Tour of Oman

[Jamsque]

All the way 'round the drum-kit on THAT one.

 

[The Sheep]

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

He probably doesn't have the speed in his legs like the ones that have already done TDU and Qatar does so I don't expect him to win any of the sprints here just yet.

Besides this stage was dead flat and it wasn't a hard race, not like Qatar with the wind. So Hagen chances were already greatly diminished. The easier a stage gets, the harder it is for Hagen to win against pure speed.

 

[Reverend_T_Preedy]

It was close!!

 

[euanli]

The is was probably down to who threw their bikes the hardest.

 

[kurtinsc]

It was close!!

Well... if that's Kluge behind Bos and Cav, then I'm guessing the Sky rider is EBH in 4th or 5th (hard to see if anyone is close out to the sides).

 

[jens_attacks]

bennati relaxed as always.

 

[VinoRoche]

We can't call them fast at updating the full result or maybe just top 10.

 

[Grzdylu]

Etapa 1:
1 Théo BOS RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 3:38:29
2 Mark CAVENDISH HTC - HIGHROAD 0:00:00
3 * Roger KLUGE SKIL-SHIMANO 0:00:00
4 * Edvald Boasson HAGEN SKY PROCYCLING 0:00:00
5 * Denis GALIMZYANOV KATUSHA TEAM 0:00:00
6 * Nacer BOUHANNI FDJ 0:00:00
7 Danilo HONDO LAMPRE - ISD 0:00:00
8 Russel DOWNING SKY PROCYCLING 0:00:00
9 Francesco CHICCHI QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM 0:00:00
10 Mathew HAYMAN SKY PROCYCLING 0:00:00
11 * Matteo PELUCCHI GEOX - TMC 0:00:00
12 John MURPHY BMC RACING TEAM 0:00:00
13 Nikolay TRUSOV KATUSHA TEAM 0:00:00
14 Heinrich HAUSSLER TEAM GARMIN - CERVELO 0:00:00
15 Mirco LORENZETTO PRO TEAM ASTANA 0:00:00
16 * Taylor PHINNEY BMC RACING TEAM 0:00:00
17 Daniele BENNATI TEAM LEOPARD-TREK 0:00:00
18 * Alexander KRISTOFF BMC RACING TEAM 0:00:00
19 Dominique ROLLIN FDJ 0:00:00
20 Tom VEELERS SKIL-SHIMANO 0:00:00

 

[VinoRoche]

We can't call them fast at updating the full result or maybe just top 10.

http://06.live-radsport.ch/details_21681/Tour_of_Oman__Etappe_1.html <- the result.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Indeed close. But it remains a frontal pic. Those always look close

 

[Jamsque]

Wow, it does seem like Bos won it with the throw from that shot. You can see the evidence of Sky's late push, they have three in the top 10, and Garmin must have been caught off-guard because Haussler is way back in 14th.

T-Phin and TGAK sneaking in to the top 20.

 

[theyoungest]

Meanwhile, BMC have their own feat to celebrate:

Three in top 20 for BMC Racing Team on #TourofOman Stage 1: jpmurph8 12th, @taylorphinney 16th, @Kristoff87 18th.

 

[Ryaguas]

Denis GALIMZYANOV ------> Hey! is in a rly good form... top 5 in almost every sprint in this start of the season

 

[Moondance]

Wow, it does seem like Bos won it with the throw from that shot. You can see the evidence of Sky's late push, they have three in the top 10, and Garmin must have been caught off-guard because Haussler is way back in 14th.

T-Phin and TGAK sneaking in to the top 20.

Damn... That's already his second Top-20 in three races! This kid is going places!!!!!1!

 

[euanli]

Wow, it does seem like Bos won it with the throw from that shot. You can see the evidence of Sky's late push, they have three in the top 10, and Garmin must have been caught off-guard because Haussler is way back in 14th.

T-Phin and TGAK sneaking in to the top 20.

Downing in 7th. Happy to see that

 

[VinoRoche]

Downing in 7th. Happy to see that

Yeah. He must have given EBH a great lead out.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Meanwhile, BMC have their own feat to celebrate:

Remind me again. How many CQ points is that worth?

No Eurosport highlights scheduled for tonight. Tomorrow am. Odd.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Yeah. He must have given EBH a great lead out.

That could be seen as sarcastic, not sure if you mean it that way.

But usually when sprinters finish 4 and 7, it means one didn't fully sacrifise him the right way for the other, and kept sprinting for himself.

 

[Anonymous]

Remind me again. How many CQ points is that worth?

No Eurosport highlights scheduled for tonight. Tomorrow am. Odd.

they were their last night when i checked, at about 11.30, theyve vanished now. eurosport are a pain in teh ****.

 

[Reverend_T_Preedy]

they were their last night when i checked, at about 11.30, theyve vanished now. eurosport are a pain in teh ****.

9.30 am highlights on Eurosport.

No Algarve highlights any more either.

 

[The Sheep]

9.30 am highlights on Eurosport.

No Algarve highlights any more either.

Guess it will be a sky+ then

 

[Spine Concept]

they were their last night when i checked, at about 11.30, theyve vanished now. eurosport are a pain in teh ****.

It´s scheduled at 23:00 on Eurosport 2.

 

[euanli]

They said about the change in time days ago. 8:30 am tomorrow

 

[taiwan]

Cav tomorrow, surely

Would sort of expect Cav to get one, now that we know he's fit. The last km is an uphill though, looks to be about 5%.

Also: Greame Brown: an excellent man to have as a lead out, no?

Also: Phinney-obviously not all he's cracked up to be. BMC must be weeping over their poor judgement in signing him