Tour of Britain - 11th to 18th September - Race Thread

[Cobblestoned]

Just up from Mark Renshaw twitter

"This #Tour of Britain is damn hard! Very hard start split the bunch after only 10kms. Legs are hurting after climbing every little /\ here."

It appears the TOB isn't the sprinter snoozefest a lot of people were expecting.

It's the riders who make a race hard - not the race itself.
1 € into the phrase-pig

 

[Derrick]

As I wasn't there in person to see it for myself Stefrees I wont post the allegations on an open forum but I will p.m. you.

 

[stefrees]

As I wasn't there in person to see it for myself Stefrees I wont post the allegations on an open forum but I will p.m. you.

If you could cheers that'd be great

 

[stefrees]

Just noticed a Twitter from Simon Richardson (cycling weekly journalist) who said that haussler was hanging on to team cars all day?

 

[bobbins]

Just noticed a Twitter from Simon Richardson (cycling weekly journalist) who said that haussler was hanging on to team cars all day?

They probably got asked for their cervelo test bikes back. Cycling Weekly have a habit of making themselves very unpopular within the pro peloton!!

 

[stefrees]

They probably got asked for their cervelo test bikes back. Cycling Weekly have a habit of making themselves very unpopular within the pro peloton!!

True, I found it amusing on a report this week that cycling weekly stated "Bradley wiggins does not talk to cycling weekly"

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

ACF has said some monumentally stupid things

Fixed your post

Anyway, I like this years Tour of Britain, seems like great spectacle.
They do take long with the results though! What's up?

 

[Derrick]

10 o'clock. Still no results!

 

[stefrees]

Fixed your post

Anyway, I like this years Tour of Britain, seems like great spectacle.
They do take long with the results though! What's up?

They take years with the results. Are you guys able to watch highlights programme on itv4 website or is it geo restricted?

 

[salixcycling]

It's just flat-out bad. I like that they try to show highlights of the whole stage, especially on days like today when there is action from start to finish, but the commentary is crap, the graphics and information displays are lame and the overall production just feels cheap and unprofessional.

They do an hour-long TdF highlights show in the summer that is fantastic, I don't see why they can't make an hour-long ToB highlights show that is the same quality.

I tuned in expecting it to be as good as the TdF show. So what that the ToB doesn't have the prestige - it is still the UK's flagship cycling event and ITV4 is its best way of getting people interested.

Actually, the ITV4 TdF highlights programme is very well put together. Eurosport don't even bother as far as I can tell - they just repeat the last hour of the stage with no editing.

Baah. I still enjoyed the stage.

The full result is still not up on the ToB website. Still its not 6 hours after the finish yet so give it a while yet.

And still not there. Previously it has definitely be up by the time the ITV4 highlights programmer has finished. Doesn't help the cause

 

[Tugboat]

Good to see another strong showing by Jack Bauer... for us Kiwis this race has been the only opportunity to see the national champions jersey getting any TV time this year and he's doing it good justice.

 

[salixcycling]

One thing that the ToB is definitely doing better then the TdF....

The dresses for the podium girls are much much better.

 

[theyoungest]

Poels and Hoogie: could this be love?

 

[Anonymous]

The full result is still not up on the ToB website. Still its not 6 hours after the finish yet so give it a while yet.

nobody knows them yet. :/ every other day they have been up certainly by 8pm when i normally hold off from looking. Something went wrong today, they didnt even know who the winner was and had to ask ds's

 

[Boardslide]

nobody knows them yet. :/ every other day they have been up certainly by 8pm when i normally hold off from looking. Something went wrong today, they didnt even know who the winner was and had to ask ds's

Here are the results according to the UCI website

Rank Name Nat. Team Age* Result PaR PcR
1 Wouter POELS NED VAC 23 4:30:35 16 16
2 Borut BOZIC SLO VAC 30 +5 11 11
3 Koen DE KORT NED SKS 28 +5 6 6
4 Jack BAUER NZL EDR 25 +5 5 5
5 Patrik SINKEWITZ GER ISD 30 +5 4 4
6 Richie PORTE AUS SAX 25 +5 2 0*
7 Michael ALBASINI SUI THR 30 +5
8 Johnny HOOGERLAND NED VAC 27 +5
9 Domenico POZZOVIVO ITA COG 28 +11
10 Alex RASMUSSEN DEN SAX 26 +15
11 Greg HENDERSON NZL SKY 34 +15
12 Pieter JACOBS BEL TSV 24 +18
13 Andrew TENNANT GBR MPT 23 +18
14 Jonathan MCEVOY GBR MPT 21 +18
15 Ian BIBBY GBR MPT 24 +20
16 Pier Paolo DE NEGRI ITA ISD 24 +20
17 Simon RICHARDSON GBR SGS 27 +22
18 Robert PARTRIDGE GBR EDR 25 +24
19 Geraint THOMAS GBR SKY 24 +25
20 Christian MEIER CAN GRM 25 +25
21 Kristian HOUSE GBR RCS 31 +27
22 Russell DOWNING GBR SKY 32 +32
23 Matteo CARRARA ITA VAC 31 +34
24 Marco FRAPPORTI ITA COG 25 +34
25 Daniel LLOYD GBR CTT 30 +41
26 Ronan VAN ZANDBEEK NED SKS 22 +55
27 Philip LAVERY GBR SKT 20 +1:02
28 Baden COOKE AUS SAX 32 +1:02
29 Tony MARTIN GER THR 25 +1:54
30 G. Luca MIRENDA ITA ISD 27 +2:33
31 Daniel MARTIN IRL GRM 24 +3:25
32 Bert GRABSCH GER THR 35 +4:49
33 Jaroslaw MARYCZ POL SAX 23 +4:49
34 Lucas Sebastian HAEDO ARG SAX 27 +4:49
35 André GREIPEL GER THR 28 +4:49
36 Mathew HAYMAN AUS SKY 32 +4:49
37 Liam HOLOHAN GBR RAL 22 +26:19
38 Albert TIMMER NED SKS 25 +26:19
39 Matthew STEPHENS GBR SGS 40 +26:19
40 Thierry HUPOND FRA SKS 26 +26:19
41 Ronan MC LAUGHLIN IRL SKT 23 +26:19
42 Pete WILLIAMS GBR MPT 24 +26:19
43 Matthew BRAMMEIER IRL SKT 25 +26:19
44 Martyn IRVINE IRL IRL 25 +26:19
45 Adam PETRIE-ARMSTRONG IRL IRL 23 +26:19
46 Thomas MURRAY GBR SGS 25 +26:19
47 Zakkari DEMPSTER AUS RCS 23 +26:19
48 Pieter GHYLLEBERT BEL SKT 28 +26:19
49 Jonathan TIERNAN-LOCK GBR RCS 26 +26:19
50 Elia FAVILLI ITA ISD 21 +26:19
51 Geert STEURS BEL TSV 29 +26:19
52 Stephen CUMMINGS GBR SKY 29 +26:19
53 Evan OLIPHANT GBR EDR 28 +26:19
54 Richard HANDLEY GBR RAL 20 +26:19
55 Sean Patrick DOWNEY IRL IRL 20 +26:19
56 Wouter SYBRANDY NED SGS 25 +26:19
57 Gianluca BRAMBILLA ITA COG 23 +26:19
58 Alexandre BLAIN FRA EDR 29 +26:19
59 Federico CANUTI ITA COG 25 +26:19
60 Davide RICCI BITTI ITA ISD 26 +26:19
61 Pim LIGTHART NED VAC 22 +26:19
62 Mark MCNALLY GBR SKT 21 +26:19
63 Dale APPLEBY GBR RAL 24 +26:19
64 Iker CAMANO ORTUZAR ESP EDR 31 +26:19
65 Mark RENSHAW AUS THR 28 +26:19
66 Roger HAMMOND GBR CTT 36 +26:19
67 Thomas MARTIN IRL IRL 21 +26:19
68 Tom BARRAS GBR RAL 32 +26:19
69 Dan CRAVEN NAM RCS 27 +26:19
70 Robert WAGNER GER SKS 27 +26:19
71 James MOSS GBR EDR 25 +26:19
72 Heinrich HAUSSLER AUS CTT 26 +26:19
73 Peter SMITH AUS RAL 23 +26:19
74 Ignatas KONOVALOVAS LTU CTT 25 +26:19
75 Michal GOLAS POL VAC 26 +26:19
76 Ben GREENWOOD GBR RCS 26 +26:19
77 James SAMPSON GBR MPT 24 +26:19
78 Mark CASSIDY IRL SKT 25 +26:19
79 Mitchell DOCKER AUS SKS 24 +26:19
80 Kristof VANDEWALLE BEL TSV 25 +26:19
81 Travis MEYER AUS GRM 21 +26:19
82 Cameron MEYER AUS GRM 22 +26:19
83 Stephen GALLAGHER GBR SGS 30 +26:19
84 Stijn NEIRYNCK BEL TSV 25 +26:19
85 Jeremy HUNT GBR CTT 36 +26:19
86 Bradley WIGGINS GBR SKY 30 +26:19
87 Edward CLANCY GBR MPT 25 +26:19
88 Pieter VANSPEYBROUCK BEL TSV 23 +26:19
89 Kit GILHAM GBR SGS 31 +26:19
DNF Marco PINOTTI ITA THR 34
DNF Robert HUNTER RSA GRM 33
DNF Alan MARANGONI ITA COG 26
DNF Martin REIMER GER CTT 23
DNF Carlo SCOGNAMIGLIO ITA ISD 27
DNF Daniel FLEEMAN GBR RAL 28
DNF Stephen BARRETT IRL IRL 25
DNF Conor MURPHY IRL IRL 28
DNS Michael VAN STAYEN BEL TSV 22

 

[salixcycling]

Here are the results according to the UCI website

Thanks - and they are also up on the ToB site

GC

1 16 Michael Albasini Team HTC-Columbia 15:27:41
2 35 Richie Porte Team Saxo Bank at 1:28
3 131 Borut Bozic Vacansoleil Pro Cycling at 1:32
4 5 Greg Henderson Sky Pro Cycling Team at 1:36
5 133 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil Pro Cycling at 1:42
6 146 Patrick Sinkewitz ISD-Neri Giambenini at 2:08
7 43 Christian Meier Garmin-Transitions at 2:30
8 54 Robert Partridge Endura Racing at 2:32
9 121 Koen De Kort Skil-Shimano at 2:43
10 1 Geraint Thomas Sky Pro Cycling Team at 5:38

 

[auscyclefan94]

Um, Geoffroy Lequatre is a sprinter? Romain Feillu arguably? Martin Pedersen a sprinter? Nick Nuyens a sprinter? Mauricio Ardila a sprinter?

Ok, so its not won by a contador, or a moncoutie, but hardly what you would call sprinters. TO be fair i expected Griepel to win this year but the parcours has proved to be a bit harder than i expected.

Zanini is a sprinter. The reason those guys have most likely won is by breakaway's. Anyway ToB is in September so they do have more freedom with setting a route. It is not just a route that makesa good race, it is the riders in it.

 

[Anonymous]

Zanini is a sprinter. The reason those guys have most likely won is by breakaway's. Anyway ToB is in September so they do have more freedom with setting a route. It is not just a route that makesa good race, it is the riders in it.

You said sprinters always win it and that makes it a crap race, in fact sprinters rarely win it. What difference does the time of year make.

and it does have decent riders, some very very good riders, and some notable ones like haussler are really struggling.

Just admit defeat on this one. (and besides, our podium girls are gorgeous)

to be honest, im surprised BMC didnt give it a go, the course might have suited cadel. Seriously.

 

[Anonymous]

Stage 5

 

[Cobblestoned]

Glastonbury - good memories
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YavE76xg7Jc&feature=related
Hell i am getting old.


Ok I stop complaining now and bet on Sinkewitz or Hoogerland. Seems to suit them.

 

[Ferminal]

Unless it splits up early like it did yesterday, I think this might be a bunch sprint.

 

[hrotha]

Zanini is a sprinter. The reason those guys have most likely won is by breakaway's. Anyway ToB is in September so they do have more freedom with setting a route. It is not just a route that makesa good race, it is the riders in it.

Zanini also won the Amstel Gold Race, so you might have a slightly misguided concept of him.

More importantly, Zanini never won the Tour of Britain. Stop looking up races in Wikipedia, misreading the results and using them anyway to support your ill-conceived points.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Fact: This ToB has been better than any TDU in the past.

 

[jaylew]

Fact: This ToB has been better than any TDU in the past.

Seems that way. Not that we've been able to actually see any of it.

 

[blaxland]

Fact: This ToB has been better than any TDU in the past.

Have to agree with you on that Timmy.....And the coverage in Australia has been good..