Tour of Alberta 2014 (2.1), 02.09 - 07.09

[maltiv]

Here's the UCI rule: "The height difference between the point of support for the elbows and the highest and lowest points of the handlebar extension (including the gear levers) shall be less than 10 cm in order to guarantee that the forearms are horizontal."

Maybe it's the angle, but to me this looks like more than 10 cm...

 

[Anderis]

Nice to see Gaimon doing well, but I expected more from Navardauskas in the prologue. He has always been good in short TTs and he was supposed to fight for GC here?

 

[De Snelle Duif]

Nice to see Gaimon doing well, but I expected more from Navardauskas in the prologue. He has always been good in short TTs and he was supposed to fight for GC here?

Yeah, I wondered about that too.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Here's the UCI rule: "The height difference between the point of support for the elbows and the highest and lowest points of the handlebar extension (including the gear levers) shall be less than 10 cm in order to guarantee that the forearms are horizontal."

Maybe it's the angle, but to me this looks like more than 10 cm...

Thanks, still think these configurations are within the rules. 9,99cm.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

after the last hill Weening and Dumoulin in front ahead of a small peloton

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Zepunkte wins the sprint ahead of Navardauskas of a 30 men group

On the final hill Weening and Dumoulin looked the strongest

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Oh good, another German who can sprint.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Oh good, another German who can sprint.

We need all of them on the same team.

3,5h of racing in heavy rain and low temperatures. That gotta be fun.

Pics: http://www.steephill.tv/2014/tour-of-alberta/photos/stage-01/

Stage 1:
GER 1 ZEPUNTKE, Ruben (BISSELL DEVELOPMENT TEAM) 3:18:10
LTU 2 NAVARDAUSKAS, Ramunas (GARMIN SHARP)
CAN 3 ANDERSON, Ryan (OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES)
NZL 4 SMITH, Dion (HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR DEVELOPMENT)
USA 5 KING, Benjamin (GARMIN SHARP)
USA 6 SUMMERHILL, Daniel (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)
USA 7 MAGNER, Tyler (HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR DEVELOPMENT)
GER 8 WEGMANN, Fabian (GARMIN SHARP)
NZL 9 ORAM, James (BISSELL DEVELOPMENT TEAM)
BEL 10 VANMARCKE, Sep (BELKIN)

GC:
NED 1 DUMOULIN, Tom (GIANT-SHIMANO) 3:24:09
GER 2 ZEPUNTKE, Ruben (BISSELL DEVELOPMENT TEAM) + 13
MDA 3 TVETCOV, Serghei (JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS) + 14
USA 4 DANIELSON, Thomas (GARMIN SHARP) + 17
ITA 5 VILLELLA, Davide (CANNONDALE) + 18
USA 6 SUMMERHILL, Daniel (UNITEDHEALTHCARE)
CAN 7 ANDERSON, Ryan (OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES) + 19
USA 8 ROSSKOPF, Joseph (HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR DEVELOPMENT) + 22
CAN 9 MEIER, Christian (ORICA GreenEDGE) + 23
RSA 10 IMPEY, Daryl (ORICA GreenEDGE)

Stage 2:

Schduled to finish 23:45 (CET) and this will be live on some Eurosport channels from 22:00.

Could be fun and chaotic action or so I hope.

 

[jpljpl]

The sprinting was pretty tame. Navardauskas should have taken this, but started sprinting while being only in the 8-9th position - I guess he messed up his positioning (or the team didn't pull through enough to put him a bit closer to the top).

 

[Dazed and Confused]

The sprinting was pretty tame. Navardauskas should have taken this, but started sprinting while being only in the 8-9th position - I guess he messed up his positioning (or the team didn't pull through enough to put him a bit closer to the top).

Racing in rain and cold condition will often provide "odd" performances. Some simply manages to handle this better than others.

Forecast looks brighter today.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

40km left.

Stream: http://www.frombar.com/20140904/vv5408acb328a2f9.58105136-885644.html

 

[nuvolablu]

40km left.

Stream: http://www.frombar.com/20140904/vv5408acb328a2f9.58105136-885644.html

It's not working. I found only eurosport stream but they are not live

 

[Dazed and Confused]

It's not working. I found only eurosport stream but they are not live

yep, looks like Eurosport shifted the program 1h and sends the stage delayed.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

40km left.

Stream: http://www.frombar.com/20140904/vv5408acb328a2f9.58105136-885644.html

thanking you

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Is this
today's or yesterday's?

http://www.frombar.com/20140904/vv5408acb0c74f28.50455060-885642.html

(Simon Yates in the pic)

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Today. But it's not live.

Ahlstand won ahead of Bos and Zepuntke. Dumoulin still leader

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Is this
today's or yesterday's?

http://www.frombar.com/20140904/vv5408acb0c74f28.50455060-885642.html

(Simon Yates in the pic)

Today.
Eurosport delayed program has about 25km to go.

5 in break, yates included.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Today. But it's not live.

Ahlstand won ahead of Bos and Zepuntke. Dumoulin still leader

Thanks DT

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Cannondale rider lying on the top tube while pedalling. Wrong wrong wrong wrong

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Fantastic lead out by Bos. What the hell was he thinking?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Superman after picking up a contract at MTN.
But gotta say I love these types of sprints.
A sprinter going long distance. Too bad it didn't work this time.

 

[whittashau]

So are there going to be any gaps on this Tour? The profile for today looked like it would cause some action but alas the likes of Theo Bos hung on

Maybe stage 5?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

So are there going to be any gaps on this Tour? The profile for today looked like it would cause some action but alas the likes of Theo Bos hung on

Maybe stage 5?

No favorable wind, no deal.

A top TT'er like Dumoulin on a WT outfit with 7 team mates can easily control this race unless mother nature decides to disrupt the procession.

Pics: http://www.steephill.tv/2014/tour-of-alberta/photos/stage-02/

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

No favorable wind, no deal.

A top TT'er like Dumoulin on a WT outfit with 7 team mates can easily control this race unless mother nature decides to disrupt the procession.

But I think Zepunkte can threaten him through boni's; Zepunkte is only 9 seconds back. Another stage win and he leads the GC.

 

[Baltazar]

Cannondale rider lying on the top tube while pedalling. Wrong wrong wrong wrong

It helped him win the U23 WC so it can't be that bad...