Tour of California Stage 3: Auburn - Modesto, 196.2 km

[Parrulo]

What a weird finish. Watching Hushovd sprint is kind of painful.

word brother

really really weird sprint. a nice win tho by henderson.

haedo was going very fast but was looking at the wrong sky guy

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I thought Friere did very nicely to move up underneath Swifty and take Henderson's wheel but I guess he really is getting old and slow. Better from Hushovd today, Sagan looked slower though.

Which is what I'm saying for quite a while now, and I got laughed at for that. You believe me now???

Who's laughing now

 

[The Sheep]

Is that Matthews at 2:45 back or so?

Yeah looked like him

 

[roundabout]

Ah, Oscar just gave up it seems. Kinda weird though even if he is getting old.

 

[goggalor]

Henderson should be disqualified for riding in a skinsuit.

 

[Jamsque]

Hendo
Haedo
Husho
Sagan
Howard
Lancombe (there he is again)
Forster
Phinney
Kocjan
Candelario

 

[hrotha]

Which is what I'm saying for quite a while now, and I got laughed at for that. You believe me now???

Who's laughing now

You've been saying it for so long, of course if enough time elapsed you'd be right eventually

 

[UpTheRoad]

So, Jens Voigt does nothing but ride next to Andy Schleck in the crosswinds and Sherwen talks him up as if he is the only one who could pull the whole second group back. Then he crashes and we hear about how valiant a warrior he is, as if any other mere mortal would be heading to the hospital.

Oh, and don't mind the no-name guy who really hit the pavement hard -- Jens is back up. Cue a few more shots of Jens strolling home and my life is now fulfilled.

 

[Jamsque]

Which is what I'm saying for quite a while now, and I got laughed at for that. You believe me now???

Who's laughing now

indeed D_T, indeed.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Ah, Oscar just gave up it seems. Kinda weird though even if he is getting old.

1) he couldn't even FOLLOW the wheel
2) he blew up after 100m
3) he sucks in this kind of sprint now

give him a hard hilly stage and he'll be up there probably. He's better at climbing than sprinting now. (also proved by his 6th in AGR and his good LBL performance)

 

[benpounder]

The stream is excellent, but I don't get why there's no sound from the race.

It is perplexing. The regular Verses broadcast has ambient noise, actually much better than the Giro canned sounds in that vaguely behind the crowd noise is the subtle sound of the motorbike - and the sound of shifting actually matches where a bike would shift.

 

[roundabout]

1) he couldn't even FOLLOW the wheel
2) he blew up after 100m
3) he sucks in this kind of sprint now

give him a hard hilly stage and he'll be up there probably. He's better at climbing than sprinting now. (also proved by his 6th in AGR and his good LBL performance)

Well yeah. Still it's not every day that you see a very good rider (which he still is) run out of gas in such a good position.

 

[meandmygitane]

Haedo looking rather sharp, TdF for him (depending on CAS)?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

You've been saying it for so long, of course if enough time elapsed you'd be right eventually

it was happening all the time. He didn't win 1 single flat sprint after an EASY stage in the last year... I was right all the time. But then he would win a HILLY stage and you guys would shout "see he can still win sprints!!! xD Xd xD" (against 3rd rate **** sprinters that were left after the climbs, yeah right).

He can't sprint for sh.t anymore

 

[craig1985]

Is that Matthews at 2:45 back or so?

He crashed right? If so, it doesn't matter because it was in the last 3km.

 

[Astana1]

Sky is killing this race.

 

[jobiwan]

Hendo
Haedo
Husho

That's funny!

 

[Christian]

According to German Eurosport the third rider who went down with Voigt was Fuglsang ...

 

[Jamsque]

GC:

Hendo
Swift
Sagan 4
Haedo
Hushovd 6
Goss
Lacombe 10
Phinney
Forster
Candelario

 

[The Hitch]

Haedo looking rather sharp, TdF for him (depending on CAS)?

I wish. Unfortunately he sucked bad when he was given a gt to perform at last year and i see similar results this time round.

 

[goggalor]

Sky dominating this race so far, too bad Rogers isn't there to ride for GC.

 

[Parrulo]

it was happening all the time. He didn't win 1 single flat sprint after an EASY stage in the last year... I was right all the time. But then he would win a HILLY stage and you guys would shout "see he can still win sprints!!! xD Xd xD" (against 3rd rate **** sprinters that were left after the climbs, yeah right).

He can't sprint for sh.t anymore

inb4 he wins the worlds again

 

[roundabout]

Sky dominating this race so far, too bad Rogers isn't there to ride for GC.

Today they had a 9th man who left a convenient gap open up in the sprint. Otherwise it would have been a leadout gone bad.

 

[The Hitch]

Hendo
Haedo
Husho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_JF8oSxXtM

 

[MacRoadie]

What a weird finish. Watching Hushovd sprint is kind of painful.

Thor went backwards slightly slower than yesterday, so he is encouraged by the signs of improvement. The sensations must be getting better...