Tour of Oman (2.HC) 17th Feb - 22nd Feb

[SafeBet]

25km to go. Approaching the climbs.

 

[SafeBet]

Break caught.
Movistar is pulling, Pinot and Purito apparently in trouble.

 

[Banana_Joe]

Do you have a live-ticker?

 

[SafeBet]

Do you have a live-ticker?

No ticker. I'm getting live updates on Twitter, especially from @robhatchtv.

 

[greenedge]

Is Adam Blythe still in the group? If so he could nab the victory.

 

[Banana_Joe]

Thanks for the hint!

 

[SafeBet]

Is Adam Blythe still in the group? If so he could nab the victory.

He was never mentioned, but still 80 riders in the peloton before hitting the last climb.

Pinot was dropped. Breschel pulling.

 

[Banana_Joe]

Peloton as a couple of split groups, 5km to go.

 

[indianfanboy]

Valverde attacks

 

[SafeBet]

A larger group has now formed, with Hermans, Arredondo, Birdsong, Meintjes among others. Reduced bunch sprint coming.

 

[Flamin]

Cancellara!!

 

[Netserk]

Canc
Movistar
GVA
Sagan
Lampre?

 

[Banana_Joe]

Could be Pozzato?

 

[grizzlee]

Cancellara
Van Avermaet
Valverde
Sagan
Modolo.
Top 5.

I think

 

[SafeBet]

Canc
Movistar
GVA
Sagan
Lampre?

Maybe Rui?

 

[Banana_Joe]

Procyclingstats.com says:

Cancellara
Van Garderen
Valverde
Costa

 

[SafeBet]

Rui Costa's official Twitter confirms he was 5th.

 

[Netserk]

No gap after the first 5?

edit: it's just the provisional results

 

[CatchyH]

Will Sagan ever win anything again? Im starting to doubt it.

 

[Coat-O]

It's the third second place for Valverde and we are only in mid-February.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Sounded like a nice little race right at the end.
Too bad GVA couldn't take the win, but hey Cancellara's form looks fine.

 

[Kwibus]

Sagan really should've won this sprint if he was among that group.

Really curious how that sprint went. Valverde and GvA gathering podiumplaces again. Atleast Valverde also wins quite often.

Hope GvA wins a big one this year. Attractive aggresive rider that can do pretty much everything.

 

[El Pistolero]

Rip Criquielion

 

[King Boonen]

Will Sagan ever win anything again? Im starting to doubt it.

Sagan is in the top 5-10 contenders in just about every race situation that doesn't include a lot of climbing. The problem is, he's not one of the top 2-3 guys in any race. He needs a good team and some clever racing and I'm sure he can be successful, but currently there is always someone better than him at the required specialism when it comes down to the line, be that a pure sprint, an uphill finish, a break and hold it etc.

 

[King Boonen]

Good to see Majka up there at the end, thought it might have been a little too fast a finish for a guy like him.

Although from Netserks' post it sounds like there should have been a gap called...