Tour of Britain 2011- 11th-18th September

[sublimit]

Not Alex Rasmmussen.. I dunno but it looks good for Gerdemann

 

[TeoSheva]

Not Alex Rasmmussen.. I dunno but it looks good for Gerdemann

and for Rogers as well

 

[Moondance]

Hmmm... Boom's GC chances go BOOM!

Tankink is high on GC as well, but wont beat Gerdemann or Rogers in the TT.

 

[roundabout]

Rogers is 27 seconds behind Tankink and Gerdemann on GC

 

[theyoungest]

Rogers is 27 seconds behind Tankink and Gerdemann on GC

Indeed. And when is the last time Gerdemann did a great TT?

Special shoutout to stagiaire Bert-Jan Lindeman, riding a great Tour of Britain.

 

[TeoSheva]

what about Lindeman? he's up there too!

EDIT: just saw the edit of the post above

 

[Sum_of_Marc]

Time the riders are currently behind Boom in GC:

Tiernan-Locke 19
Gerdemann 19
Tankink 19
Lindeman 19
Sutherland 37
Rogers 46
De Gendt 4'18
Huzarski 8'04
Rasch 8'14
Voss 8'24
Bialoblocki 9'00
Van Hecke 13'55
Gaudin 16'06

 

[Raceoftruth]

Hmmm... Boom's GC chances go BOOM!

Tankink is high on GC as well, but wont beat Gerdemann or Rogers in the TT.

Gerdeman, tankink and tiernan-locke all on same time on gc. Rogers is about 25 - 30 seconds back. Think there may be some fireworks if they stay away.

 

[just some guy]

Rogers is 27 seconds behind Tankink and Gerdemann on GC

Sutherland goes alright on the TT bike as well - better than Linus IMO

 

[Jaunty Monty]

Its only an 8.8km TT. Of course the time differences could change with the bonus seconds on offer.

 

[Moondance]

Indeed. And when is the last time Gerdemann did a great TT?

Special shoutout to stagiaire Bert-Jan Lindeman, riding a great Tour of Britain.

Most certainly. He's definitely shown he deserves that two-year deal Vac. have signed him to.

Funny, I was aware of the existence of Lindeman, but didn't know anthing about him, nor rated him, prior to Vac. taking him on. Nice to see we have talents everywhere these days.

 

[sublimit]

I'm not sure Tiernan- Locke can TT? i must admit to have never heard of him till a week or so ago.

 

[B_Ugli]

I think you may have a point, some of the lesser riders would get wasted very quickly, but the constant avoiding of Porlock hill is strange-I've been up in a car and its looks tough and would blow the race to bits.

A lot of big races seem to avoid climbs that are known to local club riders. There are some smashing short climbs around the North Downs in Kent on roads no narrower than say the Tour of Flanders. The problem is always the logistics of devising a winding route which would cause enormous disruption.

You only have to look at the Surrey Cycle classic and the backlash against that! Its a real shame as you could have some potential classic 1 day race routes in the UK.

 

[Sum_of_Marc]

I'm not sure Tiernan- Locke can TT? i must admit to have never heard of him till a week or so ago.

We wont know until Sunday really - not sure he has ever ridden a professional time trial!

Rabobank are chasing. Topsport helping a little, Rabobank trying to get HTC to help.

With Boom, they were big GC favourites. Even with Tankink there, they are losing out.

 

[LaFleur]

Why did they let this go?? Rabo must really push it on the climbs.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Rabobank only have Matthews, Flens and Vermeltfoort to chase with

Maybe Tankink can thin or drop this group in the finale

 

[Richeypen]

same reason they avoid porlock hill every time it goes to north devon. (and countless climbs in north yorks, peaks etc)

Im guessing that they think those climbs are too hard and would be too decisive for the overall.

Porlock Hill gives me the shivers

 

[sublimit]

We wont know until Sunday really - not sure he has ever ridden a professional time trial!

Rabobank are chasing. Topsport helping a little, Rabobank trying to get HTC to help.

With Boom, they were big GC favourites. Even with Tankink there, they are losing out.

Hopefully he's ridden some club 10 ITT'S or something as a kid, perhaps he can pull of a shock.

Might get himself a better contract in anycase because he's doing well.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Hmmm... Boom's GC chances go BOOM!

Tankink is high on GC as well, but wont beat Gerdemann or Rogers in the TT.

This monumentally stupid by Rabobank...What the hell are they doing out there?
Is Erik Dekker team DS again?

 

[theyoungest]

This monumentally stupid by Rabobank...What the hell are they doing out there?
Is Erik Dekker team DS again?

I guess Boom just was dropped on the climb, otherwise you don't let guys who are so close on GC go. Not much the DS can do about that.

It's Frans Maassen BTW.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Boom dropped by guys like Gabriel Rasch? Not likely

 

[Sum_of_Marc]

Lead already down to 4 minutes. Rabobank are working hard right now

 

[theyoungest]

Boom dropped by guys like Gabriel Rasch? Not likely

Given his climbing results in the past year, why not?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Given his climbing results in the past year, why not?

Just no. Otherwise he wouldn't be with the first groups in the past stages

 

[theyoungest]

Just no. Otherwise he wouldn't be with the first groups in the past stages

Boom being great the one day, and awful the next? What a surprise.

Why else would he let such a group go?