Tour of Britain 2011- 11th-18th September

[Ryo Hazuki]

Cav 4th at intermediate check...7th at finish.

where can you see this?

 

[auscyclefan94]

where can you see this?

http://twitter.com/#!/SkodaUKCycling

 

[roundabout]

I suppose I need to have an account since the last tweet on that page is from 20 hours ago.

 

[MatchstickMan]

I suppose I need to have an account since the last tweet on that page is from 20 hours ago.

I can't get a recent tweet either. Try
http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_race/default.asp?section=stage8_livetracking

or
http://twitter.com/#!/tourofbritain

 

[roundabout]

Thanks.

Suddenly they are all there on the Skoda page.

 

[Moondance]

Boom off. Victory is assured in 10 mins.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I don't get any updates on twitter, last one was 40 minutes ago.

edit: never mind, had to click on new tweets

 

[theyoungest]

I think Boom has been outstanding. His positioning in the sprint stages has been excellent, and hes always been in the right place on other stages.

Think he came into this race having read the road book very thoroughly and with a real aim to win it, which he will do.

Very impressive, but it has been handed to him on a plate a little by Sky, Garmin and Leopards lack of threat.

Sky haven't done very well in their home race. Okay, Thomas sort of crashed out, but they have 5 other riders.

As for Boom: well done, but the competition is really poor. Thomas was his only real threat.

 

[sublimit]

Sky haven't done very well in their home race. Okay, Thomas sort of crashed out, but they have 5 other riders.

As for Boom: well done, but the competition is really poor. Thomas was his only real threat.

If Thor had made an effort perhaps also a threat, but he's soft peddled most of the race.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Hey now, there's the awesomeness that is Linus Gerdemann, and don't forget the super fearful Tiernan Locke, who did drop Boom on a climb, unlike Thomas.

 

[Moondance]

Boom one second off Dowsett at half-way.

 

[Moondance]

Boom and Rasmussen have no chance. There are some hills in the course.

As for Boom: well done, but the competition is really poor. Thomas was his only real threat.

Wow... Poor Lars really cannot win in your book, can he?

 

[theyoungest]

Wow... Poor Lars really cannot win in your book, can he?

I'll admit that I'm not a big fan, and this is the first time this year that his climbing is somewhat decent. But still, this isn't the hardest contested race out there.

edit: and he doesn't even win the time trial

 

[Moondance]

Boom 2nd in TT (disappointing). Barely ahead of Westra.
Congrats to Dowsett of course.




























Sorry for the diss two days ago Lieuwe

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Hey now, there's the awesomeness that is Linus Gerdemann, and don't forget the super fearful Tiernan Locke, who did drop Boom on a climb, unlike Thomas.

tiernan locke is actually a guy to be noted in future. I firsrt noticed him when he tore down fields in spain on mountains against serious competition. now he seems to be also very good rouleur and itt guy. don't know much about him though

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

You can't win em all. Well done Dowsett.

And Westra showing some form after we've been criticizing him for doing nothing

 

[sublimit]

Boom probably enjoying the terrible road conditions here in Britain.
No cobbles but plenty of potholes and ****ed road surface.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Boom 2nd in TT (disappointing). Barely ahead of Westra.
Congrats to Dowsett of course.




























Sorry for the diss two days ago Lieuwe

boom probably didn't take any risks either, why would he.

 

[theyoungest]

tiernan locke is actually a guy to be noted in future. I firsrt noticed him when he tore down fields in spain on mountains against serious competition. now he seems to be also very good rouleur and itt guy. don't know much about him though

I only know Tiernan Locke from losing the Vuelta a Leon to Marc Goos. A Rabo Continental rider. So this is the level of riders currently in contention at the ToB? Well, great.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I only know Tiernan Locke from losing the Vuelta a Leon to Marc Goos. A Rabo Continental rider. So this is the level of riders currently in contention at the ToB? Well, great.

goos, won that race because of ttt. but in the real queenstage tiernan won, to me a huge surprise

 

[sublimit]

At last Dowsett wins a TT or prologue, has a breakaway win also from a couple of weeks back so well done to him.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Tiernan-Locke was also afforded a bit of slack since he'd lost a bit of time and they knew he was primarily after the GPM points. Looks like he could be an ok domestique at the next level, maybe nothing more though. I see more of Endura racing outside of Britain, but Rapha Condor always seem to get pretty decent results when they do - just that many of the races they do are a long, long way off my radar (Tour of South Africa anyone?)

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

tiernan locke didn't lose time anywhere in this race from what I remember. he was still only 45 seconds(?) down on gc before todays itt

 

[theyoungest]

goos, won that race because of ttt. but in the real queenstage tiernan won, to me a huge surprise

Tiernan won because he had stayed on Goos' wheel the whole time. Goos was riding Tiernan's teammate out of the GC lead.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

tiernan locke didn't lose time anywhere in this race from what I remember. he was still only 45 seconds(?) down on gc before todays itt

I didn't mean like he was several minutes down. That he's lost a few seconds here and there in small splits and though he's OK against the clock the likes of Lars Boom aren't really going to feel threatened by letting him gain 10 seconds when he already had a 30 second headstart, so he wouldn't be marked as closely as some of the others.