc accelerate big time. cummings ftw?

 

[Bakhjulet]

20 km to go, the break is at 1:30. How long is the Faron?

About 5k at 9 %. Break won't stand a chance.

 

[Guybrush]

About 5k at 9 %. Break won't stand a chance.

Thanks! by the way, the break is over

 

[Bakhjulet]

Climb begins.

 

[jens_attacks]

sepulveda tt'ing away!

 

[Guybrush]

hang on Edu! Sepulveda could take yellow

 

[Netserk]

Peraud gogogo!

 

[Bakhjulet]

Here comes Peraud.